“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, …
Month: September 2012
Praying More Deeply
“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 …
Praying More Deeply
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 …
