PRAYER
"Prayer is the door to great graces. If this door be shut, I do not see how God can bestow them." St. Teresa of Avila
Our Lord said, "Pray always." He was not speaking only to a few disciples, but to every Christian throughout the ages, and He never commands the impossible. As Carmelite, He will give us special graces to fulfill this precept, for our vocation is to be persons of prayer living in the world. In spite of all the distractions in our state of life, we must firmly believe that we can pray always----not trusting in our own power, for what we have none, but fully confident in the power and mercy of Our Lord.
In what does "praying always" consist? St. Teresa, our spiritual Mother, said that prayer is a loving conversion between the soul and God "Whom we know loves us," This loving colloquy can be carried on during the day, even at the times I am working, at home with or family, or going to a party. We only need to turn our soul to God Who is within us, and unite our actions to His holy will, telling Him that we do them for love of Him and with HIm. Then all our actions, our whole day, becomes a continual prayer. With St. Teresa, "Let us beseech God to give us the grace and resolution to strive for this blessing with all our might."
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