Sunday, May 13, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 469 – Part III.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Prayer is turning the heart toward God. When a person prays,
he enters into a living relationship with God.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
2562) Where does prayer
come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole
man who prays. But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes
of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand
times). According to Scripture, it is the heart
that prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Prayer is the great gate leading into faith.
Someone who prays no longer lives on his own, for himself, and by his own
strength. He knows there is a God to whom he can talk. People who pray entrust
themselves more and more to God. Even now they seek union with the one whom
they will encounter one day face to face. Therefore, the effort to pray daily
is part of Christian life. Of course, one cannot learn to pray in the same way
one learns a technique. As strange as it sounds, prayer is a gift one obtains
through prayer.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
2563) The heart is the
dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical
expression, the heart is the place "to which I withdraw." The heart
is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the
Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the
place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth,
where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as image
of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant.
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