For union with God

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask for prayers simply for union with God. A lot of things are going on in my life and in the lives of those around me, and just praying simplly for union with God and His eternal loving will is going to be driving all of my praying and acting. I am just simply asking God for closer more perfect union with Him, and all will follow this. This never occurred to me to be something to ask for before. It feels like I have made a great discovery or at least come to understand what all the great Saints of the Church have taught us, that Heaven is union with God in the extended love of the Communion of Saints. I personally am going to start praying a Rosary novena for this intention, and will include the same intention for all of you on CAF in that novena in all my prayers. But to all whom I pray for, especially all of you on CAF, my request will be perfect union with God and His love.

I think what helped me along was reading someone say “Prayer is not about getting God to do our wills, it is about listening to God and conforming ourselves to His will.” I am horribly paraphrasing this, but I read this is a book review for some positive thinknig, The Secret, law of attraction, new age prayer book on amazon. I also found a book by St. Albert called Union with God.

But please pray for this intention, and I hope it is a boost to our spiritual blessings upon all of God’s children.

God blesss all of you.
 
You are so right…what you described is the best way to pray.

“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all the rest will be added unto you.”

Union with Christ is the goal of our life.

Some books on prayer by the doctors of the Church can help. (Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and “The Story of a Soul” by St. Therese of Lisieux. There are other books as well.

May the Lord and His Blessed Mother lead you in your spiritual journey!
 
I’ ve been reading about Brother Lawrence and he suggests the same intention. All of our effort to give honor and thanks and glory to God the Almighty and to become closer to HIM…
This is my goal and prayer for each person on the Forum and in the whole world!
 
“That the end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshippers of GOD we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.” --Brother Lawrence: The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen!
 
Lord Jesus, please grant this petition.

Our Father, who art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.

Amen.
 
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