Day 328: How We Pray (Part 4 Intro w/ Sr. Miriam James Heidland) - The Catechism in a Year

[@robehrgonzales77494]

Absolutely insightful! Thank you for this introduction to pillar four Amen 🙏

[@ritasaar2208]

I sadly admit that I did not start taking the time for prayer until I retired. I prayed, but it wasn't a priority. I now make it a priority. The Cathechism in a year has been so helpful. Plus I am on my second year of the Bible in a year. I am sorry I waited so long to do this. Thank you Father Mike and Ascension Press for making these things available to us.

[@genevievekromer6404]

Me too❤

[@jdiane44]

Me too!

[@lolaweiss139]

Pp😮😅

[@lindafaulk9376]

Me too

[@txgrandma3]

We are in the same stage in life. My suggestion is that instead of regretting the past, be grateful to God that has brought you to this point because so many people never arrive here. I have really enjoyed this podcast so much & appreciate the time & effort that goes into it. I’m not sure what next year will bring but I know that the knowledge & understanding I have gained will enrich everything God calls me to do to serve Him in the time I have left on earth. Many blessings to each of you.

[@yeseniamonroy5111]

Sister Miriam thank you for your 25 years of love ❤️ towards God!!!

[@Rain-xe5vr]

Love Sr Miriam! Such a shame that the higher up in the church you go the worse the corruption gets. Our church would be transformed if our leaders were like some of the genuine souls we have such as Sr Miriam.

[@priscaalexander-cp5bz]

This talk was positively informative for me. I recall earlier in my early twenties I was going through a dryness in prayer. It's like God was not hearing or listening to me. I went to confession , I told the priest I had no zeal to pray.His wise words to me were don't stop praying. To date I am happy I took his advise. Now prayer is everything for me. To God be the glory I never stopped.

[@sgrieger_]

We should take our kids to Adoration!! 🥰🙌🙏 I've attempted several times with my 3 girls and even just for 10 minutes, to learn to be with the Lord, is so good!!!

[@SuperRuthJ]

What a wonderful and blessed year we have been handed over by God! Thanks to Father Mike for his wonderful teachings! Thank you sister Miriam James we are also blessed to have you here in this final Pillar!❤️❤️🙏❤️

[@SuperSaiyanScandinavian]

I love you Fr. Mike!

[@lawrencegatti8283]

The final pillar! Sweet but also sad that we are coming to the conclusion.

[@holmesfamily80]

The conclusion, and yet just the beginning as we really begin to live it out!

[@56Tyskie]

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world. 🙏♥️✝️

[@dianefrank3688]

Amen! Such a perfect prayer that we all need of God's Mercy.❤‍🔥🙏

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

❤

[@ajhoops58]

Two faith filled individuals that can spark the faith in our young people.

[@Rain-xe5vr]

Church leadership should take note, instead of trying to change 2000 years of dogma and gaslight us into believing heresy or worshiping idols!

[@merelychristian8325]

Love Sr. Miriam! Praying for everyone as we embark on this last pillar 🤍

[@marsharr2877]

Sr Miriam’s life story is amazing!

[@embeesl4y3r]

hey, you're here! miss your videos and can't wait to see your next one

[@R_Thomp]

Thank you Father and Sister

[@roystonfernandes8305]

Thank you Fr. Mike and Sr. Miriam for your intro insights on the 4th Pillar of Prayer. It is our personal and living relationship with Our Father who is infinitely good, with His Son Jesus, and with the Holy Spirit who dwells in their hearts. Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God. Prayer is a gift of God who comes to encounter us. So Lord, teach us to pray without ceasing. We know you love us despite our brokenness. Your mercy is endless because to desire you is the beginning of love.🙏

[@rm-paradise]

Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 11/24/2023.

[@Love_Divine]

Amen ❤. So beautifully said. May I borrow your quote from this day forward?

