By Denis Revi

As a young Marist religious I hear these words:

These words often reminded me of the need to pray in order to live a Christ-like life. Through the struggles and difficulties I have encounterd in my spiritual journey I have learnt 'to taste God' in different ways and have come to fall in love with prayer. My little secret is that I try to be faithful and persevere in my prayer life no matter what. When I feel downhearted I simply go back and try again.

Here at the Marist Seminary I am blessed with a wonderful community that meets every day for Eucharist and the Prayer of the Church. My community plays a very important role in my prayer life too. Apart from community prayer I have time to myself for private prayer, where I meditate on the Word of God, and pray the rosary. It is through this daily prayer I experience God's graciousness as I let myself open to His spirit of life and love to come and dwell in me.

A few years ago when I was discerning a vocation to religious life I realised that religious life is a life lived with others but grounded on prayer. When I look at prayer, it seems more difficult than what it is. Today my eyes wonder and marvel at its beauty and how I have come to fall in love with it. Over the last few years I have discovered that prayer has taught me a lot about who I am before my God and how God overwhelms me with his love each time I call on Him in prayer.