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God, What Do You Think I Should Do?

“God, what do you think I should do? It is the one question that has almost completely disappeared from the dialog of modern men and modern women. And it is for that sole reason that so many men and so many women lead lives of quiet desperation and animosity. If we think we can lead the lives of happiness we’re hoping for without asking that question and honestly seeking the answer to it, then we are absolutely kidding ourselves.” Matthew Kelly, in a speech at the Orange County Catholic Prayer Breakfast

From In the Company of Prayer

Does prayer work?

“Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.” Matthew 21: 22

Prayer works. It is that simple. There is nothing complicated about it. Find out for yourself. Pray.

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest. James 5:17-18

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