Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. // Luke 6:12
I fall in and out of the habit of intentionally waking up to pray before the rest of the household is awake. As a mother and a wife, I know my prayer can also be active through the work of my hands when I’m unable to enter into a quieter form of prayer.
Washing dishes, folding laundry, packing lunches, preparing dinner, braiding hair, sweeping the floors, and reuniting tiny lego pieces that belong to a masterpiece that has since been disassembled are forms of prayer that I can offer up.
These forms of prayer are good and worthy, but for me personally, what is most fruitful is when I enter into silence.
“Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God” (Luke 6:12).
When I step away from my routine of chores and only focus on Jesus, I feel renewed. Even when the environment I return to is a controlled mess, the time I spend in quiet prayer fills me with calm and joy.
In today’s Gospel we read that before choosing His disciples, Jesus spends time in prayer.
The King of Kings could have very well chosen to be fed grapes, have servants fan Him, demand someone else to name the apostles, and yet He goes up the mountain to pray.
I, too, have to get out of my routine and go pray. I have to enter into the chamber of my heart that is only reserved for Jesus and me—a place of intimacy that I don’t draw from often enough because I convince myself that active prayer is sufficient. I can only be strengthened by Him in my vocation when I am listening for Him. The silence draws me to Him in a way that my active prayer doesn’t.
Sister, the work you do with your hands is a good prayer to offer to the Lord. Sometimes we need more than that though.
Today, take some time to enter into silent prayer. If it's something you haven’t done before, ask Jesus to show you how.
Enter into silent prayer. // Mytae Carrasco WallaceClick to tweet
Mytae Carrasco Wallace is Las Vegas born and raised and holds a Masters in Public Administration. She and her husband have the privilege of leading Pre-Cana retreats for their home parish. On the daily you can find her raising her three kiddos, choreographing dance moves to entertain her children, and doing her own version of carpool karaoke. She was a contributing author to All She Had. Find out more about her here. Mytae es creada y nacida en Las Vegas, NV. Tiene su Maestría en Administración Pública. Ella y su esposo tienen el privilegio de dirigir los retiros de Pre-Cana para su parroquia. Diariamente puedes encontrarla criando a sus tres hijos, coreografiando movimientos de baile para entretener a sus hijos y cantando su propia versión de karaoke en el carro. Fue autora contribuyente de All She Had. Conozca la mejor aquí..
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