PRAYER: ENCOUNTERING THE DEPTHS

By: Mother Mary Clare SLG

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 031

When we talk about prayer in depth it sounds a very serious and solemn thing, and so it is; but that does not mean that it is an earnest straining after the unattainable, with a sense of guilt about enjoying anything. A Christian living in the world is unlikely to be able to spend ‘some hours every day’ in the depths of prayer. All the same—from the depths of our conscience—what do we answer? Mother Mary Clare examines the need for, and the needs of deep prayer in meeting God and managing a life, both contemplative and in the world. Solitary prayer and that enjoyed in common with our fellows. Prayer is concerned with the relationship that exists between God and man, and the companionship both with God and with our fellow man. The development of relationship, at its highest level, is the nature and purpose of the life of prayer. Mother Mary Clare SLG (1906-88) entered the religious life in 1930, and was Reverend Mother of the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God from 1954-73. She was highly regarded by Anglicans and Roman Catholics alike as a spiritual teacher in the tradition of the Carmelite saints.