I once had deep vivid impure thoughts running in my head of me and this female co-worker at work. I do not normally think in that manner and it took about five minutes of ‘Our Father’s’ and ‘Hail Mary’s’ to get rid of these evil thoughts! I was compelled to get up and go by this female co-workers office. I seen this female co-workers hunched over her desk, with a snarled look in her face while flickering her fingers. She appeared to be in some sort of prayer?? I discovered the source of my impure thoughts! Evil witchcraft/demonic exists folks! They have faith and dedication to their god and prayers! We Catholics need to be super dedicated to OUR GOD JESUS CHRIST!! The Holy Rosary and other prayers have saved my life!!!! I’m not kidding. That co-worker messed with the wrong person! LEGIO MARIAE SEMPER!
@@simonsammut9289 why must you be a literal meme? The king james is based off of jewish texts altered after the death of Christs. The Douay Rheims is the best bible in English you can lay your hands on today. You come to catholic forums to spew hate, why do you wrestle with your conscience? Sola fide is debunked in the bible. Everything you have was given to you by us, and your founder was a fornicating, masturbating heretic who was broken by the end of his life. How can you follow the teachings of a man that said "go forth and sin boldly?" Mary is the mother of God, she has appeared in countless miracles, we have historical accounts of people witnessing her appear and defeat invading ottomans. We have them in my country Croatia and many others. If it were not for Mary you would not even be a Christian but a Mohammedan you understand this? It is righteous to give the Mother of God the respect her son demands of us, for her that humbled herself so profoundly during her earthly life. In fatima she spoke of those that insult her and offend God by doing so. Did pastor Jimmy Bob tell you we worship her as a God (you can literally not find a gram of evidence to support this)? Everyone thinks all Christians are idiots because of your 6000 year old earth theory and flat earth conventions. God gave you your intellect, research for yourself and don't blindly believe jimmy bob. Most of your bibles are so horrendously mistranslated that you can't even trust them. Like the wedding in Cana for example. How you got "woman what have I to do with you" from what does it have to do with me and you (mihi et tibi) is foul play and obvious to all. The church is always open to those who come back, some very fine catholics are former protestants such as Taylor Marshall, I suggest you watch some of his stuff. God bless brother
Simon Sammut where does it say in the Bible the “sola fide” doctrine fabricated by your heretic father Luther !? Your thousands of denominations spreading lies and error ! Luther must be revolting in his grave to see the disaster he caused, or I should say hell. Why are you here ? Stay in your Protestant channels all about feelings and kumbaya !
Stefan Knezovic he’s not a Christian he’s a heretic Protestant they have highjacked the word “Christian” it’s so ambiguous we have to say we’re catholic, also their “pastors” teach them that we Catholics are not Christian, also “catholic” has become so ambiguous thanks to the NOvus order disaster... obviously Protestants can’t distinguish between a traditional catholic or a modernist NOvus orderite. God bless
@@elviragutierrez8396 thank you, that is good advice! Unfortunately, my story runs deeper than that. I’m actually writing a memoir of my experiences at work.. This incident actually occurred in 2018. I make it a habit to not entertain impure thoughts, but this girl who I call Jezebel 1 was putting things in my mind via witchcraft. I had to fight it off with prayer. She is a demon possessed gal that happens to have her office in the same hallway as my wife of 26 years. We all work together. I have a great wife, but she really doesn’t believe anything I tell her about what’s going on and neither do my parish priests. Only God through the intercession of our Blessed Mother saved my butt! My wife (kinda started to believe me) when her boss was telling her about how her lovable dog went up to J1 to be nosy at an out of office, and in a split second ran off scared from her! J1 did not appear to be mean at all with the dog?? To this day, the lovable dog has been jumpy ever since.
1hr min of daily prayer schedule 1, 15 min Meditation minimum.- Focus concentration 2, 30 min Espiritual minimum reading (specially Bible, saints lifes, etc) 3, Rosary....family and individual 4, 15 min Devotionals minimum (Grace, Angelus, etc) 5, Mental prayer 6, Pre and post mass prayer 7, List of intentions 8, Mass, Eucharist, contemolation of our Lord's Holly Sacrament. 9, Tiding, fasting, penitance, confession 10, Contemplation of Jesus name Rosary (bracelet or not), wear Saint Benedit Medal, Miracle Medal, Brown scapular... Statues outside/inside Crucifixes in rooms Sacred Images and Holly water in special places Catholic calendar
Remember as well that meditation IS mental prayer. Christian meditation is not the same as Eastern meditation where you empty your mind and focus on nothing. The goal is not focus in itself. The goal is focus on God, on what we have read in our spiritual reading, on how we experience God in our lives. Mental prayer includes talking to God in words, sharing our emotions and sharing our silences. Our goal is not to become empty, but to become full.
