Daily Prayer

Day 25, Lord, You have counted my sorrows and collected my tears in Your wineskin. 

  Our tears of repentance is loved by God. In the Gospel of St  Mathew says about Jesus heals the blind men. Jesus heard the cry of of the blind men. They followed Jesus till he reached his home. Matthew 9:27–30 (NJB): As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting(crying loudly), ‘Take pity on us, son of David.’ 28 And when Jesus reached the house the blind men came up to him and he said to them, ‘Do you believe I can do this?’ They said, ‘Lord, we do.’ 29 Then he touched their eyes saying, ‘According to your faith, let it be done to you.’ 30 And their sight returned. Then Jesus sternly warned them, ‘Take care that no one learns about this.’  Here we could see Jesus understand their grievances and he was ready to cure their blindness. Psalm 42:3–4 (NJB): have no food but tears day and night, as all day long I am taunted, ‘Where is your God?’ 4 This I remember as I pour out my heart, how I used to pass under the roof of the Most High used to go to the house of God, among cries of joy and praise, the sound of the feast. Here we could see how the Psalmist lamented for his unworthiness. He was so much distressed about his companions as they all deserted him. Psalm 56:8 (NJB): You yourself have counted up my sorrows, collect my tears in your wineskin. Lord know very well about our miseries and nothingness. All our actions are recoded in His Book of Life. Nothing is to worry, but we should lament for our sins with deep repentance. 

Daily Prayer

Day 24, Lord, “Seven times a day I praise You for Your upright judgements.”

  Daniel prayed to God three times a day. ‘Three times each day, he went down on his knees, praying and giving praise to God as he had always done.’ Dan. 6:10. But What the Psalmist says? Psalmist prayed seven times a day. ‘Seven time a day I praise you for your upright judgements.’ Ps. 119: 164. Psalmist lamented three times in a day. ‘For my part, I appeal to God and Yahweh saves me; evening, morning, noon, I complain and I groan.’ Ps. 55: 16-17. Our Catholic Church’s official prayers; the Divine Office Prayer also has seven times prayer schedules. When we practice is a discipline in our prayer life, we will grow spiritually one with our Lord. Other wise we cannot gHow Elijah prayed for the rain in Israel. He was very much attached to the love of God. Elijah trust in God and he never despise Him. We all know he was taken to Heaven in body and soul. 1 Kings 18:42–46 (NJB): While Ahab went back to eat and drink, Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel and bowed down to the ground, putting his face between his knees. 43 ‘Now go up’, he told his servant, ‘and look out to sea.’ He went up and looked. ‘There is nothing at all,’ he said. Seven times Elijah told him to go back. 44 The seventh time, the servant said, ‘Now there is a cloud, small as a man’s hand, rising from the sea.’ Elijah said, ‘Go and say to Ahab, “Harness the chariot and go down before the rain stops you.” ’ 45 And with that the sky grew dark with cloud and storm, and rain fell in torrents. Ahab mounted his chariot and made for Jezreel. 46 But the hand of Yahweh had come on Elijah and, hitching up his clothes, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. Elijah also prayed seven times, seven has significant meaning or fulfilment of the Word of God. Joshua and Israelites marched seven times around the city walls of Jericho, they raised the war cry on the  seventh day and the walls was collapsed, they entered the city and captured the city. Josh 6: 10-20Joshua 6:14–16 (NJB): ……………They marched once round the city (on the second day) and went back to camp; and so on for six days. 15 On the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched (in the same manner) round the city seven times. (This was the only day when they marched round the city seven times.) 16 At the seventh time, the priests blew their trumpets and Joshua said to the people, ‘Raise the war cry, for Yahweh has given you the city! Joshua 6:20 (NJB): The people raised the war cry, the trumpets sounded. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a mighty war cry and the wall collapsed then and there. At once the people stormed the city, each man going straight forward; and they captured the city. These are evidence of constant prayer of the faithful servants of God in the Holy Scriptures