Closer To Gog

Psalms (or "praises"), are the masterpiece of prayer in the Ancient Will. 2586 The Psalms feed and express the prayer of God's people as Assembly, on the occasion of the great festivals in Jerusalem and on Saturdays at synagogues. This prayer is inseparably individual and community; concerns to those who pray and to all men; ascends from the Holy Land and from the Diaspora communities, but encompasses all creation; remember the saving events of the past and extends to the consummation of the history; remembers the promises of God already made and waits for the Messiah that will give them final fulfillment. The Psalms , used by Christ in his prayer and that they find their fulfillment in it, continue to be essential in the prayer of his Church (cf IGLH 100-109). 2587 The Psalter is the book in which the Word of God becomes the prayer of the men. In the other books of the Old Testament "the words proclaim the works "(of God for men)" and explain the mystery ...

The Promise and the prayer of faith for unjust situations 2570 when God calls him, Abraham departs "as the Lord had told him" (Gen. 12, 4): his whole heart submits to the Word and obeys. The obedience of the heart to God that he calls is essential to prayer, words have a value relative. Therefore, Abraham's prayer is expressed first with facts: man of silence, at each stage he builds an altar to the Lord. Only more later his first sentence appears with words: a veiled complaint reminding God makes his promises that do not seem to be fulfilled (cf. Gen 15, 2-3). In this way arises from the beginning one of the aspects of the dramatic tension of prayer: the proof of faith in fidelity to God. Prayer for Unjust situations 2571 having believed in God (cf. Gen 15: 6), marching in his presence and in covenant with him (cf. Gen 17: 2), the patriarch is ready to welcome in his tent the Mysterious guest: it is Mambré's admirable hospitality, a prelude to the Annunciation of the...