DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY
“When you awake in the morning, let your first thought be to raise up your mind to God, to offer to His honour whatever you may have to do, or suffer, during the day and, to beseech Him, to assist you with His holy Grace.
Then, perform your other morning devotions, making Acts of Love and of Gratitude and praying and resolving, to spend the day as if it were to be the last of your life.
PRAY FOR OTHERS
Recommend to God with confidence not only your own needs but also the needs of others.
How pleasing to Him it will be if you sometimes forget yourself and speak to Him of His own glory, of the miseries of others, especially those who mourn in sorrow; of the souls in purgatory, His spouses, who long to behold Him in Heaven and of poor sinners, who live deprived of His grace.
ST ALPHONSE DE LIGUORI
THE POWER OF PRAYER
Do you believe that prayer has the power to make a difference?
Yes, if it is done in the spirit that God expects from us.
Father Matthew describes how a family started praying when their son was in a car crash. That was the first time they prayed as a family. As they waited, word spread to countless people who started praying, begging God to save him.
Prayer is now a daily part of this family's life. It's never too late to begin prayer life. Jesus' message to us is to pray always, and to never lose heart.
If we don't receive what we ask for in prayer, does that mean we should stop praying altogether?
Of course not. We should exercise patience and be humble before God to shower upon us his graces, when He wants and how He wants and in the abandance He wants. Do not expect that the moment we prayer, God accede to our request there and then. God wants to see our perseverance in prayer and would want to test our faith in Him.
If we do not receive what we ask for, it means that what we requested from God is detrimental to us.
Does a father give a knife to his small son just because he was fascinated by the glittering object in the sun?
He gives him son something else which glitters but is not harmful
God our Father is not going to give us that which harms us. But rest assured that God will give us something else instead, which is beneficial to us.