[@rm-paradise]

@@Love_Divine Of course! Glad you enjoyed it and received grace from the Lord. 11/25/2023

[@Love_Divine]

@@rm-paradise ❤️ tQ

[@patriciaasedegbeganieto1493]

It's amazing that we have so much to learn, at least, I do. That I can grow and grow in my relationship with God until He calls me.

[@Love_Divine]

Amen. ❤

[@realjoanna]

"You're not telling God something He doesn't know. You're giving Him access to something He doesn't have. " Profound ❤❤❤

[@twilleyyoung5099]

What an incredible day that this new widow needed to hear!

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

God's blessings and comfort to you ❤

[@peggybruening4415]

Oh happy heart❤ Two of my favorite people discussing Christ, prayer, relationship, we are so very blessed. Thank you!! Will be praying for everyone!

[@yvobalcer]

I thought I would listen for 15 to 20 minutes but I watched the entire program.

[@JohnHenrysaysHi]

54:22 This isn't some joke or some kind of cosmic game God is playing with us. God loves us so much!

[@rachelrichard2805]

Oh my heavens , I just loved this opening for our last chapter in this season . How blest our we…. This is by far my favourite opening probably because of what I’m going through in my spiritual life in general. I would just like to add my own experience so I am a mother of 4 children and my last child is severely handicapped……can’t talk can’t walk and has epilepsy. This was a challenge because my children at the time were very young . I could deal with his handicapped but the epilepsy was a altogether different thing and still is to this day . Having to see your child go through this seeing him turn bleu and his beautiful face get all deformed, it’s very hard he is now 22 was supposed to die 3 times already . I prayed and did 9 days that became a year of prayer so his epilepsy would go away, but it never did ,however I know that if my son is not a unanswered prayer ,in time I understood that he is the one that brings me to Christ and one day I asked the lord to show me why he would not answer me in this prayer and 2 years later he did just that . I did not get angry I accepted the way the lord wanted me to live with my son . Thank you both for this beautiful talk xxxxGod bless xxxx

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

Thank you for your touching story. God bless

[@ValnarianKnight]

Please pray for me and my family. So much has been happening in the past few months, and everything always seems to happen right around holidays and vacation when we are hoping to rest.

[@Goodnews499]

Thank you Sister Mariam and thank you Fr Mike ,we are so grateful to you ,God bless you both

[@annelee3461]

Thank you Fr Mike and Sister Mariam 🙏 it has been very enlightening. God bless you 🙏

[@mercymercy331]

Thank you both and may God keep bless you and your service for his kingdom!

[@17CW68fNv]

Thank you Fr Mike and Sister Miriam, for your wonderful insights on all the different aspects of prayer. Keeping you in prayer, May God Bless you. Claire.

[@sharonseaver4119]

It may be 57 minutes long, but it’s one of the best 57 minute. Fascinating and inspiring. 😊

[@IreneuszCzech]

👍👋

[@artorefalnera3055]

Fr. Thank you ❤. Sr. thank you for sharing your faith journey. Praying for you two, for the Ascension team and for all my CIY brothers and sisters. God bless ❤🙏

[@dianefrank3688]

❤🙏

[@artorefalnera3055]

@@dianefrank3688 ❤🙏

[@donnacheney5509]

Found myself in tears....

[@sallyb5076]

Thank you Father and Sister….such a blessing

[@KolokaiKalai]

Thankyou Fr.Mike and Sr.Miriam and all in the Ascension team..Blessings and prayers for you 🙏 ❤ all.

[@dianefrank3688]

❤🙏

[@socorrocervantes9363]

Pray for each other faithfully and unceasingly for God's forgiveness and healing of our sinfulness. Thank you Fr Mike and Sister Miriam James for being our prayer warriors and all your Godly works spreading the Gospel. To God be the glory. Amen.

