Prayer is Calling Back Home

Prayer is calling back home

Prayer is, in essence, coming home,

for it brings us into connection with our deeper selves.

It is the way we speak to God,

and its beauty and poetry and devotion should match that in our hearts.

Prayer is the broom that sweeps out our hearts,

so the home we offer to God is an immaculate and pure one.

Prayer is a time when our mouths, our minds and our hearts

are filled with the glory of God,

when we simultaneously speak, think and feel our love for Him.

Prayer is the blanket that wraps itself around our souls.

Prayer is the water that quenches the thirst of a man lost in the desert.

It is the stars that glisten in the dark of night,

giving light to all those who may need it.

It is the sun that shines in middle of winter,

coaxing the flowers to open their petals.

It is medicine to the sick, food to the hungry, and shelter to the homeless.