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Deepening Our Attention
Simone Weil, a French philosopher, theologian and activist around the time of World War II, wrote a remarkable essay in which she connects the discipline of schoolwork with that of prayer. She argues the main benefit of working hard at school is to develop our attention, which in turn helps us improve at praying.
Attention to justice should lead to the deepening of our spiritual lives. Similarly, attention to justice should lead to the deepening of our spiritual lives because as we practice attention in our approach to justice we also more attentively pray for guidance in working for God’s kingdom to come on earth as in heaven. We need to wait on God, which is a tough balance to strike as we also need to push urgently to break down barriers of injustice.
Weil’s attention was so developed, in both academic work and in prayer, that she would sometimes have mystical experiences when she put her full attention to reciting the Lord’s Prayer. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say a more common problem for most of us is making it through the Lord’s Prayer without our thoughts wandering before we get to “amen.” Fortunately, in addition to schoolwork we have many tools that can help us strengthen our practice of attention, such as reading Scripture in ways that help us listen more deeply and with others, or taking fasts from media that can distract our concentration.
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