#20 IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER (PART I)
"ASK, AND IT SHALL be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
"For
every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh,
findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. "
-ST. MATTHEW 7:7-8
CONSTANTLY
"My child and My children, pray constantly a vigil of prayer
going throughout your world and the earth, for the little time
that is being allotted to mankind."
-Jesus, August 21, 1985
DAILY
"You must all now keep a constant vigilance of prayer. And
when I say constant, My children, it means daily."
Our Lady, March 18, 1978
TRANSCENDS
"My children, the power of prayer is great, for prayer
transcends your soul into the realm of Heaven."
-Jesus, May 14, 1977
MUSIC
"We wish to hear the prayers of atonement, for it is like
music to Our hearts. The Rosary has always been music to Our
hearts."
-Jesus, September 14, 1985
MOUNTAINS
"Prayer can move the mountains and reach the highest places
in Heaven."
-Our Lady, November 1, 1975
POWER
"The power of God reaches out to prayer."
-Our Lady, November I, 1970
REPENTANCE
"Prayers can
move even the hardest of souls to repentance."
-Our Lady, September 7, 1976
TOGETHER
"Our home, my children, was a simple home of prayer.... The
family that will pray together shall stay together."
-St. Joseph, March 18, 1976
MORE
"If you pray more, you will learn to love prayer. It will
become a way of life that you cannot turn from, for it will give
you something that you have never found in the world."
-St. Theresa, May 17, 1975
SUNDAY HOLY HOUR
"I wish that there be held on these sacred grounds an hour
of reparation on the Day of the Lord. This hour will be for your
Vicar and the fallen hierarchy in the House of God. This hour
will also be in atonement for the discard of the holy Day of
God."
-Our Lady, September 14, 1972
SAINTS
"The power of prayer has made saints from sinners."
-Our Lady, October 2, 1972
CHILDREN
"In order for your children to be saved, My parents, you
must keep a constant vigilance of prayer going throughout your
home, and those homes of your immediate families. One good
example can save a dozen, My children."
-Our Lady, October 5, 1985
SOUL MEDITATION
"My children, We are always with you, but you must think
your way to Us. This may be confusing at first, but really quite
simple; for prayer is a form of soul meditation through the
thinking process. What you hear within is the Spirit
within."
Our Lady, October 6, 1970
UNLESS
"Unless you pray, you will be lost."
-St. Thomas, November 24, 1973
UNANSWERED
"Your prayers will not go unanswered. Ask, and you shall
receive; seek and you shall find the way. Believe and you will be
given the way."
-Jesus, October 6, 1979
WEAPON
"Pray, for prayer is the greatest weapon given to you now to
remove this evil from among you."
-Our Lady, September 7, 1974
ACTION
"Pray, but act also, for prayers without action is like
placing a mess of meat on a dead man's grave."
-Jesus, August 5, 1978
OPEN UP
"They do not always have to be written words, but pray from
your heart; open up your heart to My Son."
-Our Lady, November 20, 1976
SPEAK ONCE
"Speak once, and if not hastened or listened to, speak no
more, but pray that the Eternal Father in Heaven will open up the
ears of those who have closed their hearts and their ears to the
truth."
-Our Lady, November 20, 1979
WOMEN
"The angels command respect to My Son. You [women] will
cover your heads when you pray."
-Our Lady, November 23, 1974
BEGIN AND END
"Each day of your life must begin with prayer and end with
prayer."
-Jesus, February 10, 1977
STRENGTH
"The prayers of others can reach out and give this strength
to the weak."
-Our Lady, March 24, 1972
INVASION
"0 My children, prayer and penance is the major, now,
blockade against invasion."
-Our Lady, March 15, 1978
CHASTISEMENT
"The coming Chastisement will be lessened in your area if
you will follow the direction I have given you from Heaven: a
constant vigilance of prayer."
-Our Lady, April 22, 1973
REASON
"The sacramentals - your Rosary, My children, the beads of
prayer, your Scapulars were given for reason."
-Our Lady, October 6, 1977
PURGATORY
"You will pray for the souls in purgatory, and in the Lenten
season ahead you will gain many graces for them."
-Jesus, February I, 1978
MEMORIZED
"If necessary you will write them down, like in the ABCs of
your children's learning. You will write the prayers and have
them memorized by your children, to retain the Faith in their
hearts."
-Our Lady, December 7, 1978
SOUL
"You will keep the Rosary, the beads of prayer, going
throughout the world, bead for bead. For every bead, there shall
be a soul. That is how important the Rosary is to the world
today."
-Jesus, June 18, 1986
ENEMIES
"Pray for your enemies. Love those who castigate you, My
child. Accept the way of the cross, My child. It is the short
road to the Kingdom of the Eternal Father."
-Jesus, May 28, 1975
SUMMED UP
"Prayer, sacrifice, atonement - We ask little of you. All
can be summed up in one word, My children: love."
-Our Lady, November 1, 1971
OVERRULE
"Prayer can overrule all evil."
-Our Lady, June 18, 1992
CONDITIONAL
"All prophecy given to you, My children, is conditional to
man's response. Remember this in the days ahead."
-Our Lady, September 28, 1976
ASK
"You must not forget the power of prayer to the Father. Ask
in the name of My Son, and He cannot refuse you."
-Our Lady, June 8, 1973
KNEES
"Could I take you now and open to you into sight what is
coming upon mankind, you would soon be groveling upon the dust,
praying on your knees and walking on your knees, to avoid the
terrible destruction that shall be wrought by the Ball of
Redemption!"
-Our Lady, Septemder 28, 1979
ST. JOSEPH
"Saint Joseph has been forgotten. Love him. Pray to Saint
Joseph, for he will guide you on the path."
-Our Lady, August 14, 1970
BEACON
"Prayer is your beacon in the dark world."
-Our Lady, August 14, 1970
DISASTERS
"We have given you the road away from these disasters; and
that road is only guided by prayers, penance, and
atonement."
-Our Lady, March 18, 1989