Prayer is one of the most important things that any Christian can do. For most of us though prayer can be difficult. We are not sure how to pray. We struggle to find the time to pray. We worry that our prayers are not heard. For the month of April the focus of the […]
God called us to be engaged in the Scripture. Not just reading the words, but meditating on them and bringing them into our lives. This week we will focus on ways to bring Scripture into our prayer lives, not just our reading lives. The two methods we will focus on are Lectio Divina and praying the Psalms. These […]
All to often prayer is entirely in our minds. Meaning that it does not engage our senses. Through out the history of the Church people have created ways to engage all of their senses in their prayer lives. This week we will talk about various ways of engaging the senses as we pray. We will […]
This week we will be experiencing the Examen of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The Examen is a prayerful method of taking stock of the past day. It helps to find the presence of the God in the days events and search for God's direction. St. Ignatius believed that using the Examen everyday would increase our […]