”Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life”…..One pure drop of water can do more than a tide wave of noise…Stop making “noise” and start working for the “food that endures forever”…..There lies your legacy and their begins your impact, which will only grow in time

Today at Holy Mass we hear in the Gospel of St Matthew about how we are to pray….Jesus only gave us in Scripture one prayer….The Our Father…But clearly there are many ways to pray…The question we should address today is - Do we pray?…And if we do, do we pray daily?….Daily Prayer is food for the soul…Just as food gives the physical body strengthen, so does daily prayer fortify the soul…Without daily prayer, we can easily lose our connection with God…When you have a friend, you speak to that friend regularly….What happens if you stop calling your friend on the phone?…The friendship grows weak…The same goes with our friendship with God….When we sit before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, God speaks to us in the silence…..One can not overemphasize the importance of this form of contemplative prayer……People who do not pray, may “think” spending a hour siting in silence before the Blessed Sacrament is a waste of time…Nothing could be further from the truth…..The language of God is silence….And our world today is far too noisy…It is noisy for a reason too - The devil knows that “noise” is a distraction from the ever small but consistent voice of God, which is found in silence….When we clear away the “noise” and make time to sit before the Lord….. We gain our footing in this life…We are strengthened……We obtain peace of heart and mind…..We learn to “see” and “hear” clearly….And we are guided along the path of life…This all comes from prayer

“One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”

When one goes to Business School, the student has to read case studies…Case studies teach a person patterns of success…In the case studies found in Business School, the student reads about how successful businesses, both small and big, became successful….As Catholics we have our own form of “case studies”….We have the lives of countless saints, all of whom point to Christ by their life’s example…Why bring this up?…A common theme one can find in many of the lives of the saints is daily prayer…For one, most of the saints, if not all of them had a devotion to our Lady and prayed the Rosary daily….Secondly, many of the saints, prescribed to making a Holy Hour each day…They sat before the Blessed Sacrament and allowed God to speak to them in the silence of their heart….Now, being a practical man….Isn’t it the mark of an intelligent person to not only study the way successful people succeed, but to imitate what they did, so you can succeed as well?……Let’s change directions and look at another “modern day case study”……In many ways, I view social media as a study of human nature….It can tell you a great deal about how people operate…..One of the themes one can vet from viewing social media is to see how people want to put bring forth change in the world…Be it political change, personal change, or social change…This theme of change can be found all over social media…What most people do not understand is, if you want to spark change…..Nothing can accomplish that in a more effective way then if you pursue a holy life…People who grow very close to God shake the foundations of the world!…That is why they are called saints!……This should be our number one priority in life…And in order to achieve it, we must pray daily….Our world does not pursue holiness for a number of reasons…And that frankly is a shame…..But for those who do really want to “make a difference” and many sincerely do…..If you make time each day to pray….You will slowly begin to be transformed by your prayer….And in time you will be a source of transformation to others, beginning with your family…This is how the saints make it happen…..This is why the lives of the saints are the greatest “case study” for those who want to change this world for the better - Saints are "earth shakers!"....What we must come to grips with is - We are all limited….No matter how gifted you may be…We are limited…But God is not limited…The closer we get to God, the more he can use us…And the more we permit him to use us…The more we will impact the world…..This is what 2000 years of Catholic history shows us……This is what the lives of the saints show us…..Only saints change the world….Strive to be one…And you too will be an "earth shaker!"

“So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it”

Today Jesus in the Gospel teaches his friends about praying…Praying daily is important…Even Jesus prayed and he was God, just think, if Jesus prayed how much more must we pray?……There is power found in prayer…Especially contemplative prayer - Time spent in front of the Blessed Sacrament…..There is an old saying…."Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are"…..If Jesus becomes your friend and you spend time with him daily in prayer, you will slowly grow to be like him…This is why we must make time for daily prayer in our life……The saints show us how this is done…To live a holy life is the greatest of all achievements and saints are the very definition of high-achievers…”Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life”…..One pure drop of water can do more than a tide wave of noise…Stop making “noise” and start working for the “food that endures forever”…..There lies your legacy and their begins your impact, which will only grow in time