tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post1448939238772129328..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Why pray for what we need?Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-76797050125599854102012-06-21T14:51:32.507-05:002012-06-21T14:51:32.507-05:00I really liked this homily. Favorite points: "...I really liked this homily. Favorite points: "we acknowledge that we need and that God is the source of our fulfillment" (rely on God, TRUST in Him, and begin this difficult path toward trust by first asking and then knowing that we will be answered); "We pray in order to build up the humility necessary to excel as instruments of God's love on earth" (when I open myself in prayer, truly open myself, it reveals a surprising vulnerability on my part and reminds me of my total dependence on Him and reinforces a humble and contrite heart); "give us, forgive us, lead us, deliver us" (just wow!, what a wonderful meditation on the spiritual path, as these elements seem to continually cycle through my own experience); and "Ask for all that you think you need and then receive the only One you truly need" (when we are full of the Lord, when our hearts are overflowing with His Love, we realize that is all we could ever want or need and then we cannot contain that love - we must share it; it is impossible not to). <br />I really needed this today - thank you and God Bless.<br /> .<br /><br /><br /> .Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-28018352157854307272012-06-21T08:26:44.503-05:002012-06-21T08:26:44.503-05:00Yep! I don't put it as well as you do, but it ...Yep! I don't put it as well as you do, but it seems to me that prayer is all about a relationship with God. Which is the same reason that deliberately missing weekly Mass is a mortal sin -- when your best friend is literally giving his life for you, would you stand him up?Melissa H-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674140433439195917noreply@blogger.com