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There are two main passages in the New Testament where Jesus teaches us how to pray: Matthew 6: 9-13 when he gives us the “Our Father,” a structured, vocal prayer, and the Agony in the Garden. In the example of the Agony in the Garden, one could say that Jesus does not need to pray in this way—He is God. He could have very well prayed or processed what would happen next in private without involving the disciples. Instead we have this demonstrative and ceremonious example of mental prayer, spoken aloud for our benefit.
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In these last few days of the Lenten season, the Gospel readings guide us through Christ’s final moments before His Passion and death. During this time, we are encouraged to recommit ourselves to fasting, prayer, and almsgiving as a way of drawing nearer to Jesus as His earthly ministry comes to a close.
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Lent has always been a kind of ascent. The Church, in her wisdom, gives us forty days, echoing Moses on the mountain, Elijah in the wilderness, and Christ in the desert. These are not accidental parallels. They remind us that transformation takes time and that encounter with God is often preceded by endurance.
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At the foundation of the security we want to give our children is a security we ourselves must first receive, cultivate, and trust—and that security bears the name and face of Jesus, “God with us.”
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C.S. Lewis: A Friend of the Generations By Colleen Dean, Contributing Writer “Human history is the long, terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” C.S. Lewis wrote these momentous words in his book Mere Christianity almost seventy-five years ago. But how relevant they remain today! Everywhere […]
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“In the depths of his conscience, man detects a law which he does not impose upon himself, but which holds him to obedience where he is alone with God whose voice echoes within him.”
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Verbalizing your most personal thoughts and issues to another human being is a process that everyone can understand is important on some level. The idea of a skilled professional giving advice and direction on what to do next to avoid repeated issues is common in many different areas of life, including career mentoring. Some individuals may even draw connections between this practice and the way therapy often works.
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After a meaningful plot reveal, the film zeroes in on the interiority of Maria’s murderer, who is in the room with us. In light of this revelation, perpetrators, victims, sinners, and saints stand on equal ground, because mercy infuses justice. Despite our discomfort with this evening of scales, grace still does its work. It vitalizes the bleak room of the prison, a place one character likens to Hell.
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