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A Sermon On Prayer
by Timothy Wengert
Christians often say foolish things about prayer. How often don’t people make prayer—one of the best things about the Christian life—into one of the worst.
One of the parishioners from Ingrid’s congregation in South Jersey grew up overseas. She told me about a devout aunt who would set her transistor radio at the family altar, tuned to the recitation of the Rosary and go out shopping, sure that she was fulfilling her religious duty.
Well, guess what? Prayer is not magic……