[@tsr3779]

Pure joy and faith that the two of you bring to my morning! ❤🙏❤️

[@sgrieger_]

Thank you Fr Mike and Sr Miriam!! And all at Ascension to make this podcast happen! Love being able to see this podcast and thankful that there's video on this app 🥰🙌 praying for you all, please pray for me 🙏💓💞🙏💗

[@TheCatechismInAYear]

Thank you for supporting Ascension, and for your very kind words! May God bless you 💛

[@LDP-33]

Thank you Fr Mike n Sr. Miriam a truly enlightening talk today. Not to just “ say your prays” but “ how to pray” n yes how much Jesus loves each one of us no matter what! God bless both of you and everyone.

[@marsharr2877]

I cannot fathom the depth of God’s love for us, but man-oh-man does it lighten and brighten my soul thinking about it and all that that love carries with it.

[@andrewfitch3206]

Loved hearing the love of the Lord and the respect for each other in this discussion!!

[@pamelablasko7601]

Two wonderful souls....Sister Miriam and Father Mike. I thank God for your hearts. ❤❤

[@Elmaestrope]

Thank you Father Mike and Sr. Miriam James. We are happy to have you on this final pillar. God bless❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇

[@maryjuneramos9652]

I love you both❤

[@marthablanchard7860]

I have loved all parts of Catechism in a Year but this introduction to “How We Pray” was what I needed to hear!! It really touched my heart and wish too that it would have been at the beginning of CIAY!! Beginning or end…..I have learned soooo much from listening to this introduction to “How We Pray!” Thank you both so much!!!

[@sue_kalnasy]

This conversation was so beautiful! Thank you Sr. Miriam and Fr. Mike for sharing your hearts with us.

[@joelbeauchamp6687]

Wow, her voice has such a soothing effect.

[@lanceglassgow3761]

Wow these are two superstars for Jesus.

[@nancylanigan3924]

Thank you! God Bless! Prayers!

[@lisegoett8295]

This is perhaps the most valuable discussion I have ever heard. and I listen to the both of you a lot. What an exchange. Thank you, Sr. Miriam and Fr. Mike, for the depth of this conversation. You are both such incredible gifts to anyone who has the great good fortune to find your podcasts. And you both have brains like speeding bullets. May God bless you.

[@susanclemons116]

Thank you Father Mike and sister Miriam James. Just beautiful. You both have such a beautiful love for God. Thank you for sharing. God Bless

[@MB-fw5ut]

Was reading the comments and seeing reports of tears. Well, sure enough, by the end, moist eyes here. So many feelings. Wondering if I missed the call to the religious life years ago. Never married, no kids, now 68, female. Once overheard my mother tell someone, "She's really deeply religious." Didn't feel drawn to Sisters of St. Joseph, who taught me, but wish I'd been brave enough to explore other orders. I think I feared leaving the secular trappings I knew and lived among. Probably thought I needed to keep earning. In any case, a very good talk. I wish the Catechism was known more widely, and I sure wish I'd read it in full earlier in life (unlikely without Fr. Mike, though). Bought it many years ago but just paged through it now and then. I find it amazingly coherent and cohesive. Thank you to all who create this podcast.

[@marybethmaino473]

Nice to meet you, Sister Miriam! Thank you to both of you on the best hour of my day! Appreciate you! So grateful for this community. God Bless!

[@JohnHenrysaysHi]

Thank you for having Sr. Miriam on, Father Mike Schmitz. Hope you, everyone in the Catechism in a Year production team, Ascension Presents, and everyone here has a peaceful Happy Friday. Prayed for you all in my Rosary this morning for help for us to be obedient to God so we can live well, and asked for St. Augustine's intercession for help with purity of heart so we can help see people as they are, love people for who they are, and be loved by people for who we are. God bless you all.

[@lisaweidenbenner5295]

Thank you John Henry!

[@JohnHenrysaysHi]

@@lisaweidenbenner5295 Have a blessed weekend, Lisa!

[@julieevery7468]

What great examples for us to follow in our prayer life. Thanks Father Mike and Sister Miriam for your faith and witness to us all.

[@nalishebo]

May God reward You Both.

[@janetanderson9421]

What a beautiful conversation. Thank you.

[@elesapowell3769]

Thank you Father Mike and Sister Miriam. God bless you!

