How to Pray | How to Live
There’s a path you can walk that leads to peace
A path that leads to joy
There’s a path you can walk that leads to faith
A path that leads to hope
There’s a path you can walk that leads to love
A path that leads to God
It’s the path of prayer
On the path of prayer you will find peace
You will find lasting joy
On the path of prayer you will find faith
You will find shining hope
On the path of prayer you will find love
Safe in the arms of God
Do you know that the Heart of Jesus aches for you? Yes, the Heart of Jesus aches for you to be whole, to be happy, to be filled with peace. Read more »
“The people were astonished at his teaching…” (Mark 1:22) When is the last time you experienced an amazing moment, a sense of being truly astonished? Several instances come to mind when I think of amazing moments in my life: the first time I saw the morning clouds rising off the foothills of the Austrian Alps [...]
Recently, while on vacation, I read Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy. In football circles, Tony Dungy is known as a man who was a great NFL coach and the first African American coach to win a Super Bowl. However, if you ask Coach Dungy, he’d tell you that he’d rather be remembered as a committed [...]
Sometimes I get frustrated with myself. I get impatient with my imperfections. I get upset at how I can be so focused on the Lord and spiritual living for an extended period of time and then, it seems, in an instant I can slide back into old habits. So often I take two steps forward [...]
“Let’s be honest.” “I’ll be honest with you.” “Honestly…” “Honest to goodness.” These are all phrases we’ve either heard or spoken numerous times. As children, we were taught that telling the truth is the right thing to do. And yet how many of us got into trouble–or maybe even still do!–for lying? But what [...]
It is important that we have the proper focus when we pray. Christian prayer is not about introspection; Christian prayer is Christ-centered. And so our awareness as we begin to pray is crucial. When we quiet our minds and hearts by relaxing and focusing on our breath, we are not preparing to naval-gaze; we are [...]
Let’s go deeper into the subject of how to pray. In my last post I suggested four steps to help us enter into prayer. I’d like to explore each of these in more detail in the next few posts. As we enter into prayer, we first choose to be still. “Be still and know that [...]
“Master, teach us how to pray” (Luke 11:1). After being in the company of Jesus, listening to His words, witnessing His healings, and seeing His deep relationship with His Heavenly Father, the Apostles longed to know how to pray as Jesus prayed. They were attracted by His holiness and His peace. We, too, long to [...]
The act of consecrating oneself to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a venerable tradition in the Catholic Church. It has been promoted by many saints, St. Louis de Montfort being one of the more popular proponents. But consecration to Mary is also greatly misunderstood, especially by non-Catholic Christians. Simply put, when a person consecrates oneself [...]
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