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How to pray?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Prayer is a privileged time to converse with God.
\nSo, to pray, it\u2019s sufficient to talk, while thinking of God. All that is oriented towards God can be a prayer. In that way, it can be easily understood that one can become quickly intimate with God.<\/p>\n

Should one be calm, mad, deceived, broken-hearted, happy, satisfied\u2026 all the moods are compatible with<\/p>\n

prayer and God asks us to pray whatever mood we are in, especially to thank Him and to bless Him (Yes, God asks us to bless Him!). God asks us to come closer to Him (to speak to Him), just like we are.<\/p>\n

Many people think we need to be a saint or a very highly spiritual man to speak to God. That\u2019s not true. God wants us the way we are, with our misery, our doubts, our ill feelings, and so on.<\/p>\n

First of all, it\u2019s important to fill up the best, possible conditions. It\u2019s interesting to have calmed down and be quiet,<\/strong> wherever we are: at church, at home, in a car, in a train\u2026 all places are convenient; and so are all the moments. Let\u2019s relax.
\nAnd, especially, let\u2019s not forget : God is living, we speak to a person.<\/strong> The One we speak to is in front of us!<\/p>\n

Prayer does not mean recitation<\/strong>
\nImagine there is in front of you a person who is supposed to talk to you, but what he says sounds like a litany, a dull waffle. Would you want to listen to him?<\/p>\n

To pray is to love<\/strong>
\nPrayer is love for one\u2019s neighbor par excellence.<\/p>\n

To pray is to grow<\/strong>
\nPrayer and meditation help us to get closer and closer to God, which will make us grow spiritually with the time.<\/p>\n

And we ask the Lord to bless us, and may He grant us the grace to pray unceasingly. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spontaneous prayer :\u00a0A prayer in which we speak to God, as if He were an intimate person. It\u2019s in this prayer that we narrate the joys and sufferings of our lives or those of others, that we ask for advices, beseech his graces. It\u2019s in this prayer that we go on saying \u201cthank you\u201d, giving thanks to God, in our happiest moments as well as in our most painful ones.<\/p>\n

The prayer with formulas :\u00a0This includes all written prayers, and they are countless. If you don\u2019t know how to express yourself spontaneously, write down your intentions, and then read them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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