Common Difficulties in Prayer
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- Sometimes when we have difficulties in prayer, we forget that everyone experiences these difficulties, even religious. Mother Clare joins Fr. Mark-Mary to encourage you to persevere through the dry or dark times in prayer.
No one who prays, not even religious, are strangers to spiritual sloth-those times when the graces of prayerfulness and fidelity just aren’t flowing and prayer just seems like a chore. In these times it’s important to remember that some of the most beautiful truths can only be learned through spiritual desolation. These bland moments in prayer are opportunities to strengthen our spiritual muscles in ways other things couldn’t.
Another helpful tip Mother Clare and Fr. Mark-Mary share is that when there are distractions in prayer, just continue to turn your gaze back to God no matter how often you are distracted. Maybe even bring the distraction to God and ask if he is trying to speak to you through it.
Keep being faithful. Prayer is a gift. Keep on asking for the grace of prayerfulness and fidelity and you will persevere in building a strong relationship with the Lord.
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ST.TERESA OF LISIEUX: “I should be distressed that I drop off to sleep during my prayers... But I don’t feel at all distressed. I know that children are just as dear to their parents whether they are asleep or awake, and I know that doctors put their patients to sleep before they operate. I’d never before heard it said that one’s faults did not distress God, and I was overwhelmed with joy when I did receive this assurance. It gave me patience to endure this life of exile. It was, too, the echo of my inmost thoughts. For a long time I had realized that Our Lord was more tender than a mother - and how well I know the depths of tenderness in more than one mother’s heart! I know that a mother is always ready to forgive the misbehavior of her child.”
It's special how these Religious share their struggles with us
Thank you
@@raymondross7410 Agreed!
She’s so beautiful, no tons of bleach or makeup or trying to be cutesy and funny. she reminds me of how humble our Blessed Mother was and is inside and out.
A lot of sisters radiate a different, special kind of beauty.
Oh, amen to that!
A sister or nun...🕯️
Bringing God into the distraction and asking Him to help us out is such a great idea. Thank you Mother Clare! God bless you both.
YES.... I have difficulty praying. I do pray but always praying at last minute when I going to bed. I want to pray daily before going to bed but, I keep forgetting about it and at last minute I'm doing it. 😱😫😭😭💔 God help me to pray daily before going to bed, and when I wake up. I do need to do better on my daily prayers 🙏👼😇❤️
I have to love God more. That's why this is happening to you... Take a look: if you love your wife/husband so much, would you talk to her/him only before your sleep? No right? Just think about Jesus, the One who gave His life for you. God bless you :)
I believe the adversary is fighting Christians hard this Advent. he doesn’t want us worshipping and praying. I haven’t been able to pray easily lately. I’m struggling hard. I rebuke the spirit of desolation in prayer in the Name of Jesus!
Your profile picture is a blessing
David Parkinson lol thank you
@@maestro22121 you look like Jessy Nelson 💝
As long as your focused strictly on Jesus! Best to get out of the RCC the Spirit of deception reigns strong within catholism...excatholic
Fabio Tuan yeah my focus is 100% on The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I stopped praying to saints. I took off my Miraculous Medal that I’ve never taken off for the last 10yrs, it has St. Christopher on it, St. Anthony, and a few others. I took off my crucifix necklace with Jesus’ Body on it. I’m only going to wear a simple cross without Jesus on it. I stopped praying the rosary too.
Mother Claire's look when Father Mark Mary said brothers and sisters.
We all struggle with prayer, at times, and I truly appreciate your openness with this message.
May God help us with our struggles while praying. Like father mark says " little by little we're going to make it " .
Mother Clare and Fr. Mark-Mary,
Thank you both so much for this video. I an so blessed to have watched it because it was just what I needed.
I have been going to adoration with my husband everyday because he is doing Exodus 90 again this year. Last year, I was not very supportive of his choice to do this spiritual excerise because it effected my life in ways were I had to sacrifice in ways that I did not want to.
