“We enter into prayer without realizing it. Converse with Christ, conversation, the reading of Scripture, the singing of psalms, the light of an oil lamp and the fragrance of incense all create the appropriate atmosphere so that everything happens naturally, in simplicity of heart.”
- St Porphyrios, Wounded by Love, pg 114.
Reflection:
Have we struggled to pray or to get through our day lately?(1)
It helps tremendously to be immersed in the environment of Christ and go to the Church to pray, relaxing with God, or when that is not available, create that environment at home as St Porphyrios describes.
Whenever we feel off, let us immerse ourselves in the environment of the Church, reaching out to God in that prayerful environment given to us by Christ Himself.
