It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.
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More than anything, praying just helps me to concentrate and let go of things that don't matter in that moment. It gives me peace knowing I'm in good hands.
I am a religious person and rely heavily on prayers.
I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.
Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer - can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.
Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.
Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.
I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.
For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.
In working with people across the country and around the world, I've come to know that most of us go through times that re-route our prayer life.
For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'
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