Wednesday, February 10, 2010

"prayer is something that happens to you ..."

"Prayer is something that happens to you (Romans 8:26-27), much more than anything you privately do. It is an allowing of the Big Self more than an assertion of the small self. Eventually you will find yourself preferring to say, “Prayer happened, and I was there” more than “I prayed today.” All you know is that you are being led, being guided, being loved, being used, being prayed through—and you are no longer in the driver’s seat.

"God stops being an object of attention like any other object in the world, and becomes at some level your own “I am.” You start knowing through, with, and in Somebody Else. Your little “I Am” becomes “We Are.” Please trust me on this. It might be the most important thing I could tell you."

Fr. Richard Rohr, from The Naked Now, pp. 102-103

HT to barefoot toward the Light

2 comments:

  1. Very nice Blog..excellent links. No doubt you've read 'The Cloud of Unknowing.' ...If not, I think it's a book for you.
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  2. Thanks, Artemesia. Yes, I've read the cloud, and tend to return to it every few years. May be time, about now, to pick it up again!

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