"Prayer is actually setting out a tuning fork. All you can really do in the spiritual life is get tuned to receive the always present message. Once you are tuned, you will receive, and it has nothing to do with worthiness or the group you belong to, but only inner resonance and a capacity for mutuality (Matthew 7:7-11). The Sender is absolutely and always present and broadcasting; the only change is with the receiver station."
Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See. New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009. 101-102.
2 comments:
Just what I needed to hear, Jan. Thank you.
This is profound... the moreso because of the number of people I am community with who have truly "tuned out God"...
thank you for this post!
Prayer update: Mother-in-law is in a nursing home, is anxious and depressed, and not doing as well as she was in the hospital. Compounded by a doc who does not return phone calls... DH filed a complaint. sigh
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