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Month: September 2012

Praying More Deeply

On September 29, 2012September 29, 2012 By John FrancisIn Deeper PrayerLeave a comment

“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.” – Thérèse of Lisieux Listening to God is an activity which goes on within our innermost self and this listening involves self-surrender.  As such, …

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Praying More Deeply

On September 29, 2012 By John FrancisIn Deeper PrayerLeave a comment

“Prayer is a conversation in which God’s word has the initiative and we,  for the moment, can be nothing more than listeners. The essential thing is for us to hear God’s word  and discover from it how to respond to him.” - Balthasar, Prayer As you to seek to know the love of God by …

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Praying More Deeply

On September 29, 2012 By John FrancisIn Deeper PrayerLeave a comment

As Christians, the deeper spiritual life directly relates both to our ongoing transformation into the image and likeness of God and to our need for grace, capacity, and empowerment in our active service in love to others in the world.  Really, it is about being drawn into Christ’s very own mission by our self-surrender to …

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