Matthew 6:7
Douay-Rheims
And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
John Cassian
(Collat. ix. 36.) We should indeed pray often, but in short form, lest if we be long in our prayers, the enemy that lies in wait for us, might suggest something for our thoughts.
Source details
A.D. 435 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 6:7-8
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.