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The Catechism in a Year – Day 332 – Prayer Converts Our Heart

The Catechism discusses the significance of prayer beginning with the prophets and their observations about the Temple and ritualism. It is noteworthy that while we must worship the Lord externally, this must be in tandem with prayer and cannot remain external. With Fr. Mike’s insight, we see that our thinking affects how we act, and our behaviors can influence beliefs. Taking this to heart, if we ever feel that we are just “going through the motions”, we should persist and continue praying. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2581-2589.

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The Catechism in a Year – Day 331 – The Foundations of Prayer

Do we know how to pray? The Catechism depicts Moses learning how to pray and uses this as an example of prayer and relationship with God. The Catechism goes on to talk about David and his experiences with prayer and the Psalms. As Fr. Mike points out, “humility is the foundation of prayer,” and we need honesty, trust, and a willingness to engage in order to pray and approach God as he is. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2574-2580.

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The Catechism in a Year – Day 330 – The Revelation of Prayer

As the Catechism reveals, we are made for worship and called to a relationship with the Lord through prayer. God is the initiator and wants us to walk with him as he “tirelessly calls each person to the mysterious encounter known as prayer.” Fr. Mike reminds us that just like Abraham in the Old Testament, the more we get to know the Lord through prayer, the more we become like him. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2566-2573.

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The Catechism in a Year – Day 329 – The Gift of Prayer

St. Thérèse said that “prayer is a surge of the heart.” Do we pray from our pride or from a place of humility? The Catechism tells us that “humility is the foundation of prayer.” In humility we can feel God’s thirst for us, accept his gift of prayer, and pray to him from our heart. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2558-2565.

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The Catechism in a Year – Day 328 – How We Pray

In this fourth and final pillar of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we learn how to take everything we’ve absorbed this year and apply it to our relationship with God through prayer. Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT joins Fr. Mike Schmitz to talk about how to pray, some common obstacles to prayer, and some of the incredible fruits of prayer that await us if we put the next thirty-seven days of guidance into action.

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Distracted? Use It.

When you’re first growing in prayer and developing your relationship with Jesus, it is worth the effort to fight distractions in prayer. The more you can focus on our Lord, the more fruit you can see from prayer, and the deeper a bond you can experience with Jesus.

But, let’s be real—distraction is inevitable. It’s human. And our brains are hardwired, in some ways, to move on to “the next thing”.

The Saints knew this, and there is an “advanced solution” to distraction in prayer—use it in prayer. Today, Fr. Mike tells us how.

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Praying When You Don’t Feel Like It

Why do you pray? Does it make you feel good? Do you receive insight into your daily struggles? Do you leave prayer feeling energized and encouraged?

Today, Dr. Edward Sri challenges you to make time for prayer for one simple reason: it is essential.

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Pray As You Can, Not As You Can’t

The litany of humility is a powerful prayer. You know you should pray it but you don’t have the desire to. What should you do?

Today Fr. Mike encourages and challenges us to ask God to give us the grace to pray those prayers that are more difficult to pray. “Take, Lord receive, all my liberties!”

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The T-A-R Prayer

Whether you’re cultivating a life of prayer with Jesus for the first time or you’re trying to reignite that fire in your soul, the breadth of prayer advice can be dizzyingly overwhelming.

If you’re open to it, today, Fr. Mike has one more prayer to try out: T-A-R.

1. Tell the Lord what’s on your heart
2. Ask him for what you need
3. Rely on the Lord to answer your prayer

It might seem simple, but it might change your prayer life forever.