The Lenten Adventure Forum

(Claudia blushes and covers her face with her hands..... embarrassed that Antonius heard her heartfelt pleas to God.)

"Antonius! Did your good mother never tell you, it is rude to eavesdrop?" (Claudia smiles to show Antonius that she is mostly jesting)

"I am so glad I did not know anyone could hear me for that may have hindered me. Brother, friend, I have been asking our companions to explain prayer, show me how to pray for it is not something I am familiar with. In my experience, I took an offering to the temple, whichever one fit my needs, and let the priests or priestesses do the praying. Not that their prays ever seemed to make a difference, now I know why. Those so-called gods had no power, were simply figments of desperate human imaginations we had created to make us feel we could get something for nothing or very little, some wine, a few coins. So foolish" (Claudia shakes her head at the remembrance of the past and how so many people believed so falsely, if they ever really did believe.)

"Antonius, I did not know how to pray, I do not know how to pray now but I believe that God heard my feeble attempts last night. It was as if he was there with me, his hand on my shoulder, listening. I cannot really explain it but you try it, you will see. I realized this thing Antonius -- if I can talk to Jesus who loves me, I can certainly talk to his father, Jehovah, who I have been convinced loves me also, despite my unworthiness."

(Claudia places her hands on Antonius' shoulders and looks him in the eyes, sincerely, with love.)

Brother, you know he loves you, and because of that there is no wrong way to pray, talk to him just as you would to Jesus. He knows you, where you come from. He will not despise your words. I believe that.

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