THE ART OF PRAYER ~ CookingFood.Org

“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”

Wednesday, 5^th October 2016,

Twenty Seventh Week of Ordinary Time

Gal 2: 1-2, 7-14;

Ps 116: 1-2;

Lk 11: 1-4

THE ART OF PRAYER

The simplest definition of prayer, if you will, is to talk to God. The Bible gives us ample examples of Jesus rising early and going up to the mountain to pray. What can we bring to prayer? We can bring anything that bothers us in our prayer: family affairs, relationship problems, health issues or spiritual matters. In the Gospel of today, the Lord taught the disciples to pray for the establishment of God’s Kingdom, which is the loving and saving presence of God. He asked the disciples to pray for daily bread which is the source of our physical strength and at the same time for the ‘bread of life - the Eucharist’ which is our spiritual nourishment. In addition to that He asked them to pray for forgiveness, a healing remedy to our brokenness. What is the right way to pray? Adorers silently converse with God before the Blessed Sacrament. Monks melodiously chant the Psalms. Rosary devotees piously recite the rosary while they slip the beads of the rosary through their fingers and Charismatics loudly pray in tongues. Each one prays according to one’s temperament.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, teach us to pray as you taught your disciples to pray and help us to place our child-like trust and confidence in our prayer. Amen.