tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post2153707979929373556..comments2023-10-02T06:17:13.341-04:00Comments on Postabortion journey, walk with me...: Does my "prayer" count?InfiniteGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-65429509862318680952012-12-05T21:31:08.694-05:002012-12-05T21:31:08.694-05:00Thank you so much for sharing your story! Please s...Thank you so much for sharing your story! Please see good pro-life message here: http://www.know7things.net/Sin.html Chris Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183066214035727300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-35766793106684157262012-11-28T14:27:01.809-05:002012-11-28T14:27:01.809-05:00God is interested in you. He wants to hear from y...God is interested in you. He wants to hear from you like a friend. You can share your life with Him, good and bad thinks as you can share your life with a friend. God has power to create the hole world. God has the power to be part of our life. Your most important prayer is your life. How you usually do your duties, handle your relationships. "Pray and labor!" as St. Benedict said.<br />The good prayers are the prayers you're praying.<br /><br />Sorry for my poor English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-24800580115316255142012-11-19T22:29:48.611-05:002012-11-19T22:29:48.611-05:00Well, I'm no theological expert, but I've ...Well, I'm no theological expert, but I've done my share of praying. :) Seems to me you're doing it right. People try to attach too many rules to prayer, when really there are so many ways to pray. Speak to your Father using your own words, or use someone else's. Or none at all; sit quietly in his presence and feel his arms around your soul. A few quick words to a friend you can be sure is always there to listen are just as real a prayer as a long, eloquent prayer in a chapel. Some time back I was lamenting to God that my constant busyness and responsibilities in caring for my family seemed to make it impossible to find any time to pray, except at night when I'd fall asleep halfway through my rosary. I'll never forget what he whispered to my heart. "That IS a prayer." Caring for my family is my vocation, and to live that vocation well is a service to God. To live in constant awareness of God's presence with you is to pray without ceasing. :) Rules have their place, it's true, but Christianity is a relationship. Be careful not to "rule" the relationship to death. (Got my own story on that, too, lol.) Just my 2 cents.Cassi Mosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665015720293096093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-69598218494732774112012-11-19T18:21:38.389-05:002012-11-19T18:21:38.389-05:00I started seeing a Spiritual Director recently and...I started seeing a Spiritual Director recently and it has helped me immensely in praying and keeping my prayer life consistent.<br /><br />It took me a while to find a spiritual director that I trusted though, and ultimately I'm glad I waited until the Holy Spirit guided me. I see a Priest who does not have a lot of spiritual direction experience, but I know he is faithful to the magisterium and that was more important to me than one with lots of spiritual direction experience but who might lead me astray.<br /><br />I've heard (and my spiritual director said it sounded good to him) that if you are praying a rosary and don't finish it or get distracted your guardian angel finishes it for you.<br /><br />I felt like I had more to add, but my brain is not cooperating. I will keep you in my prayers.<br /><br />Oh - and the ironing thing? - that's genius! I just might start ironing my husband's shirts....or not, maybe I'll just do it while I fold his laundry :).Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738076740941616678noreply@blogger.com