God answering prayers

[Montie_Claunch]

I have been praying off and on for this one family that has been going through some hard times (Praying the Rosary, talking to Jesus in the blessed Sacrament, lifted up suffering a couple of times). Anyway, the situation hasn’t seemed to be getting any better. I was wondering, am I doing something wrong? Does the state of my soul matter when giving prayer, Should I go to confession before doing any more praying? This is so frustrating. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Thanks and God bless.

 

[Veritas41]

I have been praying off and on for this one family that has been going through some hard times (Praying the Rosary, talking to Jesus in the blessed Sacrament, lifted up suffering a couple of times). Anyway, the situation hasn’t seemed to be getting any better. I was wondering, am I doing something wrong? Does the state of my soul matter when giving prayer, Should I go to confession before doing any more praying? This is so frustrating. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Thanks and God bless.

Jesus tells us in the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge that we should simply persevere in prayer. St Monica prayed for her son, the future St Augustine for 30 years before he converted. Sometimes God is telling us “wait,” or He is answering in a way we don’t expect, or He is telling us no. Be honest with the Lord about your frustrations and ask Him for wisdom and understanding in this situation.

 

[littleone]

I have been praying off and on for this one family that has been going through some hard times (Praying the Rosary, talking to Jesus in the blessed Sacrament, lifted up suffering a couple of times). Anyway, the situation hasn’t seemed to be getting any better. I was wondering, am I doing something wrong? Does the state of my soul matter when giving prayer, Should I go to confession before doing any more praying? This is so frustrating. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Thanks and God bless.

God’s ways are not our ways who should be saved only He knows, why some cured not others that’s God’s call.
I worked with some thirty people who latter said that they thought I was stupid, crazy.
I prayed for them for the 19 years, for two years I prayed the long novena from the Pieta book that takes about four hours per day 365 days per year. Because I saw the promises of Jesus to who soever prays them.
19 years latter we left the mill and I received a phone call from one of the boys to go to a meeting and about 9 of them were there. The meeting was a prayer meeting. One of them said he thought I was crazy being a God person. He said that if any person ever went against me they would have others to relate to.
It was about one month latter that about 3 of these men in hospital all dieing of cancer. One of them said to me “Don’t worry Olli! I know where I’m going it’s all right”. We buried them a short time latter.
Hope that helps.

In God’s time

 

[mommyof4]

Sometimes it’s so hard to be patient, waiting for God to answer our prayers! I know, because I’m going through it myself, too. I just keep in mind the parable of the widow knocking on the judge’s door, and try to remember that a “long” time to me is not a long time to God…

 

[mariam1976]

I have the same feeling too… especially now that i feel that my prayer has been answered and the answer is ‘yes’ for some reason… i am not able to believe it as it is so difficult a circumstance…
i am doing the 9 hour emergency novena to infant jesus even today and asking him to break it if my prayer is not to be answered… i feel that he has finally given me the strength to accept the answer no matter what it is…

 

[water]

I have been praying off and on for this one family that has been going through some hard times (Praying the Rosary, talking to Jesus in the blessed Sacrament, lifted up suffering a couple of times). Anyway, the situation hasn’t seemed to be getting any better. I was wondering, am I doing something wrong? Does the state of my soul matter when giving prayer, Should I go to confession before doing any more praying? This is so frustrating. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Thanks and God bless.

It took my family 12 years to pray for one thing: “family union”. We had started to pray in year 1979, and I and my family got united with my other two brother and sister in 1991.

It then again took us another 14 years to finally understand each other after a 12 year separation.

Being patient when we pray because God knows what and when is the best for us.

 

[blessedtoo]

“Prayer does not change God; it changes me.”
C.S. Lewis

 

[dulcissima]

Why don’t you start praying to a saint for them? Maybe St. Joseph?

 

[Eileen_T]

It’s still November, pray to the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

St. Alphonsus Liguori said that, although the Holy Souls cannot gain merit for themselves, they can obtain for us great graces. They are not, formally speaking, intercessors, as the Saints are, but through the sweet Providence of God, they can obtain for us as astounding favors and deliver us from evils, sickness and dangers of every kind.

Have masses offered for the Holy Souls, especially that soul nearest Heaven.

 

[littleone]

Today I went 130 Kls to see two of my sons. I thought that **it would be good to have a pair of sun glasses **but didn’t worry about it.
I got to the sk8board competition and saw the pro sk8ers ( one being my son) throwing out T shirts confectionary stickers etc to the crowd. I yelled to my son and his friend that the young father next to me and his little daughter could not get any, it would be too dangerious. On hearing this the sk8ter threw a pair of sun glasses to me and some stickers for the little girl and her father. The father was so thrilled and thanked me, but the first thought to me was, I did something for some person I didn’t know, and it turned to my need. The glasses are worth $200.
Praise our Lord who knows our needs before we ask or even if we think it.
In scripture Jesus says in the old testement it was doing the act of evil …or good . But Jesus said now from His coming it now is if you think it it is done. And so it was and God actioned it. Praise God.