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During the summer of 2016 a tornado destroyed a small neighborhood in the province of Windsor, Ontario. Residents along Riberdy Road had to wait patiently for the repair of their homes. Ten weeks passed when one of the residents, Greg Trembley had enough. He complained to the insurance company, asking,…

What, then, did Jesus mean when He said we could ask “anything in [His] name and He will do it” (John 14:14)? It means the same for us as it did for Him. In His own prayers Jesus always asked for God’s will to be done, even in the most trying circumstances of His life: “Father, if it is Your will, take…

The Perfect Prayer The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect of prayers... In it we ask, not only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be desired. This prayer not only teaches us to ask for things, but also in what order we should desire them. St. Thomas Aquinas,…

God Changes Us A mother sent her fifth grade boy up to bed. In a few minutes she went to make sure that he was getting in bed. When she stuck her head into his room, she saw that he was kneeling beside his bed in prayer. Pausing to listen to his prayers, she heard her son praying over and over again.…

Wish upon a star? A guy was walking along the beach in Malibu when he came across this salt encrusted piece of metal. He scratched away at it to remove the salt, to reveal a very old oil lamp. With an embarassed look around him, the guy gives it a quick rub ... a Genie appeared. This genie, like all…

\\ Prayer and Forgiveness We cannot come to God in honest prayer when we have not forgiven one another transgressions: A young boy saw a pack of cigarettes on the ground and decided to try them. He went to a field near his home and, after several fumbling attempts, got one to light up. It didn't taste…

"Suffering" ? The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from…