How to Rebuild Your Prayer Life (in the New Year) | LITTLE BY LITTLE | Fr Columba Jordan CFR
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- Whether you're an avid pray-er, an inconsistent pray-er, or simply don't like praying (happens) - never fear, Fr Columba has been there and (even better) has advice that will help you. Building a prayer life is an adventure of a lifetime. Never stop investing.
Episode Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:18 My Agnostic Moment
1:12 Rebuilding My Prayer Life
2:32 Everything Is a Gift
3:17 Your Capacity for Prayer
4:25 Same with Fasting
5:19 If You Don't Like Praying
6:52 Like & Subscribe!
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I started practicing contemplative prayer a few years back. Changed my life. Over time, it’s grown organically. Like, I live in a place where there’s miserable traffic. On a good day, I’m in the car more than I want to be. I used to distract myself with news or music or lectures. Then one day I just decided to spend that time chatting with Jesus. Much better. Then I decided to start listening to lauds and vespers and pray along (thank goodness for You Tube - the music helps). Then I decided to set aside a little time at the end of the day before I zone out with the TV praying the examen. And listening to the rosary for the day (You Tube again) while I go to sleep. One day, I hope all my waking hours are spent being conscious of His presence. Because that’s really what prayer is all about.
Beautifully said ❤
I'm 57 and started praying the rosary 2 months ago. I pray every morning and evening and now even when I'm out on my daily walk. I've noticed a lot of changes in me...I feel more at peace and small things that used to aggravate me don't anymore. I feel more at peace. Love your videos ❤
That is so inspiring to hear and helps me to be consistent like you. Thank you.
I started again too about 6 months ago....average 2 Rosaries per day (usually)....feelings of peace and confidence have increased for sure 🙂God Bless
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That’s so awesome! You guys should check out this channel called “GabiAfterHours” he makes the best Rosary videos. It’ll change your life.
Last year on Aug 2023 I started to do four rosaries a day, basically to circle thru the 4 mysteries (joyous, sorrowful, luminous and glorious). It was for a month because I was on vacation and I had the time, also I had to learn all the mysteries by heart so it took a bit of work. I just turned 48 so I thought “oh my! I guess I’m officially old” so I did it as a little experiment. It changed me so much that I now do at least the mystery of the day, and if I don’t do it in one sitting it doesn’t matter because at any point during the day I know where I am, and I continue from there. It has become an anchor and a blessing. I feel connected if that makes sense.
Thank you, Father Columba❤
Thank you Father. I enjoy your devotionals so much as you make them relatable in layman’s terms and you deliver them with a bit of humor. You are loved. 🕊️
Bless you, very glad it was helpful!
Just discovered prayer just for the enjoyment of it. I'm in my early old man stages and I'm all like... Good Lord, where has this been all my life! Joy! Have a good one.
Haha! I guess I’m in my early old lady stages! Thanks for the laugh. God bless!
“Early old man stages”!! I love that phrase, I have a young friend who’s always romanticizing life as a wisened elder. I’ll tell him this.
It's never too late to seek union with God!
Don't forget to find out more about the person to whom you are praying! God bless you!
😊🍀🙏 Oh my gosh, Father, this is in the TOP TEN of your teachings...wellll TOP TWENTY....whatever.....absolutely filled with gems! Thank you
I really needed to listen to this, in the last days I’ve been struggling a lot with rebuilding a prayer life
You said "rebuilding," which tells me you're getting back to doing something you used to do regularly.
I just heard some advice in another context that applies here. It's this: If you've fallen back to zero, don't stay there. Begin with a small prayer that you will say everyday, and commit to that. If you've never stopped praying but have regressed, don't allow yourself to fall back to zero. Keep praying where you're at, even if prayer is meager some days. Don't let the momentum dissipate.
Lastly, try not to be discouraged. Thank God for the grace He's given you up til now, and ask him for more help to advance.
I know what you're feeling
I've been there. And some days, I right back there again. Just keep on keeping on, and you will honor God with your perseverance.
God bless you!
DITTO!!!
Thank you for saying this!@@johnsposato5632
You are such a wonderful teacher. 💕
This is exactly what I needed today.
I feel so bad when I don’t pray enough
Thank you so much Fr Columba. This is so true! Sometimes, I really have to push myself to pray and it starts off so dry. But when I persevere and engage my heart, I feel God's grace. I needed this reminder. God bless you.
Prayer is a gift.
So pray to pray.
You have all this prayer potential. Like a boulder sitting at the top of a hill.
Yes, God placed the boulder there but you need to give it a nudge to get it going, and once you do…it takes off.
Ask, seek and knock and God WILL provide.
THANK you Father for this pearl of wisdom on prayer.
Some days are easy, some are hard, all of them fall short of God’s glory, but He knows your heart and you are His.
I 've been following your channel for a while,,, my prayer life began again after many years, using silent or inner prayer and one liners , and after a time realised I was being answered, though it didn't dawn on for a few years, thanks for your insights,realised you can fall into sin unintentionally sometimes, now I am back where I stated, or feels like it..
Thank you for this encouragement. I pray several prayers everyday and feel like they are not good enough. I want my prayers to count.
God hears every prayer.
God is so Good in all things. Amen!! This is just what I need to hear right now at this moment in my life. Thank you for explaining to me how to improve my relationship with God. Never give up, ask and you shall receive.
