Pray in the Holy Spirit

St. Jude, in his one and only letter, tells us, "But you, dear friends must continue to build your lives on the foundation of your holy faith. And continue to to pray as you are directed by the Holy Spirit." (Jude 20) In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul explains, "And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will." (Rm 8:26-27). Again, it's a question of "letting go and letting God", a frequently quoted saying in the Twelve Step Program.
So often our days are planned, our prayers are planned, and something interrupts or intervenes. We can become frustrated, or in peace, follow the movement of the Spirit, remembering that not only is there a reason for everything, but the Spirit, who works in harmony with God's own will...is God...is leading where he wants us to go with our day or with our prayer, where it is best for us. We need to rely more on those inner movements and the interventions of the Spirit if our prayer is really going to have an effect on our behavior. Let us rely more on the inexpressible groanings, rather than on our neat and empty words.
Bro. Rene