Br. Brendan Baran, O.P., on His Grandfather's Advice on Prayer

"My grandfather was a man of hard-earned wisdom. In 1984, he wrote a letter to my cousin, who was preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Ailing in health, assailed by repeated heart attacks and spreading cancer, 'Grandpa John' provided for my adolescent cousin a reflection upon God's role in his life. The letter explains how 'in 1945, desperate with a drinking problem,' Grandpa John joined the nascent Alcoholics Anonymous; it was there that he came to believe 'that God would help me.' He explained to my cousin that 'each of our lives is likely to contain crises which can be resolved only by turning to God. He helps all those who turn to Him. . . . But many people are lost, never solving their crises.' In all of our crises, great and small, we always can turn to God for help through the act of prayer."

In a recent commentary, Brother Brendan Baran, O.P., reflected on the importance of turning to God in prayer and of making prayer a habit.

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