How do prayers work?

[PelagiathePenit]

We must have faith. What happens if we have doubt? Surely beautiful things do exist. True love iz rare. True friendships R rare. Saints R rare. Does that mean we R all condemned? We R supposed to be positive. Sometimes I do not understand God He harshly disapproves of sin but iz willing 2 4giv ne1 of their sinz. Y?

 

[JuanFlorencio]

We must have faith. What happens if we have doubt? Surely beautiful things do exist. True love iz rare. True friendships R rare. Saints R rare. Does that mean we R all condemned? We R supposed to be positive. Sometimes I do not understand God He harshly disapproves of sin but iz willing 2 4giv ne1 of their sinz. Y?

I love my children. And sometimes they do things which I don’t accept, and I tell them this every time: I will never accept such and such action or attitude. But I am ready to forgive them, and I always look after them. God is infinitely better than me.

 

[Purgatory_Pete]

I love my children. And sometimes they do things which I don’t accept, and I tell them this every time: I will never accept such and such action or attitude. But I am ready to forgive them, and I always look after them. God is infinitely better than me.

 

[Techno2000]

We must have faith. What happens if we have doubt? Surely beautiful things do exist. True love iz rare. True friendships R rare. Saints R rare. Does that mean we R all condemned? We R supposed to be positive. Sometimes I do not understand God He harshly disapproves of sin but iz willing 2 4giv ne1 of their sinz. Y?

I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage souls to place great trust in My fathomless mercy. Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to approach Me, for even if it had more sins than there are grains of sand in the world, all would be drowned in the unmeasurable depths of My mercy. (1059)

Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire that the whole world know My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy. (687)
divinemercy.com/faustina/

 

[ChibiViolet]

If you talk to God, He listens. If you are in mortal sin, than He still listens, but your prayers do not add up to more joy in Heaven, also known as a name that I am sure confuses many people (it used to confuse me): merits. He even listens to involuntary prayers, although these do not amount to more joy in Heaven. I know because years ago, I used to worship Satan (I was NOT in a cult, but independent as such and primarily devotional) and I began to feel really bad about myself and also that I’d trapped myself with all my promises to Satan–that I’d be his forever and there was nothing I could do about it. I involuntary asked God to help me, but quickly took it back, as I was quite conflicted back then–my mind and spirit at odds with each other. Months later, after I’d felt God calling me back for a while, I began to come back to Him (I still didn’t believe in everything I should believe in as a Catholic, but I did stop worshiping Satan at least and years later, I would believe everything I should.)