The priests should say this in all mass. Tell the people the importance of praying. Yes the rosary is a powerful prayer, start with that first. It takes discipline. Remember, the devil is evil , he don't want the people to pray. The world and the people need prayers. We are living in the End of Times. 😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Janette Davis you have not read the Bible.. no one can get to Jesus but threw the blessed virgin Mary and no can get to God, but only threw Jesus. This has been said in mass too.
@@simonsammut9289 In the gospel of St.John, and because God declared her to be the Mediatrix of all graces. She is the Mother of God do not forget that. 'Ignorance of the Bible is ignorance of Christ' St.Paul says, but now for us Catholics 'Ignorance about Mary is ignorance about Christ'. Godbless!🙏
Mitch Alvarez ....which verse in the book of John does it say no one gets to Jesus but through Mary? I can't find it.....And also I would like to know the verse where Paul says us Catholics?
Pink Lady I think he was saying that the name of Jesus is a holy prayer itself. But he is not saying anything wrong here, he was saying that saying the name of Jesus is essential
At first, a non Christian may rebel against prayer. Just to know that the thumbs down people visited makes me very happy. It's a start. I have to work on myself because I still have negativity in me, and I end up being shallow and hurting others. I hope they come back.🙏
I agree, but why does he pray in the opening so rapidly? Spending time with God is not like being a runner in a race. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3-5
I was surprised you didn't mention the Liturgy of the Hours. I would have thought it was a very special prayer, as it is so often described as "the prayer of the Church." This was a beautiful sermon but I would love to hear you speak more on this topic and include the Divine Office.
Thank you for your guidance!😇 i am 66 yrs old and have always prayed, sometimes more sometimes not so much😤 May God bless you ! A back on track "sheep"👼
Part of the reason I first started following this channel was because you posted a video with an old priest of mine. And now you post an image in this video of the very church I've been currently attending? Needless to say, I'm pleasantly surprised!
I bought the book "the devil in the castle" on audible because it sounded cool. I was a cradle catholic that fell off and found protestantism. After reading the book, I now pray the Rosary daily as well as the divine mercy. Today is the week before good Friday and at 3 I was driving for work and happened to be right next to an infant or Jesus of Prague. I pulled in and found a statue of our mother and I prayed on her 7 sorrows. Spiritual reading is powerful. I have read the book about 5 times and learn something new every time
This is very helpful! Thank you Fr! This is what I struggle nowadays, I keep on failing on my prayer routines and keep on seeking consolations while praying. This talk gave me courage to continue to persevere and to continue to trust God that everything he willed and permitted is ultimately to draw us closer to Him! This is truly a great lesson and reminder! Thank you again Fr. May God bless you and Our Lady keep you!
I got rid of most of my social media accounts and don't hardly scroll anymore. I am watching more youtube, but content to help me grow in faith. Turned off the TV and eliminated all of the "games" on my phone...working on my prayer life.
What is your name Fr? What order or parish are you with? Thank you for your spiritual gift of teaching and preaching. God took a mess and is making me His best. 🙏
"God give me the desire to pray 🙏 more." I definitely need to pray more. I need to make it a priority. I love to use the old little black bound cover old prayer books from the 40s and 50s. They're the best. Very in-depth and beautiful prayers of our Catholic faith. The prayers in these old books seem to always bring me to tears. I think it prepares me for confession. No wonder the confession lines used to be so long and attended back in the day. The treasure was found in the prayer books. And of course the Mass.
@@elviragutierrez8396 they are usually found and available at religious used book stores, at church used book sales and etc. Sometimes it's an adventure, and honestly sometimes "stumble" upon them at these places .
The word “paradise” is derived from a Persian word meaning “walled garden.” The use of the word in Genesis points to this. Prayer is the way we build our souls' walls so as to keep evil out. I sometimes think of my soul as the soil in which God grows, and it is wise to ask Him to fertilize it.
Thank you, Father. And thank you for being such a good Priest. We need it so badly these days. I always pray for our Pope and our Holy Catholic Church.
Wonderful inspirational talk. I wish this would be a required talk in every church every year. Many people don't hear this and don't think about it. Maybe they are attending Mass out of obligation and are praying at a minimum to satisfy guilt. Hearing this could make a big difference in someones life, hearing this could cause a person to really think deeply and could change a life drastically. To hear this could open up or deeply change their spiritual life. How wonderful it would be for all to slam the door on Satan's plan by choosing to make our prayer life top priority. We all know how Satan hates prayer so lets send him packing!
