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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 22

Posted on January 22, 2020 by glsociety-admin

The Power of Jesus’ Name John 14:13 Yesterday we read how praying in Jesus’ name affirms our relationship with Christ and our direct access to the Father. It also declares our … Authority to Petition God. Christ sits at the … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 14

Posted on December 14, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those we offer on our own behalf. And it would be nice to accept your view that this just shows we are made to live by charity. I’m afraid, however, I detect … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 5

Posted on December 5, 2019 by glsociety-admin

When we are praying about the result, say, of a battle or a medical consultation the thought will often cross our minds that (if only we knew it) the event is already decided one way or the other. I believe … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 29

Posted on November 29, 2019 by glsociety-admin

The question then arises, “What sort of evidence would prove the efficacy of prayer?” The thing we pray for may happen, but how can you ever know it was not going to happen anyway? Even if the thing were indisputably … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 28

Posted on November 28, 2019 by glsociety-admin

TO FATHER PETER MILWARD, sj: On the evil of Christian disunity; and on prayer and cooperation in works of charity as the means of reunion. 6 May 1963 Dear Padre, You ask me in effect why I am not a … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 15

Posted on November 15, 2019 by glsociety-admin

TO VERA GEBBERT, who had told Lewis of her pregnancy and of her having read Isaiah 66:9 from the Bible she kept open on her dining table: On not wishing to be pregnant. 23 March 1953 Your first story (about … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 9

Posted on November 9, 2019 by glsociety-admin

I hope no reader will suppose that ‘mere’ Christianity is here put forward as an alternative to the creeds of the existing communions. . . It is more like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms. If … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 7

Posted on November 7, 2019 by glsociety-admin

An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying to get into touch with God. But if he is a Christian he knows that what is prompting him to pray is also God: God, so to … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 1

Posted on October 1, 2019 by glsociety-admin

TO DON GIOVANNI CALABRIA, who had sent Lewis the Litany of Humility composed by Cardinal Merry del Val: On the danger of being too aware of global worries and of forgetting to help Christ in the people close at hand; … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JULY 22

Posted on July 22, 2019 by glsociety-admin

TO DR. F. MORGAN ROBERTS: On Lewis’s own rules about prayer. 31 July 1954 I am certainly unfit to advise anyone else on the devotional life. My own rules are (1) To make sure that, wherever else they may be … Continue reading →

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