Catechism of the Catholic Church
a, b, d, and e. Para. 2653: The Church "forcefully and specially exhorts all the Christian faithful . . . to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ' (Phil 3:8) by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. . . . Let them remember, however, that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that a dialogue takes place between God and man. For we speak to him when we pray; we listen to him when we read the divine oracles'" (DV 25; cf. Phil 3:8; St. Ambrose, De officiis ministrorum 1, 20, 88: PL 16, 50).
Para. 2655: In the sacramental liturgy of the Church, the mission of Christ and of the Holy Spirit proclaims, makes present, and communicates the mystery of salvation, which is continued in the heart that prays. The spiritual writers sometimes compare the heart to an altar. Prayer internalizes and assimilates the liturgy during and after its celebration. Even when it is lived out "in secret" (Cf. Mt 6:6), prayer is always prayer of the Church; it is a communion with the Holy Trinity (GILH 9).
Para. 2656: One enters into prayer as one enters into liturgy: by the narrow gate of faith. Through the signs of his presence, it is the Face of the Lord that we seek and desire; it is his Word that we want to hear and keep.
Para. 2659: We learn to pray at certain moments by hearing the Word of the Lord and sharing in his Paschal mystery, but his Spirit is offered to us at all times, in the events of each day, to make prayer spring up from us. . . .