Prayer

Lent is also meant for us to pray and to love, to grow in our prayer and our love, our love for the Lord and for the brethren, both the great ones and the least ones (Matthew 25:40). Today I will talk to you about prayer. Only he who truly prays is actually fasting. Prayer is also the sustenance of the believer during Lent and beyond. I would be speaking to you about what you already know if I said: he who comes from the communion of the Church is the one who truly prays. This is the wellspring of prayer, to be one with the community that is united by the obedience to the Living God. I know, as you do, the terrible gulf (gap) (ref Luke 16:26) that exists today between the faithful and the life of their Church. How does the believer reconcile his distance from the Church with his closeness to God? To whom do you pray? For prayer to be our sustenance every day, we must answer this question thus: to the God of the community that is united by His worship. This is the pearl of life both in the present and in the time to come. When Jesus said to his disciples at the Last Supper: “This is My Body…”, He united us, making us one. Let Lent anchor us in unity, whether we are together or apart.