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One Bread, One Body - Reflection for October 23, 2022

CLOUD-PIERCING PRAYER-POWER

"The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds." –Sirach 35:17

Are you in a fog? Is your mind cloudy and confused? Do you feel as if there's heavy cloud-cover when you pray? Even if you are praying in the clouds, you can pierce the clouds, come out of the fog, and come into the light when you:

The lowly, willing servant of God has a love for God and a faith in Him that can shake and transform the world. The prayer of a servant of God "is powerful indeed" (Jas 5:16). Decide to become a lowly, willing servant of God. Pray with Mary: "I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say" (Lk 1:38).

PRAYER: Father, do in me what You must in order to do through me what You will.
PROMISE: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on a merited crown awaits me; on that Day the Lord, just Judge that He is, will award it to me – and not only to me, but to all who have looked for His appearing with eager longing." –2 Tm 4:7-8
PRAISE: "No one can come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me draws him; I will raise him up on the last day" (Jn 6:44). Alleluia! Thank You, risen Jesus.

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Acknowledgement

Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:

· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College