Year C, Lectionary 147
Our faith in God affects our prayers. If we approach God in prayer without recognizing God's supremacy then we begin to disengage in prayer. With a strong trust in God we can rely on God for strength and nourishment even with trouble around us. And when we are weary we can also rely on our fellow sisters and brothers in Christ to lift us up physically and spiritually. For faith empowers us individually and as a community.
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“Who are the ones that you are called to give strength to so that they too can be victorious?”
“We can never love God as God loves us but it should be the work of our lives, our entire life to try”
“If you see lots of darkness and sin and falling away from the faith, what do we do? Do we lose heart, right? Do we give up? Jesus says, 'no.' Your response to apostasy should be to pray constantly and not to lose heart, not to give up. To persevere in prayer.”
“Sometimes we get frustrated with God in prayer because we are praying for a specific resolution that isn't the best resolution. Perhaps God's resolution might cost us a little more but it might be better for humanity or it might be better for me in the long run.”
“from our limited human perspective we cannot grasp the Divine Plan, and so our prayer must so often be 'thy will be done'”
“If we do not pray we cut ourselves off from the source of victory. But when we pray, we are united to Christ who has already conquered.”
“we can say and answer that question: when Jesus returns, will the Son of Man find faith on earth? Yes, he will because at least some of us will stick around to share love with one another.”
“We don't only pray by ourselves, we pray together. We are a praying community.”
“Where do we find the strength, the inner resources to trust God hears and will act and not to lose heart?”
“I challenge you to hang in there. Do not give up. Remember, good things come to those who wait, but better things come to those who pray while they wait.”
“The communal presence is necessary to continue a communal hope and there is resistance against any kind of hopelessness”
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