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Prayer is an asking, but an asking of God, and consequently bears the impress of him to whom it is addressed. We can ask God only for what he wants us to ask of him, and he can will only what is conformable to his will. What is that order?

By Dom Augustin Guillerand.

It is what he is, [the One] from whom, by whom, and for whom all things are. He is our beginning and our end. He is the light of our mind and the strength of our will. He is truth, goodness, and beauty unalloyed, the source of all joy, and the ocean of all life. We should ask to enter, by grace, into such intimate relations with him as unite us to him; to become his sons by a communication as complete as possible of his Spirit of love; to share in that joy and in that life which is his joy and his life — in short, to share in joy itself and life itself.

The Scriptures are full of this prayer, which is constantly bubbling up like springs of water on a high mountain. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, says the Psalmist. For what have I in heaven, and besides you what do I desire upon earth? You are the God of my heart, and my portion forever. This is J. I hope you appreciated this piece. We curate these articles especially for readers like you.