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Day 355: Summary of the Lord’s Prayer (2025)
The In-Brief, or the “nugget day”, for the article on the Lord’s Prayer, emphasizes that understanding the identity of God is essential when it comes…
5 months ago
Day 354: The Prayer of the Church (2025)
Through the Catechism, we learn more about the Lord’s Prayer and how it should be included in our personal prayers as well as in community during the…
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 353: The Lord's Prayer (2025)
Diving into the Lord's Prayer, we look at the origin, meaning, and significance of this prayer. The Catechism reveals the Our Father as "the summary …
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 352: Summary of The Battle of Prayer (2025)
Fr. Mike reviews this section of the Catechism, summarizing the battle of prayer and the prayer of the hour of Jesus. We are reminded that prayer is …
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 351: The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus (2025)
Looking at the prayer of the Hour of Jesus, we learn from the Catechism that it “embraces the whole economy of creation and salvation, as well as his…
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 350: Persevering in Prayer (2025)
The Catechism teaches about the effectiveness of prayer and how to persevere in prayer. Fr. Mike explains that although God already knows what we nee…
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 349: Temptation, Trust, and Prayer (2025)
What motivates our prayer? Do we see God as our “divine genie,” or do we look to him as our Father? We learn that the most common temptation in praye…
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 348: The Battle of Prayer (2025)
Prayer is "grace and grit," as Fr. Mike phrases it. In this section, one of Fr. Mike's favorites in the Catechism, we hear that "we pray as we live b…
5 months, 1 week ago
Day 347: Contemplative Prayer (2025)
In contemplative prayer, we seek Jesus. As St. Teresa of Avila put it, contemplative prayer “is nothing else than a close sharing between friends.” T…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 346: Meditation and Vocal Prayer (2025)
Because man is both body and spirit, our prayers can be vocal and meditative. We learn that vocal prayer expresses the movements of our hearts and mi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago