Prayer aplenty. (spirituality cafe).More on prayer from Saint Therese of Lisieux (feast day, October 1): "How great is the power of prayer! ... To be heard it is not necessary to read from a book some beautiful formula composed for the occasion. If this were the case, alas, I would have to be pitied! "Outside the Divine Office ... I do not have the courage to force myself to search out beautiful prayers in books. There are so many of them it really gives me a headache, and each prayer is more beautiful than the others. I cannot recite them all and not knowing which to choose, I do like children who do not know how to read. I say very simply to God what I wish to say, without composing com·pose v. com·posed, com·pos·ing, com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form: beautiful sentences, and He always understands me. "For me, prayer is an aspiration aspiration /as·pi·ra·tion/ (as?pi-ra´shun) 1. the drawing of a foreign substance, such as the gastric contents, into the respiratory tract during inhalation. 2. of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude Gratitude agrimony traditional symbol for gratitude. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172] Androcles because he had once extracted a thorn from its paw, the lion refrained from attacking Androcles in the arena. [Rom. Lit. and love in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of trial as well as joy." (http://thelittleflower,org, an online resource of Carmelite spirituality) |
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