Learning To Pray

Depending on the attitude you approach Jesus with amazing things will or will not happen to you.

This meditation invites to take action in the most important thing of our lives: Holiness.

"And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.[c] You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’" (St Matthew)

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (St Paul)

Do you want to know how God speaks to us? Keep listening.

"You are in love if you are sorry for your venial sins." (St Josemaria)

"It has already been commented on in the introduction to ti bok. no one give whar they do noc have. We will not be able to help others fall in love with Jesus Christ if we are not in love with Him. It seems like a truism, but it is the truest statement in the world. Formative agents know, as Jesus himself says in the Gospel, that the task is to shepherd and confirm those the Lord has entrusted to...

Let's Go Get ’em 1 In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. 2...

EVERY SINGLE DAY IS DIFFERENT —From the Gospel: Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He...

"2710 The choice of the time and duration of the prayer arises from a determined will, revealing the secrets of the heart. One does not undertake contemplative prayer only when one has the time: one makes time for the Lord, with the firm determination not to give up, no matter what trials and dryness one may encounter. One cannot always meditate, but one can always enter into inner prayer, indepen...

"Youth is not a period of life, but an attitude, an inner mood, which is based on victory over oneself in the small things of everyday life. One does not become old for having lived many years, but for having betrayed his ideals. You are as young as your dreams and as old as your apathy and your lack of enthusiasm.” (A Spanish philosopher).

A teenager named Alex always saw his father as just a regular dad who worked long hours at an office job. One day, Alex's class takes a field trip to the local hospital. As they tour the facility, Alex notices people keep stopping to greet his father respectfully. Nurses and doctors approach him for advice, and even the hospital director comes to shake his hand. Confused, Alex asks a nearby nurse...

"How good it is to stand before a crucifix, or on our knees before the Blessed Sacrament, and simply to be in his presence! How much good it does us when he once more touches our lives and impels us to share his new life! What then happens is that “we speak of what we have seen and heard” (1 Jn 1:3). The best incentive for sharing the Gospel comes from contemplating it with love, lingering over it...

"A lukewarm heart becomes self-absorbed in lazy living and it stifles the fire of love. The lukewarm person lives to satisfy his or her own convenience, which is never enough, and in that way is never satisfied; gradually such a Christian ends up being content with a mediocre life." (Pope Francis)

"Life grows by being given away, and it weakens in isolation and comfort. Indeed, those who enjoy life most are those who leave security on the shore and become excited by the mission of communicating life to others". (Pope Francis)

"The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness." (Pope Francis)

"There's no greater love than this: the one who lays down his life for his friends." (The Lord).

"Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, watching over them-not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away." (St Peter)

"Have some backbone; develop some inner resilience." (Fr. Eric Nicolai)

"Simon, you will be called Cefas that means rock." (The Lord)

"In your prayer, you actually take part in the different scenes of the Gospel, as one more among the people present... Imagine the scene or mystery you have chosen to help you recollect your thoughts and meditate." (St. Josemaria Escriva)

"Faith, finally, my beloved daughters and sons, to show the world that all this is not just ceremonies and words, but a divine reality, by presenting to mankind the testimony of an ordinary life which is made holy, in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and of holy Mary." (St Josemaría)

Day 5: Vocation is dynamic: each of us is called here and now - What helps us to be responsive to God's call? Deepening our friendship with Christ, imitating him... FREEDOM AND GRACE: "How Can We Foster Inspirations? 1. Practice Praise and Thanksgiving 2. Desire and Ask For Them 3. Resolve to Refuse God Nothing 5. 4. Practice Filial and Trusting Obedience 7. 5. Practice Abandonment 8. 6.Practice D...

Day 4: Letting God Drive —God surprises us always with something more beautiful: miraculous catch of fish; Peter walking on the waters; bringing Lazarus back to life; Therefore: let God drive: God wants to do something unique and beautiful in your life: Jacques Philippe, In the School of the Holy Spirit: "Holiness is not the realization of a given model of perfection that is identical for everyone...

Day 3: In my Father's Field: Perseverance and Meekness; —parable of the workers in the vineyard; WE ADMIRE THEIR PERSEVERANCE -Camino de Santiago news interview to an 80 yearold man on how he made it to the end of the Camino; how did you know you were going to make it? I knew I was going to make it by taking the first step and then other and other... -PERSEVERANCE: if you repeat, you learn it. 10,...