June 18. SEE.    “This way of praying is becoming one of my pet hates,” Georgina declared, “empty phrases, words that have lost their meaning.  We seem to just babble on.  I think we’ve fallen into the same trap that Jesus warned us about. That does worry me. Then I see when some of my friends from the Pentecostal church pray they seem to talk about real things.” “I do like more spontaneous prayer, but have discovered that if I slow down and think about the phrases of the Our Father they’re not nearly as empty as all that, and I can apply them to my situation.” Gloria added, “But the one about forgiving others is one that catches me every time I do think about it.”                                                                                                                                               

JUDGE. Reflect, share. Scripture.  When you pray do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do for they think they will be heard for their many words.”  Say ‘Our Father……..’Matthew 6:7-15.  Pope Francis: A few minutes can be found each day to come together before the living God, to tell him our worries, to ask for the needs of our family, to pray for someone experiencing difficulties, to ask for help in showing love, to give thanks for life and its blessings and ask Our Lady to protect us beneath her maternal mantle.  AL 318.    Pope Leo: 245. With the same faith as Mary, the Woman of the Magnificat, let us become “weavers of hope” in our world, sharing who we are and what we have, so that the presence of Jesus may grow among us and his Kingdom take shape. In the humble fidelity of daily life, even the era of AI can become a time in which the Holy Spirit brings about the civilization of love in our lives. MH245.     ACT AND PRAY.  Ways of praying are personal and can also be communal.  Consider practising family faith sharing and prayer from time to time.