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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE TRADITION OF PRAYER › GUIDES FOR PRAYER
"...history. the different schools of Christian spirituality share in the living tradition of prayer and are essential guides for the faithful. In their rich diversity they are refractions of the one pure light of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is truly the dwelling of the saints..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
"In prayer, the pilgrim Church is associated with that of the saints, whose intercession she asks."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
"The different schools of Christian spirituality share in the living tradition of prayer and are precious guides for the spiritual life."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
"The Christian family is the first place for education in prayer."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
"The need to involve the senses in interior prayer corresponds to a requirement of our human nature. We are body and spirit, and we experience the need to translate our feelings externally. We must pray with our whole being to give all power possible to our supplication."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
"...only a guide; the important thing is to advance, with the Holy Spirit, along the one way of prayer: Christ Jesus."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
"Entering into contemplative prayer is like entering into the Eucharistic liturgy: we "gather up:" the heart, recollect our whole being under the prompting of the Holy Spirit, abide in the dwelling place of the Lord which we are, awaken our faith in order to enter into the..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
"...looks at me": this is what a certain peasant of Ars used to say to his holy cure about his prayer before the tabernacle. This focus on Jesus is a renunciation of self. His gaze purifies our heart; the light of the countenance of Jesus illumines the eyes of our heart and..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
"Contemplative prayer is hearing the Word of God. Far from being passive, such attentiveness is the obedience of faith, the unconditional acceptance of a servant, and the loving commitment of a child. It participates in the "Yes" of the Son become servant and the Fiat of God's..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER
"The Church invites the faithful to regular prayer: daily prayers, the Liturgy of the Hours, Sunday Eucharist, the feasts of the liturgical year."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
"...for those who sincerely want to pray, is dryness. Dryness belongs to contemplative prayer when the heart is separated from God, with no taste for thoughts, memories, and feelings, even spiritual ones. This is the moment of sheer faith clinging faithfully to Jesus in..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
"For St. Paul, this trust is bold, founded on the prayer of the Spirit in us and on the faithful love of the Father who has given us his only Son.[31] Transformation of the praying heart is the first response to our petition."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
"...by the Father. This is why he never ceases to intercede for us with the Father.[32] If our prayer is resolutely united with that of Jesus, in trust and boldness as children, we obtain all that we ask in his name, even more than any particular thing: the Holy Spirit himself,..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER › THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
"...tempests may arise.[36] Our time is in the hands of God:
It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone, or seated in your shop, . . . while buying or selling, . . . or even while cooking.[37]"
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER
"The principal difficulties in the practice of prayer are distraction and dryness. the remedy lies in faith, conversion, and vigilance of heart."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER
"Two frequent temptations threaten prayer: lack of faith and acedia - a form of depression stemming from lax ascetical practice that leads to discouragement."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE LIFE OF PRAYER
"...constantly" (1 Thess 5:17). It is always possible to pray. It is even a vital necessity. Prayer and Christian life are inseparable."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER
"...this request the Lord entrusts to his disciples and to his Church the fundamental Christian prayer. St. Luke presents a brief text of five petitions,[2] while St. Matthew gives a more developed version of seven petitions.[3] The liturgical tradition of the Church has retained..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL
"...and lived by the Church from the beginning. the first communities prayed the Lord's Prayer three times a day,[18] in place of the "Eighteen Benedictions" customary in Jewish piety."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL
"...during which "it does not yet appear what we shall be."[22] The Eucharist and the Lord's Prayer look eagerly for the Lord's return, "until he comes."[23]"
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER
"..."Lord, teach us to pray" (Lk 11:1), Jesus entrusts them with the fundamental Christian prayer, the Our Father."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER
""The Lord's Prayer is truly the summary of the whole gospel,"[24] The "most perfect of prayers."[25] It is at the center of the Scriptures."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
"This power of the Spirit who introduces us to the Lord's Prayer is expressed in the liturgies of East and of West by the beautiful, characteristically Christian expression: parrhesia, straightforward simplicity, filial trust, joyous assurance, humble boldness, the certainty of..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
"Before we make our own this first exclamation of the Lord's Prayer, we must humbly cleanse our hearts of certain false images drawn "from this world." Humility makes us recognize that "no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
"Thus the Lord's Prayer reveals us to ourselves at the same time that it reveals the Father to us.[36]
O man, you did not dare to raise your face to heaven, you lowered your eyes to the earth, and suddenly you have received the grace of Christ all your sins have been forgiven...."