“Petition is ineffectual when it is a barren entreaty that implores God…The Holy Scripture instructs us saying, ‘Prayer is good with fasting and almsgiving.’”

                                          ~St. Cyprian

For Reflection:

What is my most pressing petition to God? What can I do to make it more effective? Am I willing? Why or why not?

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Anthony and I had experienced and witnessed abundant blessings through our crucible of suffering. Though it had been an intensely difficult time, it was a time robust with God's grace. We learned, in stunning ways, that His grace is always sufficient; that He is in the midst of all things; that His perfect plan is worked out in inexplicable and yet comprehensible ways; that everything He permits can be used to unite us more closely to Him; that Our Blessed Mother holds us in her immaculate heart; and that the Cross, when embraced, becomes a doorway to joy.