Truth Of The Spirit

Patti Brunner is the speaker in this episode of Truth of the Spirit as the series on prayer continues.  Prayer is communication with the Lord.  This series on Prayer-Reaching Out to God is exploring various ways we use prayer to grow closer to God and how prayer can assist us in our faith journey.  Now you must see that during Mass God reaches out to you!  Heaven comes to earth for the intimate moment of the Consecration and Communion.  Also, God is uniquely with you in the readings.  How is this prayer?  Intertwining our beings --human being and God--joined together in eternity is possible only when both reach toward each other.  The words of the Mass, the prayers said by God’s ordained priest on your behalf and the prayers you join together to say each have purpose and meaning. The Opening Prayer of the Mass:  allows you to recognize your place in time and to reach from your life towards God.  Penitential Prayer- recognizing the purification of the vessel of your mind and heart --you offer the sacrifice of