To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.
Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part. Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.
I fear that for the most part people are worshiping worship rather than worshiping God and communing with Him.
Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.
Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.
If you prayed as much as you worry, you'd have nothing to worry about.
Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!
Bless, O Lord of the centuries and the millennia, the daily work by which men and women provide bread for themselves and their loved ones. We also offer to your fatherly hands the toil and sacrifices associated with work, in union with your Son Jesus Christ, who redeemed human work from the yoke of sin and restored it to its original dignity.
See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.
If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.
When we pray, we open the door for God to come into our problems and situations and work on them.
Mosquito bites Jesus, receives communion.
Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn't penetrate.
Grace will expose the deepest issues of your heart, then point you to the Cross which covers everything that's been exposed.
Father, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.
The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them with a nervous grin. Don't turn up the TV and pretend they aren't there. Instead, stand still, whisper his name, and listen. He is nearer than you think.
Broken I run to you for your arms are open wide. I am weary but I know your touch restores my life.
When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.
We declare, assert, define and pronounce to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every creature altogether necessary for salvation… I have the authority of the King of Kings. I am all in all, and above all, so that God Himself and I, the Vicar of Christ, have but one consistory, and I am able to do almost all that God can do. What therefore, can you make of me but God?
As I make goals for this year... Jesus, let your thoughts become my thoughts and bend my will to Your will.
As believers, you don't need to pray for a new heart, you need to pray for a new head.
I ought to spend the best hours of the day in communion with God. It is my noblest and most fruitful employment, and is not to be thrust into any corner.
Once you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place.
There is a Wonderful story in the Gospel of Luke (6:12-26). Jesus went up to the mountain to pray at night; in the morning he came down from the mountain and called his twelve apostles around him. In the afternoon he went out on the plain with them to preach the Good News and heal the sick. He had communion with God first, then he had community, and then he went out to do the work of God. That's the order of things.
All my weak days have a common cause - I have neglected communion with God through my neglect of the Scriptures & prayer. When will I learn?
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