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	God can give undivided, personal attention to each one of His children without taking anything away from any of His other children.		God can give undivided, personal attention to each one of His children without taking anything away from any of His other children.

	God is with us every moment of every day of our lives--"24 x 7 x 365."		God is with us every moment of every day of our lives — "24 x 7 x 365."

	Attentiveness to others wearies us. Sooner or later we need to rest from our labors of love.		Attentiveness to others wearies us. Sooner or later we need to rest from our labors of love.
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	God is free from the effects of sin. He has no unconscious drives and no unhealthy patterns in His relationships. His love and His judgments are always free, gracious, magnanimous, compassionate, and reliable.		God is free from the effects of sin. He has no unconscious drives and no unhealthy patterns in His relationships. His love and His judgments are always free, gracious, magnanimous, compassionate, and reliable.

	We sometimes find the attention of others--even others whom we love--somewhat oppressive. There are times when we want to be left alone, whether we are in joy or sorrow.		We sometimes find the attention of others — even others whom we love — somewhat oppressive. There are times when we want to be left alone, whether we are in joy or sorrow.

	God's presence is never oppressive. God does not take hostages. He does not manipulate us to act against our own will nor to suppress our true self.		God's presence is never oppressive. God does not take hostages. He does not manipulate us to act against our own will nor to suppress our true self.
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	== Consecrate your day ==		== Consecrate your day ==
	I learned the Morning Offering in high school and use it as my first prayer when I wake up. There are many variants of this prayer--pick one that works for you.		I learned the Morning Offering in high school and use it as my first prayer when I wake up. There are many variants of this prayer — pick one that works for you.
	;The Morning Offering		;The Morning Offering
	:"O, my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you all of my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all of the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: for the salvation of souls, for the reparation of sin, and for the reunion of all Christians; for Benedict XVI and for his intentions; for the [http://www.apostleshipofprayer.org/ Apostleship of Prayer] and for the [http://www.amazon.com/Apostolate-Holy-Motherhood-Mark-Miravalle/dp/187767818X Apostolate of Holy Motherhood."]		:"O, my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you all of my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all of the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: for the salvation of souls, for the reparation of sin, and for the reunion of all Christians; for Benedict XVI and for his intentions; for the [http://www.apostleshipofprayer.org/ Apostleship of Prayer] and for the [http://www.amazon.com/Apostolate-Holy-Motherhood-Mark-Miravalle/dp/187767818X Apostolate of Holy Motherhood."]

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	== The Jesus Prayer ==		== The Jesus Prayer ==
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	The Eastern Churches (Orthodox and Catholic) have preserved an ancient tradition of constant prayer. The goal is to pray the Jesus Prayer with each breath we take, no matter what else we are doing.		The Eastern Churches (Orthodox and Catholic) have preserved an ancient tradition of constant prayer. The goal is to pray the Jesus Prayer with each breath we take, no matter what else we are doing.
	* "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer]		* "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer]

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	* "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer]		* "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philokalia ''The Philokalia.'']		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philokalia ''The Philokalia.'']

			:; [[Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri]], January 14.

			:: The name of Jesus, pronounced with reverence and affection, has a kind of power to soften the heart.

	=== Catechism ===		=== Catechism ===

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	:;: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. ...		::: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. ...

	::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c3a2.htm#2743 #2743]		::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c3a2.htm#2743 #2743]

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	:: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. ...		:;: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. ...

	::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c3a2.htm#2743 #2743]		::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c3a2.htm#2743 #2743]

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	:: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. ~~This love opens our hearts to three enlightening and life-giving facts of faith about prayer~~.		:: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. ...


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	=== Catechism ===		=== Catechism ===

			:; Pray always

			::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c3a2.htm#2742 #2742]

			:: "Pray constantly ... always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father."<ref>1 Thes 5:17; Eph 5:20.</ref> St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints."<ref>Eph 6:18.</ref> For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."<ref>Evagrius Ponticus, Pract. 49:PG 40,1245C.</ref> This tireless fervor can come only from love. Against our dullness and laziness, the battle of prayer is that of humble, trusting, and persevering love. This love opens our hearts to three enlightening and life-giving facts of faith about prayer.


			::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c3a2.htm#2743 #2743]

			::: It is always possible to pray: The time of the Christian is that of the risen Christ who is with us always, no matter what tempests may arise.<ref>Cf. Mt 28:20; Lk 8:24.</ref> Our time is in the hands of God: It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone, or seated in your shop, ... while buying or selling, ... or even while cooking.<ref>St. John Chrysostom, Ecloga de oratione 2:PG 63,585.</ref>

	:; Prayer to Jesus		:; Prayer to Jesus

	::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2666 2666]		:::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2666 2666]

	::: But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."<ref>Cf. Ex 3:14; 33:19-23; Mt 1:21.</ref> The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.<ref>Rom 10:13; Acts 2:21; 3:15-16; Gal 2:20.</ref>		::: But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."<ref>Cf. Ex 3:14; 33:19-23; Mt 1:21.</ref> The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.<ref>Rom 10:13; Acts 2:21; 3:15-16; Gal 2:20.</ref>

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	world without end. Amen.		world without end. Amen.
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			== References ==
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	[[Category:Prayers]]		[[Category:Prayers]]

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	; Prayer to Jesus		:; Prayer to Jesus

	:; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2666 2666]		::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2666 2666]

	:: But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."<ref>Cf. Ex 3:14; 33:19-23; Mt 1:21.</ref> The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.<ref>Rom 10:13; Acts 2:21; 3:15-16; Gal 2:20.</ref>		::: But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."<ref>Cf. Ex 3:14; 33:19-23; Mt 1:21.</ref> The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.<ref>Rom 10:13; Acts 2:21; 3:15-16; Gal 2:20.</ref>

	:; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2667 2667]		::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2667 2667]

	:: This simple invocation of faith developed in the tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the invocation, '''"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.'''" It combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 with the cry of the publican and the blind men begging for light.<ref>Cf. Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:13.</ref> By it the heart is opened to human wretchedness and the Savior's mercy.		::: This simple invocation of faith developed in the tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the invocation, '''"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.'''" It combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 with the cry of the publican and the blind men begging for light.<ref>Cf. Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:13.</ref> By it the heart is opened to human wretchedness and the Savior's mercy.

	:; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2668 2668]		::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2668 2668]

	:: '''The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.''' When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases,<ref>Cf. Mt 6:7.</ref> but holds fast to the word and "brings forth fruit with patience."<ref>Cf. Lk 8:15.</ref> This prayer is possible "at all times" because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus.		::: '''The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always.''' When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases,<ref>Cf. Mt 6:7.</ref> but holds fast to the word and "brings forth fruit with patience."<ref>Cf. Lk 8:15.</ref> This prayer is possible "at all times" because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus.

	:; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2669 2669]		::; [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c2a2.htm#2669 2669]

	:: The prayer of the Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it invokes his most holy name. It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which, out of love for men, he allowed to be pierced by our sins. Christian prayer loves to follow the way of the cross in the Savior's steps. The stations from the Praetorium to Golgotha and the tomb trace the way of Jesus, who by his holy Cross has redeemed the world.		::: The prayer of the Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it invokes his most holy name. It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which, out of love for men, he allowed to be pierced by our sins. Christian prayer loves to follow the way of the cross in the Savior's steps. The stations from the Praetorium to Golgotha and the tomb trace the way of Jesus, who by his holy Cross has redeemed the world.

	== Brother Lawrence ==		== Brother Lawrence ==

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 * "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philokalia ''The Philokalia.'']
 == Brother Lawrence ==