Presence of God

How well do you know the Holy Spirit? 

The person of the Holy Spirit guides us in our spiritual depth of relationship with God. Attuning our ears to listen, our mind to understand and our hearts to obey God’s word. The quality of our prayer life will always go back to the disposition of our heart and whether we are open to the movements of the Holy Spirit. 

I take comfort in the fact that the Lord leads us all by paths and in ways pleasing to him, and each of us responds according to our heart’s resolve and the personal expressions of our prayer. However, Christian Tradition has retained three major expressions of prayer: vocal, meditative, and contemplative. They have one basic trait in common: composure of heart. 

If we want to prepare our hearts for our life of prayer, we need to frequently turn to the Word of God and frequently practice the presence of God.

Prayer doesn’t simply “happen” to most of us and we need to train our heart to listen to God’s voice. When we successfully prepare our heart for moments of prayer, we will experience a profound union with God that is a foreshadowing of the ultimate union with God in Heaven.

Lord, help me seek you first, giving you my best and not what’s leftover. Guide my attention to focus on you and turn away from the evil of distraction. Let me live for an audience of one so I can carry out your holy will. Amen