Scripture seemed to come alive and grab my inner being. Were other times when a simple quiet presence or regard toward the Lord would Some days I could pray for one hour using the petitions that were listed in the On intercession, where I prayed extensively in tongues after each petition. In a similar way, I experienced months of concentration I used the Morning Offering the De Montfort Consecration to Jesus through Mary the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus the daily renewal of my vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and other prayers of consecration and entrustment. For a few months, all the power in my prayer and the overwhelming time and effort in my prayer was concentrated on heartfelt consecration of my life. I experienced this process moving me to fervent consecration of life. Months before there was movement to a new area. After I would respond, change would happen,Īnd then new areas would become anointed. Needed to repent, change direction, or give new commitments were the only ones Of blockage or being walled off from the Lord. My prayer continued to change within this broad outline,Īs the Holy Spirit anointed some directions and closed off others with a sense In time, I saw an overall approach develop that became a pattern I could teach. It also meant dwelling more on the words of Scripture and yielding to the power of those words to touch my spirit and change me.
In my life, this new development meant an increase of prayers of praise followed by quiet prayer of rest in God’s presence. In the Spirit rather than predominantly in mental prayer. Involvement in praise, an increased desire to pray, and a willingness to pray This is what the Holy Spirit does in us if we yield to Him.Įxperience of being baptized in the Holy Spirit, which initially leads to a new If we want to change the way we live, we change the way we pray. I am reminded of the refrain: “Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.” This is in line with the statement in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “We pray the way we live, and we live the way we pray” (see no. I don’t always cooperate, but when Iĭo, I also see the results in a life change. The Holy Spirit who blocks other avenues. Is the Holy Spirit who anoints in power certain directions in prayer, and it is I find that the Holy Spirit opens and closes doors to prayer. The best way I can express how I pray today is to quote Pope John Paul II from Crossing the Threshold of Hope: “The pope prays as the Holy Spirit permits him to pray.”
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