Simon Chan writes:
“To pray is to turn away from oneself and to be fully attentive to the Other… Initiation into the Christian community means that ‘I’ can longer be the center. The world no longer revolves around me… Rather, my life revolves around a new Center, Christ, who holds me along with other believers in a relationship that is to be determined solely by him. In short, ‘I’ must see myself as a member of the body of Christ, functioning as his hand, foot, eye or other part (cf. 1 Cor. 12).” (Liturgical Theology, 114-15)
Beautiful! I am a part of my churches prayer team for this exact reason. There is sooo much power in the life of prayer, I hope and pray more will take it seriously. God Bless, Robin