.Reflections:Why is it important to delineate different types of prayer?Why is exterior reverence in prayer important? How does it tie into sacramental theology and significance?In showing physical signs of reverence around others, how can we avoid turning this into pride and self-righteousness?Why is mental prayer so important?What do you find to be the “most important/meaningful” type of prayer?Did any of you have lay teachers or Sisters chastise their students for slouching during kneeling prayers? What
What do you think of this admonition?
How can we improve upon the postures we use in prayer to make our prayers more devout and attentive?
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SrSusan (Guest): q :Why is it important to delineate different types of prayer?
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Dawn (Guest): Readyug 18, 4:27 PMCarol (Guest): So that we can talk about it more easily, that we can distinguish it by purposeAug 18, 4:27 PM
Donna (Guest): Because our Lord recommended it (the public prayer our Father, the private “go in your closet pray to God in secret
Aug 18, 4:28 PM
Paula (Guest): I agree with you Carol plus to know which is best applicable in our situation
Aug 18, 4:28 PM
SrSusan (Guest): It is helpful to know how the Holy Spirit is leading us in prayerAug 18, 4:28 PMSimone (Guest): I guess – there are different ways how I talk with my husband for example. When we are in public at the church, or when we laugh in the kitchen.. or when we make decisions together.. so it is just normal to have different ways to talk with our heavenly Father too
Aug 18, 4:29 PMDonna (Guest): That’s really good Simone
Aug 18, 4:30 PM
Dawn (Guest): Good I mean helpful replies
Aug 18, 4:30 PM
Carol (Guest): Yes, our relationships mirror our relationship with Him
Aug 18, 4:30 PMPaula (Guest): sometimes it depends on the situation perhaps if we are very busy or ill all that we can do are ejectory prayer
Aug 18, 4:30 PMDonna (Guest): True
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Simone (Guest): that’s another point Paula… prayer has demands on body and soul.. so our body is in different states too… and our prayer might adjust to that
Aug 18, 4:31 PM
Carol (Guest): I experience that too. But when I can’t even do that I can sing
Aug 18, 4:31 PM
Simone (Guest): awe… so sweet Carol
Aug 18, 4:31 PM
Simone (Guest): those who sing pray twice they say.. right?
Aug 18, 4:32 PM
Simone (Guest): and when I cannot even sing.. I sigh…towards heaven
Aug 18, 4:32 PM
Carol (Guest): Last I heard…
Aug 18, 4:32 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Why is exterior reverence in prayer important?
Aug 18, 4:32 PM
Donna (Guest): It is very revealing of our helplessness
Aug 18, 4:33 PM
Dawn (Guest): Why it would be wonderfil
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Simone (Guest): ohhh….that was such a game chancer for me – when I became Catholic. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that the prayer postures would have such an influence on my relationship with GOD.Amazing.
Aug 18, 4:33 PM
Paula (Guest): it prepares our heart for interior movements
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Dawn (Guest): Wonderful to hear a habitug 18, 4:33 PM
Carol (Guest): Sloppy posture, sloppy prayer
Aug 18, 4:34 PM
Simone (Guest): absolutely Paula.. our posture definitely informs our interior movements
Aug 18, 4:34 PM
Simone (Guest): but it is also the other way round.. when God moves my heart.. I often have to take a different body posture.. that is not very often.. but it does happen
Aug 18, 4:35 PM
Donna (Guest): We cannot achieve anything that lasts unless we pray to God with head bowed, eyes closed, prostrate on our knees, our whole body
Aug 18, 4:35 PM
Carol (Guest): Usually sitting straight, feet on the floor is grounding. But kneeling seems to me to be supreme
Aug 18, 4:35 PM
Simone (Guest): well…I had amazing times with the LORD actually laying down (on my back – in bed or couch).. for some reason, this posture has been the one where God has visited me most
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Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Carol (Guest): Sometimes I find myself at prayer and I discover I’ve been holding my hand over my heart
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Donna (Guest): Wow
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Simone (Guest): I would give so so much to be able to kneel. But I dislocated my knee three times. It does not go well for me – kneeling
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Hi Sr Susan I am comming
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Carol (Guest): Me too Simone!
