Thriving as a Catholic

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Prayer
Lecture 11 Reasons why we dont pray How to
pray Three types of prayer
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Four Reasons why we dont pray

• Too busy
• Luke 512-16 Jesus provides the example.
• It is never true to say that we have no time to
  meditate the less one thinks of God, the less
  time there will always be for God. The time we
  have for anything depends on how much we value
  it. Thinking determines the use of time time
  does not rule over thinking. The problem of
  spirituality is never, then, a question of time
  it is a problem of thought. For it does not
  require much time to make us saints it requires
  only much love.
• Not interested
• If we were interested, we would make time for
  God.
• What is our desire?
• Lack of Fortitude / Perseverance
• Emotions / Distractions / Time
• Dont know how

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How to Pray

• Set a time
• Have a specific time each day and be dedicated to
  it.
• Pick a Place
• Go to a place where there is solitude and
  silence.
• Mt 66 When you pray, go to your inner room,
  close the door, and pray to your Father in
  secret.
• Prayer is a conversation with God
• We speak to God
• Vocal and mental prayers
• God speaks to us
• Scripture and silence

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Three Stages of Prayer

• Vocal Prayer
• Christ taught us to pray vocally Our Father
• Hail Mary Luke 128 Luke 142
• Mental Prayer (Meditation)
• Steps to meditation
• Time
• Place
• Books to guide you
• Resolution
• Contemplative Prayer (Contemplation)
• Nothing we can do
• We can, however, prepare ourselves for God

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