Thomas Griffin 3/21/26 (For National Catholic Register)
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Prayer is all about communion. It is a conversation with the living and true God, who is communion of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. During Lent, we are invited to draw intimately close to this communion and realize its power and proximity. Unfortunately, the middle of Lent can become a challenge, and we can lose our way. Thankfully, the saints have provided countless words on how to reorient our lives — and our Lent — toward union with the living God.
St. John Damascene said, “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God.” Prayer, then, is the acceptance — the RSVP — to God: to make time for him and to give him intentional intimacy. Intimacy literally means “close familiarity or friendship” or, most simply, “closeness.”
Prayer is not when we draw near to God. It is when we give him permission to draw so close to us that we are surrounded, externally and internally, by him who is Love itself.
Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and children. He has a masters degree in theology and is a masters candidate in philosophy. Thomas is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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