Silent Music of Love: Teach Us to Pray

“I’d say one [prayer] for myself, but I’ve never prayed in my life… Nobody ever taught me how…” is a line from the film Gravity. It is uttered by Dr. Ryan Stone, played by Sandra Bullock. This line speaks of the plight of many who seek meaning, reassurance and love. In this book I look to the experience and writing of some of the artists of the infinite, the people who prayed. They experienced the life of prayer by engaging in faith in a life of prayer. They wrote about their experiences so that we, too, can experience God in a life of prayer. The cover of the book is a work by Vincent Van Gogh, “Still Life with Bible” (1885). The painting shows an old Bible resting on a table with a worn out copy of the novel “La Joie de Vivre” by Emile Zola. We place ourselves and our story before the Word of God and allow his word permeate our lives. Jesus is God’s Word made flesh (Jn 1:14) and he lives today. In prayer we meet him and by the power of the Spirit the love of God is poured into our hearts (Rom 5:5). This book takes us on a voyage of discovery to let this love in.