Some of the most challenging work a suicide survivor can do is to pray. To pray fully survivors must bring all of themselves to the prayer their anger disappointment fears insecurities and whys. I bring all of me into an encounter with God aware that nothing in the human experience or the human response to the ambushes of life is alien to God.

Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables of Jesus deal with money. One out of ten verses in the New Testament deals with that subject. Scripture offers about five hundred verses on prayer fewer than five hundred on faith and over two thousand on money. The believers attitude toward money and possessions is determinative.

People said there had to be a Supreme Being because otherwise how could the universe exist ehAnd of course there clearly had to be said Koomi a Supreme Being. But since the universe was a bit of a mess it was obvious that the Supreme Being hadnt in fact made it. If he had made it he would being Supreme have made a better job of it with far better thought given taking an example at random to things like the design of the common nostril. Or to put it another way the existence of a badly put-together watch proved the existence of a blind watchmaker. You only had to look around to see that there was room for improvement practically everywhere. This suggested that the Universe had probably been put together in a bit of a rush by an underling while the Supreme Being wasnt looking in the same way that Boy Scouts Association minutes are done on office photocopiers all over the country.So reasoned Koomi it was not a good idea to address any prayers to a Supreme Being. It would only attract his attention and might cause trouble.

True prayer is done in secret but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether however clearly we may be aware of its dangers. In the last resort it is immaterial whether we pray in the open street or in the secrecy of our chambers whether briefly or lenghtily in the Litany of the Church or with the sigh of one who knows not what he should pray for. True prayer does not depend either on the individual or the whole body of the faithful but solely upon the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows our needs.

CHANGE Dont just talk about it go out there and do it. Dont just meditate about it go out there and create it. Dont just pray about it go out there and take action participate in the answering of your own prayer. If you want change get out there and live it. - Steve Maraboli

God thank you for everything youve given us. For the time we have together. And for the miracle of Christmas. Thank you for the Atonement the chance to start all over again. Help us to always remember who we are and to trust that we are worthy to make it through our storms. Amen

It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you Ned what good is it to wear a crown

The angel said I like black-and-white films more than color because theyre more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. Its sort of like prayer.

Whether you teach or live in the cloister or nurse the sick whether you are in religion or out of it married or single no matter who you are or what you are you are called to the summit of perfection you are called to a deep interior life perhaps even to mystical prayer and to pass the fruits of your contemplation on to others. And if you cannot do so by word then by example.Yet if this sublime fire of infused love burns in your soul it will inevitably send forth throughout the Church and the world an influence more tremendous than could be estimated by the radius reached by words or by example.

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words silent remembering and pure intention raises the heart to that supreme Power.