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Dawn (Guest): Just thinking how Marys postures reflected her interiority
Aug 18, 4:36 PM
Paula (Guest): I don’t know why but God never wants me to pray lying down
Aug 18, 4:37 PM
Carol (Guest): We are so alike Simone. I can’t kneel either
Aug 18, 4:37 PM
Simone (Guest): I know the “hand on heart” too.. sometimes I do it spontaneously during mass I noticed.
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Simone (Guest): We really are alike Carol. how interesting.
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Simone (Guest): Hi Betty!Aug 18, 4:37 PM
Carol (Guest): It is uncanny
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Paula (Guest): I can’t kneel either but I’m losing weight to kneel again.
Aug 18, 4:38 PM
Ruth (Guest): Hi everyone.
Aug 18, 4:38 PM
Dawn (Guest): Ruth!
Aug 18, 4:38 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Like souls
Aug 18, 4:38 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I just got a holy land csb study Bible has pictures of holy land I went before
Aug 18, 4:38 PM
Simone (Guest): Paula.. that is quite some motivation. I just recently lost quite some weight.. I still do not dare kneeling.. but maybe further on.. that is an interesting thought
Aug 18, 4:39 PM
SrSusan (Guest): That is great Betty
Aug 18, 4:39 PM
Simone (Guest): Hi Ruth!
Aug 18, 4:39 PM
Ruth (Guest): So many of us tonight I was not sure if I would be able to sign in.
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Simone (Guest): I just thought too. WOW.. full house.. How lovely
Aug 18, 4:39 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Holy land I visit monastery we had mass every places
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Paula (Guest): I want to kneel for Communion….Aug 18, 4:40 PM
Paula (Guest): I always want to go there!
Aug 18, 4:40 PM
Simone (Guest): lol.. same here – and in all fairness I root for walking rather then
Aug 18, 4:40 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Q How does it ,body posture reveence, tie into sacramental theology and significance?
Aug 18, 4:41 PM
Simone (Guest): oh Betty.. you went to the Holy Land recently? How great is that!
Aug 18, 4:41 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I got Jewish candles holder and olive wood rosaries beads from holyland
Aug 18, 4:41 PM
Paula (Guest): shows our humuility
Aug 18, 4:41 PM
Simone (Guest): oh.. I bet these candle holders look great Betty
Aug 18, 4:41 PM
Paula (Guest): humility
Aug 18, 4:41 PM
Carol (Guest): Kneeling does show how we see ourselves in relation to God
Aug 18, 4:42 PM
Simone (Guest): I agree.. I also think that it helps to get deeper into our experienced humility
Aug 18, 4:42 PM
Donna (Guest): By remembering that we are nothing if others with us are also prostrate, no one is looking at anyone but God! There is no room for pride.
Aug 18, 4:42 PM
Carol (Guest): There is a power in that
Aug 18, 4:43 PM
Simone (Guest): I want to understand you correctly Donna… are you talking about several people prostate on the floor – praying?
Aug 18, 4:43 PM
Bettychao (Guest): The Bible say curse is abused ten comndements of God
Aug 18, 4:44 PM
Donna (Guest): O, sorry, I meant in Mass all heads are bowed eyes closed even if you can kneel,
Aug 18, 4:44 PM
Simone (Guest): oh.. I see. thanks for clarifying
Aug 18, 4:44 PM
Donna (Guest): but Eucharistic Adoration yes I see prostrations
Aug 18, 4:44 PM
Simone (Guest): I read recently – that the goal of mass is, that all should have the same posture in everything – portraying unity of the body of Christ.
Aug 18, 4:45 PM
Donna (Guest): before entering church and before leaving
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Simone (Guest): they actually lay down on the ground at your mass? WOW.. I have never seen that
Aug 18, 4:45 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Mom say we have to closed eyes bow down only to Jesus pray to him sand ask is divine mercy to obey Ten Commandments
Aug 18, 4:45 PM
Donna (Guest): Only before taking their seat
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Carol (Guest): I have only seen it when people are taking vows
Aug 18, 4:46 PM
Simone (Guest): do you mean genuflect – or prostrate? sorry.. I am confused
Aug 18, 4:46 PM
Carol (Guest): Or at Adoration
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Donna (Guest): When Jesus is exposed
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Simone (Guest): Ok..
