In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.



First of all, thanks to my family and friends for the encouragement to me in keeping my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank God for you too, because I see His Spirit in you. And it is by your own choosing that His Spirit resides in you that God is able to use you to inspire me thus.

Anyway, here is a personal errata.

Recently, I've come to an understanding of prayer. This understand has led me to prayer more daily. What is this understanding?

In the past, I've always said, "You only need to pray once. No need to pray again. It's in the hands of God. Whatever happens is up to Him. Praying for the same thing more than once is a sign of the lack of faith. By praying for something only once, and being done with it, you need faith for your intentions to be resolved."

However, a week ago, a combination of reading some books gave me a new approach to prayers for intentions: that when we ask God to grant our intentions, we should ask it continuously.

In the first place, the fact that we pray to God for our intentions to be granted is a sign of faith. Because, in doing so, we believe that only God can grant our wishes.

Praying to God again about the same thing is a further sign of faith. I believe that subsequent prayers come from a faith that is stronger in a person than from another who prays only once.

In Lk 18:1-8, Jesus preaches that "God will see justice done to his elect if they keep calling on Him day and night even though He still delays to help them...(v.7) He will see justice done, and done speedily...(v.8)".

(Of course, prayer should be only done with good intentions, so that justice may be done in this world. Intentions should never be for self interest, but for the God's glory.)

Repeating your intentions in prayer helps build a conversation with God, as well as keep tracks of prayer events concerning our intentions. It also promotes confidence in God. We tell God our intentions and confide in His presence what our heart's deepest desires, hopes and longings, spiritual or otherwise. We would also be telling God the problems we face concerning our intentions.

What I find interesting is this: even though you pray for the same things everyday, your mind is at greater ease. In the past, I've tried the 'praying once' logic, but I've always gave up on God and try to attain my intentions by my own means. This is my lack of faith.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam