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The Resurgence of Prayer, in a World that Wants to Exclude It
Topic Started: Monday, 1. June 2009, 16:35 (89 Views)
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Thanks to Fr. Ray for drawing attention to Sandro Magister's article reporting on a "Festival of theology," which begun on May 22 and concluded on May 24 with two "master lectures": the first by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, and the second by the German Evangelical theologian, Jürgen Moltmann.

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On the visit he made to the abbey of Monte Cassino on Ascension Sunday, Benedict XVI revived the famous motto of the saint whose name he took: "Ora et labora et lege." Work and study, but first of all pray.
And he linked this motto with the other one that the pope has repeatedly placed at the origin of all Western civilization: "quaerere Deum," to seek God.
In the vision of Benedict XVI, praying to God is not a part, but rather the whole of man's vocation. The idea may appear daring in an age in which prayer is often trivialized, contested, put off limits. But it finds support in signs of renewed attention to this supreme act of Christian life, and that's not all.

The report includes the full text of Cardinal Ruini's lecture The horizon of prayer: journeying toward God
Well worth a read
KatyA
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