Pope Francis on Authenticity of Prayer

by Michael Sean Winters

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It seems almost every sermon the Holy Father preaches at his morning Mass at St. Martha's is a home run. But this one really goes to the root of that false piety which says we should never complain to God even when our heart feels the need. He calls for real prayer, that speaks from what we are experiencing. It is just so startling, and invigorating, to read these accounts of his homilies. Here is the money quote from today. 

“I have often listened to people who are experiencing difficult and painful situations, who have lost a great deal or feel lonely and abandoned and they come to complain and ask these questions: Why? Why? They rebel against God. And I say, 'Continue to pray just like this, because this is a prayer'. It was a prayer when Jesus said to his father: 'Why have You forsaken me!'.”

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