WHAT MATTERS IN PRAYER IS NOT WHAT WE DO

What matters in prayer

is not what we do,

but what God does in us

during these moments.

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CCC 2672:

“The Holy Spirit, whose anointing permeates our whole being, is the interior Master of Christian prayer. 

He is the artisan of the living tradition of prayer. 

To be sure, there are as many paths of prayer as there are persons who pray, but it is the same Spirit acting in all and with all.”

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This post is an excerpt from the Daily Rosary Meditation with Dr Mike Scherschligt (@ The School of Faith).  Please feel free to share.   https://www.dailyrosarymeditations.com/

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In prayer, one must be less concerned about doing things and more concerned about being open to God’s action.

The essential act of prayer is to place ourselves in God’s presence and remain there. 

We cannot sit before a fire without becoming warm.  We cannot be out in the sun without tanning. 

Likewise, if our prayer consists simply in standing before God 

• without doing anything, 
• without thinking anything 
• without feeling anything 

but a readiness, trust, and abandonment, 

then we allow God to act in our soul.

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The key to success in prayer is twofold. 

• Establish the habit of daily meditation and resolution 
• Persevere, persevere, persevere. Don’t quit, and if you do, start again.

And when we sit to pray, start by acknowledging our dependence on the Holy Spirit, and asking Him to guide us in prayer.

Come Holy Spirit, 

fill the hearts of your faithful. 

Enkindle in them the fire of your love. 

Send forth your Spirit

and we shall be recreated, 

and You shall renew the face of the earth.”