Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

When: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:00 AM to Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

There came to him some Sadducees, those who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and died without children; and the second and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. Afterward the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife." And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

— St. Teresa of Avila

Abba, Father, Lord God, O that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would keep me from evil and from causing any pain. For I seek Your will and the fruit of the Spirit for the fruit of the Spirit is kind, gentle, forgiving, loving, courageous and strong. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Samuel 6:12-15, 17-19</vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Sam&ch=6&bv1=12&ev1=15&bv2=17&ev2=19>

12 And it was told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of O'bed-e'dom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of O'bed-e'dom to the city of David with rejoicing; 13 and when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn. 17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 18 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts, 19 and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people departed, each to his house.

Psalm 24:7-10</vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=24&bv1=7&ev1=10>

7 Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in. 8 Who is the King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! 9 Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory!

Mark 3:31-35</vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=3&bv1=31&ev1=35>

31 And his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you." 33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 34 And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."

Pope Benedict XVI Encyclical Letter

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html

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