The presence you two bring is truly peace. God bless.
Thanks Father Mark and Mother Clare for being real people and helping us, guiding us in our every day in prayer life. Looking forward to many more videos with you two.
I pray through the distractions. By focusing on every word of the prayer I keep pulling my mind away from the distraction and deeper into the full meaning of the prayer.
When praying the Rosary I'm constantly thinking about the meaning of each of the mysteries.
Be with Jesus during the agony in the garden. Feel the presence of the decent of the Holy Spirit.
I've grown to love praying the Rosary because it helps me to experience each of these mysteries. A rosary can be said in about 17 minutes, this is a perfect length of time for the human mind to maintain focus.
I pray for you both every day, I love your messages! I wish so much to be able to meet you in person someday. Mother Clare, you inspire me more than you know! You have an amazing gentleness and shine forth the spirit of our Lord in a way I want in my heart of hearts to emulate. Father Mark-Mary I am always inspired by your spirit to challenge myself more; each time you speak to my heart. Please continue to put out these videos, because I for one get a lot out of them! God bless you both now, and forevermore. Happy Advent, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, I'll be looking for you in the next decade! Sr. Mary Katheryn, CoS
Thank you for talking about distractions as being something that needs to be attended too. Happens to me a lot
I absolutely love when Mother Clare joins you Father!
Such a helpful video! Thank you ❤️
Discipline yourself, your soul is at stake.
harsh but truth
I can’t watch these without leaving feeling like I got an answer. Crazy stuff. Love it
Inspiring sacrifice of St. Claire reminds us of our commitment to the word of the lord & renews within us our will to have more intimate relationship with Christ.
May lord forgive us of our neglect.
Blesses be our Holy Saints.
Amen!
Thank you.
Thank you ♥️🙏🏼
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Right topic, right time. ❤
Y’all are beautiful. Thanks for your example, and for these helpful videos.
"Cutting corners in prayer"
That's me 80% of the time
💛THIS IS MY PRAYER ROUTINE💛
(MORNING PRAYER)-5:30 AM💖
(THE ANGELUS)-6:00 AM💖
(THE ANGELUS)-12:00 AM💖
(THE HOLY ROSARY)-2:30 PM💖
(THE ANGELUS)-6:00 PM💖
(EVENING PRAYER)-9:40💖
BTW IM JUST 12 YEARS OLD
Wow... if you are 12 (now 13) how do you manage to pray that much during school?
Merry Christmas all! Many blessings to all at Ascension Presents !
I love listening to Mother Clare! And she has a great laugh. 😄
Continue with Prayer always
Thank you both for this message on prayer. God Bless You both
Thank you
Thank you!! :)
Discipline is so vital to having a healthy prayer life, and so difficult in our modern society, where we have a slew of constant, virtually nonstop distractions. For example, if one struggles, such as myself, with diligently getting up first thing in the morning to pray, then maybe one (in this instance, ME!!!) shouldn’t keep their cellphone either in their bed, or next to it, as we all know is so common for people today, and not only “millennials”.
With that said, in terms of having a disciplined prayer life, I wholly encourage praying the liturgy of the hours, as much as one reasonably can in their daily life. It truly is “the prayer of the church”, and, while only priests and religious are required to pray it, the church invites all of us to do so, too. While only a small percentage of us are called to the priesthood or religious life, we are all called to foster monastic habits regarding prayer and meditation, to truly foster a monastic heart.
Merry Christmas to you both. Thanks for all your videos
🙏🕊Lord give me the grace to choose you. I love you Lord help me to love you more. I trust you God help me to trust you more. I believe in you God help my unbelief 🙏🕊
Request: Can we have English subtitles for deaf/hearing-impaired? All I see available is Dutch for some reason.
Great insight! God Bless you both! Merry Christmas! 🙂🙏
❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Amen....🙏🙏🙏🙏😎💪
I work with a young atheist. She's so sweet but raised with NO idea of God. I asked her to go to Mass with me and could I baptize her. Any suggestions?
