Time alone with God

The February issue of the monthly magazine of the Columban Fathers is devoted to prayer:

“It must be great for you to have such a clear vocation,” someone once said to Mother Teresa of Calcutta. “I mean, to know that your job is to help the very poor and sick and the dying.”

“Oh, but that is not my vocation,” Mother Teresa replied. “My vocation is to love God with all my heart and soul; everything else flows from this.

Like all mystics, Mother Teresa’s secret of nourishing this deep, personal love of God was prayer. Nearly all great spiritual teachers, especially in the Christian tradition, point to this way of private prayer. If we are to deepen our faith and grow in the love of our Lord, we must regularly spend time with God.

The issue is here. Simply click on Columban Mission Magazine on the left side of the home page, and scroll down to Selected articles from February 2006 Columban Mission, Lord, Teach Us To Pray.