{"id":17878,"date":"2017-01-09T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=17878"},"modified":"2016-12-06T07:29:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T12:29:08","slug":"we-must-not-underestimate-the-power-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2017\/01\/09\/we-must-not-underestimate-the-power-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"We Must Not Underestimate the Power of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<hgroup class=\"content-header\">\n<h1 class=\" entry-title \"><\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-post\">\n<article id=\"post-11222\" class=\"post-11222 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mensagem\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The Lord invites us to listen and obey:<\/span><em><span lang=\"en\"> &#8220;hear, o Israel! <\/span><span lang=\"en\">The Lord our God is one Lord. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength! <\/span><span lang=\"en\">And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">There is no other commandment greater than this &#8220;<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"en\"> (MK 12, 29-33).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10466\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/DSC_7111.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7111\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><sup>Photo: File CN<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Pope Francis\u00a0says : &#8216; we must not underestimate the power of prayer of\u00a0many! <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Since we are connected in God, we can do something even for those who are away, for those whom we couldn&#8217;t ever reach with simple strength, reach. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">We pray with them and for them to God, so that all us may be open to His work of salvation\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">This initiative makes a lot of people have the opportunity to approach the sacrament of reconciliation and help many young people to find their way back to the Lord, in order to live a moment of intense prayer and rediscover the meaning of life itself.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Pontifical Council for promoting the new evangelization, States that it is important to note that &#8220;the mercy cannot be reduced to the sacrament of reconciliation; it<\/span><span lang=\"en\">\u00a0has a much broader horizon, which is that each of us is committed to become an instrument of mercy to the neighbor&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Live with the penitent heart this day, helping many others to approach the throne of grace of the Lord, praying all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Father of mercies and God of all consolation, hear us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus, I trust in you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Luzia Santiago<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/luziasantiago.cancaonova.com\/mensagem\/nao-subestimemos-a-forca-da-oracao\/\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord invites us to listen and obey: &#8220;hear, o Israel! 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