Really? In these times no one can come in early or even attend mass un-anounced. We have to make a request for mass so they can control the number of people attending church.
Ducky Hi! I’m from Cali too...it’s alright, only for now, until things get better with this virus. Though in close by areas, Catholic Mass are still celebrated outside Within the church grounds or at the grotto. God is in our hearts always, always. Me & my husband hear mass on EWTN and praying constantly. I also have the audio Catholic Bible. It’s wonderful to listen to it!! God bless and take care.
@@audreykennedy8891 they want to reduce the number because satan knows the power of the Mass. So, we need to intensify our prayer life, at home. We were told we would be without the daily sacrifice. So pray the Rosary and more..
Amen to this! Through so much "social connection" and instant information, we have never been so disconnected to eachother or the truth. We are seeds planted among weeds and thorns and we must pray daily! If we do not focus on detaching from the world around us and living in out spiritual relationship with the world around us, the world will get between us and Christ.
I find prayer so difficult. I pray for this gift because I truly want to be an efficacious prayer warrior. Most difficult for me is the Rosary, although I try my best to do it daily with the Dolorous Rosary of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Keep praying my friend! === “If our Lord does not watch over our preservation, all of our efforts will come to nothing. No, my children, we shall not find any sinner who may be converted who has not recourse to prayer, not one who will persevere without having very great recourse to prayer, and we shall never find a Christian damned whose downfall did not commence with a lack of prayer." ==St. Jean-Marie Vianney I can't remember or find it, but here's another one (I think it's from St. Therese of Calcutta) You will stop praying or stop sinning, but not both.
Thank you so much! I would like to know the name of this priest! I listen to all of your sermons and they are amazing and so on point and some of the best lessons I've ever learned in my Catholic life ever! May God bless you over and over again thank you so much father!
The Novus Ordo Church has taught three generations of Catholics that prayer, especially silent prayer, is “passive” and that Faith must be “active” - meaning, visual, physical, and noisy. So, only what we do “in community” is valuable. Hence, most modern Catholics have no private prayer life, and are terrified by silence. And, most priests are okay with that.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I so very much needed this. Sometimes I feel like I’m floundering with no direction, this is direction. Praise be to you Lord Jesus Christ! I think I’m close to a mature prayer life. I often cry during prayer. Why is this?
It's the"Gift of Tears". It's a grace. St. Ignatius of Loyola had it and would be overcome at times while saying Mass at the goodness of God and his own unworthiness. Good for you!
Thank you so much Father for the teaching. Daily prayer is a discipline. Once we established a good routine, we ought to stick to it. And like Father said, this is nothing to do with "feelings". Most of us won't "feel" something when we go through our prayer routine. Prayer is an act of will - a will to spend time with God and stay in front of God. I think the 15 St. Bridget's prayer could be combined with meditation. That is how I do it. I memorized all the 15 paragraphs so I do not have to read them. Thus when I recite each of the 15 prayers, I walk with Jesus through His Passion. So are the Rosaries. I find it helpful to memorize each Bible passages links with the mystery. Thus when I pray the Rosary, I recite each Bible passage to do with the mystery and do my meditation. Memorize those passages help me to pray them at any time, in any place for I do not have to read anything.
@mary albrecht Catholics have over the centuries prayed the Divine Office. Perhaps a stay in a monastery could be arranged so that you might experience this amongst others. Maybe you have sisters or nuns whom you might call ahead to see if you can visit at one of the hours when these are said. I have seen them broadcast live online, but I am sorry that I cannot recall where from. Perhaps it was a FSSP parish. Please do try a search. As well, you will find printed breviaries with these prayers You might want a version that has both Latin and English. The prayers are available online. A shorter version, so I have heard, is the Little Office of The Blessed Mother, in book form.
Thank you Fr. very well explained.. If only men will realize the value of prayer..truly i say that prayer is not only talking to God about ourselves..our needs..it is a stairway to a happy, peaceful, fulfilled life..for the home God has intended for us..heaven
Wonderful reminder on how to pray daily & I really needed to hear this as I was putting together my prayer notebook -- thank you so very, very much! God Bless you and w/my very deep gratitude!
Thanks Father for spread the story Pray.God Bless you Father.Thanks ✝️🙏yes father I am Pray every day and I pray Holy Rosary every morning and night for the Holy Rosary.Pray for the World 🌎 Peace and heath on the world 🌎⛪️✝️❤️🙏!
If we give attention and thoughtfulness during Mass, we will find a rich set of prayers already there and we can add to those prayers from our own thoughts and meditations. Thank you for this thoughtful, instructive presentation on prayer.
