Aside from set times for prayer, it is possible at any moment to express what
Anglicans neatly call ‘arrow prayers, like the one: “God give me strength”.
Which Sister Teresa recalls a cook saying when she heaved heavy pots
across the stove.
St Teresa of Avila’s ‘Book of the Foundations’ tells you:’ Remember, that the
Lord walks among the pots and pans, and that He will help you in inward
tasks and in outward ones, too.
‘Outward ones’ must then be praying for something specific, like when you
are in a mess and ask for help. That is when we really call out to God, and
He meets us then and the