“We need prayer” is the title of the letter that the metropolitan archbishop of Bucharest, Ioan Robu, has addressed to the faithful for the summer. Recalling the intense moment of prayer experienced by the Catholic community of Bucharest on the occasion of the arrival of the relics of St. Anthony of Padua in the archdiocese, the archbishop underlined the intimate need for everyone to pray, to have interior experiences that transcend space and time: “We have a need he said for a prayer that may re-establish the wellsprings of hope in us. We have hunger and thirst for intimacy with God and with the intercessor saints”. The archbishop reminded the faithful that the need for prayer does not disappear during the holidays: “I encourage everyone during the holidays – said Msgr. Robu to pay attention (…) to the daily dialogue with God, to daily prayer, to the moment of intimacy of a loving and trustful faith”. “For continues the archbishop prayer completes us; it realises us; it adds to our satisfaction in our holidays and at all times. If we are able to find moments of prayer each day, we have understand what it means to be complete before God and our conscience”. “The soul does not go on holiday”, declared the Metropolitan of Bucharest.
