Prayer can change…
Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord.
–Saint John Paul (1920-2005)
Why do you have to pray?
Why do you have to pray? Why do you have to breathe? Because otherwise I’d die.
–Gianfranco Ravasi (1942-
Fill our minds with prayer…
If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.
–Scott Hahn (1957-
When we pray from the heart…
Here are 10 positive things that happen EVERY time we pray from the heart:
1. We Receive…
2. We Follow God’s Will…
3. We Profess Our Faith …
4. We Imitate Christ – …
5. We Enter Into A Relationship With God …
6. We Increase Our Chances For Salvation …
7. We Obtain What God Wants To Give Us…
8. We Practice Humility…
9. We Obtain Peace…
10. We Use Our Time Wisely…
Obviously, the prayer that I’m speaking of above is sincere, “from the heart” dialog with God. Going though the motions” or babbling rote phrases will not produce the above results. When we truly mean the words we pray, however, we can count on every one of these benefits. Remember this the next time you’re tempted to put off praying, thinking that it will do no good. There is no more productive activity we can do on this earth!
–Gary Zimak (5/17/13)
God gives perseverance…
God gives us some things, as the beginning of faith, even when we do not pray. Other things, such as perseverance, he has only provided for those who pray.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Aim of prayers…
Let the chief aim of all your tears and prayers and sacrifices and whatever good works you may perform be to induce God to send you his holy grace to make you pleasing to his Majesty, and then ask him for what you most need in order to serve him better.
–Francisco de Osuna (1497-1541)
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