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Heavenly Father, I am enmeshed in a time of spiritual aridity. You seem so far removed from me, and I cannot even pray. I am deprived of all sensible consolations which facilitate prayer and the practice of the virtues. Yet I want to pray and I want to remain close to You.
Let me realize the truth of the well-known axiom: when we think God is furthest away from us, that is when He is closest to us.
Make me increase my efforts at prayer even if I feel they are useless.
Keep me from being discouraged and help me remain united with You.
Grant that I may regain my love for prayer and grow in my relationship with You, your Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
Heavenly Father, I am enmeshed in a time of spiritual aridity. You seem so far removed from me, and I cannot even pray. I am deprived of all sensible consolations which facilitate prayer and the practice of the virtues. Yet I want to pray and I want to remain close to You.
Let me realize the truth of the well-known axiom: when we think God is furthest away from us, that is when He is closest to us.
Make me increase my efforts at prayer even if I feel they are useless.
Keep me from being discouraged and help me remain united with You.
Grant that I may regain my love for prayer and grow in my relationship with You, your Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
Roark,

Though I am having major issues myself with prayer, I can say this. When I have prayed I always say the Divine Mercy CHaplet before I say my intentions. In a way it is sort of like a mini-confession, and I always have received grace from it. In my mind, then, after the DMC you might be able to hear God more clearly because you are receiving His forgiveness and grace. It doesn’t replace confession, but I think it helps to say it before you start your prayers.
 
Praying for the love of your life is not praying for ‘magic’. And if God has no interest in who you marry, why is it a sacrament. Would it not be wise to think He would put someone special in your life if you asked Him to?

Wouldn’t God also help you find money to survive ? Why wouldn’t he? And, as long as we’re talking about what God can and can’t do…if God can’t provide you with new limbs, how can He heal your sickness? And if He can’t heal sickness, let alone other miracles, why do we have Saints?

I mean, if we start putting limits on what God and cannot do, then isn’t that a sign of pride? “With God all things are possible” is a famous line. But is it really just a line?

God can do anything. But He does what is good for us and if we are in communion with him.

I bristle at the idea that God can’t do things.
triumphguy said:
  1. Prayers are not pointless - but neither are they magic. They won’t provide the love of one’s life, or new limbs, or riches power and wealth.
The best prayer is that which worships God, and asks that we have the strength to do his will. God has a will for all of us, that we live for ever in eternity in communion with him. to get there however, it’s inevitable that we walk through pain, suffering and eventually death.

So find out what it is that god wants of you during the tough time. Does He want you to toughen up, or just just be quiet and at one with Him?
  1. We don’t do works of mercy so that we get payback in this life. Works of mercy are our duty, not a nice thing to do that puts us right with God. Read Matthew 25.
  2. God can hear you. His Son is dying on the cross right now for you alone. As He is dying on the cross at all times for all people.
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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.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

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.

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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.

†
 
Praying that the Lord may grant you strength and hope.

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
 
Eternal Father, please send the Holy Spirit to Roark with the graces needed to bring him peace of heart and mind. Bless him with the feelings of closeness to you that feels lacking at this time. Guide him in prayer so that his faith not only endures but grows deeper. Amen.
 
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.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
 
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