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Catechism of the Christian Religion

Catechism of the Christian Religion

Keenan, Stephen

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General ChristianityGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1150061901
ISBN13: 9781150061905
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 460
Weight: 1.47
Height: 1.02 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... SECTION IV. ON THE EFFECTS OF PRAYER. Q. What are the effects of prayer? A. The chief are the following: By prayer we honor God, we advance ourselves in the practice of all virtues, we receive strength to resist temptations, we appease the anger of God, and obtain mercy for ourselves and others; we obtain what we ask, . if just and reasonable, and for our real good.--Ps. cxl.; Matt, xxvi. 41; Gen. xxxii.; Exod. xxx. 10; xxxii. 10; Ps. cv. 23; Ezech. xiii. 5; Luke xi. 1; Isa. lviii. 9; John xvi. 24; James v. 17. Q. Do we always obtain what we ask in prayer? A. Always, when we are properly disposed, and ask of God only what we ought, in the proper manner. Q. When we pray, what ought to be our disposition? A. There are four dispositions in which we may be. We may be in a state of grace, or we may be in mortal sin, but penitent; we may be heretics, or infidels, yet desirous to discover truth, and embrace it; or, in fine, we may be impenitent sinners, who desire to remain in our guilt. This position once understood, we reply, all that are in the three first dispositions have their prayers heard, when they ask what they ought and as they ought; but the last class pray in vain; nay, they insult God.--Ps. cxliv. 18; Matt. vi. 6; xi. 28; Luke xviii. 1; Acts x. 4; St. Aug. Serm. 115; Job xi. 13-15; Prov. xxviii. 9; John xv. 7; 1 John iii. 21; Isa. i. 15; Matt. xv. 8. When we persevere in sin, and are determined not to abandon the evil, our prayer is a mockery of God; but it may sometimes happen, that we would wish God to destroy in us the love of sin, and that we are so disposed as to be willing to turn to God, if this criminal love were rooted out. To pray then that God would do this for us is always useful; such prayer contains in itself good, .

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