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April 13, 2018HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND WITH GOD?
By Bernadette V. Cabe, Stewardship Committee Chairperson
Minutes! Minutes! Minutes! How many commercials do we hear every day advertising “free minutes” or “endless minutes?” While the cell phone companies are making us all aware of every minute that we spend talking or texting, do we keep track of the minutes that we spend with God?
As much as some companies might advertise “free minutes” the fact is that the minutes of our day are actually a free gift from God alone. Every day God gives each of us 1,440 minutes – no strings attached – no contract to sign. What do we do with those minutes? Do we give any of them back to God?
Consider these options: Can you spend 1 minute every morning thanking God for His blessings and asking Him how He wants you to use your gifts? Can you spend 10 minutes at the beginning or end of each day in quiet prayer, spiritual reading and reflection? Can you spend 30 minutes one day a week attending a weekday Mass? Can you commit to giving God 60 minutes every week for Sunday Mass?
Try this test for one week. Keep track of the time you spend with God and the time you spend talking, texting, surfing the Internet and watching TV. Considering that God gives you 1,440 free minutes every day, is He getting His fair share back from you?
Here at OLGC there are many opportunities for you to spend time with the Lord:- Attend weekday Mass in addition to SundayMass
- Spend time with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament which is open24/7
- Join a prayergroup
Private prayer is like straw scattered here and and there. If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mightly fire rising like a column into the sky; pub- lic prayer is like that. St. John Vianney
Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray--feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus. Saint Mother Teresa
(excerpts reprinted with permission of Archdiocese of St. Louis)
