Come, Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the LORD
Part I in a Series by Pseudo-Ermatinger Soria Moria by Theodor Kittelsen (1881) Gregory the Sinaite instructed those who desired to pray to take a guide, lest they get lost in the venture. Who then should we take for our guide? There is a two-fold temptation; the first, to chart our course using our wiles or to despair that no sure guide can be found. The first is to wander aimlessly in the dark of [...]
St. Augustine, What is Prayer?
Question 001 What is prayer? … prayer can be compared to the breath of the soul…this life is for praying, (while) in heaven there will be no praying only praising… In prayer we turn to God alone, because… we are all beggars before God…we can only plead. from St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer by Fr. Ermatinger. In the prayers of this life, man is a threefold beggar; 1.) As a creature, everything [...]
St. Augustine, is there Prayer in Heaven?
Question 101 Will our prayer finally come to an end in heaven? …Augustine makes our primary occupation in heaven to be prayer…in the form of singing God’s praise with an everlasting Alleluia. “For when we come to our rest after [our Earthly] labors, God’s praise will be our sole occupation, for there [in Heaven] our task will be Alleluia [which is to praise God]. For once the labors of this life and this world itself [...]