Rugăciunea în vremea bătrâneților, azilul de bătrâni și misiunea preotului la căpătâiul bătrânilor
Prayer during old age, the nursing home and the priest's mission at the bedside of the elderly

Summary/Abstract: Assuming old age implies, at least from a Christian point of view, reconciliation with oneself, with one’s fellow men and with God, and this is most easily done through prayer, in an effort to draw closer to God, who is love. By way of one exercising the practice of prayer, one can be counted and treated more or less as a believer, no matter which world religion one belongs to. Since it is well known that the basis of religion is man’s connection with the divine, the confession of faith and its expression through prayer confirm this connection, which has repercussions on human life and behaviour. The practice of prayer highlights a very important aspect, namely that although man has fallen into sin, God has not abandoned him, and he continues to communicate and cooperate with his Creator, who has prepared him throughout his troubled history to hope for salvation. Because of sin, however, prayer, understood as ”communication” or "man's conversation with God”, does not shine in all its fullness. The need for prayer, especially when one is at an age which brings one physically closer to the eternal, represents, first and foremost, a natural aspiration of the human soul towards communion and sharing with absolute and eternal values

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