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interior
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...Observances without interiority are
like bones without flesh. |
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...A little child is
forced by its mother to pray. As prayer progresses, it prays
freely in the Spirit. |
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...Everyday, we should
spend time in silence, 'alone with The Alone', to become aware of what
we are, our relation with Jesus, and to check whether Jesus is alive in
us. |
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...Silence helps us to share God with
those who come to us. |
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...Try to create a
rhythm of life that is not too frequently disturbed. It will lead
you to a recollected attitude. |
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...Just as a body needs meals, the heart
needs times of silence. |
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...The tendency in a monk to accumulate
things shows a lack of interiority. |
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...Prayer is a priority to be acquired and
preserved. |
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...Our bodies should be the means of prayer
and not the end. |
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...Do not have some kind of blind faith in
a special way of meditation. |
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...We should progress from 'We pray to
Christ' to 'Christ prays in us'. |
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...Interior prayer
helps us to 'digest' community prayer and leads to nourishment and
transfiguration. |
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...In personal prayer,
we should discard all other matters connected with ourselves and speak
heart-to-heart with the Lord. When we speak to a friend, we don't
let other distractions come between us. |
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...Sometimes, a small phrase like 'Seek
His face' is enough to inspire us to prayer. |
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