Catholic Prayer: Four Great Obstacles and How to Defeat Them

Second Key to Spiritual Growth: Forming the Habit of Prayer & Spirituality I’m going to read your mind. Are you ready? I sense that you have a great desire for spiritual growth. You want a stronger relationship with God that brings meaning and significance to your life. You want a life centered on love. But…

Catholic Prayer and Internal Distraction

By Arrowood |

Prayer is both a gift of grace and a determined response on our part. It always presupposes effort. The great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he himself, all teach us this: prayer is a battle. Against whom? Against ourselves and against…

How to Pray – Praying with the Saints

By Arrowood |

Looking for methods that show you how to pray? One of the greatest methods of prayer we have at our disposal is to pray with the saints. We are not alone in our quest to grow in Catholic spirituality. Not only do we benefit from the family of the Church on earth (the Church Militant),…