[@lizpuett5777]

Learning to be a beloved child of God, not just a tolerated child, has changed my life.

[@stooch66]

When I have fallen, I often feel that because I have potentially cut myself off from God, I can’t pray. He is not listening and I cannot hear him. I know that is probably wrong…but, a fall always hurts my prayer life…and I know that is what the evil one wants… God bless everyone. Pray for each other!

[@IslandSteph]

I think after we fall is when God is most eager to hear from us.

[@joannehamel7766]

Fr. Mike and Sr.Miriam you have given me so much information on prayer even more then I have learned all these years. May God continue his love for you and for each and every single person listening to your words.

[@susiecantulermalerma806]

Holy Spirit come to us 🙏💙

[@TriciaMalikebu]

Thank you Fr Mike & Sr Miriam for this moment. Wow& your voice Sr, always feels as if in prayer. What a blessing

[@chavelasalas9151]

Amen amen thanks be to God. Prayers Father Mike amen

[@paulacevedo8814]

Praise to you God and Jesus Christ🙏❤🕊😇

[@meanchoolee5845]

Thank you Father Mike and Sister Miriam

[@almapuritaparcon3435]

Day 328. 🙏🙏🙏❤

[@virginiamadrid3464]

I was bawling 😭 listening to this…thank you Father Mike and Sister Miriam..God bless you both .

[@CarmenRodriguez-vx1km]

Thank you Sister Mariam , and Fr. Mike, for Day 328 ✝️

[@deedeebuhler9610]

May God bless you always 🙏

[@jans1675]

Thank you Fr. Mike and Sister Miriam. To be completely honest when I saw Sister Miriam was going to here to do this introduction to the last pillar of the Catechism I was temped not to listen to it. Not because that I don’t like Sister Miriam but because every time I listen to her words of wisdom I cry. It is hard enough listening to Fr. Mike without crying. I am glad I did listen to this podcast. May God bless and guide you both always. I I carry everyone of you who is walking this journey to find out what the Catholic Church teaches in my thoughts, prayers, and heart daily. May God bless all of us as we take the next step in learning how much God loves each of us. May God gives all we need to continue to push play.

[@daniellawo]

Amazing teaching! Thank you so much. Beautiful every word touch my heart. God bless you Father Mike and Sister Miriam James

[@darmat6288]

The Catechism is beautifully written.

[@katemelton4812]

Wow. There is still hope for me. Thank you for sharing your joy and revelations

[@jamesedward9262]

The gentleman who wrote this pillar of the Catechism should be made a saint. But then again, all the writers could also be saints. I’d love to know more about these writers of the Catechism.

[@rosalindwilson1888]

Thank you fr. Mike and sister Miriam for this wonderful podcast. In the last few minutes especially minute 45 upward was so touching it brought tears to my eyes. I went through a crisis in the family that needed us to remain rooted in prayer and while many were losing hope, trust in god's word brought that love of the father for his children to my heart. The CCC has been a great source of strength to me. I know the remaining few days will strengthen me in prayer and help me grow. Thank you fr.

[@jeanneoconnell4134]

This is so beautifully and eloquently expressed. Our communications with God speaks openly our hearts. Thank you for reaffirming the importance of this Pillar of our Church.

[@jenb2109]

I love this intro leading into the fourth pillar. Thank you Father Mike, and Sister Miriam. Decades ago, at a Chicago Catechumenal Conference, one brilliant speaker (among many) shared a story about a mother whose restless child could not sleep. When she asked her son what was bothering him, he shared that he felt shame and discomfort by the picture of Jesus, that adorned his bedroom wall, appeared to be glaring at him. His mother said softly and reassuringly that, Jesus is not judging you my dear, He is staring at you because He loves you so much that He cannot keep His eyes off of you! We are beloved sons and daughters of Our Creator and are so very blessed.

[@carolannallen4286]

Thank you Father Mike and Sister Miriam. You are a blessing to us Please pray for us as we pray for you as you spread His Word and His Love

[@paulinebrooks3221]

Thank you.Peace love and prayers.

