Learning To Pray

"Jesus is the answer to which every human heart is the question." (St JP2)

Tips on evangelization.

In today's episode you will find a few ideas on how to deal with difficulties in your spiritual life.

On the list of the apostles.

Taking after Jesus in prayer by meditating on today's gospel.

Again on divine filiation

"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the...

"I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory."

The deeds is what matters.

"My Lord and my God: into your hands I abandon the past and the present and the future, what is small and what is great, what amounts to a little and what amounts to a lot, things temporal and things eternal. Amen." (St Josemaria)

"Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the Law and the Prophets.“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted t...

"You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound." (Psalm 4)

"But you, Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy hill." (Psalm 3)

"He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fury, saying. "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill." I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my son."" (Psalm 2)

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are lik...

The Ant and the Grasshopper One warm summer day, a grasshopper was happily singing and dancing, enjoying the sunshine, while an ant was working hard, collecting and storing grains of wheat for the winter. The grasshopper mocked the ant, asking why he was toiling so hard instead of enjoying the warm weather. The ant replied that he was preparing for the cold winter months ahead when there would be...

"God resists the proud but gives his grace to the humble." (St Peter)

"This is the kind of love that renews us. When we love as he loved us we become new men, heirs of the new covenant and singers of the new song." (St Augustine)

Do this simple thing in your prayer and you will draw a lot from it.

"Don't wish to be like the gilded weather-cock on top of a great building: however much it shines, and however high it stands, it adds nothing to the solidity of the building. Rather be like an old stone block hidden in the foundations, underground, where no one can see you: because of you the house will not fall.” (St Josemaria)

Yes, you read right. There's a solution to all our problems.

Way to really make progress in spiritual life: "It is to recognize our nothingness, to expect everything from God as a little child expects everything from its father." (St Thérèse of Lisieux)

Thomas de Kempis: "Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire - that thou may be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only."

A few tips on how to make huge progress in spiritual life.

Lord, grant me that following example of Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri I may learn to carry out my work with love and spread faith and joy to everybody around me so that many more may come to know you and love you. Deign to grant the canonization of Blessed Guadalupe and through her intercession grant me the favour I'm asking you (your petition). Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the...