Attention
The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart, and pity are not sufficient.
by Simone Weil in Awaiting God: A New Translation of Attente de Dieu and Lettre a Un Religieux (translated by Brad Jersak)
Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.