Speak Up! — What Rosary Prayer Teaches Us About Stating Intentions

[PrayHarder]

One question I often struggle with is why I need to state my intentions to God in prayer. After all, wouldn’t God know my needs better than myself? If He knows all, why should I fumble through my thoughts to ask God what He already knows?

I came across a great meditation on the Regnum Christi website and wrote an article that ties it to the Fifth Glorious Mystery of the rosary. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Think of Mary like a doctor and you are the patient. Mary is here to help you and she will do whatever she can to cure the illness of sin and bring you into God’s grace. However, she will be better able to help you if you are forthright and honest with her by humbly stating your needs in prayer. The better the patient you are, the more effective Mary can be in her role as your Queen of Heaven. When you can formulate your intentions in prayer then you will be able to understand how God responds to your request.

Read the full article at: rosarymeds.com/speak-up-what-rosary-prayer-teaches-us-about-stating-intentions

 

[tawny]

Thank you for sharing.

 

[DaveBj]

Interesting. Most of my praying is mental, and I wonder sometimes how effective it really is.

Is there a parallel here with the “Word of Faith” philosophy (which I neither promote nor practice) – you can “have what you say,” but the corollary is that you have to actually say it?