AC 9202 - supplication

AC 9202
Intense supplication is expressed in the Word by "a cry,"
because the supplication of those
who supplicate from the heart, even if silent,
is heard in heaven as a cry.
Such is the case when people merely think,
and still more when they groan,
from a sincere heart.
. . . In heaven, not only the thoughts,
but especially the affections
which are of good and truth, speak.
. . . But affections of evil and falsity
are not at all heard in heaven,
even though the person
who supplicates from them
should cry out,
and at the same time press his palms tightly together,
and raise them together with his eyes to heaven.
These latter affections are heard in hell,
and if they are ardent, 
they are heard there also as cries.