Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Thursday 21 June
ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA Ecclesiasticus 48:1-14; Ps 97; Matthew 6: 7-15 Prayer Jesus makes it clear that prayer requires our whole heart, mind and spirit. Today I will concentrate on living according to the words Jesus taught us when he showed us how to pray to our father in heaven: acknowledging his holy name; stating my […]
Fr Kelly Concludes
To conclude this book on prayer I would like to draw attention to the fact that prayer is the first and most important duty of any human being. It fulfils the main purpose for which human beings were created. Prayer is the first and most important duty of any human being In order to develop […]
Saturday 19 May
Acts 18:23-28, Ps47, John 16:23-28 Prayer is the key Gandhi said, “Prayer is the key of the morning / and the bolt of the evening.” That is true. But it is more. Prayer is the key-hole: the vehicle that carries us to the other side. Prayer is the key-bearer: full of intent, willingness and hope. […]
How to meditate
(Editor’s Note: this is one of the last articles in this series. In it Fr John summarises a lot of earlier material.) In former articles I have strongly emphasised that in my view both John Main and Thomas Keating have offered us forms of passive meditation or contemplation that can be profitably used by everybody. […]
Sister Ema Konokono DOLC, Prayer Leader for Children
MM: Where were you born, Sister and when did you join the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion? Ema: I was born in Nukualofa Tonga, and was professed in the Home of Compassion in 1975. MM: What launched you on your ministry of prayer with children? Ema: In 2009 I attended a course led by […]
Wednesday 11 April
Easter Octave Acts 3:1-26; Ps 105; Luke 24:13-35 Joy of gratitude “The man went into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God.” What a brilliant image of someone giving thanks with all he is! Begin repeating, “Lord, I thank you for…” What does this prayer lead you to say – and to do!
Bedroom Prayer
“But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place…” Matt 6:6 Our eldest granddaughter is of an age where she is beginning to discover that she is a little person in her own right. As she weans herself off her […]
Saturday 24 March
Jeremiah 11:18-20, Ps. 7, John 7:40-52 To know me is to love me The only way of working out who someone is, is to get to know them. The more intimate we become with them the more they mean to us. People we love become the preferred coffee-drinker, holiday friend, lover, picture-goer, phone buddy and […]
The Need to Water the Roots
In the last article I pointed out that as a basis for prayer and the life of union with God we need in the first place to be fully human. Part of being fully human is that we find ways of cultivating the spirit and the deep-self. In this article I wish to demonstrate more […]
Tuesday 28 February
Isaiah 55: 10-11; Psalm 34; Matthew 6: 7-15 Those who seek the Lord lack nothing. David sang this psalm of thanksgiving to God when he was rescued from danger. The praise of God would always be on his lips. “Magnify the Lord with me, together let us exalt his name” has a familiar Marian ring […]
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