“Prayer should not be taken for granted. It is necessary to learn how to pray, as it were acquiring this art ever anew; even those who are very advanced in spiritual life always feel the need to learn from Jesus, to learn how to pray authentically. We receive the first lesson from the Lord by his example. The Gospels describe Jesus to us in intimate and constant conversation with the Father: it is a profound communion of the One who came into the world not to do his will but that of the Father who sent him for the salvation of man.” —Pope Benedict XVI
January 6, 2017
‘My parents haven't spoken in 25 years’: A must-watch parable about sin and prayer
“Prayer should not be taken for granted. It is necessary to learn how to pray, as it were acquiring this art ever anew; even those who are very advanced in spiritual life always feel the need to learn from Jesus, to learn how to pray authentically. We receive the first lesson from the Lord by his example. The Gospels describe Jesus to us in intimate and constant conversation with the Father: it is a profound communion of the One who came into the world not to do his will but that of the Father who sent him for the salvation of man.” —Pope Benedict XVI
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In America I think there would have been a divorce, most likely. That they stayed together says something very remarkable although I don't know that I can put it into words. There is always hope, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteI also don't know how prayer fits into this unless the children wanting their parents to talk is a form of prayer. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteYou lost me on the sin and prayer. I am not sure I found their dysfunction as humorous as the people on the show did.
ReplyDeleteThe parallel is meant to be between us and God. Our sin causes us not to be on intimate terms with God through prayer. In the same way the husband's sin, or jealousy, caused the same in his marriage. In an effort to reunite their parents the children intervened on their behalf. So to did, and does, God the Son intervene on our behalf between us and God the Father. In a final parallel, the mother admits to consistently wanting to speak with her husband, as God wishes always to be intimate with us. And in the end, the father admits to always wanting to speak to his wife, he just hung on to his sin too long. In the same way, we hold on to our sin, and deny our longing to reunite with God.
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