Love can be manifested in a variety of ways to God.  It can be a love shown in both prayer and action.  It can be the love of contemplatives, for example, in the religious life who pray not only for themselves, but in actuality more for others.  It can be a love of a very active spiritual nature in which the actions throughout each day can be offered up for the greater honor, glory, and love of God.  This is especially true of people of various occupations of work in which the very work they’re doing can become a prayer.  It can take the form of suffering in which the suffering persons offer up their suffering to God out of pure love for Him, for themselves, and others throughout the world.  The most vitally important thing about prayer is that it comes pure from the heart—without distractions if possible, and be devoid of self-love, self-seeking, or self-interest.  –St Teresa of Avila