Come Away By Yourselves
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." These words of Jesus Christ are an invitation to personal and intimate prayer. The meditations offered in this podcast are intended to help the listener enter into his own prayerful relationship with God. By reflecting on scenes from the Gospel, on other passages from Scripture, and on the insights of saints and spiritual writers, we can strengthen our faith in Jesus and our love for God. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "I have called you my friends." By regular meditation and dialogue with Our Lord in prayer, our life can be transformed into an ever deepening and loving friendship with God.
Come Away By Yourselves
[Rebroadcast}: "With all your heart, mind, soul and strength": Our Need for Adoration
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Fr. John Grieco
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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The great commandment is to love God "with all of your mind, with all of your heart, with all of your soul, and with all of your strength." Adoration is how we love God most directly as God. This humble recognition of God's holiness, transcendence, and radical goodness is essential for our lives as Christians. Like most things, however, we have to learn to adore God by practicing it. We need to enter into the presence of God in our prayer, be still, and "know that he is God."