Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic Catholic where real faith meets real life.

Have you ever heard someone say I had a good time at prayer? I just love being in the chapel. It was so good to get some

prayer time in today. I wonder what people mean by that. Sometimes I wonder if they mean I got a lot out of prayer today you know maybe

I got a great insight on my life or I just got a little bit of encouragement in my

prayer time or I was I was reading something really interesting

during prayer or maybe simply I just felt very close to God in my prayer time now if

we're ever blessed with those moments we should thank the

Lord we should praise him because these moments can be very encouraging for us in

our pursuit of the spiritual life but we should also be very careful. We should be very careful unless we're tempted to think

that this feeling of prayer going well is a sign that we're really getting good at this prayer thing,

that we're really getting good at holiness. You know, actually more important than our perceptions

about our prayer life, our perceived quality of prayer. Much more important is actually our

commitment to prayer. Are we faithful to Jesus every day in prayer? That's what

Jesus is looking for. Are we faithful no matter how busy we are,

no matter how much we want to go or don't want to go, no matter even if our prayer is dry

and we feel like we're not getting anything out of it, do we still show up?

Simply setting the time aside and being there in prayer is a profound act of love and commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ.

And that's what we're going to be looking at in today's podcast.

So welcome back to the show.

I've just recently returned from the great state of Texas. I was outside

the Houston area presenting at St. Lawrence Parish in Sugarland, Texas, and I was blessed to speak on my brand new book.

I have a new book out, you may have heard.

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