Prayer

To quote the Beatles: "When I find myself in times of trouble..."  this prayer always works and not just for me.  This prayer has helped find jobs, maintain one very important job when all hope seemed lost, helped create a life, cure an ear and most importantly strengthened faith.  It is a novena, that you say 9 times a day for 8 days and on the 9th day your prayer shall be answered.  The only caveat is that you need to pass it on to someone else who can use it, once your prayers have been answered.


May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved through the world; 
Now and Forever.  Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us, St. Jude help for the hopeless, pray for us.



Now, don't get me wrong, your prayers will be answered- no doubt- but perhaps in slightly different ways than you expected.  That's the funny thing about faith- you can't have expectations you just have to "...let it be."

I know that there are times in all of our lives that we have prayed for something so specific and it didn't turn out exactly how we had hoped.  What prayers are more important and more necessary than those that ask for a miracle?  The true test of faith is being able to see past the immediate outcome, and realize that these miracles do occur, but sometimes they take the face, the sound, the breadth of something all together different, unexpected to us- not to Him.  I am still waiting for my miracle, as I guess many others are too.  I know my prayers were heard sitting alone in that E.R. waiting room, because I feel the much needed love and support and grace of God daily.  Was the outcome exactly what I had hoped for?  Not in the least.  Do I think that my prayer will be answered?  100% yes!  Will I be able to recognize this miracle when I see it?  You betcha, because I am looking for it.  If you lose faith and you stop looking for miracles, how can you find them?




image © held by AnnMarie Gitchell, 2009