For Ragamuffins Gods name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair - for some self-destruction. Time alone with God reveals the unfathomable depths of the poverty of the spirit. We are so poor that even our poverty is not our own It belongs to the mysterium tremendum of a loving God.

When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of No answer. It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent certainly not uncompassionate gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like Peace child you dont understand.

Give me the Love that leads the wayThe Faith that nothing can dismayThe Hope no disappointments tireThe Passion thatll burn like fireLet me not sink to be a clodMake me Thy fuel Flame of God

Wild dreams torment me as I lie. And though a god lives in my heart though all my power waken at his word though he can move my every inmost part - yet nothing in the outer world is stirred. thus by existence tortured and oppressed I crave for death I long for rest.

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

I talk to God but the sky is empty.

The function of prayer is not to influence God but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of ones weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.