SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 7 Text 22
sa taya sraddhaya yuktas
tasyaradhanam ihate
labhate ca tatah kaman
mayaiva vihitan hi tan

sah--he; taya--with that; sraddhaya--inspiration; yuktah--endowed; tasya--of that demigod; aradhanam--for the worship; ihate--he aspires; labhate--obtains; ca--and; tatah--from that; kaman--his desires; maya--by Me; eva--alone; vihitan--arranged; hi--certainly; tan--those.

TRANSLATION

Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

JOURNAL:

At the end of his purport Srila Prabhupada writes; For the living entity who desires to return to Godhead, material desires are impediments. A pure devotee of the Lord is therefore not awarded the material benefits desired by less intelligent living entities, who therefore prefer to worship demigods of the material world rather than engage in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord.

When I was young I was baptised as a Methodist. As I got older and entered high school I became a "Born Again Christian". At that time I also started reading Srila Prabhupada's translation of Bhagavad Gita. After my son was born in 1994 I became a Catholic. All this time (35 years) I have been chanting a few rounds each day and keeping a silent love affair between myself and Sri Krishna slowly growing.

A couple of year before I even thought of being a Catholic, or having a wife and son, I used to sit in a garden that had a stature (murti?) of Saint Joseph holding the child Jesus in his arms. I would sit in front of that murti and pray to have a son. I also started wearing his medal at that time.

When Srila Prabhupada talks about demi-gods I think Saints.