Blessings to Aid our Efforts at Prayer
"Prayer is always contact with God and means leaving dispersiveness behind us and entering into recollection -- not in order to be alone, but in order to be close to him"
~Pope John Paul
The Catechism teaches that prayer is "a response of love to the thirst of the only Son of God" (2561). Pope John Paul II has written that prayer "is always God's initiative within us. This initiative while at the same time leaving behind all distractions, pray this prayer over and over again:
Try this breath prayer: Say these words, but breathe in/out on each syllable. "lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner." I learned this technique last week at a principals meeting on dealing with stress. A good reminder to just slow down and BREATHE.
Blessings on your prayers in the coming weeks!
~ Mrs. Goeres
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