Should Catholics pray to become prophets?

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I believe that we are taught that formal revelation ended in it’s apogee in Christ. I personally am too busy praying for forgiveness. But then, my wife says I was always a selfish old chook.
 
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We are prophets: The holy People of God shares also in Christ’s prophetic office, above all in the supernatural sense of faith that belongs to the whole People, lay and clergy, when it unfailingly adheres to this faith…once for all delivered to the saints, and when it deepens its understanding and becomes Christ’s witness in the midst of this world. source To prophecy is one of the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit. I don’t know if we should pray for specific gifts, but two things come to mind: first, don’t pray for it if the purpose is to glorify yourself. Second, do pray for it if you think you are or will be in a situation where that charismatic gift would do someone some good. I don’t think such a prayer can hurt. If it’s God’s will, then your prayer will unite you to God’s will, and if it isn’t God’s will, well, you couldn’t know that, and the merit of your prayer will be used for some other good purpose.

I hope this helps.
 
Pray, to do His will in all things. Then, pray for the courage to do it. Lastly, remember to recede so that He can proceed. We are all prophets, as long as we do His will in all things.
 
Used2beSherryG said:
Pray, to do His will in all things. Then, pray for the courage to do it. Lastly, remember to recede so that He can proceed. We are all prophets, as long as we do His will in all things.
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That would be my advice. If you simply pray to do God’s will and for the courage to go through life hand in hand with God, it will cover everything else.

(I don’t know if the hand in hand part is actually Catholic teaching. It is simply what I pray for I like to think it shows my willingness to assent for God to use me as He will to carry out his will for me. If I am wrong, hopefully, someone will correct me.)

I hope this helps. 👍
 
We already are prophets. Pray that you may transmit God’s word and show God’s love in the world.

If you want to gain supernatural knowledge of the future, well, that’s another thing.
 
dmar198 said:
We are prophets: The holy People of God shares also in Christ’s prophetic office, above all in the supernatural sense of faith that belongs to the whole People, lay and clergy, when it unfailingly adheres to this faith…once for all delivered to the saints, and when it deepens its understanding and becomes Christ’s witness in the midst of this world. source To prophecy is one of the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit. I don’t know if we should pray for specific gifts, but two things come to mind: first, don’t pray for it if the purpose is to glorify yourself. Second, do pray for it if you think you are or will be in a situation where that charismatic gift would do someone some good. I don’t think such a prayer can hurt. If it’s God’s will, then your prayer will unite you to God’s will, and if it isn’t God’s will, well, you couldn’t know that, and the merit of your prayer will be used for some other good purpose.

I hope this helps.
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The gift of prophecy enables one to discern and speak the truth. However, in this world which avoids or even mocks the truth, the gift of prophecy can turn out to be a double-edged sword. It can get you killed. Imagine being a prophet in Saudi Arabia and witnessing for Christianity.

Be careful what you pray for.
 
Pray for the gifts that the Lord wants you to have.

We were given the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit at Confirmation. Those are for us. We should pray for renewal and deepening of them.

We can pray for the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit, those are given to us for others.

Prayer makes us available to the Lord for how He wants to use us to build up the Body of Christ, the Church.
 
In baptism we received 3 offices, king, priest and prophet. Old testament prophets slowly revealed God until the fullness of time when Jesus brought the fullness of revelation. There is no new Revelation to be had. Now, the baptized preach what has been Revealed to us in Sacred Scripture AND Sacred Tradition.

The prayer is not to be a prophet but to be one that tells the truth. Many are like Jonah who ran away and grumbled about his responsibilities and even when he succeeded and the people were saved. (He believed no one would listen to him.) Jeremiah felt he was too young and no one would listen to him. Moses, the greatest prophet until the time of John the Baptist, told God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” Moses to God, “if I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what do I tell them?” God replied to Moses: I am who I am.’’ Then he added: This is what you will tell the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.

When Jesus came, He sent out the apostles and seventy two disciples to preach that the Kingdom of God is at hand. He instructed them to preach, heal, forgive, feed and clothe. He also told them not everyone would accept Him (them) but that those who rejected their message would face harsh judgment.

Most recently, our Popes have continued this mandate. They have called on us to be not afraid in proclaiming the gospel in our increasingly secular world.

"Prophet’’ does not necessarily mean seer or visionary. Oh we still have those, but when the Blessed Mother appears to, say, St. Bernadette or the children at Fatima, she does not bring new Revelation, but rather restates what her Son himself said here on earth. The ‘‘prophet’’ is the one who proclaims the Word of God.
 
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