How To Pray

A Christmas Gift For You

I’ve been thinking of what to give you all as a Christmas gift and I noticed in my Facebook page for St. Joseph (check it out at https://www.facebook.com/ilovestjoseph/) that the posts that got the most engagement were posts about prayers. Hence, I created a prayer ebook containing 7 powerful novenas for major life issues, As […]

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How Ten Minutes A Day In Daily Prayer Will Change Your Life

Daily prayer requires a commitment. But do you know that praying even just for ten minutes a day will have a profound positive effect in your life?

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A Prayer For Urgent Needs

Have you been in situations where there isn’t any time to pray a novena for 9 consecutive days or even for 9 consecutive hours? Times when you’re almost at the verge of of panic…You need immediate help, relief, comfort, etc. Times like these, I pray the Memorare to St. Joseph or the Memorare to our Blessed Mother nine consecutive times. I then pray […]

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One Of My Favorite Prayers

A friend of mine emailed me this prayer and since then, I have been praying it before I begin my day. It has become one of my favorite prayers.   Dear Almighty Lord God Jesus Christ, I thank you for this day, for this is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice […]

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Having Time For Prayer

“Tomorrow I plan to work, work, from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.”  – Martin Luther  I love this quote from Martin Luther.  It emphasizes the importance of spending some time in prayer no matter how busy we are. I […]

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Praying Hands

Praying hands (or the clasped hands) is a common prayer gesture or posture among Christians. The clasped hands are usually held before the heart as a symbol of submission, sincerity, repentance and obedience. Some raise their prayer hands as if pleading to God to grant their prayers. This gesture, however, is not only common to […]

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When You Pray, Trust And Believe

I am an active member of our church’s music ministry and I sing during the 9 am Mass on Sundays at our parish church. There are only 5 of us who make up the church’s “choir” for this particular Mass (one plays the guitar, one plays the piano and the three of us sing). I […]

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