[PeterPrinciple]

As such, praying seems more like having a conversation and there is nothing wrong with calling Home and having a conversation with the Holy Family, including Mom.

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It sounds good but when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, that wasn’t given in the example.

[GBA]

Thanks, I imagine that's true. There were no phones, so the phone call idea wouldn't make much sense. And Jesus and Mary were both alive and well, not yet Home.

None the less, for me the metaphor works for my understanding, such as it is.

It also helps me to understand how it's love and using my heart that make's the connection go through.

Plus, the metaphor helps me to conceptualize what having a constant conversation with, or being in continuous communication with, God that I hear others speak of might be like.

[Heart-Rest]

"It sounds good but when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, that wasn’t given in the example."

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Are you saying the only prayer we should be saying is "The Lord's Prayer" -- the "Our Father" that Jesus taught His disciples?