God knows me and knows what I need. If so, “Why should I pray?”
Prayer basically enables a person to relate himself/ herself with God. We pray to God because of our relationship with Him, sharing what is weighing on us in life, our feelings and thoughts of our daily life. In fact, even if our family members and our friends would know what is happening in our life, we still share about it and they listen to us with love and affection. The same is true with prayer.
Prayer neither changes what God knows nor does it change what God does. Instead, prayer changes us. Prayer is about being in relationship with God and pouring out our hearts to God. Prayer is about God receiving all that is in our hearts in love. Prayer is about not being alone. Prayer is about being with God, the Emmanuel, that is, God who is with us in our darkest and hardest moments. Prayer is about Jesus crying out on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” God is with us in those moments of feeling abandoned. We pray because God created us to be in relationship, and relationship requires communication and communion. We pray to be with God.
God bless you,
Fr. Arul Joseph V.
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