The Power
of Prayer
The Breath of Life to
the Soul
...When one is forced to abandon certain
parts of religious life and keep only the essential, one thing
which can be preserved in the most remote places of the earth or
even in prison is prayer. One can do without everything else.
But prayer is the breath of life to the soul.
...Everything else takes second place to
prayer. Only prayer is essential. It is possible to be a
believer without belonging to a particular religion. It is
possible to believe in the dogma of a certain religion without
actually practising it. But it is not possible to have an
authentic spiritual life without prayer.
Among the believers of this world, who
are becoming fewer and fewer, many practise the ceremonies of
their religion. They are baptized, married, and buried by the
church. And some even attend church regularly. But how many
experience a deep, living, prayer life?
If religion is a relationship, then
prayer is the lifeline of that relationship. When the line of
communication with God is broken, unfailingly relationships with
others break down, and the weakest ends in suffering the most.
Who are, after all, the final victims of human selfishness?
Source: Robert Badenas. Meet
Jesus. Autumn House, Lincolnshire, England, 1995. 137 pp.