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Home > Sacraments > Eucharist > Communion reflections > 24 10 2004 - Prayer home of the soul |
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Prayer - home of the soul Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then, especially when things are bad. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox a den, the bees a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home. To pray is to open the door of my innermost self so that God and the soul may enter. Prayer is not asking things of God, but receiving what he wants to give you. It is not offering yourself to God, but welcoming God offering himself to you. |
