In the restless heart of each one of us there exists an ardent and simple desire: "Lord, teach us to pray!" This is the invocation resplendent with hope of the poor who seek in Jesus, the Master of prayer...

Lord,

in this tormented moment of history,
in this difficult period of the Church,

    I who am living in the world as a person radically consecrated to the Gospel,

to transform the world in accordance with thy design,

Lord,

I who am suffering and hoping with the suffering and hope of the men of today, how must I pray?

How must I pray

in order not to lose the contemplative profundity,
nor the permanent capacity for serving my brethren?

How must I pray

or to abandon the needs of my daily life,
yet all the time bearing clearly in mind that thou are the only, God,
that only one thing is needful
and that it is urgent to begin by seeking God's kingdom and his righteousness?

How must I pray

in the world and starting from the world?

How can I find a moment of silence and a deserted spot

to listen to Thee in an exclusive form and dedicate myself with joy to thy Word in the midst of a city that reverberates with the words of men and where I am pressed on all sides by activities and problems?

Lord, teach us to pray !

Card. Eduardo Pironio
Speech to the Assembly of the General Leaders of the secular Institutes
Roma, August 23rd, 1976

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