A Prayer for Sacrifice
I want to share with you a prayer that I have found to be both very powerful and helpful in these moments of suffering.
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The Prayers I Pray Every Morning
I think a good start is to develop the habit of praying a morning offering first thing every morning.There are a lot of prayers that can be prayed as a morning offering, but these are the prayers I pray every morning
Devotion Must Be Practiced in Different Ways
On January 24, the Church celebrated the Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, one of my favorite saints and a doctor of the Church, who is arguably most known for his work Introduction to the Devout Life (a must-read spiritual classic if you haven’t read it!). With that said, below is an excerpt from this …
Praying to the Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary took on whatever role God had for her to play. This would have been much more difficult than we realize. She was betrothed…
The Need for Prayer in Our Lives
As far as the right or wrong amount of prayer, let me just say this. If you are only praying when you need something, you are not praying nearly enough.
Jesus’ Prayer for Unity
I share with you Our Lord’s longest prayer found in the Gospels, a prayer for unity, famously known as the High Priestly Prayer.
5 Biblical Forms of Prayer
Below is a list of the 5 different types of prayer found in Sacred Scripture and outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. After reading about these 5 different kinds of prayer, my hope is that you will feel more confident in your ability to communicate with God!
Litany of Trust: A Prayer for the Anxious
As an entire world we’re currently going through a period of great anxiety and uncertainty. Nobody knows when it will end and nobody knows exactly how it all began. But what we do know for certain is that we have a God who is with us in the thick of it. Even so, I’d be …
3 Reasons Why I Don’t Pray (especially #3!)
I know I’m supposed to pray. I want to pray. But I often don’t. Why? I don’t have a complete answer, but I think these are some of the main underlying reasons why: I don’t have time. I don’t know how to pray. I don’t believe it’ll make a difference. 1. I don’t have time. …