Christian Reflection and Prayer

For any who feel wordless, even in their
attempt to pray, I offer this story.

A young boy, age five or six, was impressed
by the Russian Army,  As he grew older, he
retained a simple cognizance of his
Jewish heritage, despite Russian urging to
forget.  In his teens, the spark in his soul
ignited, filling him with the desire to
return to Jewish tradition.  He found a synagogue,
in which men wrapped in prayer shawls cried
out to God even into the late afternoon. 
Childhood memories returned, and reflecting over
his years of separation, the adolescent began to
weep.  He entered the synagogue and opened
a prayer book,  The letter seemed familiar, but he
couldn't put them together into words.  Turning
his eyes toward heaven, he cried, "God, all I
remember is the Hebrew alphabet.  I will read
the letters; You put them into words.  And
forgive me,"  AND GOD DID.

Didn't St. Paul say something like this to us?

"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we ought,
but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too
deep for words".  (Romans 8:26)

(C. John Weborg)