by L. Margoni
Did you ever wonder how people you know can have such a deep love for God and yet you feel nothing? You know that God exists but you do not know how to obtain that closeness that others seem to have? Well do not despair! The fact that you realize something is missing in your spiritual life and that others have something that you do not yet understand is a good sign! You are on the way to finding the same love.
How can I find God in my life? When you have some quiet time tell God that you want to know Him and that you want to be closer to Him. Ask Him to convert you and make you more pleasing in His sight. You may even want to ask God to put someone in your life to help you on your spiritual journey.
Start with the Bible! Read the Gospels! Maybe start with St. Luke or The Acts of the Apostles. Read a chapter a day. Also acquire the habit of saying a short prayer upon waking and prior to retiring for the night. (Find a location in your bedroom to be your prayer area). As soon as you awake go to the location and say a morning offering prayer (add your personal thoughts to God as well). At night, before going to bed, go to your special location and say your nighttime offerings. At nighttime, reflect on your day and your actions. Were they pleasing to God? Did you offend God in any way?
MORNING OFFERING PRAYER
O my God, I adore you, and I love you with all my heart.
I thank you for having created me, having saved me by your grace,
and for having preserved me during the night. I offer you all my
prayer, works, joys, and sufferings of this day. Grant that they
may be all according to your will and for your greater glory. Keep me
from all sin and evil, and may your grace be with me always and with
those I love.
PRAYER AT BEDTIME
O my God, I adore you, and I love you with all my heart.
I thank you for having created me, having saved me by your grace,
and for having preserved me during this day. I pray that you will take
for yourself whatever good I might have done this day, and that you
will forgive me whatever evil I might have done. Protect me this night,
and may your grace be with me always and with those I love.
If you have not been to confession in a long time, prepare yourself by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal your sins and then go to confession. Speak from your heart in confession for it will be God who hears you.
When you have time, perhaps on lunch break at work or on the weekend, go to church and sit and listen for God in the silence and the peace of His house. If you have worries or problems tell them to God as if He were sitting right next to you. We sometimes do not realize how busy and complicated we make our lives. We must find time in our lives for peace and quiet so that we can hear God speak to us.
Be patient! One day very soon, you will be hit by an awareness that you never knew existed. Your eyes will be opened, your heart will be on fire, and love will burn inside of you like you never imagined. When this happens, you will realize that nothing on this earth will ever compare to the grace that God has given you.
To know God's son, one must know His mother Mary. Learn the Rosary, say one decade a day at first and then try to work up to 5 decades. Ask Mary to help you learn more about her son. No one knows a son better than a mother (see Rosary)
Please know that we are praying for you and your conversion here at our web site. May God bless you and may His love burn inside of you forever! Submit your prayer request and we will pray for you every day sanctemichael@yahoo.com.
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