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3365 Right will - right prayer.... short thought....

December 13, 1944: Book 44

The right will also guarantees the right prayer.... Although the human being is often unable to gather himself for intimate dialogue with God, if his will is turned towards God he will also overcome such weak states and again and again be able to establish the connection with God, for in accordance with his will God Himself comes to meet him and draws him to Himself, He gives him the strength to separate himself and to eliminate every earthly disturbance, even if only for a short time. For even a heartfelt thought of Him is a prayer pleasing to Him, which He evaluates accordingly. And the coming time will often confront the human being with this test of will, for it will so assail him that it will be difficult for him to hold a prolonged dialogue with God in complete seclusion, and yet He will not leave His children in adversity, and His children are all those who strive towards Him, who want to live in His pleasure, who use every opportunity to hold a dialogue with Him, who thus pray intimately because they want to belong to Him and need strength and help to do so. God knows about the human being's will and does not demand a long prayer but a constant opening of Himself to His grace, which happens through a will turned towards God and a requesting thought for the granting of strength and grace. And the greater the hardship, the more intimately people will have to pray, i.e. the more desirously they will send Him a heartfelt plea, entrust themselves to Him and expect His strength of grace.... A heartfelt prayer must start from the heart, it must rise from the depth of the heart to the height, it does not need a form that is outwardly recognizable, it does not need well-placed words.... the earthly child must devote itself to its father in loving intimacy, trustingly present its adversity to Him and ask for averting it or for strength to endure everything God imposes on it. And the human being whose will strives towards God will also always be able to raise his thoughts to God, for God Himself comes to meet him because He helps those who desire Him....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers