Stručni rad
Essential characteristics of Christian prayer in the light of the New testament
Ante Čovo
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu
Sažetak
The article deals with some characteristics of Christian prayer. The prayer is the essential component of Christian self-understanding and self-acceptance. Prayer, conversation with God is the greatest good, actuality of communion with God, what we are called into. Furthermore, prayer is an expression of our faith, mediation with and awareness of God. Therefore, it is a word of hope in faith.
The author states that the believers can experience prayer in every situation: in loneliness, in community, in their struggle in which God's active presence is announced. That is what makes prayer requires a huge effort because God is silent and our affection towards God is not satisfied. We easily get used to understand prayer more as spoken word than listening to the Word that lives within us. However, prayer is desire for God. It is more an effect of God's grace that of our own endeavour. True prayer requires contritional, humble, simple and true child's heart that gives itself to God who is present and prays himself within it. Praying means desiring, hearing, believing and listening to the Spirit of the Son who is groaning in labor pains within us and within the whole creation in order to achieve our fundamental needs for our salvation: the coming of the Kingdom of God; Son-like relation to the Father and brotherly relation to our neighbour and the whole creation.
Ključne riječi
prayer; the New Testament; perseverance
Hrčak ID:
168456
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Datum izdavanja:
1.3.2003.
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