Prayer:

Prayer is not some form of magic, the recitation of a set formula of words that yields specific guaranteed results. Prayer is not just an obligation that we are expected to fulfill. Prayer is keeping ourselves in touch with the Lord and inviting the Lord to be in touch with us.

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The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of
God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.-

Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941)

"It is not the critic who counts,
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly.....
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fail while daring greatly...."

- Teddy Roosevelt