But even every action of their day can become a prayer. And this happens when they let the Spirit within them – which still today laments with ineffable groanings –cry out invoking God as a Father.
Blue Book 47 e-g
Seek the Father; cry out to the Father; yearn for the Father!For yourselves and for all my children.
The sufferings of your day will dispose you to be prompt to enter into continuous prayer
We have to get busy. We have to do little things exceedingly well for the love of God. We have to open our hearts to people, because they are still closed. So bit by bit, they must become open. For you see, Christ comes into our hearts with each person who comes in. Remember, we are to share his pain. That’s why we will share his joy, because to those who share his pain, he will give infinite joy.
Grace in Every Season ( March 6)
If prayer is this intimate communication between ourselves and God, then it can be accomplished in a myriad of ways not simply words. We probably communicate most clearly through our actions. In our marriages, we can say I love you until we are blue in the face, but if our actions don’t reflect it, our spouse will not believe us.
These actions don’t need to be extraordinary, they simply need to be faithful. Small, every day actions done according to God’s will for our state in life are more meaningful than grand gestures performed by our own design.
These small everyday sufferings are our very own personal crosses, because they get to the heart of exactly what we need for our spiritual growth and as we offer them up, they become efficacious for our loved ones’ salvation as well. Oh what joy!
“Make sacrifices for sinners, and say often, especially while making a sacrifice: ‘O Jesus, this is for love of thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.’
(Our Lady of Fátima to the three children)