Saturday, March 30, 2019

DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION NO.5: “PRAY AS JESUS HAS TAUGHT US"” by Rev. Fr. Augustine VallooranV.C.


A weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Saturday on this Friends of Divine blog until Holy Week. The 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES - is to help us search our hearts deeply as to how are we really living for God? Do we put Jesus as the centre of our life not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our everyday living?  On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted. 

This is the fifth video of the 7-part DIVINE LENTEN 2019 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES. At the top of this post is TO PRAY AS JESUS HAS TAUGHT US” by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Kerala, India. In this wisdom-filled episode of LIVING WATERS, Fr. Augustine shares with holy clarity how we agould pray to God as Jesus has clearly taught us.

“In John 15:6, Jesus speaks ‘I am the vine and you are the e branches. If you do not remain in me, you will be dried up, cut off from me, and you will not bear fruits.’ What are the fruits Jesus speaks of? It is the Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) when we are rooted in Jesus through prayer.”


“All these beautiful feelings, emotions, attitudes and characteristics will be missing from our hearts when we are cut off from Jesus. We must be connected to God in prayer. The power of peace, love, joy and gentleness in our hearts come from God.”

“For the Pharisees, prayer was not an experience. It was a routine to pray 5 times a day. Jesus said, ‘you shall not pray like them: like a habit, a routine, an obligation, or as a rule.”

“The Lord is inviting us to be men and women of prayer.”

Next Saturday, Rev. Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C.will be sharing the Word of God on MOTHER MARY, “”DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU” (John 2:5).

Please do share this Divine Lenten 2019 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.

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