July 29, 2007
Pentecost IX

"Teach Us to Pray"

Last week we were presented with Jesus' words to Martha that Mary had chosen the better part, which was to sit at his feet and listen; this week we are presented with the request of the disciples to Jesus to teach them to pray. These two passages are related in content and context especially as we recognize our need to be in communion with God. When we present everything that concerns us and everything that delights us to God, we are sharing with God who we are and what we are and that builds between God and ourselves the intimacy that allows the new life that God wants to give us. It is just the same as spending time together in a marriage by speaking and listening, expressing our fears and our hopes, our desires and our wants; it helps make the marriage a true marriage. The dynamic of a relationship is based on the exchange that is needed in communication. We need to be willing to share of ourselves and also be willing to receive from the other person.

Speak often with God, about those things upon your heart, and God will speak with you and answer you. To pray as Jesus taught us to pray is, above all, to be connected. Connected when we are afraid and when we are full of courage, connected when we are weeping and when we are laughing, connected when we are in need and when we have much to give..

Silito

Take a look at some of the previous messages from the Rector