To pray is to breathe. No more than the body can do without oxygen can the soul do without prayer, that is, without breathing God's life. . . . It is not that we pray simply because we have a few extra moments or we believe that it would be a good idea to pray. No. We pray because we must. . . . [W]e pray always by opening our hearts to the ever-present God.
--Fr. Stephen Rossetti, When the Lion Roars (70-71)
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IC, you're doing a beautiful job with this. Thank you. I blew the first two days (for the most part) but today's bit about prayer as oxygen for the soul inspired me to take a walk along the river. And I took with me a print-out of evening prayer from universalis.com which combined nicely with your meditation to make for a thirty-minute perambulation of body and soul that was exceedingly rejuvinating.
Thanks. I'm really glad to hear this has helped. Honestly, it's a kind of deliberate reflection for me too, just choosing pieces and photography.
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