In his brief treatise on prayer Origen
speaks of one's entire life as prayer. He notes that 'one prays
constantly... who unites deeds of virtue or fulfilling the commandments
with prayer and prayer with right deeds'. He elaborates this by saying
that the entire life of a saint taken as a whole is a single great prayer
and that what is customarily called prayer is part of this single great
prayer. Frank Houdek, SJ
As
today we celebrate today the 43rd Anniversary of the Dedication of our
Abbey Church, we recall the ceaseless prayer that our Church has held,
the prayers of monks and their guests. We ponder, and we wonder at all the
desires and urgent pleadings, the prayers of praise, the hymns of gratitude and
thanksgiving that our Lord has heard from within these walls.
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