Session 4 - Catching Fire - Becoming Flame: Seven Principles of Prayer - Saturday, October 10

Brothers,

In this 4^th week of the series “Catching Fire, Becoming Flame” Fr. Albert introduces us to Seven Principles of Prayer:

1.       Prayer should heighten your sensitivity and make you more aware of
          God.

2.       Pray from where you are, not where you think you should be.

3.       The best way to pray is the way that works for you.

4.       Frustration in prayer is a (good) sign that you are trying too hard.

5.       Growth in prayer is growth in silence.

6.       Dryness in prayer is a (good) sign that God is calling you to “let go” of
          your way of praying, so that the Spirit can pray within you.

7.       Listen to your distractions; learn from them, and pray from them.

The Holy Spirit has an individual plan for each of us; let us pray that as we journey together through this series we become aware of this ultimate plan.  Only when we allow ourselves to be fully immersed in the magnificence of God can we fully experience him and be open to do his will. 

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.  “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?  Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?  If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:9-13