“During [a recent] daily Mass Pope Francis reflected on the prayer of Moses to God in the first reading, saying that true prayer should be like speaking to a friend – with boldness and without fear.
“‘The Bible says that Moses spoke to the Lord face to face, like with a friend. This is how prayer should be: free, insistent, with debate. And also scolding the Lord a little,’ the Pope said April 3.
Speaking to those present in the Vatican’s Saint Martha guesthouse, the pontiff centered his address on the encounter between Moses and God in the day’s first reading, taken from Exodus, in which Moses intercedes for the people of Israel, asking the Lord not to destroy them as he threatens for worshipping idols.
“Moses’ prayer he noted, ‘is a real struggle with God. A struggle (on the part of) the leader of a people to save his people, who are the people of God.’”
A recent Catholic News Agency article reported on the Pope’s reflections, during this homily on the Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent, on prayer that invigorates us and helps us change our hearts.
To access the complete Catholic News Agency report, please visit:
Catholic News Agency: Pope: Real prayer is courageous, frank dialogue with God (3 APR 14)
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