The content explores the complexity of prayer and whether God answers them. It suggests that while prayers for genuine needs might be heard, frivolous requests may not be considered. The piece raises questions about God's intentions, the purpose of prayer, and the necessity of intercession, ultimately reflecting on the struggle to understand divine reasoning.
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Our Father Who Art in Heaven
The author reflects on the core teachings of Jesus and identifies "The Lord's Prayer" as the essential guideline for Christian life. It emphasizes loving God, seeking forgiveness, avoiding temptation, and ultimately striving to enter Heaven by fulfilling God's will. Understanding and living these principles is vital for spiritual growth.
Why Ignoring Your Guardian Angel Can Lead to Trouble
Have you ever wondered if God has a limit to how many times He will let your guardian angel save you? Does there come a time when He says, "Okay, that's enough, this time it's time to let him go"? I was walking with my dog on Tuesday when I had a little mishap. We …
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Understanding Prayer: 3 Ways to Connect with God
The content discusses different ways to pray, emphasizing the importance of sincerity over specific formulas. It outlines vocal, meditative, and contemplative prayer types, highlighting personal experiences and reflections on communication with God. The author stresses that belief and trust in God are foundational for a meaningful prayer life, regardless of denominational affiliation.
Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble
Today's title is brought to us by today's responsorial Psalm. But you knew that already since you have all been to Mass. It fits nicely with the Gospel reading, about Jesus spending 40 days in the desert and being tempted by Satan. This is one of those verses that lends itself nicely to a short …
Be Not Afraid
I am not sure we are walking through the valley of the shadow of death or not, but these are certainly scary times. Every day the news seems to get worse, the number of people infected with the coronavirus rises, the number of deaths goes up and the predictions of how many possible deaths are …
COVID- 19 Heart vs Mind
I have started this post about five times now and am finding it extremely difficult to write. I am trying to write my thoughts on this whole Corona Virus situation. I am very conflicted on this, conflicted about the "quarantine", God, my faith and my Church. My head says one thing, my heart another. Let …
What God Needs
I had an interesting conversation with my daughter today. Now this being the 21st century it wasn’t a face to face conversation but rather a finger to finger conversation. She and her husband have a rather big life decision to make and she asked for my advice. Without going into the details I told her …
Another box to check
Are you one who likes lists? Do you make a list to help you get to Heaven? Here is some advice.
Less Me, More Him
This past month I have been pretty down spiritually. I have been trying to figure out why. I think last week I may have come up with the reason why, or at least what to do about it. I took a week off from work last week with the intention of making a pilgrimage of …
The Wayward Catholic 