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1 | to get closer to god | Matt 6:6 | Brian.g | 203360 | ||
God calls man first. Man may forget his Creator or hide far from his face; he may run after idols or accuse the deity of having abandoned him; yet the living and true God tirelessly calls each person to that mysterious encounter known as prayer. Our response to God (our first step), is prayer. (CCC 2567) Scripture often speaks that it is the heart that prays. The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; the heart is the place "to which I withdraw." The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as the image of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant. (CCC 2563) “You see then, that perfect prayer is not attained through many words, but through affection of desire, the soul raising herself to God, with knowledge of herself and of God’s mercy, seasoning the one with the other.” St Catherine of Siena But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Mt 6:6 |
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2 | to get closer to god | Matt 6:6 | DocTrinsograce | 203382 | ||
Makes me mindful of Blaise Pascal, when he wrote, "If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be redeemed only by divine grace through the crucified Christ, then we shall find peace of mind never granted to philosophers. He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace." | ||||||