Thomas Griffin 7/1/26 (For SpiritualDirection.com)
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Life is relational.
Human beings are made for communion because we are made in the image and likeness of God who is perfect communion of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Prayer is concerned with entering into this union in order to fulfill our human nature and prepare ourselves for our final resting place in the heart of God (divine communion).
I have found that embracing my need for union in prayer to be especially helpful over the last few weeks as the summer months begin.
All those who are committed to daily prayer practices know that there are ebbs and flows to prayer. Sometimes it is easy to pray for 20 or 30 minutes and sometimes it is challenging to find the time to pray or difficult to sit in silence. On the days when I may be tempted to sleep in rather than to rise early and pray, or on the days when prayer seems difficult, I have found it helpful to focus on how entrance into prayer is a call for communion and intimacy with Christ.
Too easily we might convince ourselves that if we don’t pray, God does not love us as much or is not happy with us. We can become caught in our own heads, questioning ourselves about how we pray or what our prayer time looks like.
Thomas Griffin is the Founder and President of Empty Tomb Project, Inc. He has a masters degree in theology and is a masters candidate in philosophy. Thomas is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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