Tips for Praying
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2017
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Prayer isn’t just another good thing to do; it’s absolutely necessary if we want to know God’s will in our lives and draw closer to him. The trouble is finding the time and willpower to pray. In this episode, Fr. Mike Schmitz suggests being a bit more intentional in our prayer lives, asking these four simple questions: When should I pray, where should I pray, what should I pray, and why should I pray?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is The Centure Presents. |
| 0:11.3 | So people will ask me often. |
| 0:14.1 | They'll say things like, Father, I really want to pray, but I just give many tips on how |
| 0:19.6 | to do it. |
| 0:20.7 | And I say, one, that's fantastic. |
| 0:23.9 | You should pray. |
| 0:24.9 | Two, absolutely I do. |
| 0:26.7 | In fact, I've got four tips on how to pray. |
| 0:30.3 | First thing I want to say to this though is that you probably know this. |
| 0:34.1 | Like if you want to pray, if you're a Christian, if you're any kind of believer, you've realized |
| 0:37.8 | that prayer is not an option, prayer is absolutely necessary. |
| 0:42.4 | That you can't be, we can't be the people that were called to be unless we have like a profound |
| 0:48.2 | prayer life. |
| 0:49.5 | We can't be the saints that were made to be unless we have a profound prayer life. |
| 0:53.7 | And what having a profound prayer life means is putting in the time. |
| 0:57.9 | Virtually nothing other than that. |
| 0:59.4 | It means putting in the time. |
| 1:03.3 | You already know that. |
| 1:04.9 | Probably what you're struggling with is, where do I find the time? |
| 1:08.3 | That's why the number one question, all one word. |
| 1:11.3 | The number one question is when, when are you going to pray? |
| 1:14.7 | Now here's the thing. |
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