Previously, it was discussed that God refuses our prayers if we ask amiss, as St. James explains in his Epistle (4:3). God will not grant us
In His Last Supper Discourse, Our Lord spoke to His Apostles the following: “Amen, amen, I say to you: If you ask the Father any
Costly spices give out their aroma most freely when they are bruised in a mortar; so the truths of religion have most influence upon the
After having heard so much of the efficacy and advantages of prayer, you must doubtless be desirous to know how you can acquire that spirit
Spiritual writers often distinguish between four ends of prayer, that is, four reasons why one may go to prayer. They are usually articulated as: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Contrition (or Expiation), and Petition.By Adoration, the one at prayer acknowledges that God is, in-and-of Himself,
The anemic style so frequently noted in recent translations and compositions of prayer, particularly over the past sixty or so years, is not quite so
“Casting all your solicitude upon Him for He hath care of you.” -St. Petr., Ep. I., c. V., v. 7 “Blessed is the man who
We have all had the experience of being in conversation with someone who is not attentive, looks over our shoulder, glances at his watch, scrolls
How We Are to Be Disposed and What We Are to Say When We Desire Anything CHRIST: My son, say this on every occasion: Lord,
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