Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent.

Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.

Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an experiment. Note your feelings of helplessness and excessive dependence upon words to communicate. Try to find new ways to relate to tohers that are not dependent upon words. Enjoy, savor the day. Learn from it.

He is inviting you - and me - to come home, to come home to where we belong, to come home to that for which we were created. His arms are stretched out wide to receive us. His heart is enlarged to take us in.

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.

Let's discipline ourselves so that our words are few and full.

Prayer is seeing His greatness to the extent we can receive it.