'While outside in carnival's frantic tumult people get drunk and delirious, while political battles separate them, and great need depresses them so much that many forget to look to heaven, at such still places of prayer, hearts are opened to the Lord ....... By their steadfast supplications, they draw down God's grace and mercy on a humanity, submerged in sin and need.
In our time, when the powerlessness of our battling and overwhelming misery, has been demonstrated so obviously, an entirely new understanding of the power of prayer, of expiation, and of vicarious atonement has again awakened. This is why people of faith crowd the places of prayer .......
In our time, when the powerlessness of our battling and overwhelming misery, has been demonstrated so obviously, an entirely new understanding of the power of prayer, of expiation, and of vicarious atonement has again awakened. This is why people of faith crowd the places of prayer .......
[Excerpt taken from 'Love for Love : The Life and Works of St Teresa of Jesus (The Collected Works of Edith Stein - The Hidden Life) ]
