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Ok, this is something I struggle with off and on… praying for things I’d like. Let me give 2 types of examples:
How do you do it? Do you make a list and say a rosary and remember all of those things? But what if I think something is really important (ie right now I would really like it if my relative was able to actually carry her baby to term), but it’s for selfish reasons? Is wanting someone to be able to carry a baby to term selfish because I think it would be great to have a baby in the family? Is wanting to find a good man for a husband ok to pray for? Isn’t that being kind of selfish too?
How do you pray “hard” for something… do you just ONLY pray for that one thing, or pray more? What if other people and things pop in your head while you’re praying “hard” for this other thing?
I know the argument for prayer is that we have the free will to pray and to pray for specific things. God knows all and knows what will happen; I know predestination is not a part of our faith, but sometimes I wonder what difference it makes. I’m not losing “the faith” here or anything; but once in a while it all catches up to me and I get overwhelmed. I’m looking into the spiritual director btw… Sorry if this got kind of ranty-ravey…
- A family member is ill with some kind of sickness or condition, or a friend or relative gets pregnant finally after years of trying everything (except fertility treatments that would go against our faith), but the pregnancy is very delicate.
- Someone… (OK, it’s me…) is pretty darn sure she is called to be married but all the circumstances around her…(ok, ME…) make it difficult to meet the right men, yadda yadda… and it made her/me think that maybe she’s/I’m supposed to be a nun then, but she/I really don’t think so. So, she/I should get a spiritual director to sort this out, right? Meanwhile, her/my mother sends me a medal of St. Anne and tells her/me that she is praying for the right man to come to her/me… and there are pamphlets of St. Raphael all around…
How do you do it? Do you make a list and say a rosary and remember all of those things? But what if I think something is really important (ie right now I would really like it if my relative was able to actually carry her baby to term), but it’s for selfish reasons? Is wanting someone to be able to carry a baby to term selfish because I think it would be great to have a baby in the family? Is wanting to find a good man for a husband ok to pray for? Isn’t that being kind of selfish too?
How do you pray “hard” for something… do you just ONLY pray for that one thing, or pray more? What if other people and things pop in your head while you’re praying “hard” for this other thing?
I know the argument for prayer is that we have the free will to pray and to pray for specific things. God knows all and knows what will happen; I know predestination is not a part of our faith, but sometimes I wonder what difference it makes. I’m not losing “the faith” here or anything; but once in a while it all catches up to me and I get overwhelmed. I’m looking into the spiritual director btw… Sorry if this got kind of ranty-ravey…