Teach us to pray The Altar of Prayer Part I Recap: Don’t put the cart in front of the horse  I Kings 18 - Elijah and the prophets of Baal  Repair the Altar Realign Dependency on the Father Release the power of heaven  Remain Steadfast  Today’s Reading: Matthew 5 5  “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6  But...

Don't put the cart before the horse The depth of our prayer life will correlate to the depth of our spiritual life. Repair the Altar of the Lord I kings 18: 30-32 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name,”  32 and with...

Rome’s Claim vs the True Church   Roman Catholicism claims that the Roman Catholic Church is the one true Church. Second Vatican Council: Lumen Gentium 8:  “This church (founded by Christ) constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him.” CCC 811 This is the sole Church of Christ, which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic and apostolic." 256  These four...