“If you really wish to follow Christ, if you want your love for him to grow and last, then you must be faithful to prayer. It is the key to the vitality of your life in Christ. Without prayer, your faith and love will die. If you are constant in daily prayer and in the Sunday celebration of the Mass, your love for Jesus will increase. And your heart will know deep inner joy and peace.” (Blessed Pope John Paul II, New Orleans, September 12, 1987)
Even in the midst of life’s toughest storms, if you are close to Christ in constant and faithful prayer, “your heart will know deep inner joy and peace.” Life with Christ brings peace, life without Christ is unbearable!
