Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV: Make All Things Work for Our Good

1 Kgs 3:5,7-12; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52

I had a conversation recently with a couple who told me that they were thinking about giving up their prayers because of all the lingering problems that they were having among their children and grandchildren. There were experiencing divisions, sibling rivalry, alcoholism, abandonment of the faith, marital problems, career difficulties, malice, etc.  “Why keep praying?” they asked.

My first response was to encourage them to keep on praying because things could be worse without their prayers. But I also reminded them that some things in life are not meant to be taken away by prayer alone. Prayer with the right disposition is always efficacious but there are things that cannot be prayed away.  ….

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