The Wrong Way to Pray? Don Bosco & Our Lady's Surprising Answer | Ep. 294

[@BobbyBobBob-d5l]

ST. TERESA OF LISIEUX: “I cannot bring myself to hunt through books for beautiful prayers. There are so many of them that I get a headache. Besides, each prayer seems lovelier than the next. I cannot possibly say them all and do not know which to choose. I behave like a child who cannot read: I tell God what I want and He always understands. For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy...”

[@MOGO8907]

Please pray for me and my family, we could use prayer to help us get back to God

[@luminussekat9030]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🕊

[@MsFlintmaynard]

Just get on your knees...now. Begin to pray...start with the Our Father...slowly. Repeat. God is present....'drawn near to God and He will draw near to you" James 4:8

[@FutureSaint]

🙏🙏🙏

[@MOGO8907]

@FutureSaint thank you

[@MOGO8907]

@@luminussekat9030 thank you

[@paulmitchell2916]

This is wonderful teaching.. but there's another side that sometimes comes up. One day I was severely stressed, both by pretty serious external factors and in my head. My mind was racing with thoughts not necessarily evil, but worldly, and I couldn't slow it down. I was rushing out the door and skipping one of the day hours I usually say, but I stopped myself. I went and got the LOH book, found the page, and said the prayer. I said it rather quickly and felt nothing special. Later, though, when I was calmed down and saying my prayers the right way, I felt the Holy Spirit tell me that that rushed prayer had been one of the most meritorious prayers I'd said in a long time.

[@MaryKane-qv5vz]

On the day we die we will be very happy IF WE HAVE BEEN SAYING the Holy Rosary to the very very best of our ability. Nothing else will have mattered. Not what we have or who we are. The Rosary will be our way to Jesus and the Sacraments through Our Mother Mary. TO JESUS THROUGH MARY.

[@alessandrom7181]

It's hard to pray everyday with the same intensity...

[@stevenkushnerick2084]

AMEN

[@Alfieruben-j1l]

@@alessandrom7181just doing our best is enough 🙏❤️

[@patricia6081]

Thank you so much for this video. I've prayed every day for as long as I can remember, but I almost never truly paid attention to what I was saying. Frankly, i didn't care enough. That mindset has hurt my relationship with the Lord terribly, and just proves how much I still have to learn at my young age. I'll be doing my best to change my ways because of this video, no more taking the back seat for the Lord!

[@Charlotte-rp6qu]

I'll be putting this in practice. Have for some time contemplated what you said. I was thinking when I speak to someone my full attention is in conversing with them. But I can be distracted when I pray. Very helpful video. Would like to support channel --- but at present I try to help Salesian Missions. Maybe in the future I can help your channel as well 😊

[@penelopesmith7469]

The Scriptural Rosary helps immensely. Also saying it out loud even if its only a whisper. To say all three mysteries each day must be wondrous. The Saints who did so must have been supremely happy. As it is Our Blessed Mother must greatly appreciate even one mystery a day because of the peace she sends. Anyone who has ever said the Rosary can't help but admit they felt peace afterwards.

[@margokupelian344]

I can’t always pray out loud bc of shortness of breath and fatigue and headaches. It’s my feeling that God understands my situation, I hope.

[@Victor-z6e9q]

Catholic Mental Prayer is a form of silent prayer that is the next level advanced from vocal prayer. God can hear your thoughts (and demons cannot). Pray with an honest heart to God, He will hear it.

[@Sempreinsieme-y1x]

God is Mercy.

[@bluebiegrace1828]

He does, He does. Don’t worry, He understands.

[@fannyissac7398]

For shortness of breath! Get a thorough heart and lung check up, for headaches get your gall bladder tested, for fatigues switch to Ketogenic/ Carnivore diet! It will feel like you are so alive!

[@proi1]

Do not hear the "Isaac"... I have did this diet, the ketogenic/carnivore, and then I contracted an insomnia that I honestly do not know how to reverse. Those pseudo-cientifics notions, are based on thesis formulated on Oxford Universities, and others, that we admitedly know not be catholics; with a strong evolutionist enviroment. Please, do not hear this man; you will suffer so much. Remember: Adam ate apples on Paradise, it's not unntaural, it's good; the man is of the animals the most complex, and the one that demands the largest variety of feeding.

