2729. The habitual difficulty in prayer is distraction. It can affect words and their meaning in vocal prayer; it can concern, more profoundly, him to whom we are praying, in vocal prayer (liturgical or personal), meditation, and contemplative prayer. To set about hunting down distractions would be to fall into their trap, when all that is necessary is to turn back to our heart: for a distraction reveals to us what we are attached to, and this humble awareness before the Lord should awaken our preferential love for him and lead us resolutely to offer him our heart to be purified. Therein lies the battle, the choice of which master to serve.16
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533. What is the greatest human desire?
404. What else is required for an authentic human society?
321. What are the sacraments at the service of communion and mission?
518. How is justice and solidarity among nations brought about?
590. What does the Church ask for when she prays “Thy Kingdom come”?
254. Who brought to fulfillment those prefigurations?
131. What is the saving meaning of the Resurrection?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How can wisdom protect us from evil, as revealed in Wisdom 7:28-29?
Justification by Faith: What Does the Bible Say? (Romans 1:17)
What does it mean to choose godliness over the flesh, according to 1 Peter 4:1-6?
What does the image of the river of life in Ezekiel (Ezekiel 47) represent?
How did a woman’s faith heal her of a hemorrhage, according to Matthew 9:20-22?
What does the Bible say about loving and serving your brothers and sisters?
