Prayer is the mirror of life


How your morning prayer goes, so does your day.

Prayer is the mirror of life. If you want to know what kind of life you have, pray and this and that, and… that will come to mind! What you see and what you experience when you pray, that is what you are. That is the life that you have when you pray. If you are scattered, then that is your life. But if you want to meet your life, then pray. If you want to see your life, pray.

So it is a mirror of life, but it is also a mirror not only for us to see ourselves, but also to straighten ourselves. And you see that in the morning, especially women, sit in front of the mirror for a while and no one condemns them for this, because the world sees them, they have to comb their hair, to arrange themselves, that is it. Men sit less. But why do we walk with a disheveled soul? I should also tidy up my soul a little, because I am not only a body, I am also a soul.

And then, in what mirror should I look to see my soul and tidy it up, so that I don't go anywhere? Well, here is the mirror of the soul: prayer. Let's sit nicely in the mirror for the soul, let's pray nicely, let's tidy up the soul, which may have wrinkled it overnight. Let's clean ourselves nicely, take God's blessing for the day ahead, and go tidy.

And know that, as your morning prayer goes, so will your day.

Father Iustin Miron

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