Should You Pray to Jesus or God the Father?
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We all know what prayer is. Some of us even try to pray everyday. But do you find that it becomes a boring routine or do you feel like God isn’t even listening to you? A lot of people struggle with prayer. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that prayer is the lifting up of our hearts to God. ASK A BISHOP got the chance to sit down with Archbishop Aquila to discuss prayer.
Aquila said that prayer is entering in that quiet solitude with the Lord. The Gospel tells us that Jesus would often go to a quiet place to pray to truly be in communion with the Father. His deepest desire was seeking the will of the Father and doing the will of the Father.
In learning to pray, Jesus taught us to go into the quiet of our rooms and also taught us the great prayer of the Our Father. As his disciples, when we pray, our prayer is to be directed to the Father. Prayer is entering into that conversation like we have with each other and opening our hearts with the Lord and sharing our desires with Him.
St. Therese of Lisieux said prayer is a gaze at God or a movement within our hearts to speak heart to heart with the Lord.
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(Article written by Kate Anderson)
Why does God allow suffering?
People all around the globe ask questions on the meaning of suffering and why suffering exists. Suffering affects everyone in some shape or form, and in order to better understand ourselves, suffering is a concept that requires a deeper knowledge.
In an Interview with Ask A Bishop, Bishop Conley discusses how suffering entered the world through our first parents, Adam and Eve. Conley states, “God gave Adam and Eve absolute compete freedom, and they chose to disobey God, because of this, “The Fall”, this is when sin and imperfection entered the world and impacted all of creation.”
Conley pin points this moment of Adam and Eve’s disobedience as the beginning of suffering. Prior to their decision, the world lied in harmony, perfection, and order with God. Once imperfection entered the world, so did sin. “The lack of perfection, which God allows, manifests in disease, natural disaster, and exists in all suffering present in the world”, says Conley.
While the human heart longs for perfection in a world without pain and suffering, we must understand that this is what eternal life holds for us, and “We live in an imperfect world, although it is created good” summarizes Conley.
Please watch the video below to understand why God allows suffering.
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(Article written by Krista Keil)