Absolutely. Does the word Lamentations ring any bells kids?
I am here to tell you that fear, grief, anger, rage, loss, utter despair are all taken to God correctly in the manner of the Psalms and Lamentation is the touchstone you must find instead of bottling up that poison of our souls.
Not all Prayer is in this manner — of course. Most of my prayer these days is in endless thanks and praise. But there was a time when I did not know how to come up from the depths.
Good post I couldn’t agree more.
God doesn’t want a fake relationship. He wants our entire heart which includes our anger, pain, and frustrations with Him.
Someone said it best though when we go to Him like this we should always end as His Son did: not my will but yours be done.
Again though this doesn’t mean we are to be fake in our acceptance. I maintain it’s ok to leave it at that (accepting His will but not being happy about it). At least for the time being.
I think Mother Angelica said it best when she famously said: sometimes Jesus and I aren’t on speaking terms. I think that encapsulates what the Holy Father was getting at perfectly.