ug 18, 4:46 PMDonna (Guest): Normally genuflect
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Donna (Guest): When Jesus is in the tabernacle
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Dawn (Guest): I saw a mother teaching her children to lie prostrate before the Blessed Sacrament
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Bettychao (Guest): No taking be silence pray to Jesus through holy eurcharist
Aug 18, 4:47 PM
Donna (Guest): But, I ha
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Donna (Guest): Sorry
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Donna (Guest): but I have seen it after Mass
Aug 18, 4:47 PM
Donna (Guest): It leaves a deep impression on me
ug 18, 4:48 PM
Donna (Guest): So many need to see the bowing, genuflecting and prostrations
Aug 18, 4:48 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q In showing physical signs of reverence around others, how can we avoid turning this into pride and self-righteousness
Aug 18, 4:48 PM
SrSusan (Guest): welcome annette
Aug 18, 4:48 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Annette
Aug 18, 4:48 PM
Simone (Guest): Hi Annette!
Aug 18, 4:48 PM
Donna (Guest): Hi Annette;
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Donna (Guest): !
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Bettychao (Guest): Ask Jesus his divine mercy help me Donna
Aug 18, 4:49 PM
Carol (Guest): By not worrying about whether they see us or what they thunk
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Simone (Guest): I am not sure if I have seen you on the chat before Annette.. Are you new today?
Aug 18, 4:49 PM
Carol (Guest): Hi Annette
Aug 18, 4:49 PM
Donna (Guest): To pray for you dear Betty pray for me too
Aug 18, 4:49 PM
Ruth (Guest): I know a woman, now a catholic, who became a convert after seeing a an elderly brotner before the blessed sacrament. M
ug 18, 4:50 PM
Donna (Guest): I believe it
Aug 18, 4:50 PM
Simone (Guest): deep and genuine reverence also impacted me before I became Catholic
Aug 18, 4:50 PM
Ruth (Guest): genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament.
Aug 18, 4:51 PM
Donna (Guest): The veil also converted me
Aug 18, 4:51 PM
Paula (Guest): I think if we keep our focus on God and what we are adoring
Aug 18, 4:51 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I will donna
Aug 18, 4:51 PMDonna (Guest): Thank you!
Aug 18, 4:51 PMDonna (Guest): Yes! He is there truly!
Aug 18, 4:52 PM
Paula (Guest): and remember that others who are seeing us may not have the sentiments that are in our heart
Aug 18, 4:52 PM
Carol (Guest): I imagine the processions during the Eucharistic Congress had the same effect
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Ruth (Guest): That woman now works for our Diocese, in charge of evangelization
Aug 18, 4:52 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes!
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Dawn (Guest): Good story Ruth
Aug 18, 4:52 PM
Carol (Guest): One of them I saw there must have been five hundred priests
Aug 18, 4:53 PM
Donna (Guest): A friend sent me a video of a priest in the middle of a small town expose Jesus and strangers knelt!
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Dawn (Guest): !!
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Ruth (Guest): WHO we are adoring
Aug 18, 4:54 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Just study bible reads scripture and try to understand why Jesus help those people who suffer and what would Jesus told them when they have been suffered
Aug 18, 4:54 PM
Donna (Guest): I think singing St Thomas Aquinas
Aug 18, 4:54 PMDonna (Guest): Eucharistic Hymn
Aug 18, 4:55 PMSimone (Guest): I try to have an “average” posture around others.. but I am intentional in my private prayer times with which posture I pray
Aug 18, 4:55 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Why is mental prayer so important?
Aug 18, 4:55 PM
Paula (Guest): If I prostrate myself before the Lord, I do so in private in a Eucharistic Chapel so as not to show off
Aug 18, 4:56 PMBettychao (Guest): Jesus will come to take care of you Donna
Aug 18, 4:56 PM
Donna (Guest): Thank you Betty!
Aug 18, 4:56 PM
Carol (Guest): For me, mental prayer leads me to dind the One Whos is hidden behind the words
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Simone (Guest): as for mental prayer – it is where “heart speaks to heart”….
Aug 18, 4:57 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Just remember study bible go to mass and say rosary
Aug 18, 4:57 PM
Paula (Guest): it helps us to ponder God’s mysteries and gain new insights
Aug 18, 4:57 PM
Simone (Guest): mental prayer is where our relationship with God deepens most
Aug 18, 4:57 PM
Paula (Guest): plus redirect our lives to firmer amendments
Aug 18, 4:58 PMDonna (Guest): God fills our entire being with Himself.
Aug 18, 4:58 PM
Ruth (Guest): Simone, I did not realize that you are a convert; I would love to hear more . . .