This is superb, and I need the help of the faithful here on this channel. I have also heard from other good priests that all Catholics are *required* to spend a minimum of 15 minutes in prayer every day. I have unsuccessfully searched the Catechism for the exact paragraph where it states this. If it's not in the Catechism, can somebody PLEASE point me to the correct resource and/or quotation?
I have not heard that it is an obligation per say but Our Lady many times has asked for us to pray the rosary so maybe that's what they are referring to.....also, a relationship with Our Lord should involve more than just 15 mins. So maybe that's a starting point. Just my 2cents sorry I can't be more helpful
To focus on prayers, don't pray fast. We got this information from the blessed virgin Mary... and the visionary....Father you are correct about praying. My adult children don't pray, only when I tell them. It's very frustrating.
Victoria McMyne on the phone if you see the word save above that there is a downward looking arrow touch that or the title in general and the description should fall down
If someone trained 4 different modalities in the gym for 60 minutes a day (on average) and kept that up for a year, they could realize remarkable progress in physical capabilities. I would assume that if someone were to endeavor in this kind of pursuit of spiritual advancement using time tested techniques, that advancement would happen with the interior life, as well.
On those struggle days, at least make the sign of the cross (in Latin is best) 3 times saying "Blessed Trinity Help Me" My mother told me this as she read it regarding a certain Saint (sorry can't remember who right now as I'm typing this on the fly) who did this. Also, always pray the Act of Contrition as perfectly as possible. Plus, the Golden Hail Mary is easy enough on those struggle days. God Bless You
Can you please reupload the prayer sheet from the description? The link is broken. :( I found your channel recently and watched all the videos with pure awe and fascination with our beautiful Catholic faith and Tradition.
Its Ok to admit "I'm not ready for a mature prayer life," so pray to have that desire
God is good. If you make an effort, the grace will follow.
"Prayer commands all." -St. Jean Vianney
Thank you for this Fr!! Wish you could come to our Parish!
I once had deep vivid impure thoughts running in my head of me and this female co-worker at work. I do not normally think in that manner and it took about five minutes of ‘Our Father’s’ and ‘Hail Mary’s’ to get rid of these evil thoughts! I was compelled to get up and go by this female co-workers office. I seen this female co-workers hunched over her desk, with a snarled look in her face while flickering her fingers. She appeared to be in some sort of prayer?? I discovered the source of my impure thoughts! Evil witchcraft/demonic exists folks! They have faith and dedication to their god and prayers! We Catholics need to be super dedicated to OUR GOD JESUS CHRIST!! The Holy Rosary and other prayers have saved my life!!!! I’m not kidding. That co-worker messed with the wrong person! LEGIO MARIAE SEMPER!
@@simonsammut9289 why must you be a literal meme? The king james is based off of jewish texts altered after the death of Christs. The Douay Rheims is the best bible in English you can lay your hands on today. You come to catholic forums to spew hate, why do you wrestle with your conscience? Sola fide is debunked in the bible. Everything you have was given to you by us, and your founder was a fornicating, masturbating heretic who was broken by the end of his life. How can you follow the teachings of a man that said "go forth and sin boldly?" Mary is the mother of God, she has appeared in countless miracles, we have historical accounts of people witnessing her appear and defeat invading ottomans. We have them in my country Croatia and many others. If it were not for Mary you would not even be a Christian but a Mohammedan you understand this? It is righteous to give the Mother of God the respect her son demands of us, for her that humbled herself so profoundly during her earthly life. In fatima she spoke of those that insult her and offend God by doing so. Did pastor Jimmy Bob tell you we worship her as a God (you can literally not find a gram of evidence to support this)? Everyone thinks all Christians are idiots because of your 6000 year old earth theory and flat earth conventions. God gave you your intellect, research for yourself and don't blindly believe jimmy bob. Most of your bibles are so horrendously mistranslated that you can't even trust them. Like the wedding in Cana for example. How you got "woman what have I to do with you" from what does it have to do with me and you (mihi et tibi) is foul play and obvious to all. The church is always open to those who come back, some very fine catholics are former protestants such as Taylor Marshall, I suggest you watch some of his stuff. God bless brother
Simon Sammut where does it say in the Bible the “sola fide” doctrine fabricated by your heretic father Luther !? Your thousands of denominations spreading lies and error ! Luther must be revolting in his grave to see the disaster he caused, or I should say hell. Why are you here ? Stay in your Protestant channels all about feelings and kumbaya !
