My name is Sister Anna Chan and I want to share how I've seen the power of His grace work in my prayer life.  I remember when I first started to take the time to pray every day.  I just began to do it.  I just started talking to God as if I was talking to a friend.  It was a desire in my heart because I wanted more out of life, or at least the life I was living.  Originally from the Toronto area, all that it had to offer in life, the newest designer trends, the flashy cars, the nightlife, was simply not enough.  It offered a happiness that was short lived.  And my heart knew it.  There was something in me that was hungry for more.

This is where, by the power of His grace, I decided to turn to Him and ask Him to fill my hunger for happiness.  I prayed consistently every day, going to mass then sitting before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.  I remember I would sit there, at times for two to three hours, just pleading with the Lord to show me what life was really all about.  There was a change in my heart and in my actions.  It had to be God's grace.  There was a hope in my heart that the world and its empty promises could not offer.

Today, several years later, the grace to go to the Lord in prayer is a daily commitment.  And I see how it has pointed me directly to a clear discovery of my vocation, where all I can fully say is "Aaahhh, I can finally breathe!  I can finally live life!"   My prayer life with God, without realizing where I was heading, directed me right into my vocation and has given me a foundation of how I am to serve Him.

Prayer, even in my vocation, can be challenged by many distractions.  But that's normal.  Prayer is not about how distracted I get, it is about building my relationship with the Lord.  It is about union with God - a union that unlocks a search that has only filled my hunger for happiness and life.