The Need For Contemplatives

Around the world, the lives of many revolve around work and supporting their families and their loved ones, leaving little time to cook, clean, do laundry, maintain oral hygiene, let alone time for silence, to pray, to speak with and listen to God. [1]  When many people are too busy or otherwise too preoccupied to pray, the world needs contemplatives to pray on their behalf.  I believe the more contemplatives are praying for the world, the better off the world will become.  I also surmise that the world does not have enough contemplatives to make a significant improvement in the right direction (toward God) as more and more people feel spiritually lost and find their lives to be rather meaningless and empty.  That feeling of emptiness is a prelude to Hell for only in God does one find total fulfillment.


[1] With little to no time to pray, it is still critical to keep God in the forefront, on one's mind constantly, and to ask for assistance when necessary and give thanks when gratitude is due (even if it is late) -- that only takes seconds -- so the lack of time is not an excuse to banish God from one's consciousness, or take for granted that something difficult had gone smoothly.