20 November 2014, The Tablet

Spiritual readings – 22 November 2014


 
The Spirit prays in us. Of course we pray as well. We say our words and, when we use the psalms, we say the ancient hallowed words which have been lovingly passed down. But, if we do, it is not just because we want to, though that is important too, but more because another Spirit is controlling ours and bringing us, through those same words, to him from whom it comes. That Spirit comes from God and is, indeed, at work in us when we begin to pray … And so, before we even start a psalm, we need to let that Spirit come and lead us through the psalm-words until we become the image and the likeness of the One from whom the Spirit, and the Word itself, has come.Ambrose Tinsley OSB  Wisely, Pray the Psalms (The Columba Press, 2014)Whether or not a man believes in Jesus Christ, his In
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