Pray
for my weakness
Fr.
Antonious Abba Moses
PRAYER
By H.H Pope Shenouda
III
Prayer is to open the heart to
God, so that the faithful talks to Him, lovingly and openly. It is laying the
individual before God. Prayer is a tie, a relationship between man and God.
Therefore, it is not just talk, it is a heart connected to a heart. Prayer is a
feeling of being in the presence of God. It is a partnership with the Holy
Spirit and unity with God...
Prayer is the food of the angels and the
spirituals by which they are nourished and taste the Lord, "Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good." (Ps. 34:8)
Prayer quenches a soul's thirst for God, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so
pants my soul to you, 0 God" (Ps. 42: 1), "I will lift up my hands in
Your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness." (Ps.
63:5) Prayer is the submission of life to God to conduct it Himself, "Your
will be done. " Prayer is an admission of our lack of strength. and
insufficiency of intelligence. Therefore, we resort to a greater
power
where we find our care...Prayer is
abolishing our independence from God...
It is meeting with God: either we
lift ourselves up to Him or He comes down to us...
It is turning oneself to Heaven
and to the throne of God...
Prayer is not an obligation or an
order. It is not just a commandment or piety and devotion... It is a desire and
longing... otherwise, it would be a burden which we, unwillingly
practise, just for obedience
sake!! Prayer is not just a request. One might pray without asking for
anything... but contemplate on the beauty of God and His life giving
qualities... Therefore, a prayer of praise and glorification... is more sublime
than that of a request...
Whoever seeks something else
besides God alone, will never be able to enjoy prayer as he ought to. Prayer
means dying completely to all the world, an utter forgetfulness to pleasures,
where God alone remains in one's thought... Prayer is the ladder which connects
heaven and earth. It is a bridge that we cross to reach the heavenly places
where there is no world...
It is a key to Heaven
...
It is a combination of feelings that are
expressed in words Prayer would be without words or utterance The heart's beat
is a prayer ... the eye's tear is a prayer ... the feeling of God's presence is
a prayer In all these shades of meaning, do you really pray?
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