Importance of Prayer

As human beings we are weak and prone to commit errors and have limitations.  Life is full of trials and ups and downs which are impossible even for a highly intellectual person to take full control of.  These trials oftentimes are ploys that corrupt our faith and weaken our spiritual defences.  God allows things to happen to remind us of some things that we may have taken for granted or for us to get His message. We need to pray daily to be spiritually healthy and to effectively examine ourselves on how do we respond to calls and graces of God in our daily life. 

Once we discover and humbly accept that we are on the wrong zone of life, the sacrament of penance is our means or way of returning back to the right path.  If we sin, God still loves us despite the offence but we need to embrace humility first and should recognize and accept our faults and be sorry for it.  We need to open up to God and show our repentance through prayers to seek His forgiveness.  God’s love is ever-present but it won’t work automatically in our favor.  We need to seek it and ask for His grace to fully renew and strengthen our spirit.  

As human beings we need help in fighting temptations and this could only be obtained through fervent and continuous prayers.  We should learn from Jesus.  He is God and the Son of God and He don’t need to pray, but in the Holy Bible He did not only taught us but showed us the importance of prayer by setting examples in His personal practice of always taking timeout to pray to the Heavenly Father.

When praying we should strive to make our prayers come from the heart and not merely  to be recited by our lips.  Let us:

·         pray for God’s grace to make us realize and recognize our sins,

·          pray for strength, endurance and wisdom to handle life’s trials and challenges,

·         pray for our love ones and people close to us as we are all responsible for one another,

·         pray for our priests and church leaders specially those who are facing difficulties that God will supply them with strength and perseverance to take into practice their  promises to the Lord when they embraced this calling of serving His church,

·         pray for our church particularly in times where it is undergoing condemnations from outside sources and most of all,

·         let us pray for those we are not in agreement with for enlightenment and conciliation

Food and water makes the human body sturdy and capable, incessant prayers makes the human soul strong and able.