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7/22/2015

I will not be posting for a few days. I am heading to Assisi for a few days of quiet. I will be staying at a little pensione that has remarkable views and has a 14th century chapel attached to it where I will be able to celebrate Mass each day. If you want, you can leave your intentions in the comments here on the blog or on facebook.

4 Comments

Lilly

7/21/2015 04:03:42 pm

Enjoy father and please pray for us , we really need a lot of prayers . God bless you

Joann

7/21/2015 10:34:15 pm

I'm with Lilly. I will pray for you too.

S. Mary Mark

7/22/2015 05:04:43 am

My prayers are with you. Jeff, during these days of pease and quiet. May they be blest for you !

Tes

7/22/2015 11:32:18 am

Imitating Christ in Prayer
51. Due to numerous duties stemming in large part from pastoral activity, the priest’s life is now linked more so than ever before to a series of requests that could lead him to mounting activism, making him subject to a pace at times over- whelming and frenetic.

Not to be forgotten against this temptation is the first intention of Jesus, which was to call to his side Apostles so they “would remain with him” (Mk 3:14).

The Son of God himself wished to leave us testimony of his prayer. Indeed, quite frequently do the Gospels present Christ in prayer: in the revelation of his mission by the Father (cf. Lk 3:21-22), before the calling of the Apostles (cf. Lk 6:12), in giving thanks to God in the multiplication of the loaves of bread (cf. Mt 14:19; 15:36; Mk 6:41; 8:7; Lk 9:16; Jn 6:11), in the Transfiguration on the mountain (cf. Lk 9: 28-29), when he healed the deaf-mute (cf. Mk 7:34) and brought Lazarus back to life (cf. Jn 11:41 ff.), before the confession of Peter (cf. Lk 9:18), when he taught the disciples how to pray (cf. Lk 11:1) and when they returned after completing their mission (cf. Mt 11:25 ff.; Lk 10:21 ff.), in the blessing of the children (cf. Mt 19:13) and on the prayer for Peter (cf. Lk 22:32), etc.

Everything in his daily activity issued forth from prayer. Thus did he retreat to the desert or on the mountain to pray (cf. Mk 1:35; 6:46; Lk 5:16; Mt 4:1; Mt 14:23), rose early (cf. Mk 1:35) or spent the entire night in prayer with God (cf. Mt 14:23.25; Mk 6:46.48; Lk 6:12).

Until the very end of his life, at the Last Supper (cf. Jn 17:1-26), in the agony of the garden (cf. Mt 26:36-44 par.) and on the Cross (cf. Lk 23:34.46; Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34), the divine Master demonstrated that prayer gave life to his Messianic ministry and his Paschal exodus.

Risen from the dead, he lives forever and prays for us (cf.Heb7:25)

Therefore, the fundamental priority for each priest is his personal relationship with Christ through the abundance of moments of silence and prayer for cultivating and deepening his relationship with the living person of the Lord Jesus. Following the example of St. Joseph, the silence of the priest “manifests not an interior vacuum but, on the contrary, the fullness of the faith he bears in his heart and which guides his every thought and deed”. A silence, which, like that of the holy Patriarch “preserves the Word of God known through the Sacred Scriptures, constantly confronting it with the events in the life of Jesus; a silence woven with constant prayer, prayer of blessing of the Lord, adoration of his holy will, and unreserved entrustment to his providence.

(Quoted from: Dir .for Min.& L of Priests)

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