{"id":1517,"date":"2020-06-12T16:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:32:36","slug":"to-know-christ-through-prayer-adoration-in-the-consciousness-of-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/predication.net\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"To know Christ through prayer, adoration, in the consciousness of sin"},"content":{"rendered":"
To truly know Jesus, we need to pray, adore, and acknowledge that we are sinners. Knowing the catechism is not enough to grasp the depth of Christ’s mystery. In today’s first reading, St. Paul prays for the Ephesians. The apostle to the Gentiles asks the Holy Spirit for the grace to be strong and strengthened so that Christ truly dwells in their hearts. This is the middle. Paul plunges into the vast sea that is the person of Christ. But how can we know Christ? How can we understand the love of Christ that transcends all knowledge?<\/h2>\n
Christ is present in the gospel; by reading it, we come to know him. And we all do this, or at least listen to the gospel when we attend Mass. As for studying the catechism, it teaches us who Christ is. But that is not enough. To understand the breadth, length, height, and depth of Jesus Christ, we must first enter the context of prayer, as Paul does, on his knees: ‘Father, send down the Spirit to know Jesus Christ.’<\/h2>\n
Prayer is needed to truly know Christ. However, Paul not only prays, but he also adores this mystery, which transcends all knowledge, and in the context of adoration, he asks for this grace of the Lord. We do not know the Lord without this habit of adoring, worshiping in silence, and adoring him. I think, if I’m not mistaken, this prayer of adoration is less known to us; it is the one we do less. Wasting time\u2014I dare say\u2014before the Lord, before the mystery of Jesus Christ. He is there in silence, in the silence of adoration. He is the Lord, and I adore him.<\/h2>\n
To know Christ, we must first know ourselves, that is, we must be accustomed to accusing ourselves as sinners and confessing that we are sinners. You cannot adore without indicting yourself. To enter this sea without a bottom, without the shores, which is the mystery of Jesus Christ, the following things are necessary: \u200b\u200bPrayer, ‘Father, send me [the Holy] Spirit to lead me to the knowledge of Jesus.’ Second, adoring secrets, entering into secrets, and adoring them. And third, to accuse myself: ‘I am a man with unclean lips.’ May the Lord also give us the grace that Paul asks for the Ephesians, so that we may know this grace and obtain Christ.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"