Prayer

In Matthew 5:44, Jesus insists that we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. For Jesus, prayer seems to be a matter of waiting in love, returning to love, trusting that love is the unceasing stream of reality. Prayer isn't primarily words; it's a place, an attitude, a stance. That's why Paul could say, "Pray unceasingly" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). If we think of prayer as requiring words, it is surely impossible to pray always.

Once we recognize that

             whatever we do in conscious, loving union with Reality is prayer              

we can better understand what Paul means. 

~R. Rohr