Prayer And Devotion

Maria ergo, cum venisset, ubi erat lesus, videns eum, cecidit ad pedes eius... Ecce, devotio, semper ad pedes Domini; unde Lucae septimo: Maria stans retro secus pedes Domini; et decimo: Sedens secus pedes Domini, audiebat verbum illius. Non legitur de Martha, quod ceciderit ad pedes; quia non sic devota nec sic calida, ut Maria; Deuteronomii trigesimo tertio: Qui appropinquant pedibus eius accipient de doctrina illius. Et subditur fidelis confessio: Et dixit ei: Domine, si fuisses hic, frater meus non fuisset mortuus; in quo insinuat virtutem Domini, ut soror prius fecerat; sed iila amplius dixit, quod adhuc resuscitaret , si vellet; et haec ob reverentiam tacuit et ob devotionem flevit et amplius Dominum movit, sicut infra patebit. In quo innuitur, quod Dominus magis audit gemitum cordis quam sonum oris; Gregorius: Veraciter orare est amaros in compunctione gemitus et non composita verba resonare ; unde primi Regum primo dicitur, quod Anna largiter flevit et tacite oravit. Sanctus Bonaventura, Commentarius In Evangelium Ioannem, Caput XI Source: Here, p882

Then Mary, when she had come where Jesus was, fell at his feet... 1 Behold devotion is always at the feet of the Lord. In the seventh chapter of Luke, 'Mary standing behind the feet of the Lord,' and in the tenth, 'Sitting at the feet of the Lord, she heard His word.' 2 This is not said about Martha, that she fell at His feet, because she was not so devout or fervent as Mary. In the thirty third chapter of Deuteronomy, 'Those who shall draw near His feet will receive His teaching.' 3 And it speaks of faithful confession. 'And she said to Him, O Lord, if you were here my brother would not have died.' in which she hints at the power of the Lord, as her sister had previously done, but she says more, even that He might resurrect him, if He wished. But this is not voiced because of reverence and there are tears because of devotion, which moved the Lord more, as we have said. In which it should be understood that the Lord listens more closely to the groans of the heart than to the sounds of the mouth. Gregory says, 'True prayer is in the groans of bitter compunction and does not resound with composed words.' Hence in the first book of Kings is is said that Hannah wept greatly and prayer silently. 4 Saint Bonaventura, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint John, Chapter 11 1 Jn 11.32 2 Lk 7.38, 10.39 3 Deut 33.3 4 Moralia 33.23.43, 1 Kings 1.10