Magnificent Prayer #48
Magnificent Prayer #48
My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.
Psalm 35:28
You must learn a kind of prayer which can be made at all times, which doesn’t divert from your outward business, and which princes, kings, prelates, priests, magistrates, soldiers, children, artisans, laborers, women and sick persons, may all perform.
This kind of prayer isn’t from the head, but from the heart. It’s not a prayer of thought only, because the spirit of man is so bound that while he thinks on one thing he cannot fully think on another; but it’s the prayer of the heart, which isn’t at all interrupted by all the occupations of the mind. Nothing but abnormal affections can interrupt the prayer of the heart, and it’s almost impossible for the soul which has once tasted God and the sweetness of His love, to relish anything else but Him.
MADAME GUYON
Pray About It: There is, of course, the prayer we pray in our prayer closets; but that can’t be the only time we pray. If we leave our homes in the morning, having spent time with God, we will, throughout the day, carry that spirit of prayer with us. And no matter what we do—our office jobs, our sales calls, our college classes, our teaching, our reading, our parenting—can all be occasions for yet more prayer. How? By allowing our “prayers of the heart” to constantly be in communion with God. Such prayers are “not at all interrupted by all the occupations of the mind.”
God will be with you all day today. See if you can’t find time to remember Him throughout the day and offer a short prayer of the heart.
What can be more agreeable to God than to withdraw thus many times a day from the things of the world to retire into ourselves and adore Him interiorly?
BROTHER LAWRENCE
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