Category: Prayers

“God will bring them back.” –Baruch 5:6 Imagine your children being “led away on foot” by your enemies (Bar 5:6). Imagine your son handcuffed and led off to prison. What if your children were exiled in a foreign land and you would probably never see them again? This is similar to what the Jewish people went through at the Babylonian exile. About forty years later, Yahweh performed one of His greatest miracles. He freed the Jewish exiles, and they returned home. The Church brings this to our attention because this Christmas the Lord wants to bring our children home to...

“The reign of God is at hand.” –Matthew 10:7 Isaiah prophesied that after the Messiah comes: “No more will you weep” (Is 30:19). “As soon as He (God) hears He will answer you” (Is 30:19). “The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst” (Is 30:20). “A voice shall sound in your ears: ‘This is the way; walk in it’ ” (Is 30:21). “He will give rain for the seed that you sow in the ground” (Is 30:23). “The wheat that the soil produces will be rich and abundant” (Is 30:23). “Upon every...

Jesus said: “None of those who cry out, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of God but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.” –Matthew 7:21 When we think of sinners, we think of atheists, agnostics, and those who scorn religion. These people are certainly sinners. Nevertheless, sinners also include religious people who cry out to God, “Lord, Lord,” but do not do His will (Mt 7:21). The first sinners, Adam and Eve, had a personal relationship with the Lord, for they walked with Him in the evening (see Gn 3:8). Cain, the first murderer,...

“Behold our God, to Whom we looked to save us! This is the Lord for Whom we looked.” –Isaiah 25:9 Christmas is Christ’s coming in the next few weeks in a new, powerful, and much needed way. Christmas is not just a remembrance; it is a present reality. Therefore, Christmas will soon be either one of the best things that has ever happened to us or a sadly missed opportunity. When Christ comes this Christmastime, He will provide for us richly. Jesus will “destroy the veil” which keeps us in the dark, free us from the web “woven over all...