[@jendayigantt9633]

I had a dream about 1 month ago where i saw a metronome moving at a steady pace and just before i awakened someone put a metal chain necklace around my neck with at the center being either the pendulum of the metronome or a small sword and the person said loudly in my ear as i was awakening “This is from St. Michael.” I have been exploring with my spiritual director who is a OMV priest what this dream meant. Then i saw the title picture of this podcast with the metronome and was intrigued to watch. I saw the large statue of St. Michael in the background. I feel i was given a message to hear this podcast and learn the importance of heartfelt devotional prayer. Thank you St. John Bosco ❤

[@tedfulsaas6266]

Thank you dear Lord for your gentle rebuke. Hail Full of Grace! St. Don Basco, please pray for us

[@morrismachwaa5321]

Please play for me and my family 👪 St. John Bosco 🙏

[@johnsonjoseph5945]

Thank you . The nun prayed the complete Rosary for 1year not 40days . Paying all your attention to the words that you are saying is very important. After all we are talking to God , he needs our attention.

[@christophermahoney3196]

Mother Mary, please pray for us and help us in the way we pray.

[@mitzi769]

Please pray for me and my family's protection.

[@donboscostories]

Will do

[@vicenteromerovega1480]

As I said in the last video, making this stories in Spanish would be very beneficial to everyone. Thanks for uploading videos about the life of Saint John Bosco ✝️

[@willisgoodger1875]

Always pray with Love, Reverance, and Humility. EXPRESS to the Holy Trinity, our Holy Mother and Angels and Saints. Expression of Emotion, Gratitude , Faithfulness and Loyalty.

[@RestyRamos-t7i]

Thank you very much! Now, I see my error in praying! Hope to change.

[@Jpietrantoni]

Excellent 👍. Showing this to my 13 year old.... I've tried so maybe God will work through the lessons you've brought us to open her eyes & teach her the importance of prayer & reverence for our Lord & Our Lady. Thank you❤

[@shafur3]

Wishing you a blessed Christmas Season 🙏

[@Silenceisgolden-o9o]

Thank you for this great reminder.

[@ellieplantagenet9121]

And that's why I usually don't do group Rosaries. They always are said as what I once heard described as "freight train Rosaries". I prefer the time to think what it is I am saying as I pray. Don't know what to do about the freight trains, alas.

[@donboscostories]

Group rosaries are very good. St. Louis de Montfort promoted it very much. Going slower doesn’t always equal more reverent or more meditative.

[@inascio06]

i agree; i enjoy sharing prayer with others, but it feels difficult to focus and meditate when there are some who pray too fast 😢

[@LOOregano]

It is interesting to remember that group rosaries, even with their crosses, are more richly rewarded by the Church (esp. via indulgence) than ones said entirely by ourselves. Perhaps it is because of these crosses that communal prayer is so strongly encouraged or because our own particularities are humbled... This is not to say that we should not also pray by ourselves... But rather that we shouldn't avoid praying with others... Though it may make sense to adjust who you are praying with.

[@respiciousfanuel6052]

Where is Martin Miller please am asking he made me good Catholic

[@luisaguardapez3723]

Thank you for reminding us of how we say our prayers to God 😍

[@nickash5]

This is a good reminder.

[@LewisBowels]

What about reading prayers? I honestly don't know if I am reading them too fast or if I am reading them at a pace I would speak them at. Even when I try to slow down and focus while actually saying them, for me, it feels like I am too slow and over focusing on my speed more than what the prayer is. I don't know if it is patience with myself or if I feel like I am trying to play catch-up with my eyes.

[@sriyanjaliemaduwela2945]

Thank you for this valuable message 🙏. God bless you ❤

[@user-rh3fi3zm3y]

Thank you for this message! ❤

[@dianestrutz7169]

This has been a very helpful episode and you are my favorite host.

[@donboscostories]

Thank you for the kind words. God love you!

[@DominicPosella]

Excellent video! I will pray about which level our merciful Lord and tender Mother wishes for me to support your holy work. It seems that I will be employed as a substitute teacher soon. Given that, I will be in a position to contribute monthly. Please pray for me that this door of employment opens soon. I have been noticing the days I pray with full attention are days that I know I am truly honoring both the Holy Trinity and the Holy Family. Amen!

[@donboscostories]

Thanks for sharing! God love you!

[@ednaa4382]

Joys sorrows and hope

[@davidmoore1370]

Good reminder to focus on. Thank you.

[@bluebiegrace1828]

As long as you pray from the heart. Jesus sees the heart. He knows.

[@dianestrutz7169]

Who was the saint (maybe Dominican) who made the sign of the cross over the muzzle of a gun and then the muzzle part turned into a crucifix. The gunner on horseback was some important magistrate who took umbrage to the priest's sermon feeling the sermon was only pointed at him. I'd really like to remember who was this holy priest who prayed the sign of the cross so perfectly.

[@JMJGETTY]

What if the only time you can pray is when you’re driving to work or on your 15 minute break?

[@MotherMary112]

Just say it devoutly anything you say

[@donboscostories]

Pray when you can. Do the best you can in whatever situation you’re in.