Aug 18, 4:58 PM
Simone (Guest): Donna.. that sounds like you have entered a form of contemplative prayer in your life.
Aug 18, 4:58 PM
Donna (Guest): and everything else takes second place or is right ordered by God
Aug 18, 4:59 PMDonna (Guest): I am a revert convert
ug 18, 4:59 PMSimone (Guest): Ruth.. of course you knew I am a convert. Didn’t you?
ug 18, 5:00 PM
Donna (Guest): Born baptized holy Communion but not confirmed till my husband and son came into the church with fully later
Aug 18, 5:00 PM
Simone (Guest): actually.. I am the same as you Donna.. raised Catholic for a couple of years.. but then heavy and intense 20 years of Protestantism
Aug 18, 5:00 PMDonna (Guest): Yes! Me too Simone!
Aug 18, 5:01 PM
Ruth (Guest): I knew Peter is.
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Simone (Guest): oh no.. Peter’s family would have never allowed him to marry a Catholic.
Aug 18, 5:01 PM
Ruth (Guest): I thought it must have been your good example.
Aug 18, 5:02 PM
Simone (Guest): LOL.. definitely not my good example. All the Holy Spirit’s work.. All Glory to Him
Aug 18, 5:02 PM
Donna (Guest): Wow!
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Simone (Guest): sorry.. for the detour ..
Aug 18, 5:03 PM
Simone (Guest): we are fully back Sister
Aug 18, 5:03 PM
SrSusan (Guest): that’s ok that’s how we get to know each other
ug 18, 5:03 PMDonna (Guest): This is wonderful
ug 18, 5:04 PM
SrSusan (Guest): to me mental prayer is meditation- is that how you all understand it
Aug 18, 5:04 PM
Bettychao (Guest): We been love respect each other because Jesus teach us you must love each other all people know you are my disiciples
Aug 18, 5:04 PM
Bettychao (Guest): We been love respect each other because Jesus teach us you must love each other all people know you are my disiciples
Aug 18, 5:04 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes
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Simone (Guest): In Salesian tradition – it is meditation.. mostly Gospel meditation I think
Aug 18, 5:04 PM
Dawn (Guest): How I understand it
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Donna (Guest): Ok
Aug 18, 5:05 PM
Simone (Guest): but I think it is an umbrella name for all kind of prayers – that are not vocal prayer
Aug 18, 5:05 PM
Bettychao (Guest): By read scripture
Aug 18, 5:05 PM
Carol (Guest): Is Carmelite then different, with more of a separation between mental and Co templative?
Aug 18, 5:05 PM
Simone (Guest): so.. in a way – contemplative prayer is in the Salesian tradition I think under mental prayer.
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Simone (Guest): I think so Carol…
Aug 18, 5:06 PM
SrSusan (Guest): I always go back to St jane’s simple gaze on God
Aug 18, 5:06 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Jane’s
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Dawn (Guest): Similarity between Salsian and Carmelite
Aug 18, 5:07 PM
Simone (Guest): I love the simple gaze of God- prayer..
Aug 18, 5:07 PM
Donna (Guest): Wow that sounds like St Therese too
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Paula (Guest): Not according to the Treatise on the Love of God…SFDS makes a distinction between contemplation and meditation
Aug 18, 5:07 PM
Donna (Guest): Little flower
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Simone (Guest): thanks Paula…
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Donna (Guest): Flower
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Donna (Guest): O yes I see
Aug 18, 5:08 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan I really want go to Brooklyn is it you I miss you I wish I can see you
Aug 18, 5:08 PM
Simone (Guest): He does make a distinction.. but I think both prayer types fall under the category “mental prayer”
Aug 18, 5:08 PM
Simone (Guest): please let us know about the closing mass Sister
Aug 18, 5:09 PM
Dawn (Guest): This…”I always go back to St jane’s simple gaze on God”
Aug 18, 5:10 PM
Ruth (Guest): Yes! Wouldn’t it be great to all be together in one place.