Stefan Knezovic he’s not a Christian he’s a heretic Protestant they have highjacked the word “Christian” it’s so ambiguous we have to say we’re catholic, also their “pastors” teach them that we Catholics are not Christian, also “catholic” has become so ambiguous thanks to the NOvus order disaster... obviously Protestants can’t distinguish between a traditional catholic or a modernist NOvus orderite. God bless
@@elviragutierrez8396 thank you, that is good advice! Unfortunately, my story runs deeper than that. I’m actually writing a memoir of my experiences at work.. This incident actually occurred in 2018. I make it a habit to not entertain impure thoughts, but this girl who I call Jezebel 1 was putting things in my mind via witchcraft. I had to fight it off with prayer. She is a demon possessed gal that happens to have her office in the same hallway as my wife of 26 years. We all work together. I have a great wife, but she really doesn’t believe anything I tell her about what’s going on and neither do my parish priests. Only God through the intercession of our Blessed Mother saved my butt!
My wife (kinda started to believe me) when her boss was telling her about how her lovable dog went up to J1 to be nosy at an out of office, and in a split second ran off scared from her! J1 did not appear to be mean at all with the dog?? To this day, the lovable dog has been jumpy ever since.
@@alvarocorral1576 May Jesus bless you and your wife. 🙏
1hr min of daily prayer schedule
1, 15 min Meditation minimum.- Focus concentration
2, 30 min Espiritual minimum reading (specially Bible, saints lifes, etc)
3, Rosary....family and individual
4, 15 min Devotionals minimum (Grace, Angelus, etc)
5, Mental prayer
6, Pre and post mass prayer
7, List of intentions
8, Mass, Eucharist, contemolation of our Lord's Holly Sacrament.
9, Tiding, fasting, penitance, confession
10, Contemplation of Jesus name
Rosary (bracelet or not), wear Saint Benedit Medal, Miracle Medal, Brown scapular...
Statues outside/inside
Crucifixes in rooms
Sacred Images and Holly water
in special places
Catholic calendar
Thank you for this summary
Thank you❤
Thank you!
Remember as well that meditation IS mental prayer. Christian meditation is not the same as Eastern meditation where you empty your mind and focus on nothing. The goal is not focus in itself. The goal is focus on God, on what we have read in our spiritual reading, on how we experience God in our lives. Mental prayer includes talking to God in words, sharing our emotions and sharing our silences. Our goal is not to become empty, but to become full.
Thank you!!
The priests should say this in all mass. Tell the people the importance of praying. Yes the rosary is a powerful prayer, start with that first. It takes discipline. Remember, the devil is evil , he don't want the people to pray. The world and the people need prayers. We are living in the End of Times. 😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Janette Davis you have not read the Bible.. no one can get to Jesus but threw the blessed virgin Mary and no can get to God, but only threw Jesus. This has been said in mass too.
Pink Lady please tell us the bible verses that say the only way to Jesus is through the Virgin Mary?
@@simonsammut9289 In the gospel of St.John, and because God declared her to be the Mediatrix of all graces. She is the Mother of God do not forget that. 'Ignorance of the Bible is ignorance of Christ' St.Paul says, but now for us Catholics 'Ignorance about Mary is ignorance about Christ'. Godbless!🙏
Mitch Alvarez ....which verse in the book of John does it say no one gets to Jesus but through Mary? I can't find it.....And also I would like to know the verse where Paul says us Catholics?
Pink Lady I think he was saying that the name of Jesus is a holy prayer itself. But he is not saying anything wrong here, he was saying that saying the name of Jesus is essential
Please include in your prayers today, for whoever gave this the thumbs down. 🙏🙏🙏
Amen. I'm with you.♥
@@ihs2021 Bless you. Thanks. 😊
Probably not a Catholic
At first, a non Christian may rebel against prayer. Just to know that the thumbs down people visited makes me very happy. It's a start.
I have to work on myself because I still have negativity in me, and I end up being shallow and hurting others.
I hope they come back.🙏
I agree, but why does he pray in the opening so rapidly? Spending time with God is not like being a runner in a race.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding.
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3-5
Prayer is building a relationship with God
So true..
I love your youtube profile picture.
Father is one of my favorite priests. Tells it like it is with no sugar coating.
God bless you Fr for being our priest who teaches, brings us understanding and hope through your calling.
Thank you Sensus Fildelium, this is so powerful and necessary now more than ever!
I didn’t realize that sanctity is given. now it makes sense when I pray the Litany of Humility....” that I may become as holy as I should.” Alleluia!!
i just want to do God's Will. God Bless
I was surprised you didn't mention the Liturgy of the Hours. I would have thought it was a very special prayer, as it is so often described as "the prayer of the Church." This was a beautiful sermon but I would love to hear you speak more on this topic and include the Divine Office.
This such beautiful sound advice. What a marvellous priest we have guiding the flock. Many thanks to you, Fr. Live Jesus our love and Mary our hope!
