In the life of a priest, prayer necessarily holds a central place. It is not difficult to understand, because prayer cultivates the intimacy of the disciple with his Teacher, Jesus Christ. We all know that avoiding prayer weakens the faith and the ministry loses content and feeling. The existential consequence for the priest is expressed in less joy and happiness in the daily ministry. It is as if the Priest upon following the footsteps of Jesus side by side with so many others, loses himself on the road, remaining always more and more distant from the Teacher until he loses Him over the horizon. From then on he walks without direction and vacillates. Continue reading →