What’s the Secret?

 What’s the Secret?

Father Jose’ Calveras, was a Jesuit priest who had a reputation of teaching people how to pray.  Fr. Jose’ is quoted as saying:  “The key to the art of prayer is the prayer of petition.  Many people never learn how to pray because they have never learned to make effective use of petitionary prayer.  The hand outstretched to beg obtains what the hand pressed against ones’ head to think does not.”

If you have not succeeded in prayer it’s not because prayer does not work.  It may be because you’ve not learned how to pray well.

The first law of prayer is: FAITH.  Have you noticed the habit Jesus had of saying to anyone who came to Him for a favor: Do you believe I can do this?  In other words, He always insisted on faith in His power to heal and cure and work miracles.

This teaching of Jesus is no different today than it was 2000 years ago.  So if you are questioning the effectiveness of your prayer heed His teaching when He said, “Have faith in God.  I tell you this: if anyone says to this mountain …”  You know the story.  But there is an important point at the end where Jesus goes on to say “I tell you then, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.”  (Matt 11:20)

Jesus continues to work miracles in response to faith in our day.  Believe and expect only the best.  Chapel time builds Faith.

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