Dear young friends, learn to pray every day: this is the way to know Jesus and invite him into your lives.
Interpretation
Prayer is essential for building a relationship with Jesus and developing spiritual awareness.
Pope Francis emphasizes the importance of daily prayer as a fundamental practice for young individuals to foster a personal connection with Jesus. By engaging in regular prayer, one opens their heart to receive guidance, love, and presence of Jesus in their lives, transforming their spiritual journey and deepening their faith.
In practice
During a youth retreat, I shared the quote to inspire young attendees to embrace prayer.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation.
When you forget that you need Allah, He puts you in a situation that causes you to call upon him. And that's for your own good.
We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.
You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father.
In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of His Son. Beware you do not get stuck in the work itself; if you do, it is all lost labor. Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul. Therefore, fix on Him in all, through all, and above all...Remember also to use all means as means-as ordained, not for their own sake.
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