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[3646.58 --> 3648.16] I trust that we are praying,
[3648.32 --> 3649.64] but how are you praying?
[3649.74 --> 3650.52] In your prayers,
[3650.52 --> 3652.28] is it just rattling off
[3652.28 --> 3653.14] requests to God
[3653.14 --> 3654.02] talking at him?
[3654.28 --> 3655.28] Or is there space
[3655.28 --> 3656.04] for you to listen
[3656.04 --> 3657.56] to what Henry Nouwen says,
[3657.94 --> 3659.38] that inner voice of love?
[3659.72 --> 3660.54] Is there space for you
[3660.54 --> 3661.70] to hear the Father's
[3661.70 --> 3663.40] affirmation over you?
[3663.48 --> 3664.50] Can you imagine prayer
[3664.50 --> 3665.16] as a space,
[3665.68 --> 3666.54] as John did,
[3666.58 --> 3668.00] to lean his head
[3668.00 --> 3669.20] on Christ's chest
[3669.20 --> 3670.40] or to sit in the lap
[3670.40 --> 3671.08] of the Father?
[3672.20 --> 3673.20] St. Augustine says
[3673.20 --> 3673.96] that God loves
[3673.96 --> 3674.96] each one of us
[3674.96 --> 3675.66] as if they were
[3675.66 --> 3676.68] only one of us.
[3679.32 --> 3680.08] Henry Nouwen,
[3680.08 --> 3680.90] in the name of Jesus,
[3681.12 --> 3682.68] kind of speaking to leaders,
[3683.50 --> 3684.74] but I think also
[3684.74 --> 3685.58] any Christian
[3685.58 --> 3687.30] is kind of able
[3687.30 --> 3688.30] to hear this challenge.
[3688.44 --> 3688.78] He says,
[3689.14 --> 3689.94] it's not enough
[3689.94 --> 3691.34] for priests and ministers,
[3691.58 --> 3692.78] let's say Christians as well,
[3693.12 --> 3694.82] to just be moral people,
[3695.04 --> 3695.68] well trained,
[3695.84 --> 3696.98] eager to help
[3696.98 --> 3697.88] their fellow humans
[3697.88 --> 3699.68] and able to respond creatively
[3699.68 --> 3700.58] to the burning issues
[3700.58 --> 3701.16] of their day.
[3701.64 --> 3702.22] There are many people
[3702.22 --> 3702.86] already out there
[3702.86 --> 3703.40] like that.
[3704.08 --> 3705.64] The central question is,
[3705.92 --> 3706.62] are the leaders
[3706.62 --> 3707.46] of the future
[3707.46 --> 3708.74] truly men
[3708.74 --> 3709.50] and women
[3709.50 --> 3710.32] of God?
[3710.88 --> 3712.60] People with an ardent desire,
[3713.10 --> 3713.84] a burning desire
[3713.84 --> 3714.50] to dwell
[3714.50 --> 3715.54] in God's presence,
[3715.80 --> 3717.40] to listen to God's voice,
[3717.60 --> 3719.36] to look at God's beauty,
[3719.76 --> 3720.70] to touch God's
[3720.70 --> 3721.42] incarnate word
[3721.42 --> 3722.80] and taste fully
[3722.80 --> 3724.48] God's infinite goodness.
[3725.56 --> 3725.94] The reality
[3725.94 --> 3726.98] is that this is
[3726.98 --> 3728.46] the primary vocation
[3728.46 --> 3728.94] and calling
[3728.94 --> 3729.86] behind any
[3729.86 --> 3730.68] and all of our
[3730.68 --> 3731.64] vocations
[3731.64 --> 3732.70] and callings.
[3732.70 --> 3733.96] God is meant
[3733.96 --> 3734.36] for us
[3734.36 --> 3735.06] to experience
[3735.06 --> 3735.82] and walk
[3735.82 --> 3737.04] in his love
[3737.04 --> 3737.58] for us.
[3738.02 --> 3739.30] His love
[3739.30 --> 3739.94] that should blow
[3739.94 --> 3740.78] our minds
[3740.78 --> 3741.72] and deeply
[3741.72 --> 3742.86] touch our hearts.
[3744.16 --> 3744.62] And I think about
[3744.62 --> 3745.16] kind of back
[3745.16 --> 3745.74] to Jesus,
[3746.30 --> 3747.56] Jesus really models
[3747.56 --> 3749.00] this in his lifestyle.
[3749.30 --> 3749.42] I mean,
[3749.46 --> 3749.88] think about
[3749.88 --> 3750.72] the moment
[3750.72 --> 3751.58] where he's receiving
[3751.58 --> 3753.02] baptism at the Jordan.
[3753.94 --> 3754.16] Right?
[3754.22 --> 3755.20] It's this amazing
[3755.20 --> 3755.96] moment,
[3756.44 --> 3756.82] but the reality
[3756.82 --> 3757.40] is that Christ
[3757.40 --> 3757.92] is not doing
[3757.92 --> 3759.24] anything spectacular
[3759.24 --> 3760.14] in this moment.
[3760.84 --> 3761.24] The reality