Day 277: Such a Time as This (2022)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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Esther's Prayer Is Not Just Words
Mike Downey: Esther, the queen of Persia, reveals her heart in a prayer to God. He says she takes off everything that made her quote unquote beautiful and puts on sackcloth and ashes. She's hung even it says she puts in her hair, dung; this is not privileged life at all but sex slave for King Ahasueros. Father Mike: Her prayer is so powerful because you can't be bitter or resentful about being powerless. downey: No matter what situation, no matter where she is, she has power because she has the Lord.
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