Again, [amen,] I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:19-20 NABRE)
Jesus promises a favorable response to the prayers of even a few people who join together in his name.* He goes further, and tells us that when we come together in prayer, he is in our midst, and thereby guaranteeing the efficacy of our prayer.*
This saying of Jesus is similar to one attributed to a rabbi who was executed in A.D. 135 at the time of the second Jewish revolt: “…When two sit and there are between them the words of the Torah, the divine presence (Shekinah) rests upon them” (Pirqê ’Abôt 3:3).*
Today, I will gather prayerfully with someone else and in the presence of Jesus.
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, who was subject to spiritual dryness, darkness, and interior anguish, pray for us.
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