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Intrusive thoughts
“What do you do about intrusive thoughts during prayer?”
This is the heart of a beautiful question I received from someone who’s thinking about becoming Christan. Specifically, a Catholic Christian. And they’re starting to pray the Rosary.
They’ve already figured out that the Rosary is meant to help you be present with God. It’s Christian meditation. To make a quiet place inside us to just be with God.
Something a lot of cradle Catholics don’t know.
They’re having problems with intrusive thoughts. It’s frustrating. It feels like the opposite of a quiet place to just be with God.
Something everyone of us who prays the Rosary knows all too well.
So what do you do about intrusive thoughts during prayer?
I don’t pretend to have all the answers. But I can tell you what I do. And it depends on the thought.
If it’s small potatoes. Something I just remembered. Or something I need to do. Or an email I need to return.
I just jot it down on my phone. Then I can let go of it. Because I know it won’t get lost.
What if it’s not small potatoes? What if it keeps coming back? What if it’s something I’m really wrestling with?
Maybe it’s a relationship that’s struggling or a health issue that’s getting worse. Maybe it’s a job search that’s gone cold or financial problems that keep growing. Or anything else that’s weighing on your heart.
Whatever it is, that’s what you need to be talking with God about.
If this time when you pray the Rosary, it creates a place for you to be with God – about what’s weighing on your heart?
Then that is how you need to pray.
Be with God, about what’s weighing on your heart.
If this time when you pray the Rosary, you never even finish the first decade – and the Lord’s Prayer trails off into pouring your heart out to God about the stone on your soul?
Then that is how you need to pray.
Pour your heart out to God about the stone on your soul.
If that is the Rosary that you need to pray in this moment, then that is how you should pray.
Whatever it is, share it with God. Let God be there for you.
Don’t waste your time trying to sort things out so you can have quiet time with God. Do it with God.
Pray as you are, not how you think you should be.
“We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.” - C.S. Lewis
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The Lord's Prayer in Biblical Czech (bibličtina), based on spoken Czech of the 16th century. I copied this from my great-great-grandmother's Bible printed in 1863.
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The Lord's Prayer [Part 2 of 4]
THY KINGDOM COME
The Lord's Prayer is an eschatological prayer and these words should make us tremble because here we pray for the end of the world and the coming of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse (Revelation 6:1-8). We pray for the Last Judgement (Matthew 25:30-46), that final day when every man, woman and child will stand before what St. Paul calls "the dread judgement seat of Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:10) to be judged by how compassionately we have lived, either entering into the kingdom of our Father "prepared before the beginning of the world" or "the eternal fire prepared for the devil and all of his angels" (Matthew 25:34, 41)
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
We can ultimately find meaning for our lives only by doing God's will and not our own, by serving the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of me. The purpose of life cannot be found in what I want. It can be found only in what God wants. All of the Christian life is the bending of our will towards God's will and living accordingly -- no matter what the cost. What does it mean to live according to God's will and so inherit the Kingdom of the Father? To give food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to care for the sick, to visit those in prison, to welcome strangers (Matthew 25:30-41); to be a peacemaker, to be willing to be persecuted for the sake of righteousness, to be meek, merciful, and pure of heart (Matthew 5:3-11); to love one's enemies (Matthew 5:44); to pray, fast and give alms to the poor without ostentation or showiness (Matthew 6:1-18); never judging others (Matthew 7:1). Is this how we live?
[Source of text: The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom (with Commentary and Notes)]
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the Ecological Lord's Prayer
Cláudio Carvalhaes, Ritual at World's End
Our God, who art in pluriverses, the skies and the earth,
Blessed be Your name: Life. May Your pulsing life come to be seen, heard, touched, and felt through the oceans, the forest, in the rocks, in the life of plants, and in the sounds of animals and singing birds.
Give us this day our daily bread, through a variety of seeds and grains and leaves, without pesticides, without monocultures, from local farms, and from agro-biodiverse-cultures.
Forgive us our plundering of the earth, our total lack of relation and reciprocity with the earth and more than human beings; as cells, mycelium, fungi, and infinite processes of symbiosis, forgive us daily by giving back life when we destroy it.
Lead us not into consumerism and the devouring of the earth, but deliver us from the apathy that says nothing can be changed.
For Life is kinship, relationality, and reciprocity.
Now and forever.
Amen.
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4. Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a day (—just as one is getting into one’s car or walking into one’s office or into one’s classroom or before eating a meal, when waking in the morning, when going to sleep at night. Just say the Lord’s Prayer. It’s the prayer that the Lord gave, a short prayer, but it contains everything that a human being needs to pray if Christ is crucified, raised, and glorified).
55 Maxims of the Christian Life, Fr. Thomas Hopko
(See the full list of maxims here and here)
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I suddenly appear in your inbox to ask you my questions, three! 1. Who was the first OC you created and are they your favourite? 2. What tropes do you just love seeing in fiction? 3. Do you have any particular words or prayers that never fail to give you comfort?
Thanks for the questions! They're good ones - ones I had to think about a little before answering them!
First OC... actually if I'm being perfectly honest, I don't remember who the true first OC was. I started pretty young, and the physical (and mental) records of the really early ones have been lost in the sands of time - or more likely, dumped down the memory hole out of embarrassment. XP ;) The first OC with any documentation is Zimma, a human/dragon hybrid I invented to be another villain in WordGirl fan-stories. (Left: first drawing of her, circa 2008. Right: drawing from 2021.)
