"Many people ask me to pray for their relatives who suffer. And I do pray and I am moved and impelled by the love of the person who asks me to do so, because I see him or her suffer for his or her relative who is in trouble. This way I can make their pain my own. However, sometimes they disappoint me, and I have no desire to pray for them ...
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Sometimes, I have no desire to pray ...
From "Wounded By Love" by Elder Porfyrios:
"Many people ask me to pray for their relatives who suffer. And I do pray and I am moved and impelled by the love of the person who asks me to do so, because I see him or her suffer for his or her relative who is in trouble. This way I can make their pain my own. However, sometimes they disappoint me, and I have no desire to pray for them ...... What can I say to him [them]? Whatever I tell him [them], he will think I am scolding him for no reason, as he will not understand my point."
"Many people ask me to pray for their relatives who suffer. And I do pray and I am moved and impelled by the love of the person who asks me to do so, because I see him or her suffer for his or her relative who is in trouble. This way I can make their pain my own. However, sometimes they disappoint me, and I have no desire to pray for them ...
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