{"id":5136,"date":"2010-10-27T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T11:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/on-our-knees-we.html"},"modified":"2010-10-27T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T11:56:04","slug":"on-our-knees-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/on-our-knees-we.html","title":{"rendered":"On kneeling: “On our knees, we’re the same height as our children…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA gorgeous and thought-provoking meditation on something that seems to have fallen out of fashion: kneeling.<\/p>\n

From Heather King: <\/a><\/p>\n

\nThe first time I went to Mass, in trembling and fear, I was shocked to see people kneeling. In the middle of Los Angeles, in the middle of the day. I felt like I’d stumbled upon a group of folks sitting on the toilet, or having sex. Right out there in the open, for anyone who wandered in to see, they were asking for help. They were admitting that they didn’t know. They were saying “I adore you.”<\/p>\n

I have a theory that prayer is the answer to itself. The very fact that we’re praying means we’re already receiving what our hearts long for. To open ourselves to reality. To move away from isolation and toward communion. To die to self-reliance and come alive in wonder and mystery. Acknowledging our vulnerability, we’re in solidarity with every other sick, suffering, broken person in the world. With our heads bowed, our ears are closer to our hearts. On our knees, we’re the same height as children.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest. <\/a> And hit your knees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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