The "cloistered brothers" are reading Simone Weil's Waiting for God. A discussion arose on prayer. Gordon, does believe in God, but not prayer. He figures that God is all knowing, so He knows what is going to happen, so what's the use of prayer. He challenged the group with the question, "So what do you expect to happen?"
This question has been bouncing back and forth, inside my head. What do I expect to happen when I pray? Today is two days removed from the question, and I've come to the conclusion that what I expect and what I hope are two different answers.
I hope that God will do what I want. I expect that I will understand what God is doing. I expect that my prayer will give me wisdom and understanding and patience to see God's plans.
I also expect that more understanding will come, in time. I also expect that I will have an answer for Gordon, that will satisfy him.
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