Aug 18, 5:10 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Today I join the daily sunday mass screen live from church of boston
Aug 18, 5:10 PM
SrSusan (Guest): ok I will let you know
ug 18, 5:11 PMSimone (Guest): the thing is.. in order to pray ” the simple Gaze on God” prayer.. we have to be already real close to him.. I found when I was in the dark night of the senses – not even yet in the dark night of the soul.. that the Simple Gaze on God” became seemingly difficult and I had to lean more on other types of prayer to commune with Him in prayer
Aug 18, 5:11 PM
Paula (Guest): SFDS actually goes into the three points of differences between meditation and contemplation book 6
Aug 18, 5:11 PM
Simone (Guest): I would love to come too Carol.. so much.. and even more if some of us were together there
Aug 18, 5:11 PM
Carol (Guest): Icons can be helpful for focus
Aug 18, 5:12 PM
Dawn (Guest): That was a copy of Sr Susans post which touched me, to remember it
Aug 18, 5:12 PM
Ruth (Guest): When Jesus said where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst, I wonder if he thought about our gathering THIS way, too.
Aug 18, 5:12 PM
Simone (Guest): I have to focus on only one part of an icon. the whole one distracts me too much – often
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Bettychao (Guest): November I will go to Kansas visit my nephews and my sisters and my church father father brien
Aug 18, 5:13 PM
Donna (Guest): That’s great Betty!
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Simone (Guest): interesting question Ruth..Aug 18, 5:13 PM
Ruth (Guest): Interesting, Simone.
Aug 18, 5:14 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes Ruth!
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Carol (Guest): Oh Ruth, I bet it does
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Simone (Guest): the more I think about it.. yes.. we truly ARE gathered in HIS name..
Aug 18, 5:15 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes!
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Donna (Guest): Yes!
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Simone (Guest): When I returned to the church.. I thought for a while.. that this passage should only be applied to the mass.. but I think differently now about it
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SrSusan (Guest): Yes He is here with us
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Donna (Guest): It is both!
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Ruth (Guest): You are one well-traveled woman, Bettychoa, and learning so much.
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Dawn (Guest): Amen
ug 18, 5:17 PMSrSusan (Guest): q What do you find to be the “most important/meaningful” type of prayer?
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Carol (Guest): It sounds wonderful Betty
Aug 18, 5:17 PM
Donna (Guest): Mental prayer
Aug 18, 5:18 PM
Ruth (Guest): The Eucharistic Celebratio
Aug 18, 5:18 PM
Carol (Guest): Adoration and Eucharist
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Paula (Guest): The rosary
Aug 18, 5:18 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Say whatever you want say to Jesus ask him his mercy just like you talk to you best friend
Aug 18, 5:19 PM
Donna (Guest): Ok Betty thanks!
Aug 18, 5:19 PM
SrSusan (Guest): being with Jesus in chapel or church
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Bettychao (Guest): You welcome donna
Aug 18, 5:19 PM
Paula (Guest): it is a mental prayer plus a surrender prayer with the Our Father
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Ruth (Guest): I agree, Betty, because Jesus IS our best friend, that this form of prayer is very helpful.
Aug 18, 5:21 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Jesus teach us how to say our father when his friend ask him we can also ask him how to say a direct prayer to our fater
Aug 18, 5:21 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Father
Aug 18, 5:21 PMSimone (Guest): the most meaningful way to pray for me – is the prayer – where God himself pulls me in- and determines the way of prayer and length of prayer… but the most important prayer are probably those – I do out of love and obedience.. and these are then mostly vocal prayer.. because it takes a lot for me to pray them
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Paula (Guest): It’s always best to be in church with Jesus but He is with us even if we are not in His physical presence
Aug 18, 5:22 PM
Simone (Guest): absolutely
Aug 18, 5:23 PM
Carol (Guest): That connection in silent prayer is really a conversation
Aug 18, 5:23 PM
Paula (Guest): He said I am with you always even until the end of time
Aug 18, 5:23 PM
Simone (Guest): recently – the Liturgy of the Hours have become more and more fruitful.. but only after I started to pray them in German.. it somehow speaks so much more to my soup
Aug 18, 5:23 PM
Simone (Guest): LOL.. not soup…. but soul..too funny
Aug 18, 5:23 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Remember you can pray to Jesus by say psalm 23 the lord is my shphered
Aug 18, 5:23 PM
Donna (Guest): Amen Betty!
ug 18, 5:24 PMDonna (Guest): I do love to pray God’s holy word!
ug 18, 5:24 PM
Simone (Guest): that is a beautiful way to pray Donna
Aug 18, 5:24 PM
Paula (Guest): All the psalms
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Carol (Guest): The Hoirs are wonderful too. Different every day, but with its own rhythm
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Simone (Guest): reading the word.. and praying it back to GOD.. so powerful
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Donna (Guest): Yes!!!ug 18, 5:24 PM
Simone (Guest): reading the word.. and praying it back to GOD.. so powerful
Aug 18, 5:24 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes!!!