May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace 💙
Thank you for your guidance!😇 i am 66 yrs old and have always prayed, sometimes more sometimes not so much😤 May God bless you ! A back on track "sheep"👼
This is my answered prayer. Thank you Father. God bless.
Mine too
THANK YOU FATHER FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED GUIDANCE. Amen :)
Pdf is in the description section
The PDF isn't available through the link anymore. Is there another way we can access it? Please and thank you. :-)
God bless you and the Sensus Fidelium team
Part of the reason I first started following this channel was because you posted a video with an old priest of mine. And now you post an image in this video of the very church I've been currently attending?
Needless to say, I'm pleasantly surprised!
I just listened to this again - I do need it. Thank you again. Praying for you Father and all in Sensus Fidelium.
Thank you, dear priest. This is so helpful for us beginners. 3 Hail Marys.
I bought the book "the devil in the castle" on audible because it sounded cool. I was a cradle catholic that fell off and found protestantism. After reading the book, I now pray the Rosary daily as well as the divine mercy. Today is the week before good Friday and at 3 I was driving for work and happened to be right next to an infant or Jesus of Prague. I pulled in and found a statue of our mother and I prayed on her 7 sorrows. Spiritual reading is powerful. I have read the book about 5 times and learn something new every time
One of the best and most essential homilies ever!
This is very helpful! Thank you Fr! This is what I struggle nowadays, I keep on failing on my prayer routines and keep on seeking consolations while praying. This talk gave me courage to continue to persevere and to continue to trust God that everything he willed and permitted is ultimately to draw us closer to Him! This is truly a great lesson and reminder! Thank you again Fr. May God bless you and Our Lady keep you!
I got rid of most of my social media accounts and don't hardly scroll anymore. I am watching more youtube, but content to help me grow in faith. Turned off the TV and eliminated all of the "games" on my phone...working on my prayer life.
What is your name Fr? What order or parish are you with? Thank you for your spiritual gift of teaching and preaching. God took a mess and is making me His best. 🙏
Thank you father for this inspiring talk. I need to begin again.
seeking God i believe is always a securing option
EXCELLENT!!!…and many thanks!! Sharing with all my loved ones!
We're Christians. We pray, that's what we do. It is what we are intended to do. It is what we must do.
So valuable for our spiritual health and to combat the evil in our culture! ❤🙏🏻📿
Excellent video and sermon! Thank you Father and thanks to those that posted this🙏🏻👍
Rosary and divine mercy chaplet are a must
Spending time with God in the Adoration Chapel has helped me grow in my prayer life. 🙏🙏
"God give me the desire to pray 🙏 more." I definitely need to pray more. I need to make it a priority. I love to use the old little black bound cover old prayer books from the 40s and 50s. They're the best. Very in-depth and beautiful prayers of our Catholic faith. The prayers in these old books seem to always bring me to tears. I think it prepares me for confession. No wonder the confession lines used to be so long and attended back in the day. The treasure was found in the prayer books. And of course the Mass.
Is it available for others to purchase?
@@elviragutierrez8396 they are usually found and available at religious used book stores, at church used book sales and etc. Sometimes it's an adventure, and honestly sometimes "stumble" upon them at these places .
Thanks so much for the download! We must persevere. God bless you Father!
Thank you, Father. So helpful!!
This is great, thank you Father!!
19:09- the soul is a garden! I like that analogy. Thank you for this talk father
The word “paradise” is derived from a Persian word meaning “walled garden.” The use of the word in Genesis points to this. Prayer is the way we build our souls' walls so as to keep evil out. I sometimes think of my soul as the soil in which God grows, and it is wise to ask Him to fertilize it.
Thank you, Father. And thank you for being such a good Priest. We need it so badly these days. I always pray for our Pope and our Holy Catholic Church.
GREAT talk about what our prayer life should be. May retired Catholics become prayer warriors. May I also be a great prayer warrior 🙏
Thank you Father :)
Prayer along with the Sacraments are the two main ways we receive grace.
Wonderful inspirational talk. I wish this would be a required talk in every church every year. Many people don't hear this and don't think about it. Maybe they are attending Mass out of obligation and are praying at a minimum to satisfy guilt. Hearing this could make a big difference in someones life, hearing this could cause a person to really think deeply and could change a life drastically. To hear this could open up or deeply change their spiritual life. How wonderful it would be for all to slam the door on Satan's plan by choosing to make our prayer life top priority. We all know how Satan hates prayer so lets send him packing!
Great presentation which gives me a more orderly approach to daily prayer. Thank you Father! Ave Maria Purissima!
