How many will be saved? We hear this question being asked of Jesus as his ministry expands, as more and more people hear his proclamation of God’s kingdom. At our ALPHA program a week ago, we spoke about the ways that God leads us and guides us in life. Most of the time, it is not easy discerning God’s will for us. Jesus is not hear to answer our questions in his flesh and blood like he did in answer to the questions of the people of Ancient Israel who heard his proclamation of the kingdom. I spent more than a month in the Ignition exercises in Spain, listening to God speak to me through a disciplined method of prayer and silence. At first it was difficult and challenging praying in such an intense disciplined way. But, as the day went by, I appreciated the time experiencing God in that way in my life, praying and reflecting on the Sacred Scripture passages that I was reading. But prayer is more than a technique. There is no magic formula as to how to pray to God. Prayer is a relationship. Prayer is experiencing God as a reality in our lives. God may not be with us in flesh and blood in the form of the historical Jesus who lived in Ancient Israel. But God is indeed present to us in so many ways and he communicates with us in our prayers.
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