On Prayer Archives — Thoughts and comments on the most personal activity of life—prayer.
· 10 September 2006 | 94 words
The prayer of listening makes things simple but it also makes us vulnerable, and that is frightening. Listening makes us open to Christ, the Word of God, spoken in all things: in the material world, the Scriptures, the Church,...
· 12 August 2006 | 21 words
I have come to a realization that I dislike admitting. I pray much more like Martha than Mary. (see Luke 10:38-42)...
· 23 June 2006 | 272 words
The Our Father is to prayer what Christ is to humanity. (Simone Weil) A couple weeks ago, I discovered by accident(?) this marvelous book in the back a small gift shop, The Prayer of Fire: Experiencing the Lord's Prayer by...
· 7 June 2006 | 363 words
About a month ago, I realized that I was saying one particular prayer wrong. When I enter a church or chapel, I kneel and pray, and start with, "Lord Jesus Christ, please forgive me because I am a sinner..." and...
· 1 June 2006 | 109 words
I found this question near the end of an interesting post: What if prayer is just a way of talking to yourself that is acceptable? My comment: Maybe at the core of who you are, hidden behind all the layers...
· 24 January 2006 | 396 words
I am not sure where I caught sight of this book, Letters from the Desert by Carlo Carretto, but it is a jewelle. Each facet of its short reflective chapters shines a different light into the mysteries of faith, prayer,...
· 22 January 2006 | 35 words
Imagine prayer is like asking for "Marco?" God will forever call out "Polo!" until you find Him. (Some how this reminds me of the story about the little fish that went looking for the ocean.)...
· 12 January 2006 | 85 words
When I am in a hurry, why do I always seem to get stuck behind the driver who is sticking to their New Year's resolution of driving the speed limit? I guess if I prayed for patience, God is not...
· 23 October 2005 | 428 words
This prayer is kind of a modern version of the Anima Christi. Jesus, may all that is you flow into me. May your body and blood be my food and drink. May your passion and death be my strength and...
· 8 May 2005 | 688 words
Richard Rohr in Everything Belongs makes this simple but bold statement: God is either in this now or God isn't at all. Think about that for a moment. Let it sink in. Okay. Do you believe that? Do you believe...
· 24 April 2005 | 481 words
I found this quote by Matthew Lickona, author of Swimming with Scapulars, posted at Godspy: "To submit themselves to Christ." Everyone must bend his or her will, but this desire to clean up one's own spiritual mess seems a more...
· 23 April 2005 | 187 words
Anthony de Mello told this story: The disciple asked, "Master, how can I reach enlightenment?" "We can no more make enlightenment happen than we can make the sun rise," replied the master. "Then why do we pray at all?" asked...
· 8 April 2005 | 184 words
A couple weeks ago, I changed the subtitle to this weblog from "Watch your step..." (a play on words with the title of this journal) to "Got prayer?" because it seems to fit more with who I am and what...
· 5 January 2005 | 274 words
We want to avoid a feast/famine pattern of prayer. It will not hold up under the influence of our constantly fluctuating feelings. Since late November, my prayer life has become rather inconsistent in intensity and frequency. (See this post). It...
· 7 July 2004 | 168 words
There is this one scene from the movie The Passion of the Christ that still comes to my mind just about everyday. It was the scene where Jesus washes his hands. There is a closeup of his hands as someone...
· 22 May 2004 | 669 words
The other morning, this thought entered my stream of consciousness quite abruptly. It was not like most thoughts that seem to float down my river of consciousness, where I can gingerly shift focus of attention from one thought to the...
· 26 April 2004 | 276 words
I had a long, pleasant conversation with a dear friend about praying the other day. He said that he used to repeat the word "God" a lot in his prayers, as if he was trying to turn God's head, just...
· 16 November 2003 | 232 words
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed. -- St. Teresa of Avila In the last three days, in three different situations with three different people, I asked each if they prayed, or at least...
· 30 October 2003 | 58 words
For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. -- St. Thérèse of Lisieux
· 12 September 2003 | 541 words
The Pickle Jar Theory of Prayer is not really a theory but more of a method of prayer. It is based on a theory of time management involving a pickle jar. The analogy is to think of the many tasks...
May God’s love,
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touch you in faith.
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