Arrive at mass early in order to pray. Have a list of intentions of people that we want to pray for. Do you have your list ready?
Here in California, we're not allowed to arrive early or stay late at mass, we're not even allowed to go in the buildings! 😭
Really? In these times no one can come in early or even attend mass un-anounced. We have to make a request for mass so they can control the number of people attending church.
That sounds like a good practice. Prayer before church magnified my experience at the church.
Ducky Hi! I’m from Cali too...it’s alright, only for now, until things get better with this virus. Though in close by areas, Catholic Mass are still celebrated outside Within the church grounds or at the grotto. God is in our hearts always, always. Me & my husband hear mass on EWTN and praying constantly. I also have the audio Catholic Bible. It’s wonderful to listen to it!!
God bless and take care.
@@audreykennedy8891 they want to reduce the number because satan knows the power of the Mass. So, we need to intensify our prayer life, at home. We were told we would be without the daily sacrifice. So pray the Rosary and more..
Amen
Thank you Father! God bless you! 🙏
Glory to Jesus Christ! Forever!
If only we could have Holy Mass daily again. Thank goodness for live stream in this time on pandemic. Our Lady of Fatima intercede for us.
Where do you live? In NY I’ve been going to Mass daily for about 3 weeks now
@@okimawilcox1550 London.
Jacqueline Harrod I pray you will be back at Mass soon!
@@okimawilcox1550 Thank you.😇
Thanks father! So good to learning all this things! So importante to know how to pray! Right!! And have discipline.
Amen to this! Through so much "social connection" and instant information, we have never been so disconnected to eachother or the truth.
We are seeds planted among weeds and thorns and we must pray daily! If we do not focus on detaching from the world around us and living in out spiritual relationship with the world around us, the world will get between us and Christ.
I think scripture reading and pray through the word of God is always the best start
I find prayer so difficult. I pray for this gift because I truly want to be an efficacious prayer warrior. Most difficult for me is the Rosary, although I try my best to do it daily with the Dolorous Rosary of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Keep praying my friend! === “If our Lord does not watch over our preservation, all of our efforts will come to nothing. No, my children, we shall not find any sinner who may be converted who has not recourse to prayer, not one who will persevere without having very great recourse to prayer, and we shall never find a Christian damned whose downfall did not commence with a lack of prayer."
==St. Jean-Marie Vianney
I can't remember or find it, but here's another one (I think it's from St. Therese of Calcutta) You will stop praying or stop sinning, but not both.
A good sermon, thanks father...😇😇😇
Excellent teachings about sanctified grace
We all need this!!!!
Maranantha
I liked the comparison to food groups... Gave new perspective. thanks father
I definitely need to work on penance and fasting.
It’s amazing that if you can do this but deep deep deep down Jesus cares about the heart, yes?
Thank you!
This is what I needed, thank you so much father
Even though i am not catholic i must admit that you catholics are very dedicated often in terms of prayer and i appreciate that ♰📿♱ :)
Thank you so much, Father. Such great advice to put into practice, simple, effective, and clear.
Thank you so much, Father! This is a beautiful and very helpful sermon! May God reward you!
Thank you so much! I would like to know the name of this priest! I listen to all of your sermons and they are amazing and so on point and some of the best lessons I've ever learned in my Catholic life ever! May God bless you over and over again thank you so much father!
The Novus Ordo Church has taught three generations of Catholics that prayer, especially silent prayer, is “passive” and that Faith must be “active” - meaning, visual, physical, and noisy. So, only what we do “in community” is valuable. Hence, most modern Catholics have no private prayer life, and are terrified by silence. And, most priests are okay with that.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I so very much needed this. Sometimes I feel like I’m floundering with no direction, this is direction. Praise be to you Lord Jesus Christ! I think I’m close to a mature prayer life. I often cry during prayer. Why is this?
It's the"Gift of Tears". It's a grace. St. Ignatius of Loyola had it and would be overcome at times while saying Mass at the goodness of God and his own unworthiness. Good for you!
Thank you so much Father for the teaching. Daily prayer is a discipline. Once we established a good routine, we ought to stick to it. And like Father said, this is nothing to do with "feelings". Most of us won't "feel" something when we go through our prayer routine. Prayer is an act of will - a will to spend time with God and stay in front of God. I think the 15 St. Bridget's prayer could be combined with meditation. That is how I do it. I memorized all the 15 paragraphs so I do not have to read them. Thus when I recite each of the 15 prayers, I walk with Jesus through His Passion. So are the Rosaries. I find it helpful to memorize each Bible passages links with the mystery. Thus when I pray the Rosary, I recite each Bible passage to do with the mystery and do my meditation. Memorize those passages help me to pray them at any time, in any place for I do not have to read anything.
