Prayer is not about throwing holy words at God; it is about embracing a new way of seeing. Prayer is not aspirational fantasy; it is the opening of ourselves to the reality of God’s presence, an act that forms us in love. Prayer is meant to be where love is nurtured. It’s in the true praying moment that God heightens our awareness that we are already enveloped in his loving union, which enables us to extend that love to others. We are shown the wealth of abundance that has always surrounded us in Christ. This path is the way out of incurvatus in se; it is resistance to the possessed powers and
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