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Jesus Christ – the source of prayer in action Jesus is offering himself on the altar to God. In his constant offering he finds everyday bread for himself. (Fr Marie-Eugène, I Want to See God) If constant prayer provides the ground our love for God springs from, then prayer in action has the same function: it enables us to give everything to God who has conquered our hearts with the arrow of his tender love. In silent prayer we seek Jesus inside ourselves, deep within our souls, whereas, by prayer in action, we seek him externally, in the people and events that we encounter. It would be impossible to describe all the possible situations we are likely to meet: we can only offer a few scenarios and show how they might be examples for us in our daily lives. What a challenge this is! We each have our own daily agenda. We are all hermits in a way; solitary when it comes to reflecting, making decisions, making more and more demands of ourselves and, basically, trying to be a balanced individual. In a nutshell, we have to develop the art of living our own life, not just slavishly following others. It is not a matter of just copying the life of Jesus or the saints. It is about asking ourselves how we might change our life into a great act of love by observing their
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