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[Music] no go ahead um so I've heard that our topic today is prayer. Yes. And I've heard as well that your focus was charismatic. That's correct. Charismatic prayer. Absolutely correct. Would you share a couple of main takeaways from a group discussion? Sure. With reference to charismatic prayer? Sure.
So the first thing I would say is that historically people have understood charismatic prayer to be solely about praying in tongues, which is a very strange concept for Catholics generally, and people waving their hands sort of uncontrollably. And although there is an element of that, in fact, charismatic prayer is much more about being in love with Jesus, allowing an intimate relationship to develop between ourselves and Jesus, so that our prayer becomes part of our communication process. And of course, the other part of the process is to listen to what Jesus is saying to us. So through our charismatic praise, which even if it is loud, it is still a form of prayer that brings us into a a spiritual state, if you like, where we are listening, listening to what God is saying within us, because of course, that's very different from one person to the next.
And perhaps the other takeaway about charismatic prayer is the focus on, uh, having prayer teams where we lay hands on people. For example, we might lay hands on somebody and invite God to work through me to work in your life, whether it's healing or to give you guidance or whatever the case may be. And that's a very old image of God working through people. It even dates back to Old Testament times, and it's covered in the New Testament by Saint Paul. So those are the two elements of charismatic prayer I would share with you: the praying in tongues that helps us to hear what the Lord is saying, and secondly, the laying on of hands, which just allows us to be an avenue of God's graces into whoever's receiving the prayer.
Well, thank you, Mr. Hewitt, for coming and speaking with us today. I hope you have a great rest of your night. You're most welcome, Luke, and thanks for taking the time to speak to me.