VENERABLE FULTON J. SHEEN ON PRAYER
A Midweek
Spiritual Workout with
Fr.
Marino H. Msigala,
OFM Capuchin
VENERABLE FULTON J. SHEEN
ON PRAYER
“The essence of prayer is not the effort to make God give us
something.
Prayer, then, is not just informing God of our needs since God
already knows them.
Rather, the purpose of prayer is
to give God the opportunity
to bestow the gifts, He will give
us when we are ready to accept them.
The person who thinks only of himself says only prayers of petition.
The one who thinks of his neighbor says prayers of intercession.
Whoever thinks only of loving and
serving God
says prayers of abandonment to God’s
will,
and this is the prayer of the
saints.”
On this Spiritual Workout Wednesday, think about the prayers you pray and for whom you pray. How can you improve your prayer life by moving from prayers of petition to prayers of acceptance of God’s will? Being a prayerful Christian is not easy. In fact, it is impossible…without the help of God.
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