It was a dry summer, and farmers, residents of a small village, were worried about what would happen to their harvest. One Sunday after mass, they turned to their pastor for advice.
- Father, we must do something, or we will lose the harvest!
“All you have to do is pray with absolute faith.” Prayer without faith is not prayer. It must come from the heart,” answered the priest.
Over the next week, the farmers gathered twice a day and prayed that God would send them rain. On Sunday they came to the priest.
- Nothing works, father! Every day we get together and pray, but it still doesn’t rain.
- Do you really pray with faith? - the priest asked them.
They began to assure him that this was so. But the priest objected:
“I know you pray without faith, because not one of you took an umbrella with you when coming here!”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru