Our minds can be plagued with an endless variety of evil thoughts, whether being hateful toward others, or impure, or any number of other things. Here’s a prayer against evil thoughts: May those who war against me be put to shame, and may those who seek to separate me from Thee through immodest acts, unseemly [...]
Prayer isn’t merely something we say or do—it’s something that grows within us and transforms us. This is why St. John of Kronstadt says, When you pray, try to let the prayer reach your heart; in other words, it is necessary that your heart should feel what you are talking about in your prayer, that [...]
You’ve prepared yourself to pray: you’ve focused your attention, you’re standing in front of your icon corner, but now there’s a problem: what do you say? How do you speak to the Lord of the Universe? Fortunately, the Church gives us a great deal of guidance on how to pray to God. PRAYER BOOKS Perhaps [...]
You’ve prepared yourself to pray: you’ve focused your attention, you’re standing in front of your icon corner, but now there’s a problem: what do you say? How do you speak to the Lord of the Universe? Fortunately, the Church gives us a great deal of guidance on how to pray to God. PRAYER BOOKS Perhaps [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this study guide from the Worship & You website. You’ve prepared yourself to pray: you’ve focused your attention, you’re standing in front of your icon corner, but now there’s a problem: what do you say? How do you speak to the Lord of the Universe? Fortunately, [...]
If you’re like me, you’ve often decided that you need to pray more—so, for a few days you faithfully pray several times each day, and then it’s once every other day, and then…pretty soon, you’re again thinking, “I really need to pray more!” Successfully developing a full prayer life requires more than simply wanting one—it [...]
St. Ambrose of Milan gives us a powerful prayer you can say in the morning: Brightness of the Father’s glory, Spread the splendor of Thy light; Radiant Fountain, Dayspring dawning, Banish now the shades of night! O true Sun, arise within us, Shining with Thy steady beam; O plant deep within our senses God the [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this study guide from the Worship & You website. If you’re like me, you’ve often decided that you need to pray more—so, for a few days you faithfully pray several times each day, and then it’s once every other day, and then…pretty soon, you’re again thinking, [...]
We know that prayer is important—we’re even told to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)—and yet we Christians tend to have a dark secret: we don’t actually pray. For example, a recent study found that, while 90 percent of North Americans say they pray, only 37 percent do so at least once each day, and [...]
We know that prayer is important—we’re even told to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)—and yet we Christians tend to have a dark secret: we don’t actually pray. For example, a recent study found that, while 90 percent of North Americans say they pray, only 37 percent do so at least once each day, and [...]
