When Jesus prayed, he was conscious that, in his prayer, he met the Presence, and this consciousness was far more important and significant than the answering of his prayer. -- Fr Richard's Daily Meditation, August 16, 2024
There...that saved quote was in the middle of a much longer quote and was all but a throwaway line in the original text. I kept the longer quote knowing it had a hidden message that I couldn't quite hear yet.
When I read it yet again this morning, I heard...not the pearl beyond price, not the answer to end all questioning...just the simple affirmation of what I had long ago been given...that the importance is not in the words but in the consciousness they impart to the ready.
It is our job, our privilege, to keep coming back to the whisper. It will be heard...we know not when for we are but building our trust, our faith, in the unknown Word.
This morning what I heard was so simple that I grinned at me trying to make it a tish headier. No...it is plain and simple and perfect:
When we pray, be conscious that in our prayer we meet the Presence, and this consciousness is far more important and significant than the answering of our prayer.
Thank you.
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