The Gospel Declares That No Matter How

Prayer Is First And Foremost An Act Of Love

For Ragamuffins, God's Name Is Mercy. We See Our Darkness As A Prized Possession Because It Drives Us Into The Heart Of God. Without Mercy Our Darkness Would Plunge Us Into Despair - For Some, Self-destruction. Time Alone With God Reveals The Unfathomable Depths Of The Poverty Of The Spirit. We Are So Poor That Even Our Poverty Is Not Our Own: It Belongs To The Mysterium Tremendum Of A Loving God.

The Most Powerful Thing That Can Happen In The Place Of Prayer Is That You Yourself Become The Prayer. You Leave The Prayer Room Able As Jesus' Hands And Feet On Earth. This Is What It Means To Pray Continually (without Ceasing), To See With The Eyes Of Jesus And To Hear With His Ears With Every Waking Moment.

The Outstretched Arms Of Jesus Exclude No One, Not The Drunk In The Doorway, The Panhandler On The Street, Gays And Lesbians In Their Isolation, The Most Selfish And Ungrateful In Their Cocoons, The Most Unjust Of Employers And The Most Overweening Of Snobs. The Love Of Christ Embraces All Without Exception.

There Is An Essential Connection Between Experiencing God, Loving God, And Trusting God. You Will Trust God Only As Much As You Love Him. And You Will Love Him To The Extent You Have Touched Him, Rather That He Has Touched You.