When You Don’t Feel Close to God

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Prayer is essential in the Christian life…but why is it so hard sometimes? Dr. Edward Sri shares insights from the Saints about where God is in the midst of our struggles and how we are called to respond.

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It’s the Devil who wants you to think that your prayer isn’t worth it.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.
0:14.5	Have you ever had times when you don't feel close to God in prayer?
0:19.6	You show up in the chapel, you pull out your Bible at home, you're taking time for prayer,
0:24.4	and you're hoping to deepen your friendship with God.
0:26.8	That's why you're praying.
0:27.8	You want to have a deeper union with Him, but as you get into your prayer, you feel like
0:32.0	it's not going well.
0:34.1	You're distracted.
0:35.6	Your mind is wandering a million directions.
0:38.6	You're restless, and you realize your heart isn't really into it, and you feel like you're
0:44.1	just not good at this prayer thing, and you tell yourself, I don't know how to pray,
0:48.8	and you're wondering, is this even worth it anymore?
0:52.7	The hardest part of all is that you don't feel close to God in this time.
0:56.5	You're wondering, where is God?
0:58.8	I used to feel close to Him, I used to have this connection, a sense that my prayer was
1:03.3	making a difference, but I just don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything in this prayer
1:07.7	time.
1:09.1	Have you ever had those sentiments in prayer?
1:13.1	If you have, I want to encourage you.
1:15.1	I want you to know, you're not alone.
1:18.3	No, countless souls have had similar trials in their prayer time.
1:25.2	Even many of the saints have had these kinds of struggles.
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