PRAYER
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You must pray then this way: “Our Father in the heavens, Let your name be sanctified. Let your Kingdom come, let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth. Give us this day the bread for this day, and forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.”– Jesus Christ– (The MODEL PRAYER) – Apostle Matthew (writer) – The BIBLE
Prayer is the confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness. – Mohandas Gandhi
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized the Lord doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and asked for him to forgive me. – Emo Phillips
Seven days without prayer makes one weak. – Unknown
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can always adjust my sails to reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him that prays. – Soren Kierkegaard
Work as if you were going to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. – Benjamin Franklin
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? – Corrie ten Boom
The fewer the words the better the prayer. – Martin Luther
When life knocks you down to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn’t that the best position from which to pray? – Ethel Barrymore
“Please help our brothers who are being persecuted in Russia. Thank you, Jehovah, for forgiving my sins, and help me to do good be good and stay good.” - Grandson Zach Meier’s goodnight prayer at 9 years old.
The Rosary is THE weapon. – Pio of Pietrelsina (Give me a break!)
Today there are more Muslims at prayer on Fridays in Britian, France or Germany than there are Christians at mass or liturgy in those countries on Sundays. – Sre Trifkovic
Banning prayer at school makes God unconstitutional. – Rush Limbaugh
“Heavenly Father…we confess that we ridiculed the absolute truth of your word and called it moral pluralism. We have worshipped other gods and called it multi-culturalism. We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative life-style. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.” – Rev. Joe Wright opening prayer at Kansas State Legislature.
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“I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work you have given me to do. So now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had alongside you before the world was.” – Jesus Christ – John 17:4,5 – Apostle John (Writer) – The BIBLE
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you; love, prayer and forgiveness. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and knows where it must go. Your prayers know much more than you do. – Victor Hugo
If you say the Rosary faithful until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins, you will receive a never-fading crown of glory. – Louis de Montfort (If he only knew)
About all I can say about the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. – Will Rogers
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. – Martin Luther
As long as algebra is taught in schools, there will be prayer in schools. – Cokie Roberts
“I close my eyes, then I drift away, / into the magic light I softly say / a silent prayer, like dreamers do, / then I fall asleep to my dreams of you.” – Roy Orbison – IN DREAMS
If we ever forget we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. – Ronald Reagen
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched— they must be felt by the heart. – Helen Keller
Prayer is a translation. A man translates himself into a child, asking for all those in a language he has barely mastered. – Leonard Cohen
Religions of Christendom attempt to show their piousness by capitalizing the first letter of many words adopted by theological councils. At best this seems artificial to me. – Gary Pulliam
“Therefore, openly confess your sins to one another, so that you may be healed. A righteous man’s supplication has a powerful effect.” – Disciple James (Jesus’s half-brother) – James 5:16 – The BIBLE
The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayers, but unoffered prayers. – F. B. Meyer
“We have killed our unborn and called it choice, shot abortionists and called it justifiable, neglected to discipline our children and called it self-esteem, abused power and called it political savvy, coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition.” – Rev. Joe Wright opening prayer at Kansas State Legislature.
PRAYER
“They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world. Sanctify them by means of the truth; your word is truth.” – Jesus Christ (The night before he dies) – John 17:15,16 – Apostle John – The BIBLE
The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; It is the prayer that touches most the heart of the Mother of God. And if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary. – Pope Pius X (If he only knew there was no Mother of God.)
“And Jehovah, help me to do good, be good and stay good.” - My son Toby’s prayer at 4 years old. - Gary Pulliam
if one commits to the Rosary as a means of prayer, doesn’t that take away personal responsibility and make the one praying seem insincere in not thinking for themselves and using their own words? - Gary Pulliam
