Furthermore…

We have some good ‘go-rounds’ about topics that are suggested by the past Sunday’s readings which we discuss within the ’small group faith sharing’ framework. Yesterday someone mentioned the verse “wherever two or three are gathered together in my name I am there…”. He was wondering what might lie behind or be suggested by it, and how it differs from how the Lord views the prayer of an individual. We tossed out ideas about how sharing thoughts, prayer or devotion with ‘the other’ or multiple others calls out a different kind of awareness. Perhaps greater clarity, intensity, or feeling might result. Something was said about how “two or three” suggests the Holy Trinity, God the Father in His Love generating the Son, the Reflection of His Love, generating the Holy Spirit, the Result of the love between the Father and the Son. Other persons spoke about the beauty and value of individual prayer, talking with and relating directly to God.