Author:olsen.charles. Retreats. Mission St. Clare Prayer Calendar. Fellowship in Prayer. Traditional Irish Blessing - E-Water. Power of prayer – Campbell Brown - CNN.com Blogs. The Key Prayer Exercises From The Spiritual Exercises. Helps For Personal Prayer. God Speaks To Us FirstThis fundamental truth makes it possible for us to pray. God has been concerned for each of us long before we became concerned for ourselves. God desires communication with us and does so in many different ways: through God's own word made flesh in Jesus; because we are joined together in Christ Jesus, God speaks to us through others (the church, wisdom of the ages, etc.); creation took place in the Word (Jn 1:1) and is another form of God's self-revelation; through the events and experiences of our lives; through the scriptures, a real form of God's presence.
The use of scripture in prayer is the mode of communication that we are concerned with here. Since God invites us to listen. How To Go About ListeningWhat you do immediately before prayer is very important. In prayer this can be done best in silence and solitude. Sometimes in preparing for prayer, relax and listen to the sounds around you. If it recounts an event of Jesus' life, be there in the mystery of it.
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