Prayer part 1

“I want to start a new series of catechesis on a subject that is very dear to us all: the topic of prayer.” With these simple words Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of May introduced the subject of a new topic for his catechesis during his weekly General Audiences. Over the past two years Pope Benedict has been exploring the lives of the saints. That series of talks concluded last month, and hence on May 6^th the Pope announced the subject of the new topic saying it is based on the request of the disciples to Christ, “Lord, teach us to pray”.
“Because we know that prayer cannot be taken for granted, we must learn to pray, as if gaining back this art. Even those who are very advanced in the spiritual life – the Pope said - always feel the need to get to school to learn to pray to Jesus with authenticity.”
Picking up on that theme, father Jim Brand, brings us the first in his own series of meditations on prayer with a reflection on how you and I have been spoken into being, and that every human person is a unique, divine statement…