This is a letter from a young adult. He is currently in the prayers of many because he has answered God’s call. He wanted to be free from his past sins but our spiritual foe wouldn’t let him. Thus, the enemy torments him. His email: I was very exhausted. I cannot sleep because of the [...]
How you can be a prayer warrior through your suffering
“I’m having more surgery tomorrow… an ablation in my hip, since my cancer makes me not a candiate for a replacement or a fusion. I am ever so worried about it, because it’s the best they can do under the circumstances, but it’s not always effective. I just don’t have the stamina to go through [...]
Day 9: Ascetic Obligation
“We must work so that the proverb of Solomon may never be true: ‘I have passed through the field of the idle man and brambles covered it.’ Where laziness abounds, there thorns grow. Our souls must be fertile with the Word of God, painted with trees of virtue, made green with desires of eternal life [...]
Day 8: The Value of Time
” The Lord gave you time so that you might work for your salvation, but you have made it a private property. The day will come when the Lord will take back what you usurped. Do not waste the time that the Lord in His goodness, gave you to find forgiveness, acquire grace, do penance [...]
Day 7 The Suffering of Christ
“The contemplation of the suffering sof Christ renders us indifferent to the joys and pleasures of the world. When, with the eyes of faith, I see my God nailed to the cross, and given gall and vinegar to drink, everything here below loses its attraction for me and I experience my nothingness.” Let us pray: [...]
Day 6 Christian Witness
Sixth Day: Christian Witness “He speaks well who with his actions witnesses what he announced with his mouth. Whoever distributes faithfully the bread of the Word of God and does not hide the truth will be blessed now and in the future. Christ says, “I am the Truth!” Whoever preaches the truth affirms Christ, whoever [...]
Day 5 of the 13 Days of Prayers in Preparation for the Feast of St. Anthony
Fifth Day: The Sweetness of God “When a crystal is touched or struck by the rays of the sun, it gives forth brilliant sparkles of light. When the man of faith is touched by the light of God’s grace, he too must shine with his good words and deeds, and so bring God’s light to [...]
Day 4 of the 13 Days of Prayer in Preparation for the Feast of St. Anthony
Fourth Day: Divine Wisdom “The Old and New Testaments contain the fullness of that understanding which alone can produce wise men. The words of Scripture protect us from burning thirst for worldly prosperity, from carnal concupiscence, and from diabolical suggestions. This wisdom teaches us to love God, despise the world, and dominate the passions.” (St. [...]
Day 3: The Doctrine of Christ
Day 3: The Doctrine of Christ “Not many hear the Word of God willingly. The reason for this rests in the fact that the doctrine of Christ does not play a melody of adulation: it does not flatter the sinners and it does not promise earthly goods; instead it severely warns and teaches to mortify [...]
13 Days of Prayer in Preparation for the Feast of St. Anthony
DAY 1: The Word of God “Willingness to hear the Word of God is a sign of predestination. Just like the exile that awaits and gladly hears news from his homeland, shows that he loves his country, so too the Christian who listens attentively to Him who speaks of the heavenly fatherland may say that [...]
