Since prayer is so pivotal, let us turn to some of the most powerful and practically helpful advice of John of the Cross, whose feast day is Dec. 14, that can help fuel our spiritual growth.
From that day forward, the importance of prayer has become clearer for me and the results even more powerful. This nation is presently in a situation in which nothing but prayer can bring restoration.
Lend me, I pray, thy powerful aid in every temptation and difficulty, and above all do not forsake me in my last struggle with the powers of evil. Amen.
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