YOUCAT Lesson 509
YOUCAT the catechism
for Catholic youth
509 Isn’t praying a flight
from reality?
Someone who prays does not flee from reality: rather, he
opens his eyes for reality as a whole.
From Almighty God himself he received the strength to cope with reality.
My great, great, grand niece Cassie May in Haiti fitting a pair of donated shoes on a child. Photo by her mother Stephanie May 2016 .....311 ..... 509
Prayer is like going to a gas station where we get free fuel
for our long journeys and extreme challenges.
Praying does not lead out of reality but, rather, deeper into it. Praying does not take time away from other
things but, rather, doubles the remaining time and fills it with intrinsic
meaning. 356
“Thus Christian spirituality…is not a…flight from or
rejection of the world, nor can it be reduced to mere temporal activity. Imbued by the Spirit…,it is a spirituality of
the transfiguration of the world and of hope in the coming of God’s kingdom.”
Pope St. John Paul II (1920-2005), December 2, 1998
“The risen Jesus is present among his people and in the
heart of human history. Through the Holy Spirit, he fills those who open
themselves to him in faith and love; indeed, he gradually transfigures them,
making them share in his own glorified life. They now live and act in the world
with their gaze always focused on the final goal: ‘If then you have been raised
with Christ’, St Paul urges, ‘seek the things that are above, where Christ is
seated at the right hand of God’ (Colossians 3:1-4)” --Pope St. John Paul II in a General
Audience, December 2, 1998
No comments:
Post a Comment