Thursday, March 1, 2012

Commanded to Pray

In prayer the illusions of our own will are unmasked. "The sober and vigilant heart, says Hesychius of Bathos, "calls continually upon Christ out of the depths, with groaning that cannot be uttered. He who struggles so sees the enemy crumble to dust before the holy and adorable Name of Jesus like stubble before the wind." The purity of heart to which this surrender of the will leads is the same as that from which will arise uncesaing prayer. According to the fathers they both amount to the same thing.

If prayer enables us the better to understand the Fathers's will, it also helps us to penetrate deeper into reality. To a heart steeped in prayer everything becomes transparent. To it is disclosed the inmost core of being. In prayer everything points to God, speaks in some sort of His Name, praises Him unceasingly.
Father Andres Louf, O.C.S.O. Magnificat, pg. 29.
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Novena to the Holy Spirit

"Wait for the promise of the Father...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:5,6

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.