3.2.2- The apostolate, soul of prayer

And so, if it is in this sense that prayer forms, it is not only prayer that becomes “soul of every apostolate” ¹⁹, as passed down to us by that wisdom (of monastic origin), which molded generations of apostles; but the apostolate is also soul of prayer, because it is an experience of God which is had especially in mission, or even a possibility of contemplative intimacy with Him which is typical and peculiar to the apostle. OF is to have exactly the experience of the circularity and reciprocity of the discourse between prayer and action. Therefore, also the apostolate has its specific educational-formative power, when it educates to seek and find God in history and in the neighbor, refining the vision and sensitivity of the apostle, or it slowly forms in him the sentiments of the Son who gives himself for love, and helps to recognize in the com-pany of persons the very company of the Spirit.