[@parentalerte]

I have a silly question. Is it disrespectful to pray in the shower , bathroom? Should we always be covered up,?

[@jeffbrewster7475]

I take St Paul literally: "Pray without ceasing..."

[@donboscostories]

We should do our principal prayers in the most reverent manner possible. However it’s always good to pray at all times and all circumstances.

[@hsullivan3848]

Love it

[@StephenMoon-xu3fj]

I have just learned this the day before.

[@frankblaiso5208]

What do you mean by the whole Rosary is it all the four mysteries?

[@chielokacodes]

Yeah

[@maysinagmedia9051]

The whole rosary is 5 decades of 5 mysteries example of the glorious mysteries - ressurection ascension, descent of holy spirit upon Mary and apostles, assumption, and coronation of mary as queen of heaven and earth. Another full rosary are the sorrowful mysteries - agony of jesus in the garden, the scouring of jesus, crowning with thorns, carrying of the cross, crucifiction

[@rx0102]

Three.

[@donboscostories]

St. Louis de Montfort in secret of the rosary referred to a 5 decade rosary as a children’s rosary and the rosary properly speaking was the 15 decades corresponding to the 150 psalms.

[@kfossi1986]

I have a lot to fix! 😢 I've been getting very lazy in my prayers to the point my mind wonders and I feel like I'm babbling. I wish I didn't do that.

[@donboscostories]

We all do it on occasion. Just refocus when you notice you are distracted. Don’t be discouraged. You can do it!

[@jamesjaramillo7033]

i dont know if God really hears my prayer. i prayed since august until now no answer. God knows my pain i talk to him but silencr is the only the answer. the silence is breaking me bit by bit. im in the point that i ask why? why? why? why?

[@paulinafranchini1908]

Definitely good advice but also important not to slip into a robotic, unnaturally slow way of saying the words.

[@donboscostories]

Very true, you can err in the other direction as well. Also, going so slow that you cause people praying with you agony is probably not a good idea either.

[@paulinafranchini1908]

Right, exactly. Those prayer groups where the pace of praying is like a piety meter - the slower the holier… 😮‍💨 it’s grueling

[@Joseph123-g6p]

What happened to original

[@Pratsg86]

Would you think that it is ok to do the same with the loved ones in our life? Just record a message and replay it everyday to your kids, husband, parents or others? God is not some authoritarian figure we are trying to please...atleast that's not who he is supposed to be. He is our loving father and one of the ways we return that love back is with our prayers. we also built our relationship with him through prayer. Just like how we build our relationship with the loved ones in our lives with communication. If it is inappropriate to use the recorder with them then it is the same with God.

[@chrismcwilliams2676]

Am I the only unfortunate who has a constant struggle to keep focused?

[@donboscostories]

No that’s all of us. Or at least it’s true of me

[@Christian-q5e]

If I focused on praying all 4 rosarys a day slowly and with as perfect pronunciation as I can, I would be praying for probably 2 hours a day. This seems like too much for someone not in religious life. Also, hyper focusing on pronunciation with pull me out of the meditative prayer of each mystery. So then I wouldn't be praying the entire rosary, as Our Lady so lovingly asks of us.. Maybe i hear this video wrong, but unfortunately it only arouses anxiety and scrupulosity for me. It's all very overwhelming.

[@donboscostories]

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Strive for perfection but don’t let that prevent you from fulfilling your obligations.

[@Christian-q5e]

​@@donboscostories Amen. God bless you and thank you

[@luminussekat9030]

😢Ever since I do 4 Rosaries, I've lost the value of beautiful Rosaries.

[@gregwilson825]

Spread them out sister

[@maysinagmedia9051]

Regrettably it's your loss if you don't value the rosary anymore. One rosary at a time is much valuable bec it brings us close to Jesus, bec it is a meditation prayer of mysteries on the life death and resurrection of jesus

[@glennberry6856]

Perhaps you're trying to do too much, and your prayer has become arduous as a result. I wish I could pray 4 a day too, but I know myself. It's hard enough for me to say one rosary every day faithfully and meaningfully. It's great that you want to pray so much, but you may be burning yourself out.

