A silent vow to myself: I will strive to attend all the 15 sessions for my last cycle as a student of prayer and life...
Notes from my first Filipino session. I had to instantly translate some words to English inside my head to understand them better:
Para maunawaan ang buhay, dapat itong maranasan.
Matutong manalangin habang nananalangin.
Hihilumin ng PLW ang sugat sa puso mo, patatahimikin ang kaguluhan ng kaluluwa, tatanggalin nito ang iyong kalungkutan.
The PLW guides have to be loyal to the manual so that the glory of God will surface; their humility tested.
Prayer is not an exchange of words but establishing a rapport.
Prayer doesn't always need words.
Praying is putting yourself in the presence of God.
The human sickness is continuing loneliness because of lack.
You have everything but you lack everything.
There's an endless well in you which cannot be filled.
Who will fill the lack? Only God!
How? Through prayers.
Do the silencing exercise (pagasanay sa pananahimik) to remove tension and enter into the presence of God.
Silence is not prayer but preparation for prayer.
The God of Peace will calm us, our fears and worries.
Jesus is in your midst knocking at your doors.
*Questions to ponder on:
1. Is praying hard or easy?
2. Have you experienced existential emptiness or vacuum?
Notes from my first Filipino session. I had to instantly translate some words to English inside my head to understand them better:
Para maunawaan ang buhay, dapat itong maranasan.
Matutong manalangin habang nananalangin.
Hihilumin ng PLW ang sugat sa puso mo, patatahimikin ang kaguluhan ng kaluluwa, tatanggalin nito ang iyong kalungkutan.
The PLW guides have to be loyal to the manual so that the glory of God will surface; their humility tested.
Prayer is not an exchange of words but establishing a rapport.
Prayer doesn't always need words.
Praying is putting yourself in the presence of God.
The human sickness is continuing loneliness because of lack.
You have everything but you lack everything.
There's an endless well in you which cannot be filled.
Who will fill the lack? Only God!
How? Through prayers.
Do the silencing exercise (pagasanay sa pananahimik) to remove tension and enter into the presence of God.
Silence is not prayer but preparation for prayer.
The God of Peace will calm us, our fears and worries.
Jesus is in your midst knocking at your doors.
*Questions to ponder on:
1. Is praying hard or easy?
2. Have you experienced existential emptiness or vacuum?
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