This video came at just the right time, I'm after starting Exodus90 this week, I'm finding the Holy Hour very difficult but this video has given me a whole new outlook (and hope) towards prayer, thank you so very much Fr Columba 🙏
God bless you Father. From Arvada, Colorado.
Thank you, this helps a lot 🙏🏽
Happy New Year 2024!!! ❤
I don't even know where the time went while listening to this video, even though it is a short one...very insightful and humble.
Someone has uploaded around fifteen hours of St John Vianney’s sermons. Old sounding recording but truly amazing.
Thanks for sharing!
Happy New year brother ✝️ love your videos channel God bless you brother Jesus Christ Saved me 15 years ago now I am a Christian apologist we can follow do Doctrines but the biggest foundation in Life is the Bible John 17:17 I am a Christian apologist Defender of the Christian faith ❤
20 hours i cant wait that long
God bless you Father and have a good or better year! What did help me to start praying more consciously was to pray for others. And the understanding that Jesus really listen to us because He gives me answers always through different means, sometimes it’s a podcast or a book or a person or a new, or open the Bible and the answer is right there. And everybody needs prayers, each day we can find a person who needs a prayer, sometimes unknown people, a homeless or a drug addict that you encounter in the streets, or cross your path. Prayers are heard and vital, mother Mary said in Fatima that there are a lot of people who ended up in Hell because nobody pray for them and that only one prayer would be sufficed to change that outcome so think about that, a prayer is doesn’t have to be Hours of prayer or a perfect prayer, sometimes we get discouraged because we compare ourselves with Greta saints or people very religious but we don’t have to do that, your journey to God is unique and personal and God gives you what do YOU need.
From aleppo syria we love you frere ❤️
Seven minutes of the best advice I could ever hope to receive. Thank you, Father!!
You are very welcome
When it has Covid I tried to pray, but couldn't. I
asked God why I couldn't pray. He answered because I was supposed to be sleeping. I could talk to Him,but not say the rosary or other verbal prayers.
I had something similar. I was suffering from insomnia and disordered sleep. And when I prayes the rosary I Fell into a deep sleep after the first prayers, much to my chagrin. After a while, I felt this. "I see, you are here with me. Now sleep, child." Once got my sleep habits i order, even in the evening, even when it was actually really late, I had no trouble.
thanks, Fatheeer!
You’re welcome, Johhhn!
Thank you for this video. It seems that there's not much around that deals with this subject so it's really important that you give spiritual direction to us. I try to pray, but I'm lazy and inconsistent about it. Please pray for me. Pray for my praying ( this that a thing?) ;)
Don’t worry, I read about St Therese and she described difficulties in prayer too ‘ Story of a Soul’ - it’s available as free audiobook on UA-cam- beautiful!!
Thank you Father
God bless you Fr. Columba!😊
Thank you Fr. Columba.
Amen! Thank you!
Thank you Fr Columba, these videos are always so genuine and nice to see, I love to learn more of the faith with your videos, thanks be to God!
Glad you like them!
Thanks Fr Columba! Very interesting! God bless you
You are very welcome
Very helpful, thank you!🙏🏻
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Thank you Fr
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May God bless You.
Could you please make a video on acedia, if you haven't already?
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We have in our other video series: How to Stop Being Lazy | MEDITATIONS | Fr Gavan Jennings
ua-cam.com/video/MBQseYLVCqE/v-deo.html
GBU
Father, when should you stop asking for something in prayer (if it's been months and months, for example)....continue? be persistent? give up? God doesn't want it? it's hard to know! :) cheers.
Thank you!
Fr I am not very well my prayers are not going very well. Can you help me is it alright to just say three Hail Mary’s in bed at night. Being in a wheelchair it is difficult. God bless you for 2024.🙏
Thanks!
Thank you for your support
Thank you needed this!
You're so welcome!
@ctmcatholic ... my Grandmother is 88 and she, unfortunately, left the room, but I love it! I definitely relate to having attended an event on my Parrish campus during secondary school simply because of the numerous and very attractive young guys also in attendance including my then soon to be first boyfriend, ha ha! I shall watch this a second time and see how I can help my young son as he and I pray each of his bedtimes and oftentimes I might be the one saying more aloud than he does lately.
@@jessicaroseelizabethp.7911 Glad you could relate, and sorry is grandma doesn't approve, we love her anyway!
God's Spirit (Presence) is present regardless of how you feel about praying. When praying is difficult, cease putting effort into it. God's Presence doesn't require your effort. You can't force God to be present nor force away God's Presence. When praying feels like too much work, kick back and relax and rest in His Presence. It's called sabbath prayer. Isn't that what contemplative prayer is?
Hi Fr Columba, I pray a community rosary with a group in my parish church before 10:00am Mass in the mornings. However we have a member who recites the rosary so loudly, in a complete monotone voice and 4 words behind everyone else, honestly it is like a drill going off in my head and I can’t focus at all on the prayer, please help, what can I do? I don’t want to say anything to this person for fear of putting him off coming and saying the communal rosary as he is a devout man. Any suggestions or ideas on how to manage this problem would be great. Thanks, yours desperately trying to pray!!🙏🏻
Yes try and offer this as a sacrifice to the Lord, then your suffering is united with Him - powerful! Bishop Barron talks about this in his sermons /talks on YT ( from another sufferer🤫)
Thank you I will try your suggestion and have a listen to Bishop Barron talks. Hopefully I will find the love and patience in this difficult situation 🙏🏻
Be careful of that Jesus prayer. Just might end up in the Office of Readings :)