Aug 18, 5:25 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I have to go I have to leave God love you good bye everybody from bettychao I pray for you all
Aug 18, 5:25 PM
Simone (Guest): Bye Betty.. have a great week
Aug 18, 5:25 PM
Donna (Guest): God bless you Betty!
Aug 18, 5:25 PM
Ruth (Guest): That’s ok Simone , I sometimes talk to my food, too!😀
Aug 18, 5:25 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Thank you Betty so happy you were here tonight!
Aug 18, 5:25 PM
Paula (Guest): Bye BettyAug 18, 5:27 PM
Did any of you have lay teachers or Sisters chastise their students for slouching during kneeling prayers? What
What do you think of this admonition?
How can we improve upon the postures we use in prayer to make our prayers more devout and attentive?
Carol (Guest): I don’t remember, but i’m sure it happened
Aug 18, 5:27 PM
Dawn (Guest): I think a good disipline
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Donna (Guest): I never did, but was slouching until I heard a Don Bosco YouTube on it! I was just very tired but God gave me the grace to stop!
Aug 18, 5:27 PM
Simone (Guest): I don’t recall that personally. I just remember that it was considered very important how to hold hands during prayer.. and sometimes be corrected by the nuns. But I do not recall it harsh or so
Aug 18, 5:28 PMDonna (Guest): It’s amazing how God helps us change our lazy ways!Aug 18, 5:28 PM
Simone (Guest): I sometimes cannot “fall” or “enter” prayer – if it does not reflect some sort of reverence
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Ruth (Guest): And since I cannot get to daily Mass any more, at least not in person, The Liturgy of the Hours has become so much more important to me. Even while I was in the Hospital getting chemo, I prayed the Hours aloud WITH the Church Univeral.
Aug 18, 5:28 PM
Paula (Guest): I have seen it done….but it is good because the child was usually very distracted by other peers
Aug 18, 5:29 PM
Simone (Guest): just leaning forward in my prayer chair is often enough to reach that reverence that helps to enter prayer
Aug 18, 5:29 PM
Donna (Guest): That’s wonderful!
Aug 18, 5:29 PM
Carol (Guest): I often watch Mass online if I can’t get there
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Dawn (Guest): I too have been following praying the Hours.
ug 18, 5:30 PMSimone (Guest): oh Ruth.. I can see you praying the Hours in the hospital. It is a cherished memory for me, the one evening prayer we prayed together. Your voice was so “god drenched”, I could feel God entering our room, as you started praying. Will never forget that
Have a blessed week, all!
Simone (Guest): Have a great week Paula too
Aug 18, 5:31 PM
Carol (Guest): Oh, its time to go!
Aug 18, 5:32 PM
Carol (Guest): Have a blessed week everyone
Aug 18, 5:32 PM
Donna (Guest): I will miss you girls
Aug 18, 5:32 PM
Donna (Guest): Have a blessed week!
Aug 18, 5:32 PM
Simone (Guest): Hope to see you next Sunday again Donna.
Aug 18, 5:32 PM
Donna (Guest): Me too Simone!
Aug 18, 5:33 PM
Donna (Guest): Thank you so much
Aug 18, 5:33 PM
Carol (Guest): Me too!
Aug 18, 5:33 PM
Ruth (Guest): We did not pray openly in school. I went to public schools through the beginning of 11th grade.
Aug 18, 5:33 PM
Donna (Guest): Thank you Carol!
Aug 18, 5:33 PM
Simone (Guest): I send a group hug out here.. May God hold His protective hands over all of us this coming week.
Aug 18, 5:33 PM
Donna (Guest): O you were blessed Ruth
Aug 18, 5:34 PM
Donna (Guest): You too Simone and everyone!
Aug 18, 5:34 PM
Carol (Guest): Hugs all around
Aug 18, 5:34 PM
Donna (Guest): Thank you
Aug 18, 5:34 PM
Donna (Guest): Hugs to all
Aug 18, 5:34 PM
Donna (Guest): Prayers
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Ruth (Guest): 🥰✝️🙏🏼😔🫶.
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