Prayer
A reflection by Mother John Marie, DLJC
Nov 1990
Prayer is more than a spiritual exercise or duty. Prayer is a personal relationship with God. If that relationship is warm and personal, we hunger and thirst for the things of God. We love to spend time with Him, sharing our inmost being, indeed, our whole lives with Him. If that relationship is stiff and formal, or if God is some vague, distant Being to whom a person speaks but with whom he has no personal relationship, his prayer will also be stiff and formal. He is like a distant relative who is vaguely aware that he has a tiny share in the family estate. Such a person may know a little about God but has never met Him personally and probably has a minimal scriptural knowledge of who God is.
The Bible is essential in building our understanding of God, and therefore, of what life is all about. It is in the Scripture that we learn that God is not a distant deity but our loving Father with whom we can speak to with confidence. Without the Bible, the profound personal significance of the Savior would elude us. Not only would we lack understanding of salvation history but also the very meaning and destiny of our lives.
Pax tecum
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