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BONUS: When You Don't Feel Like Praying

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Fr. Patrick and Fr. Joseph-Anthony take us to Providence, Rhode Island at the 2025 All Comer's Retreat where they detail learning from Saints as praying masters, the difference between active vs passive prayer, and what to do when we don't feel like praying.  Send your questions for the friars to:[email protected]   Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsSt. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0

Well, Father Patrick, thank you for, thank you for your conference on prayer.

0:10.0

Thank you for including all of our Italian extravaganzas through it all.

0:18.0

The apparel spritzes, the gelados, all of that fun stuff.

0:26.1

The ice cream.

0:27.3

Yes, they've changed it actually in Rome with an American Pope.

0:30.8

It's now called ice cream.

0:32.2

It's no longer called gelato.

0:35.8

And I believe Pope Leo just issued, was it yesterday, that he's replacing the

0:41.0

song to spells with bald eagles screeches of America. No, but I really appreciated the whole

0:49.8

concept of prayer and approaching it as a builder. Understanding this concept of being a builder and that there's the kingdom is being built in my heart.

1:02.0

That it's not this objective thing that is pre-packaged and then I have to force into my life,

1:07.0

like forcing a square peg through a circle hole, but it's a construction that's being

1:11.7

built and continued on. We see many different examples in the church throughout Europe and elsewhere

1:18.2

where these grand cathedrals take generations to build, and there are certain places that are

1:26.5

constantly under construction

1:28.0

when you talk about learning from a master builder that the builder learns

1:34.8

from a master right and you said how we have to orient our desire to that master

1:40.9

where is sometimes I can seem overwhelming I'm not to that master. Where is,

1:46.7

sometimes I can seem overwhelming.

1:48.5

I'm novice.

1:52.8

I'm not, okay, I'm not good at what I do.

1:54.8

This master is so magnificent.

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