Prayer
Beyond putting us in touch with other people, prayer puts us in touch with God.
from When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
Lael Johnson added 6d ago
- God doesn’t need [reminders from us] to be merciful; [God] is merciful all the time, even when we don’t ask. But unless we make a habit of asking for mercy, we forget that we need it. . . .
from Prayer of the Heart
Lael Johnson added 20d ago
We ask not to change God but to change ourselves. We pray to form a living relationship, not to get things done. Prayer is a symbiotic relationship with life and with God, a synergy which creates a result larger than the exchange itself.
from Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps by Richard Rohr
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
Prayer allows God to be God. And prayer also allows our secret selves to be themselves.
from Four Elements: Reflections on Nature by John O'Donohue
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
What I found was that it was the prayers and practices of the church that allowed me to hold to—or rather to be held by—God when little else seemed sturdy, to hold to the Christian story even when I found no satisfying answers.
from Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
God, I pray first of all for the brothers and sisters in this jail, that you might strengthen them. I pray for the people who come to the Downtown Chapel to get something to eat and for the staff that provides for them; I pray for all the poor; I pray in thanksgiving for all the people who help me here and for Father Gary, who comes to see me. Plea
... See morefrom Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor by Gary Smith
Lael Johnson added 1mo ago
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