Trying to make a difference in this world? “Necessity and Power of Prayer” by St. Alphonsus Ligouri

Let no one, says St. Bernard, think lightly of prayer: ‘Let no one undervalue his prayer, for God does not undervalue it . . . he will give either what we ask, or what he knows to be better…’ God gives to all the grace of prayer, in order that thereby they may obtain every help, and even more than they need, for keeping the divine law, and for persevering till death. If we are not saved, the whole fault will be ours; and we shall have our own failure to answer for, because we did not pray.