Asking God For Things : is it selfish to pray for me?
Asking God for favors is not imperfect prayer. When we beg God for sunny weather or pray that our bursitis will go away or pray for something more important such as international peace and justice, we pay a great compliment to God… it says, God you are everything; Creator, Sustainer, Diviner, Forgiver, Merciful Lord of the Universe, Provident God of All, and I belong to you. Armand Nigro, SJ
is it selfish to pray
for me
asking for accommodation
release from pain
dispensation
favors to upgrade my share
assets assistance
welfare?
is it a just
uncorrupt place
bending my knee
asking for grace
admitting i am not
dawn’s source
fountainhead of
sure life-force?
rather than depend
on me
beg backbone
of Reality
for free favor
lush and sweet
so that “my joy
may be complete” (John 16.24)
Debra Asis
All words are generated by grace and the grit of this real human being.
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Armand Nigro, SJ’s quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney is a series of daily reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout the book we hear the voices of St. Ignatius as well as many great thinkers and writers, long gone and present day, each uniquely revealing the way of finding God in all things. And that is my intention; to find God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality in whatever presents itself to me each day in 2024.
Each day I read, reflect and write on the selection, hoping to articulate the ways in which I come to know God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality via personal experience, impelled by the leading of my inner life.
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