UGCC Head: "Continued prayer changes the one who prays"

Sunday, 01 February 2015, 17:44

Father and Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav urged people to be persistent in praying to God. This he stated today during the Pontifical Liturgy in the monastery of the Community of Sisters of Mercy of St. Vikentiy UGCC in Lviv.

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"We have to be persistent in our prayer. Almighty God calls us to this. Consistent prayer does not change God to whom we pray. Consistent prayer changes the one who prays," said His Beatitude.

The preacher noted that in today's Gospel we hear the parabel about the injust judge who was neither afraid of God nor considered people. "I think that if we look on those judges who are judges in our land, then we will see the same. They are neither afraid of God nor have any regard for people. They do not consider human injustice, but seek their own goals," noted the Prelate.

However, mainly, he continued, through this parable Christ wants to let us discover the truth of who is our God, how the Hevenly Father treats all of us. "Christ tells us that God is not similiar to the unjust judge. Because the unfair judge finally heard that which the poor widow asked him, only so that she

would not again come to him. In other words, he wanted to get rid of her. Christ says: our Heavenly Father is different. He listens and hears our prayers. There is no breadth, no prayer which God would not hear. Almighty God is our guardian. In this today assures us Christ," emphasized His Beatitude Sviatoslav.

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