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    Thirsting for God: Prayers from a Monastery
    Thirsting for God: Prayers from a Monastery
    Thirsting for God: Prayers from a Monastery
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    Thirsting for God: Prayers from a Monastery

    By Francis Wagner and Justin DuVall

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    The monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, like other men and women who have followed the “Rule of St. Benedict” for centuries, dedicate their lives to prayer, work, and community life based on the Gospel. They thirst for God, and with Christians everywhere, lift up their hands, call on God’s name, and say, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Thirsting for God: Prayers from a Monastery offers a sip from the deep well of contemplation available to us all. The prayers, poems, and reflections shared in this small volume express a yearning not so different from our own. Truly, our combined thirst for God reveals a cup that overflows.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateAug 26, 2014
    ISBN9781497681873
    Thirsting for God: Prayers from a Monastery

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      Thirsting for God - Francis Wagner

      PREFACE

      In his Rule for monks, St. Benedict stresses that the first concern for the newcomer to the monastery is whether he truly seeks God (Rule 58:7). Proficiency in prayer, perfection in virtue, and position in life are not the standards by which one is judged. What really matters is that the novice truly seeks God, and demonstrates that authentic search in his manner of life.

      The same can be said of all Christians. No matter who we are, what we do, or how well we do it, as God’s children we are called to be one with our Creator—and leading us is Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. With Christ we cry out with the Psalmist:

      O God, you are my God, I seek you,

      my soul thirsts for you;

      my flesh faints for you,

      as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

      — Psalm 63:1

      This seeking—this thirsting, as the Psalmist so vividly illustrates it—is precisely what is meant by Christian prayer and union with God, regardless of the many ways in which it is expressed. For this reason, just before he died on the cross and handed over his spirit, Jesus says aloud: I thirst (John 19:28). It is one of the most profound ways in which Jesus demonstrates his solidarity with humanity in leading us to God.

      In this way, water becomes an apt metaphor for prayer, for the spiritual life—and not just any water, but living water. Our prayer—the basis of our faith—must be alive and flowing, like a fountain or river. This is why baptismal fonts are filled with moving water, and why Baptism is fundamental to the Christian faith. It is where our lifelong journey toward God begins, and it is through the waters of baptism that we both die and rise with Christ to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4). It is how we as Christians respond to Jesus’ universal invitation to Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink (John 7:37-38).

      So, in thirsting for God, we join in prayer as the Body of Christ. Through this living fountain, as it were, the Holy Spirit pours out the faith that overflows into the hearts of one another. Together, with one voice, we pray with and as Christ: I thirst. God, my soul thirsts for you.

      The monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, like other men and women who have followed the Rule of St. Benedict for centuries, dedicate their lives to prayer, work, and community life based on the Gospel and steeped in all of Scripture. Whether chanting the Psalms together, privately and prayerfully reading Scripture, or simply soaking in the resounding silence of God’s Word, the monks strive to listen for and respond to the voice of the Lord in the daily rhythm of their lives. They thirst for God, and with

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