The Sacred Power of Three O'Clock Prayer

Do you pray? How often? Pew Research Center’s 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study reported that 55% of Americans engage in daily prayer. A 2011 U.S. News and Beliefnet internet site found 64 % of the respondents stated they pray more than once a day. Muslims pray five times a day. The early Judeo-Christian tradition held that followers should pray three times a day. Daniel prayed three times a day in the Old Testament and 3:00 pm was a specific time of prayer in the New Testament. Three o’clock was the time Jesus took his last breath completing his ultimate sacrifice for our salvation. When Jesus appeared to Sister Faustina he told her that 3:00 was the special time to pray that opens sinful souls to his divine mercy. The author contends that three o’clock is the most sacred and powerful time of the day to pray.