I want you with me in prayer. These present moments are so important and grave that they demand much, very much prayer on the part of my priests. The prayer of my priests is necessary for the salvation of the world.
Blue Book # 47 b-d
Holy Mass must be celebrated well, and it must be lived by my priests. The Liturgy of the Hours must be for them a summons to consecrate every moment of their day to me.
The rosary should be a time of conversation with me. Oh, they must speak to me and listen to me, because I speak softly to them, as a mother does to her little children.
If we wish to get rid of loneliness, we have to make contact with others, and also with God through prayer.
Grace in Every Season (March 5)
Jesus had told us to pray always, so prayer has always been important for us, but in these uncertain days, it has become even more so. If we believe what He tells us, that He is the vine and we are the branches, then prayer is the life blood that keeps the branches intact and productive.
Prayer is not for the appeasement of a strange and angry God, but for intimacy with a loving and intelligent One. It’s how we were created to function…to pray and obey!
John 15:4
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.