“God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.” – St. Mother Teresa
How is it possible that I always find it such a struggle to pray? While the Catholic Church offers some fundamental prayers as examples, what is most important is that we express ourselves to God from the innermost places of our hearts and listen to Him.
However, the majority of us don’t know how to unlock our hearts, so instead we just go through the motions. To truly hear God’s Word, we must be enlightened by the Holy Spirit; we first must have awareness and clarity that He is the reason for each action we take.
If we start teaching our children from a young age how to share our real thoughts and unfiltered feelings with Christ, both positive and negative, how empowered the world would be to trust in the Lord and change for the good!
From today’s Gospel, we recognize that the most sincere prayers often come when we are down, when we need God the most. Like the sinful tax collector, we recognize our reliance on our Father for forgiveness and love when we make mistakes. As St. Paul declared, let us rejoice in our suffering, for through suffering, we recognize our littleness and can ask God for healing.
Daily Reading
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Reading 1 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 The angel brought me, Ezekiel, back to the entrance of the temple of the LORD, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold…
Saint of the Day
Saint Hugh of Grenoble
Hugh of Grenoble, bishop for 52 years, was a staunch defender of the Church and papacy, and benefactor of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order.
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