In our passage this week from John’s Gospel we read the “farewell discourses,” Jesus prays for his disciples. Jesus stops everything and prays for those he loves.
Prayer isn’t simply a routine, it’s not just a spiritual exercise, it’s not even merely a healthy part of our faith lives. It may be all those things, but it’s also something more. Prayer is love.
Taking the time to name the hopes, joys, concerns, fears, and thanksgiving of someone you know and bring all of that into the presence of God through prayer is an act of love.