As I sit and have my cup of coffee with Jesus, I am thinking about the importance of PRAYING FOR OTHERS. I find it easy to pray for my own personal needs asking God for help. It’s easy for me to pray for people who’ve asked for my prayers, or for my family, my Church, the sick, and those who have died. I also like to expand my prayer to universal prayer.
Praying for the world, peace, and unity. The difficult one I struggle with is praying for those who hurt me or attack me …basically praying for my enemies.
But this is Jesus’s call to PRAY for our enemies. I don’t have a lot of enemies, maybe a handful of people, but it is still not easy to pray for them. Matthew 5:44 says, “But I say to you, love your enemies and PRAY for those who persecute you.
Following Jesus is not always the easiest thing to do. But today, I am going to pray for those who persecute me. I’m going to ask the Lord to remove bitterness, anger, and hurt and turn it into love, mercy, and forgiveness.
I know I’m probably going to have to read these three or four times today to remind myself. If I am going to claim Jesus as my Lord, I must follow HIM and HIS WORD. Have a wonderful day letting GO.
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Great message once again! I want to learn to pray from my enemies🙏😇Jesus show us how to pray to you for all our needs but also for our enemies 🙏🙏🙏Have a blessed day🙏😇❤️
Good morning Monsignor
Your correct, this one is difficult to do. You’ve handled your Earthly persecution with grace, nobility and calmness. Your behavior throughout your nightmare solidifies, you are a true child God. You’re modeling to us how we should act during our personal time of persecution.
Your quote, “I struggle with praying for those who hurt me or attack me …basically praying for my enemies. But this is Jesus’s call to PRAY for our enemies. But I say to you, love your enemies and PRAY for those who persecute you.”
This is not a natural reaction for myself, I have been working on this for a few years. I’m much better at pausing, reflecting and pausing again prior to reacting. I need to add praying for the few folks I consider my “enemies.” I’m far from being perfect, but I do try to be better each day.
Bless you Monsignor, I’m still praying, for our letters to be read and a formal investigation into your horrific situation is remedied. If my magical wand worked I’d make you, Craig Harrison our Bishop!
Blessings,
Dr. Marta E. Escobar
This is definitely a hard one , praying for your enemies. I guess I’m not there yet. This I struggle with . Thank you for the great message Monsignor. 🙏🏼
Absolutely! Amen and thank you Jesus for giving us courage when we are betrayed. Praying for those who hurt us is the very proof that God’s love wins forever & always.🙏🏽✨
Great message! Yes prayer for our enemies does help us with GOD, but as one priest hinted to me–some people are beyond hope!!!!! They are in GOD’s hands and that is what I tell them at times when I’m totally fed up with them! Then I walk away! It’s amazing the reaction I get from other’s around who hear what I say at times! Amen and God Bless everyone!