The practical devotion of the day: the key to heaven

Prayer opens Heaven. Admire the goodness of God who wanted to give us the keys of his Heart, his treasures and his prize: Clavis caeli oratio (St. August.). Without the final perseverance the prize is not reached; but such grace is infallibly obtained by frequent and constant prayer, says Suarez. Without the flight from sin, you are not holy, but it is impossible for anyone who prays to God properly and continually to fall into grave sin: thus Chrysostom. Have you thought about it so far? Do you pray every day for final perseverance?

The key to divine treasures. Open the Gospel and seek if there was ever grace denied by Jesus to those who went to Him with prayer. Everything was achieved for the soul and for the body. Consider, with history in hand, if there was grace, privilege, favor, miracle, prodigy over the centuries, which was not obtained through prayer! This was called omnipotent, and it is by God's will. Why, then, do you complain about your poverty, your weakness, your misery? Pray, and you will get.

The key to the Heart of God. What a mystery! Man, such a small worm, such a miserable creature, like a nothing before the Divine Majesty, as soon as he prays, God already listens to him ... Have recourse to me, and I will hear you ... How to call the prayer that, as soon as it is done, stops you anger of God, does it mitigate its justice, bend its Heart, turn it all for us? O golden key, why don't I appreciate you, why don't I use you, why do you find me boring and heavy?

PRACTICE. - Say your prayers today, with particular devotion.