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INTO THE WILDERNESS

11/7/2016

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PictureAry Scheffer - The Temptation of Christ (1854)
"Here God and the devil struggle, and the battlefield is the human heart." - Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky

"As long as we live, we fight, and as long as we are fighting, that is a sign that we are not defeated and that the good Spirit dwells within us. And if death does not meet you as the victor, he should find you a warrior." - St. Augustine

Read:
Romans 8:26-28
Psalm 4
Mark 14:32-41

Study:
1) The Battle of Prayer; Lent: Period of Purification and Enlightenment; The Stations of the Cross

2) CCC 357, 2559, 2725-2745 (YOUCAT 505-510)


Meditate:
Why is there a struggle when we pray? Where does this struggle come from or what is it's cause? How does our struggle in prayer correlate with our struggle in life with evil, both involuntarily and voluntarily experienced? How does that struggle, as difficult as it is, help us focus on what is most important? Where and how can we find the help necessary to make our prayers meaningful and effective?

Pray:
My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you. My Lord and my God, give me everything that brings me closer to you. My Lord and my God, detach me from myself to give my all to you. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Therese of Lisieux

Apply:
Do I pray when I know I should, even when I am tempted otherwise? Do I persevere in prayer when it is difficult to continue on?

Extra:
The Battle of Prayer
Bishop Barron on the Disorienting Quality of Real Prayer
Tips for Praying
The Power of Prayer
Praying in a State of Mortal Sin
Getting a Spiritual Director
No Spiritual Director? No Problem!

Spiritual Life Part I (Prayer)
Spiritual Life Part II (Mental Prayer)
Spiritual Life Part III (Obstacles in Prayer 1)
Spiritual Life Part IV (Obstacles in Prayer 2)
Spiritual Life Part V (Spiritual Reading)
Spiritual Life Part VI (Predominant Fault 1)
Spiritual Life Part VII (Predominant Fault 2)
Spiritual Life Part VIII (3 Stages of the Interior Life)
Spiritual Life Part IX (Grace)
Spiritual Life Part X (Actual Grace)


Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
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    This forum is for participants of St. Mary's Living The Faith Series and RCIA.

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    God Is One
    Go Forth You Are Sent
    Grace Works
    In The End
    Into The Wilderness
    Mercy And Justice
    Our Divine Physician
    Our Wounded Nature
    Real Presence
    The City Of God
    The Joy Of Being
    The Keys Of The Kingdom
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    AUTHOR:
    Caleb Payne

    Caleb began his journey with Christ in 1997. He worked as a Protestant missionary for 8 years in China. It was soon after that he was challenged to consider the Catholic Church. After much prayer and study, he realized he had nothing to protest anymore and was received into full communion with Christ and His Church at the Easter Vigil Mass of 2011. For him the joy and peace that comes with receiving Christ in the Eucharist has turned into an insatiable desire to lead others to this same banquet. Caleb is first a husband, a father of three, and works in the Cortland area as a Registered Nurse. Caleb is a member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, and is an Evangelist for Saint Paul Street Evangelization. He has Certifications in Thomistic/Catholic Philosophy, Catholic Theology, and Catholic Apologetics through the New Saint Thomas Institute. He is also currently in the Formation for Ministry Program of the Syracuse Diocese. 
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