Learning To Pray

"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." (The Lord)

"Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest."

"I don't fear someone who practices 1,000 kicks once; I'm afraid of someone who practices 1 kick 1,000 times." (Bruce Lee)

"Jesus is the answer to which every human heart is the question." (St JP2)

Tips on evangelization.

In today's episode you will find a few ideas on how to deal with difficulties in your spiritual life.

On the list of the apostles.

Taking after Jesus in prayer by meditating on today's gospel.

Again on divine filiation

"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas." (Psalm 8)

"I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory."

The deeds is what matters.

"My Lord and my God: into your hands I abandon the past and the present and the future, what is small and what is great, what amounts to a little and what amounts to a lot, things temporal and things eternal. Amen." (St Josemaria)

"Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the Law and the Prophets.“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” (The Lord)

"You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound." (Psalm 4)

"But you, Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy hill." (Psalm 3)

"He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fury, saying. "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill." I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my son."" (Psalm 2)

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." (Psalm 1)

The Ant and the Grasshopper One warm summer day, a grasshopper was happily singing and dancing, enjoying the sunshine, while an ant was working hard, collecting and storing grains of wheat for the winter. The grasshopper mocked the ant, asking why he was toiling so hard instead of enjoying the warm weather. The ant replied that he was preparing for the cold winter months ahead when there would be no food. The grasshopper laughed and continued singing and playing, not worrying about the future. When winter arrived, the grasshopper found himself cold and hungry, while the ant was safe and warm in his nest with plenty of food stored up. The grasshopper soon became desperate and begged the ant for food and shelter. The ant initially refused, reminding the grasshopper of his laziness during the summer. However, taking pity on him, the ant eventually let the grasshopper into his nest and shared his provisions.

"God resists the proud but gives his grace to the humble." (St Peter)