Did you speak to your local Priest about baptizing her?
Well you can ask the parish priest and she can be baptised on the church where your going to mass
And pray for her to convert. Ask God for help. God bless you ☺️
Take her to the traditional Latin mass. I think most people get turned off and leave when they’re met with guitar mass and poor liturgy etc.
Eileen early Christians were recognized by their kindness. If you can be that role model then when the time is right, your young friend will want to emulate you more and more.
Let her be drawn to the church by your example.
Let it be her decision and something she wants to become.
Perhaps she could help with some charity work and see the joy of sharing and giving, as a part of the church community.
❤❤❤❤❤
Important to note also: ADHD is an enemy of prayer for me and the ability to sit still and read scripture or speak with God is a major difficulty for me.
Username11 same here with my adhd😩
Username11God wants you to use your adhd qualities. Like, pray while moving - dance perhaps, or walk or workout? There’s tons of psalm and worship music. And maybe listen to Scripture being read instead of read it yourself. Meanwhile, keep moving. Sometimes, ADHD is linked to early trauma or chaos in life. If so, know that our God longs to heal you. Bless you sister/brother in Christ!
Mairiam DeBron hey I really appreciate it but I’m very traditional and I don’t think those things would work for me. But I’ve recently been able to get the diagnosis and a prescription that I think will help me a lot. I find when I’m able to be still my quality of prayer is much better but I’m sure adhd has fueled a lot of other good parts of me it’s just a matter of being able to control it that I am working on being able to do
maestro22121 yeah it can be so frustrating from forgetting to pray to not being able to do it at all. Have you been to a professional who can suggest tools to help you like medication and whatnot?
@@username1172 Have you tried the "non-traditional" ways at least once or twice? Maybe this is God saying you need to get out of your comfort zone (within reason, I mean don't make radical changes that aren't ever going to work) and be courageous to prepare for something down the road.
Can you cut corners in prayer and not realise it
My question is, are daily prayers still acceptable that same day if you start them late at night and finish them the next day?
For example I started a novena a couple of days ago and some days I forget to pray the rosary up until 11:30pm and I finish after 12.
Steven Gutierrez I’m no theologian but my take is, God’s eye is on your heart, not on your clock.
Mairiam DeBron I love that answer! Totally agree.
I sometimes have to push my daily prayers to late evening due to current circumstances and just had this thought last night. I'm gonna go with what St. Ignatius says (don't make changes to your spiritual routine in times of desolation) until I can find my answer from someone who would know.
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Also ask the Holy Spirit to help you in prayer
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If you're Catholic you're about to feel guilty for posting that prideful first lol
@@eileen1820 oh d*ng you right 🙀
First on earth will be the last in the kingdom of Heaven 😂
I watched the movie St. Theresa of Avila. Just because one watches the movie does not mean one is St. Theresa of Avila. But one can be going through dryness, or is a test like the nun said. Im a targeted individual and i go through hardships everyday. There's many targeted individuals in youtube. Wake up people. Many people being labeled negatively and being harrassed... Patriot act
I missed my calling.
Got married instead😔
Carolina V why do you regret marriage? (Coming from someone considering marriage here)
@@maestro22121 No no lol
I think I would have been a good nun too. That's why I wrote, missed my calling. I was already married when I started getting closer to God and Our Lady.
@Carolina V, don't worry... God still has plans for you! Your vocation is not your limitation. Your only limitations are the ones you put on yourself. I truly believe that you can still do great things in His name - even if His plan for you hasn't been fully revealed yet. :-)
@@DirectionalFaith That is true.
Thank you.
Merry Christmas
Naw, you're exactly where God intends for you to be. Don't let "woulda-coulda-shoulda" keep you from living fully in the present for God because, remember, he's there with you. Maybe he sees something in you that makes where you are perfect!
drier is better...
True of both wine and prayer, my friend! 😆
Without dry there can be no joy.
Funny are you being told to use key words....