Prayer Prompt before reading LK 18:1-8 Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“WILL NOT GOD THEN SECURE THE RIGHTS OF HIS CHOSEN ONES WHO CALL OUT TO HIM DAY AND NIGHT?” LK 18:1-8
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
This is where I fell in love with Jesus. Waking early, reading the daily Mass Gospel to find a message from God about why He made me and saved me, then asked the Holy Spirit to interpret the Scriptures for me as I wrote a reflection on what stuck to my heart or what knowledge I gained from God.
Over time, with praying the rosary each day and Mary leading me to her Son, my faith became solid. The love of God for me became overwhelming. The time spent in prayer became something to look forward to and hasn’t stopped since then. I fell in love!
Talk to Him throughout the day, when you are going to school and see the beautiful sunrise, when you pray with others at school, when you go to Mass and receive Him. If you don’t know what to say, just ask Him. Jesus, give me the words I need to speak. He will help you. Jesus prayed often and taught us how to pray the Lord’s Prayer. It usually is not an instant response, it takes time, maybe even years. The persistent widow is a great model of prayer for us.
Bishop Barron says, “Prayer is the still-point in which everything in the cosmos is circling around you.” He also explains in his book “The Strangest Way”, that prayer is God the Father and God the Son speaking to each other about you. So cool! It’s crucial for a soul to sit silently in that still-point and listen to what God is saying about you everyday in the same place at the same time.
Never give up praying, do it daily no matter how hard it is. God is always faithful, remain faithful to Him. The rewards are eternal. For me, no matter how hard life gets, I have a friendship that calms me and guides me after many years of wrestling over life’s toughest issues. Jesus and I are best friends and He brings a very deep and abiding peace within me. He is truly alive and I can feel His presence. This is the fruit of many long hours of prayer in my life.
Today’s challenge: Set an alarm on your phone to pray at the same time in the same place everyday. Start small, just a couple minutes a day, then it will grow. If you don’t know what to say, just ask God. He knows how to pray. Prayer takes many forms, find one that helps you, challenges you, and builds a lasting relationship with the One who loves you more than you love yourself and will do anything to bring you back to Him, even send His only Son to fulfill the covenant He promised by giving His very life, His blood, and now His Spirit lives on in us! Isn’t this what you are truly desiring in the very depths of your heart. It is a scary place to go to, but the rewards are eternal!
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
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