@mary albrecht Catholics have over the centuries prayed the Divine Office. Perhaps a stay in a monastery could be arranged so that you might experience this amongst others. Maybe you have sisters or nuns whom you might call ahead to see if you can visit at one of the hours when these are said. I have seen them broadcast live online, but I am sorry that I cannot recall where from. Perhaps it was a FSSP parish. Please do try a search. As well, you will find printed breviaries with these prayers You might want a version that has both Latin and English. The prayers are available online. A shorter version, so I have heard, is the Little Office of The Blessed Mother, in book form.
Thank you Fr. very well explained.. If only men will realize the value of prayer..truly i say that prayer is not only talking to God about ourselves..our needs..it is a stairway to a happy, peaceful, fulfilled life..for the home God has intended for us..heaven
Wonderful reminder on how to pray daily & I really needed to hear this as I was putting together my prayer notebook -- thank you so very, very much! God Bless you and w/my very deep gratitude!
Thank you. God bless you and your parish.
The thumbnail picture, also pictured at the 10 minute mark is St Stanislaus in Milwaukee
Thanks Father for spread the story Pray.God Bless you Father.Thanks ✝️🙏yes father I am Pray every day and I pray Holy Rosary every morning and night for the Holy Rosary.Pray for the World 🌎 Peace and heath on the world 🌎⛪️✝️❤️🙏!
If we give attention and thoughtfulness during Mass, we will find a rich set of prayers already there and we can add to those prayers from our own thoughts and meditations. Thank you for this thoughtful, instructive presentation on prayer.
Thank you Fr. that was beautiful and I have made a lot of sense God bless you it’s your help me!
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Thank you so much!
This is superb, and I need the help of the faithful here on this channel. I have also heard from other good priests that all Catholics are *required* to spend a minimum of 15 minutes in prayer every day. I have unsuccessfully searched the Catechism for the exact paragraph where it states this. If it's not in the Catechism, can somebody PLEASE point me to the correct resource and/or quotation?
I have not heard that it is an obligation per say but Our Lady many times has asked for us to pray the rosary so maybe that's what they are referring to.....also, a relationship with Our Lord should involve more than just 15 mins. So maybe that's a starting point. Just my 2cents sorry I can't be more helpful
Great suggestions but I'm a little surprised the divine office was not one of those listed.
If you can’t read perhaps the Rosary and other memorized prayers as well as personal prayer is important
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary
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This is an amazing video! Thanks!
To focus on prayers, don't pray fast. We got this information from the blessed virgin Mary... and the visionary....Father you are correct about praying. My adult children don't pray, only when I tell them. It's very frustrating.
Make sure to check out the description everyone great links and this entire message written out for you to look back on to know what to do
Do you know how to get to the description on the phone? I can see comments but can’t find the links
Victoria McMyne on the phone if you see the word save above that there is a downward looking arrow touch that or the title in general and the description should fall down
Thank you for this blessing.
If someone trained 4 different modalities in the gym for 60 minutes a day (on average) and kept that up for a year, they could realize remarkable progress in physical capabilities.
I would assume that if someone were to endeavor in this kind of pursuit of spiritual advancement using time tested techniques, that advancement would happen with the interior life, as well.
On those struggle days, at least make the sign of the cross (in Latin is best) 3 times saying "Blessed Trinity Help Me"
My mother told me this as she read it regarding a certain Saint (sorry can't remember who right now as I'm typing this on the fly) who did this.
Also, always pray the Act of Contrition as perfectly as possible.
Plus, the Golden Hail Mary is easy enough on those struggle days.
God Bless You
Can you please reupload the prayer sheet from the description? The link is broken. :( I found your channel recently and watched all the videos with pure awe and fascination with our beautiful Catholic faith and Tradition.
I try really hard but sometimes when I pause in prayer I think of the theme song from CHiPs
The World is in desperate need of prayer and repentance with sacrifice and offerings for reparation of sin.
Do these kinds of videos count as spiritual readings 📚
Really helpful. Im wondering of listening to sermons etc counts as spiritual reading?
I would make gratitude and petitionary prayer their own categories like the others and before the more nebulous and advanced other devotions.
Hi does anyone have a copy of the sheet father was talking about? The link on the description box is not working.
what about adoration, doing a holy hour is great for meditation. Also lectio divina.
Please fix the link for the prayer sheet if you can. It doesn't exist, thank you.
Unfortunately I found this video just now, and the file in the description is no longer available
If I don’t do allll that is mentioned, and in order am I not praying sufficiently by doing other prayers for over an hour?
Prayer Sheet is not available in Google Drive anymore...