#prayers

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#assistance #benefit #christ #desires #feels

This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered. ↗

— Bill Rancic

#answered #breast cancer #cancer #effort #embryos

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it." (Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767) ↗

— Voltaire

#humor #prayers #religion #ridicule #satire

Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side” of the war, ever heard—let alone answered? ↗

— Kristina McMorris

#philosophy #philosophy-religion #prayers #tragedy #war

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. ↗

— Epicurus

#another #evil #forever #god #listened

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#advent #beautiful #celebrate #every #god

Pay attention to what you pray for. Your prayers are not just a reflection of your desires and hopes; they are a guide for personal behavior. PRAY it, BE it, and you will SEE it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#desire #hope #life #pay-attention #pray

What I have learned from the year past is something about miracles--miracles of healing and answered prayer and unexpected happy endings. Each came quietly and simply, on tiptoe, so that I hardly knew it had occurred. All this makes me realize that miracles are everyday things. Not only the sudden, great good fortune, wafting in on a new wind from the sky. They are almost routine, yet miracles just the same. Every time something hard becomes easier; every time you adjust to a situation which, last week, you didn't know existed; every time a kindness falls as softly as the dew; or someone you love who was ill grows better; every time a blessing comes, not with trumpet and fanfare, but silently as night, you have witnessed a miracle. ↗

— Faith Baldwin

#miracles #faith

I've always wondered how much can you do for your fellow man if your hands are constantly stuck together in Prayers for them? ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#life #prayers #religion #life

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. ↗

— Aesop

#heard #our #pray #prayers #strive