Prayer as a big wheel

There are different ways of prayer, different forms of prayer. I like to think of prayer as a big wheel; it is a good image for prayer, the wheel of prayer. It is a good image because a wheel has to touch the ground. We all came here this morning on wheels. If the wheels were not touching the ground, we would not have travelled here; we would still be where were with the wheels turning in the air. In the same way, the wheel of prayer has to touch the ground of our daily life. It has to actually engage with the roadway of our life.

Meditating as a Christian by Laurence Freeman OSB