[@rx0102]

it's rare to see Catholic anime friends. I do 3 (without Luminous), maybe you could try that and see how it goes. I also suggest that you pray at Eucharistic Adoration when you can. Last, read a book called Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort, he mentions how all rosaries are precious even if we don't feel it or struggle with distractions. I relate much to you and pray God blesses you ❤

[@coolcatbaron]

I almost prayed 4 rosaries a day for a whole year when I was a student, forcing myself until I began to hate it. Oddly enough, sometimes after I forced myself to pray and finished my "obligatory prayer" I prayed again freely without a "you must do that now" attitude and the same prayers felt much better. Here is the thing: We are creatures with a psyche that love to set habits, but we can go overboard and assign burdens that are too much for us to bear. Many people wanted to live like St. Anthony is his day and failed and became bitter by copying his ascetic lifestyle, while he himself was a loving beacon of hope. The thing is we are not equally gifted or called for the same mission. Some have the gift of being an intercessor and they can pray all day long, others would become miserable if they would make that their life. Our sacrifices we make can only be build on the one true sacrifice that is Christ. If we don't have our power from him, our works we try to accomplish will go nowhere. That's why it's important to discern where God wants to have you with the gifts he gave you. You are unique, and even though we all must pray, there is a balance you must reach that only works out for you alone. You must not compare yourself or take the life of faoth as a competition. If we continue to try to do what we assume is right for us, but isn't, only bitterness will await us. First we need to receive and then we can go out giving out. Especially those who suffer scrupulousity sometimes need to accept the gifts that God gave them, which they themselves deem selfish but aren't. And in thanksgiving we then become able to praise the Lord and pray more with a warm heart. Today I don't even pray one rosary a day sometimes, because I'm too exhausted with work as I am a social worker that oftentimes gets haunted with the burdens of others. At such times I know the only prayer I can utter is for God to have mercy on me and maybe enjoy the stillness as I lay down my exhaustion before the Lord as the obly sacrifice I can make. And that is absolutely fine. Trust God forst before doing anything and then let him be your strength in which you can perform anything you do.

[@doebran]

can you summarize the wrong way to pray?

[@lydiadavidson3063]

That story is so not believable. It discredits the Holy Rosary. The Holy Rosary helps us grow in love of God and sanctity. Such stories make the Rosary look silly. As if the Blessed Virgin is bothered about a dress. The Life of Christ should be our focus in the Rosary meditations.

[@waynenoll1967]

This is a good apostolate but lately all I get is mail asking me for money. I’m going to stop my monthly donation, this is what turned me off from many ministries; some nice looking people wearing nice clothes and I’m sure making nice salaries, telling me that I need to give them money to “spread the word “.

[@CocoWynn]

When doing charitable works, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand gives, says Jesus

[@lukasandisaaktime9147]

Anybody else have an issue with the Blessed Rosary being used as a prop? Or can someone, maybe who has more incite, show why it is around his left hand? Thanks and God Bless!!!

[@donboscostories]

It’s not a prop, I pray the rosary everyday and it brings me comfort to hold it in my hand when doing public presentations.

[@lukasandisaaktime9147]

@donboscostories I see. Please forgive my concern. I am very glad that She brings you comfort in front of the lens. God Bless you and yours! PRAISE BE TO GOD AND HAIL MARY QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY!!!

[@Lili-Benovent]

I wonder what you tell this God in your prayers and why it takes so long, Do you tell him how good he is and do you ask forgiveness for the multitude of sins you’ve committed since your past prayers? OK that would take all of five minutes and apparently you’ll be automatically forgiven, so now you can commence sinning again until tomorrow when you can do it all again. An easy way to pray would be to record your little prayer on a tape machine and program it to play at a certain time every day, you wouldn’t even need to be there. The same for saying Grace, just leave your recorder on the dining table. How easy is that?

[@ritakay3003]

Thank God for you and your family

[@ritakay3003]

❤God is not mocked. Do you call God’s wrath on yourself

[@gaycapangpangan6804]

Laziness in prayer is not good dude. Tape recorder really?

[@Lili-Benovent]

@@gaycapangpangan6804 You pray and you pray but your prayers are never answered, you say to yourself that God works in mysterious ways and perhaps with God's help everything will be alright in the future but you know deep down inside yourself that your pleas and prayers will never be answered because in the big scheme of things you are just not important enough for Jesus to take any action on your behalf. Jesus is a busy guy and there are millions of Christians praying to him every minute of every day, that's billions of prayers he has to consider and prioritize, next he has to check up on whether or not you have been faithful and have been paying your tithes, whether you have asked forgiveness for the plethora of sins you have committed lately and whether or not you have been attending church. If you get a pass on all of God's questions then maybe you'll be put on the list but this is no guarantee that Jesus will see things your way and grant your wishes. You would be far better off asking Satan for help, he's always happy to to listen and he doesn't want ten percent of everything you own. Your choice.

[@joseortegabeede8233]

The Don Bosco cult

[@BigChiefLoudMouth]

I support all the priests and all of the bishops who are heaven bound and not Hellbound like those who tell you of heresy and tell you to deny the tradition of the church and to listen to one who is in heresy will only lead you to wherever the heretics go, which we know A millstone will be around the neck of those who mislead no matter who they are no matter what position they are in the Millstone will fit