tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196444.post8421387388958508936..comments2023-05-24T11:18:45.825-04:00Comments on Brother Marty: Healing PrayerBrother Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14008667056253683810noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196444.post-9527928468833908662007-07-18T19:46:00.000-04:002007-07-18T19:46:00.000-04:00I too see the benefits of liturgy, as I often thum...I too see the benefits of liturgy, as I often thumb through the Book of Common Prayer, as well as Roman Catholic prayers. While most are masterfully crafted, there is a need for the personal interactions with God that come from a genuine child of God. Kids talk kid-talk...and Daddy listens. <BR/>I try to glean what I can from the wordsmiths of times far gone, but find that the true, genuine "conversations" are the most meaningful to me.Brother Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008667056253683810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196444.post-73970489127277243322007-07-18T12:04:00.000-04:002007-07-18T12:04:00.000-04:00Makes a lot of sense!"relationally" instead of "pr...Makes a lot of sense!<BR/><BR/>"relationally" instead of "procedurally"<BR/><BR/>As if He's here, accessible, and willing, instead of over there, to be addressed from afar or by proxy, and requiring something of us other than acceptance of His Son.<BR/><BR/>How can we pray "your will be done" if we're not in relationship with Him - and, no, inferring His will solely from His biography, whilst a good start, doesn't quite seem to cut it.<BR/><BR/>I'm "lucky" in this topic of conversation in that I wasn't brought up with any liturgy. But, looking from the other side of the fence, there are also some wonderful blessings in the orthodox forms that shouldn't be chucked with the bathwater ;-)Mark Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345215598308916514noreply@blogger.com