I was in a Catholic Church during a group prayer. After the prayers were over, a Priest came into the room & told us the group was praying too fast.
The Priest gave us some good prayer advice: God knows all the prayers. God knows what we want & what we need. When we pray we should slow down so we are able to >listen to God. One of the purposes of prayer is to give God the opportunity to transform our hearts.
He knows our needs and desires of our hearts even before we know them, even before we pray them.
The prayer is a simple acknowledgement the He is the Father from whom all good things flow.
**listen to God. **
Yes, listening to God is the part of prayer that many of us often forget.