How do you Pray Constantly

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Should the question be “Do we pray right?” rather than “How do we pray constantly?”
As a simple catholic to me prayer is mostly a petition or request or a favor required from our creator as I am not able to get it myself. Some out of the way favors. I tried the repetitive ones and lost in my own world repeating the prayer. Sometimes boredom comes in because the prayer has become mundane and many a times unanswered. Hence my question in the beginning.
I have 2 sons and the younger one is little smarter than the elder one. He wants something and he puts it up to me, many a times knowing that the request is not going to be granted. When I asked him why then ask in the first instance. He says oh! by chance you change your mind. Whereas the elder when he knows that the request he puts in not going to find favor he do not ask for. Sometimes I wonder whether our prayer to our Father is also like this or should we continue like this so that it becomes like praying constantly.
 
That is the begining stage of prayer. If you grow in prayer, your only desire will be union with God.

Jim
 
I’m partial to the Jesus Prayer for when I’m doing chores, etc.

Our mind is always active, and we look for distraction to push our consciousness away from God. If we get rid of those things (TV, video games, car stereo, sports, pick something), we have room to put God inside our head again and listen to him and pray to him constantly. So much of the thoughts of the world creep in otherwise, and they are not worth listening to, just being noise made either by evil, or just people who don’t want to/can’t accept the limited span of their life on earth and the fate of all men. Get rid of those thing and we find God again.
 
I have a set time twice a day. It is similar to wanting to eat at 6, but at a certain time my mind craves the silence of the Divine. Peace
 
Simply just talking to God in your heart, thanking Him, praying for someone that needs something, or even offering up (making sacrifices) puts God first.
Keep Christ centered in your life, ask Him to be your best friend 🙂
 
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