I say fan stories, not fan fiction, because they were never written down. They were almost entirely roleplays that I did with my siblings (specifically, @reneethegreatandpowerful , and occasionally the one brother I have who isn't on Tumblr). And no, while she does hold the special position of being my first documented OC, I'm not overly attached to her. ¯|(ツ)|¯
Tropes in fiction... well, I love protagonists who cannot bear to leave anyone behind. (Like Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.) They might have dumb plans for saving people, but it just makes me happy that they're trying so hard to do the right thing. :) I'm quite fond of twists that pile on each other, too, and keep you guessing about people - "Okay that was shady, they must be a bad guy! But... they're also doing this good thing... huh?!" Also, redemption arcs are glorious! :D
Words or prayers of unfailing comfort... the Lord's Prayer for one! Some days you might not even know what to ask for, or how to put something into words, but the Lord's Prayer covers everything you could possibly need, and you know it's a perfect prayer because God Himself invented it! I also find a lot of hymns to be comforting, for a few examples, Just As I Am Without One Plea, (we are loved and cared for no matter how bad we think we are) All Praise to Thee My God This Night, (sweet, gentle, reminding you you have nothing to fear in this world) or Jesus Has Come and Brings Pleasure Eternal. (hardcore, devil-smashing, awesome)
#seriously though#that last one could be a heavy metal song#and it would be such a banger#but it's already spectacular in a church setting so#thanks for the ask!#oc#ocs#wordgirl#my art#fanart#writing#fiction#prayer#hymns#lord's prayer
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Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Matthew 6:9-13 ESV
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The Lord's Prayer
"Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever.
Amen."
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Prayer Finger Labyrinth / Maze Meditation Tool Finish Hanger | Etsy
#christian#catholic#prayer#labyrinth#finger labyrinth#Our Father#Lord's Prayer#the kingdom#the power#and the glory#forever and ever#amen
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A heart like God’s
The Lord’s Prayer. The Our Father.
If you want to know how to pray, this is literally Jesus’ answer to that very question.
So it’s no surprise that we pray it. All. The Time.
The only problem with that? When we pray something that much, it can get smooth. Like a river stone. Worn smooth by millions of gallons of water a day, over countless years.
Until there are no rough spots. Nothing to catch on.
Until the deeper meanings, the hard parts, pass by without notice.
Which why the end of today’s Gospel is so important.
After teaching us how to pray, Jesus makes clear one of the most important principles in the Lord’s Prayer. One we often miss in our worn-smooth praying.
“If you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
The thing is, the principle that Jesus is teaching isn’t limited just forgiveness. This is a principle for all of life. Here’s what I mean,
God wants us to be like Him, to have a heart like His. A heart that overflows in compassion for others.
It makes sense if we stop and think about it.
We can’t have hearts like God. If there’s no room in our hearts for anyone but us.
A few weeks ago, the daily Mass readings were from Genesis. They included Cain’s murder of Abel, and Cain’s question to God – “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
The rest of the Bible? Especially the Gospels? It’s God’s long form answer to Cain’s question.
I’ll just give it away right now. Cain was wrong.
In our hearts, we know this. It’s why the spectacle of someone who talks loudly about their Faith but who harms others with their actions and their words is so grating, so jarring.
It’s so off the mark that even nonbelievers know it’s wrong.
Because we’re not called to be people who take care of ourselves. And no one else.
That’s not who God made us to be.
God made us to be like Him, to have a heart like His. A heart that overflows in compassion for others.
But the only way that works is if we live out who God made us to be.
Which is why we can’t expect to receive God’s blessings, if we’re not giving our blessings.
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The Lord's Prayer [Part 3 of 4]
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
The saints of the Church have interpreted this petition in two ways: first, that we are declaring our total dependence on God for our day-to-day existence and that whatever we have to sustain our life is a gift from Him; and second, that this is a prayer for the Bread of Life, the Eucharistic Bread, the Bread that is His Body that we will receive in the mystery of Holy Communion, the Bread of eternal life (John 6:53-58).
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US
The heart of the Gospel is forgiveness. To be forgiving is the most basic element of a truly Christian lifestyle. Forgiveness puts an end to the all too human cycle of vengeance and retribution. But to offer forgiveness to someone who has wronged us is often difficult to do. The practice of forgiveness requires humility, courage and strength of character. Nonetheless, here and elsewhere in the Gospels (Mark 11:25, Matthew 6:14), Christ makes it perfectly clear that we cannot ask God for forgiveness unless we are prepared to forgive others. What is the source of our ability to forgive others? Forgiveness of others is a response to our being forgiven. Christians can forgive because we know that we've already been redeemed and forgiven by God in the blood of His Son and the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14). And, Christ tells us in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, the debt of sin that God has forgiven us is far greater than any debt owed us by another human being (Matthew 18:23-35).
[Source of text: The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom (with Commentary and Notes)]
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"& forgive us our trespasses, as
We have forgiven those who trespass
Against us..."
"... Thy Will be done
On Earth, as it is in Heaven..."
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Next comes the world, which assails us by word and deed and drives us to anger and impatience.
~Large Catechism 3:103
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