St. Paul of the Cross wrote: We enter on the broad road of perdition when we neglect prayer. If we stop praying, our spiritual life gradually dies. St. Thomas says that Adam fell because he had no recourse to divine assistance. According to St. Gelasius, the rebel angels could not preserve because they did not pray. St. Charles Borromeo says that of all means recommended by jesus Christ in the Gospels, the first place is given to prayer. Prayer is more important than anything else, Dr. Alexis Carrol wrote, "If you make a habit of prayer, your life will be profoundly altered."
Prayer is the beginning and progresss and the completion of all virtues. When we pray, God gives us the strength to do that which we cannot do by ourselves. God knows how useful it is to us to be obliged to pray, in order to keep us humble and to exercise our confidence in Him. Prayer is urgently needed for any one who loves God, nothing can replace it. The true and only way to become a saint is to exercise ourselves in virtue and the love of God. This is done by means of prayer,a nd correspondence to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, help us to recognize that nothing of this world can save us, but the deep faith in God and the eagerness and love to be united with God forever. Help us to move more close to you and be desolved in you with prayer. Help us to pray all the time so that we may be guided by the Holy Spirit in our day to day life in this world.
Courtesy of: Prayer with the heart, Rosarian Publication
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