Teach Us To Pray

Baby Steps

Season of goodness in prayer

Little by little, we can make our daily life more and more prayerful.  Over time, we can incorporate those suggestions that work with our schedule and that we are ready for spiritually. 

There is a particular spiritual practice that Francis de Sales highly recommends that is possible for all of us: even on those ‘impossible’ days when we are perhaps unable to undertake our normal spiritual practices, we can stay rooted in prayer by constantly addressing brief prayers to the Lord. These can be acts of love, of adoration, of faith, of hope, of petition, or simply saying the name of Jesus—throughout the course of the day. 

God, I seek you and my soul thirsts for you as if I’m in the desert.  I have seen you, Holy One, in your power and glory. Your steadfast love is better than life itself and I praise you, with my body, mind, and soul. I will bless you as long as I have breath within me. I lift my heart up to you and call You Holy. Amen

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