People of all faiths are called to pray. The act of praying takes on many forms - structured, in large groups, or by yourself. Your prayer can be a planned set of words, you can follow along in a written text, or you can allow a stream-of-consciousness to inform your prayer.
But what, exactly, is prayer? Sure there are dictionary definitions. Those just skim the surface.
In the Christian faith, prayer - is talking to Jesus, bringing our needs & the needs of others to God thru him.
Let me state that again - bringing our needs & the needs of others to God.
And allow me to bring that even closer to home for us - Jesus wants to hear from us because he wants to be part of our lives. He wants us to speak with him - to tell him our deepest thoughts, our highest joys, and reveal the depths of our sorrows.
Jesus will come near to us whenever we call out to him; he will take our hands and rejoice with us or comfort us. And thru our conversations with Christ, we will find hope, we will find joy, we will find comfort, and we will find salvation.
this post was inspired by dr. ben akers at formed
Today's Readings, in the Roman Catholic Missal, can be found here.
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