Prayer as Union with Christ
prayer gives us union with Christ, the greatest gift. In union with Christ we can face any reality. Without union with Christ we cannot face any reality. Without union with Christ we can do nothing.
Read MoreWhat Moves Our Love?
When St. Augustine says "weight moving me is love", he means that if his love is heavy like earth then it will be stuck in the materialism of this world. On the other hand when one's love is light like the fire, it will raise up towards the Heavens where God resides.
Read MorePrayer is NOT Extra-Security
Prayer is not extra security that is added so that the Christian, who is already formed by other means, stays safe. Prayer IS the furnace where the Christian is cleansed and forged for God's great purpose. Prayer makes the Christian into who he/she is. In as much as we miss this, we miss what prayer is about.
Read More"Help Me Help You!", says the Holy Spirit
Sometimes, the Holy Spirit channels a bit of Jerry Maguire in the life of the Christian, so to speak. He is there as the 'Helper' who wants to see us become the great Child of God, but in order to do that, He has to help us by convicting us of our sins - by helping us break away fom the prison of our own pride, ambitions and dreams.
Read MorePrayer and Transcendence
We leave the obsessiveness and anxiety of finite time that culminates in ending and death, and enter into eternity.
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