[@143mschrag]

This is so Beautifully Profound. Thanks be to God forever ❣️ I much appreciate you Fr. Mike, Sr. Miriam, and Ascension. As always, I am praying for all of you. God Bless 🙏🏻

[@marianmilne6009]

This was just so beautiful, thank you both . Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@AuroraB-74]

I'm listening to this for a second time because I've been struggling with prayer so much. I got so much out of this the first time but need a refresher. Thank you do much for this!

[@sharonprice6487]

This has blessed me so much. Thank you!

[@lizmcdavid1506]

Thank you Fr. Mike and Sr, Miriam.I love what you told us, and I look forward to learning more from Pillar 4. God bless you both.

[@benedictaang1875]

🙏praying is opening our hearts to Gid so he can touch it gently with his love , mercy and grace 🙏💕

[@berthalamont8133]

Sister Miriam is a wonderful person, I was scrolling the internet in distress, looking for something to lift me up and Sister Miriam came up. I think it was God bringing her into my heart that day because my distress was so heavy and I knew no way out but to cry and pray but that day the calmness and serenity of Sister Miriam drew me out of myself and back to where I belonged and that was in the presence of God which at the time I knew nothing about. I thank Sister Miriam for all her podcasts and talks, keep going because you are saving souls and helping them as you helped me that day. May God Bless you abundantly for all you do.

[@Zarthalad]

Love this!

[@sandyrausch1999]

The last part about letting God love us really hits home! Thanks you too!❤❤❤❤

[@mau0101]

Great timing to begin this pillar on Thanksgiving day !!!

[@susanbourke1655]

What an insight, We can only start to love when we allow ourselves to be loved by God first. ❤

[@genevievetupas8529]

Just beautiful...I love you Lord!❤

[@malorenaperez4099]

So beautiful. Thank you Father Mike and Sister Miriam!

[@benjamin3541]

Superb sound quality , very impressive production.

[@mom6boyzkillo497]

As a mother of six boys and a friend to Saint Monica… It occurs to me, especially within my vocal prayer (that can become contemplative…) When I’m praying the rosary… Contemplating our blessed mother‘s role in the life of Christ and in the life of all of us… That we cannot have the heart of mother Mary unless we also share in her suffering. We can never really understand the heart of love until our own hearts have kind of been broken open to receive, experience and participate in perfect love.

[@Melissa-dz6je]

Ohhh Sooo POWERFUL!! I took Many notes ✍️ Thank You Fr. Mike & Sr. Miriam, God Bless You ALL!!❣️🙏🕊️

[@benedictaang1875]

" the heart .. the core .. "we pray from our heart... awesome ! 🙏💕so beautiful 💕🙏

[@carolradlinger8661]

Sr.Miriam, what a beautiful and holy person you are, I could feel your holiness come across to me, that really encourages me to keep on growing in my relationship with God ❤

[@marybailey6254]

Blessings to all who are participating in the CIY & BIY today 🙏🏻🕊✝️🕊🙏🏻

[@Bigchilezlife]

I’m just so happy that God brought me to the final pillar! ❤❤❤❤

[@michaelrybicki-fw3hj]

Speaking of Prayer while I was praying I heard these words the cost of love is free but to recieve Love is priceless.

[@lindyredmond9838]

Two such wonderful religious souls who can ignite the flame of faith in our souls. Thank you for saying your FIAT to God so you can teach all of us. You are our inspiration

[@gailwedgeworth7517]

Thanks so much... I spent a long time in my life thinking my circumstances were so difficult and no one could ever fix them, but the prayer of Mary untying the knots, helped me to realize that God was always working my problems, Mary's prayers were untying the knots of my life, one, by one, by one, and Jesus was knitting me back together. It was a beautiful image. Nothing is beyond God's ability if we only let him have our knotted lives. :)

[@stephenwilliams6292]

Wow, loved your guest Father Mike!! Enjoyed this introduction to the 4th pillar!