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\n <\/p>\n

from  In the school of prayer with Pádraig Ó Tuama<\/a>:<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

‘Prayer is asking, and prayer is sitting. Prayer is the breath. Prayer is not an answer, always, because not all questions can be answered.’<\/p>\n

from Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community<\/em><\/a>
\nby Pádraig Ó Tuama, p. xi
\n <\/p>\n\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n

    I know
\nthat when the stress has grown too strong,
\n    you will be there.<\/p>\n

    I know
\nthat when the waiting seems so long,
\n    you hear my prayer.<\/p>\n

    I know
\nthat through the crash of falling worlds
\n    you’re holding me.<\/p>\n

    I know
\nthat life and death are yours
\n    eternally.<\/p>\n

 
\nby Mother Janet Stuart<\/strong> (1857-1914),
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #241
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nJesus, pray for us<\/a>
\nBend down low<\/a>
\nThe Gift #2 : For the asking<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  from  In the school of prayer with Pádraig Ó Tuama:   ‘Prayer is asking, and prayer is sitting. Prayer is the breath. Prayer is not an answer, always, because not all questions can be answered.’ from Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community by Pádraig Ó Tuama, p. xi   A prayer     I know that … Continue reading “Asking and answers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[127],"tags":[247],"class_list":["post-14930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quote","tag-answer"],"yoast_head":"\nAsking and answers - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'Prayer is not an answer, always, because not all questions can be answered.' 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