第二章：祈祷的圣传
Chapter Two: The Tradition of Prayer
2650祈祷不能被简化为内在冲动的自发倾泻：要祈祷，人必须愿意祈祷。也不够只是知道圣经对祈祷启示了什么；人还必须学习怎样祈祷。藉着在「相信并祈祷的教会」里，DV 8。以活生生的传递（圣传），圣灵教导神的儿女如何祈祷。
2650Prayer cannot be reduced to the spontaneous outpouring of interior impulse: in order to pray, one must have the will to pray. Nor is it enough to know what the Scriptures reveal about prayer: one must also learn how to pray. Through a living transmission (Sacred Tradition) within “the believing and praying Church,”DV 8. the Holy Spirit teaches the children of God how to pray.
2651基督徒祈祷的圣传，是信仰圣传成形与成长的方式之一，尤其藉着信徒的默观与研读——他们把救恩安排中的事件与言语珍藏在心里；也藉着他们对自己所经验之灵性实在的深刻把握。参 DV 8。
2651The tradition of Christian prayer is one of the ways in which the tradition of faith takes shape and grows, especially through the contemplation and study of believers who treasure in their hearts the events and words of the economy of salvation, and through their profound grasp of the spiritual realities they experience.Cf. DV 8.