{"id":24146,"date":"2008-12-01T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/12\/the-popes-prayer-intention-for-1\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T05:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T09:45:00","slug":"the-popes-prayer-intention-for-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/12\/the-popes-prayer-intention-for-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope&#8217;s Prayer Intention for December 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">How do we begin to prayer? We start by <\/font><\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">saying &#8220;O God come to my assistance. O Lord,<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Pope%20Benedict%20at%20Advent%20Vespers%202008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px\" height=\"372\" alt=\"Pope Benedict at Advent Vespers 2008.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Pope%20Benedict%20at%20Advent%20Vespers%202008-thumb-250x372.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/span>make haste to help me. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">What is the goal of our life of prayer? Saint Augustine says: &#8220;Desire without ceasing the happy life, which is none other but eternal life.&#8221;<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">The General Intention<\/font><\/span><\/i><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><br \/><font color=\"#000000\">That, faced by the growing expansion of the culture of violence and death, the Church may courageously promote the culture of life through all her apostolic and missionary activities.<br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break\" \/><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><font color=\"#000000\">The Missionary Intention<\/font><\/span><\/i><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><br \/><font color=\"#000000\">That, especially in mission countries, Christians may show by gestures of brotherliness that the Child born in the grotto in Bethlehem is the luminous Hope of the world.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we begin to prayer? We start by saying &#8220;O God come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. &nbsp; What is the goal of our life of prayer? 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