The power of prayer
From today’s Scripture: “She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.” —Lk 2:37
The widow Anna represents so many elderly women in our missions. In Rutledge, when I arrived to start a new church, we struggled to find a building to rent in order to offer Mass. Miss Edith, a widow whose family owned the one of the longest single-owned Ford sales company, was known as the “Catholic” in town. I began telling people Miss Edith was no longer able to drive to Knoxville for church, that she needed a church there in Rutledge. Within one week, the storefront that served as our Catholic Church from 2011 until 2022 became available. She then began rosary and adoration by herself once a week after her hair appointment. That rosary and adoration continues today. The power of widows’ (or widowers’) prayers is amazing.
Let us pray: May we be inspired by Anna and devote ourselves to prayer and fasting for the Kingdom of God.
Today’s author is Father Steve Pawelk, Second Vice President of Glenmary and Director of Glenmary’s novitiate program.
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