“Meditation is above all a quest. The mind seeks to understand the why and how of the Christian life, in order to adhere and respond to what the Lord is asking.” (CCC 2705)
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Prayer is where the ultimate awareness of self occurs, for it is in prayer where we become most aware of our dependence on Another and therefore it is in prayer where we admit the lie of our self-sufficiency.
In prayer we enter into a relationship (I-Thou) that corresponds with our deepest, truest self. Otherwise it is nothing. Either we are true and we enter into a relationship, or we are false and are alone with our thoughts.
In prayer we are aware of the foundation from which our life, our being, springs. We are aware that we have not created ourselves, and that our creation is not in our past, but rather, it is in our present; it is in this moment, right now. And as our creation is present in every moment, it is present in every action, every breathe, which leads to the question, can our entire life become prayer?
Lord, teach me to pray
so that I may know you;
Lord, teach me to pray
so that I might be true.
Lord, teach me to pray
that I might know myself;
Lord, teach me to pray
that I might know you.
Lord, teach me to pray
with my every breath,
with my every word,
with my every action.
Lord, teach me to pray
so wherever I go
I can say, “He is with me,
and has not left me alone.”
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