Our Fifteenth Monday for Obama

So we are into Week Fifteen, which brings us to the brink of Lent, the great season of prayer, fasting, mortification, and preparation -- for the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, and hell) and the great celebration of the Resurrection.

If you're looking for a particular objective for your Lenten prayers and fasting, why not consider our President? Our country needs prayer, and since he leads our country, I believe that to pray for him is to pray for the country.

The economy is in crisis; on that we can all agree. But is that the real problem, or is it a symptom of a much bigger problem? What is the real economic crisis, the real poverty? Mother Teresa has told us: What a poverty that a child must die in order for us to live as we please. We have been practicing child sacrifice in this country for many years, and the numbers are more staggering than the Holocaust.

Around the country, many are participating in another 40 Days for Life campaign during Lent. Consider adding prayers for our President as part of that campaign.

A man in the crowd answered, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit...
I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they could not..." "O unbelieving generation, " Jesus replied, "how long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me..." After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting."

Let us pray and fast for President Obama.