Father Mark Toups shares how to talk to God and with God about everything in “oratio,” or prayer. Effectively explaining the power of this third step of Lectio Divina, he teaches that God is active, alive, real and present in our lives, ready to speak to us when we come to him in prayer. Learn to listen to what is God saying. Discovering that God wants to share his heart with us through prayer leads us to gratitude, hope and trust, Fr. Toups teaches.
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In this week's Encountering the Word video for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jeff Cavins reflects upon the parable of the laborers in the vineyard and discusses how God's ways are not our ways. The readings are: First Reading: Isaiah...