Blog Wednesday’s Wink from Above 07/01/2026 Prayer - The Little Prince & Useless Time

 

In The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry points out that many adult are obsessed with strict "usefulness" [making money & owning thing]. He argues that what is important in life invisible—love, imagination, and relationships, these cannot be measured by practicality or profit. Jesus “… dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” [Matthew 14:23]

The world says, “If you are not making good use of your time, you are useless.” The world means pursuing money & goods. The Word [Jesus] says, “Come spend some time with me.”  Jesus means just sit quietly with me, in a way be “useless.”

If we think about prayer in terms of its usefulness to us – what prayer will do for us, what spiritual benefits we will gain, what insights we will gain, what divine presence we may feel – God cannot easily speak to us.

But if we can detach ourselves from the idea of the usefulness of prayer and the results of prayer, we become free to “waste” a precious hour with God in prayer. Gradually, we may find, our “useless or wasted” time will transform us, and everything around us will be different.

 

May God Be Praised.

 

Wednesday’s Wink from Above 6/24/2026 – Prayer, Hope & the Word of God

“We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God.” [St. Francis de Sales]

"It is by the virtue of hope that we desire to attain the fullness of this happiness in Heaven. Thus, it inspires and sustains us to grow closer to God even when confronted by the hardships of life." [Pope Leo XIV]

"Always give good heed to the Word of God, whether you hear or read it in private, or hearken to it when publicly preached: listen with attention and reverence; seek to profit by it, and do not let the precious words fall unheeded; receive them into your heart as a costly balsam; imitate the Blessed Virgin who 'kept all the sayings' concerning her Son, ‘in her heart.’ And remember that as we hearken to and receive God’s words, so will He hearken and receive our supplications." [St. Francis de Sales, An Introduction to the Devout Life, p.99]

 

Choose to let God’s Word, permeate your thoughts and actions, allow Hope in God to guide you in life’s storms.

 

May God Be Praised.

Wednesday’s Wink from Above 06/17/2026

 

 

St. Paul said, “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love him.”

As you listen to this beautiful rendition of St. Paul’s thought, remember “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you…”

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRyOS0nZr7s

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you…”

 

May God Be Praised.