Flame of Love Devotional: Spiritual Dryness and Prayer

readings from the Flame of Love Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann copyright 2019
Notes from Catechism of the Catholic Church Second Edition
#2739 Transformation of the praying heart is the first response to our petition.
#2740 How can prayer be centered on the gifts rather than the Giver?
#2729 for distraction reveals to us what we are attached to.
#2731 dryness: when the heart is separated from God.
#2732 Lack of faith:
-turn to God as a last resort
-enlist God as an ally
-our hearts remain presumptuous (failure to observe the limits of what is permitted or APPROPRIATE)
#2734 Filial trust proves itself in tribulation
#2737 (James 4:3) "You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly..." for God desires to do something even greater for you.
Our Community starts with "our realm of influence". Our family is our immediate community, once we strengthen our immediate community then we can work further out into the community.
#2252 Parents have the 1st responsibility for the education of their children in the faith, prayer and all the virtues.
#2694 The Christian family is the first place for education in prayer.