Tuesday afternoon
Hymn from the Office - your peaceful presence giving strength
To want to pray is to pray. God looks at the heart.
Pray the way we can, and not in the way we can't!
A few definitions of prayer - "being with God with people on one's heart" "a crumpled Amen" "thinking of You with love."
Mark 1:35 - the woman cured of bleeding
Listening is a very important part of prayer. God knew what he was doing when he gave us one mouth and two ears!
We need to quieten the din of our mind so that the ear of our heart can pick up the music which is everywhere
Mother Teresa - God listens too.
Our listening is based on the premise that God is so taken up with us that he is always listening to us too!
Finding God in all things - the art is to find him.
Even when we don't see God in the facts of our life, He s always there and we will come eventually to see Him.. "And all will be well" - Julian of Norwich
Look back at the day - where was God - even in the wrong turnings?
Friendship needs affection. Jesus looking on the young man with love; healing by touch; all the words of love He spoke.
Peter - do you love me? Was the question asked because Jesus wanted to know the answer, needed to hear it?
The Gospel of John begins and ends with a question. "Who are you looking for?" To the first disciples- and at the end he asks the same question of Mary in the garden and calls her by her name.
Yes Lord, I do love you, often not nearly enough but I want to love you more.
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