Prayer: Appointments with the Divine Teacher

Last week I discussed prayer as a means of our growing in the knowledge and love of God. This week I discuss prayer as a means by which we develop our human potential (physical, emotional, and intellectual) and even change the world around us. God provides us with special talents...

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Prayer: Formal and Contemplative

Prayer, in one form or another, is essential to the life of a Christian, being nothing less than “the living relationship of the children of God with their Father” (Catechism, 2565). Whenever I direct my thoughts, feelings, and resolutions to God—I am praying. If I thank God for a sunset,...

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