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Patti Brunner is the speaker in this episode of Truth of the Spirit as the series on prayer continues.\xa0 Prayer is communication with the Lord.\xa0 This series on Prayer-Reaching Out to God is exploring various ways we use prayer to grow closer to God and how prayer can assist us in our faith journey.\xa0 Now you must see that during Mass God reaches out to you!\xa0 Heaven comes to earth for the intimate moment of the Consecration and Communion.\xa0 Also, God is uniquely with you in the readings.\xa0 How is this prayer?\xa0 Intertwining our beings --human being and God--joined together in eternity is possible only when both reach toward each other.\xa0 The words of the Mass, the prayers said by God\u2019s ordained priest on your behalf and the prayers you join together to say each have purpose and meaning.

The Opening Prayer of the Mass:\xa0 allows you to recognize your place in time and to reach from your life towards God.\xa0 Penitential Prayer- recognizing the purification of the vessel of your mind and heart --you offer the sacrifice of your choice to remove these sins by admitting them.\xa0 Then you call upon God\u2019s great mercy\u2014recognizing that you cannot be purified on your own.\xa0 You cannot be good enough\u2014only by the blood of the Lamb and the Mercy of the Lord can your sins be forgiven.\xa0 When you pray the Gloria you join your prayer with the angels to worship God.\xa0 The Gloria prayer recognizes the greatness of the Lord to allow us to be where He is coming down.\xa0 Our prayer is of Worship and praise.\xa0 Listen to this episode to become more aware of the prayer aspects of the Mass.