We are always in need of prayer. And so we must allow ourselves a minute or two of silence; we must also respect others when they are praying.
Life is filled with all types of distractions and temptations. A healthy prayer life will provide a calm respite. We will behold the majesty and magnificence of God. We will learn patience and confidence. We can breathe without anxiety, without angst, without worry. Contemplation leads us toward God.
A rigorous prayer life prepares us to follow Christ, to live with Christ’s fairness and social justice lessons in our hearts. A rigorous prayer life makes us aware of our own individual situation. We can see our strengths, our weaknesses. We can ask God for assistance. A rigorous prayer life will help us become closer to God.
Goodness requires diligence and perseverance.
Lent provided us with forty days of a journey into the desert for purification and provided a picturesque of hope through the various liturgies read during Mass. Lent does not have to provide us with discomfort. It only requested that we attempt to move closer to God, that we attempt to be better Christians. The great problem we face is sin, and the solution is not always easy to accept and follow. When sin appears before us, we must remember to pray to God for strength to avoid sin, for guidance away from sin.
Lent provided us with many reasons to pray to God, to remember that we are refugees searching for forgiveness, mercy, and love. We are not the rulers. We are wounded by our various sins, seen and unseen.
Lent provided us with an education, very private and personal; we were asked to examine our consciences. When we went to Confession, we were told to “sin no more” and we returned to our lives of road rage, crazy bosses, and secular supported and encouraged vices.
We can always trust in God. We do not have to be a member of the distraught population bouncing between each sin and deception displayed on magazine covers and television screens. There is another solution.
Silence. Contemplation. Prayer.
Splendid Prayer.
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