Socrates is famously known for having said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Man’s greatest faculties are his intellect and will. With his intellect, man is able to think. And with his will, he is able to act. Man is able to examine his life with his intellect; then he is able to live out his reflections through his will. It is my intellect and will that make up my human spirit. I need food to daily sustain my body. I need reflection to daily sustain my spirit.
Prayer is my reflection time. It is my daily exercise in examining my life. It affords me to see things I would otherwise miss in the daily hustle and bustle. Prayer makes clear to me the important things and the significant people and the momentous events in my life. Otherwise, these would just pass me by and I am totally clueless. Prayer dispels the darkness and the anxieties, instead of me trying to whistle in the dark in fear and uncertainty. Prayer is not onlt me-time with myself but it is more importantly we-time with my God.
Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Luke 2:16-21