Mental Prayer 101 From St Alphonsus

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[@diannezalewski3885]

I didn't realize that I use mental prayer when I say the rosary sometimes. It doesn't always happen, but it is very potent when I immerse my thoughts in the decades of the rosary. Thank you for going over the details of mental prayer.

[@lauracarrion7450]

When I go to adore Jesus in the Eucharist, I imagine that He greets me with an embrace as the father of the prodigal son. As him too, I ask for forgiveness . I feel loved and this help me to have a “good time” with Him.

[@marianievessolsona2119]

Thanks a lot, I love how you explain everything, God bless you

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[@flipgen5113]

Thank you Ken for sharing. And wow! I didn't expect Jenelle singing at the end. Beautiful!!!

[@user-zc2ey4jn7x]

Just before I listened to you I had just returned to my car from Mass and then Adoration. I saw a beautiful tree and admired the rich colors of the leaves. I thought of my family and wanted to share Gods beauty so I took a picture. An older man on a bike appeared in my pic. Still so beautiful! The beauty that God has given us here!

[@debbihutton3568]

I can get so easily distracted sometimes! I do agree that morning is the best time for prayer, atleast for me, if I don’t pray first thing, I find my whole day is topsy turvy & I’m unsettled & all over the place. “When prayer precedes business, sin will find no entrance into the soul” WOW! LOVE THIS!!! Thank you 🙏

[@ms.jenkinskbclassroom6066]

2 things. Janelle should make a cd with her beautiful short songs. T - shirt: Find the beauty in every thing!

[@sandratuga3488]

Thankyou. I appreciate this video.

[@Catholicspeaker]

You are so welcome!

[@marcin4497]

Prayer before business ❤️‍🔥 I like to pray first thing in the morning,full rosary. This means wakiing up 5-6am but it builds an armour for the rest of the day. God bless

[@mstone8118]

I do what you do, but never really thought of it as mental prayer. I am constantly noticing things around me and turning my thoughts to the heavens. This has made me think of things that I used to do and have gotten away from also, like journaling…for me that was always a form of prayer and praise, speaking with God through pen and paper. Thank you!

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thanks for sharing.

[@chadmckeighan8626]

I LOVE to drive across the country and see GODS GOODNESS in the different landscapes across the country. I remember driving into fog and not being able to see and I was awaiting for the fog to break so that I could see the light, the fog broke and it was so beautiful (sun, blue skies, etc). Thank GOD for everything because the light and love of GOD is in every moment, I wouldnt have enjoyed the sunlight as much if I had not been in the fog.

[@jamesclancy8536]

Thank you both for your beautiful reflections during this Advent season. Janelle you have an Angelic voice. Ken you have a peaceful voice. Janelle have you ever considered making a recording of some hymns that you like. Would be a wonderful way to meditate when I am on my walk and mentally praying to God our Savior. Thank you for you ministry.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

I was called to prayer by Our Lord and He took me to that time when He was lost in the temple. He gave me the feeling of how He was in His Father's House, and how vast His consciousness was because there was no separation between He and His Father. Then He took me to Mary and how small and lost she felt in her humaness, looking for Him and grieving because Herod had tried to kill Him, and her responsibility was enormous. She couldn't understand why He would leave her and Joseph in such a predicament, but it was a powerful way to signal to her He was 12 years old now and had to begin His mission. So much is here in this little mystery. I guess thats mental prayer and Our Lord wants me to make a habit of it now.

[@pattystansberry9120]

Thank you for doing these videos during advent and all through the year. They help so many people. I know they do me! I am so grateful for all you and Janelle do. And omg, I know it’s not easy with all the kids. You are much appreciated. Have a blessed advent season. Love you guys and God bless 9:43

[@josefinahenriques-fernande7715]

Thank you for your beautiful videos and wonderful advice. I agree mornings are spent in the solace of prayer with God. God bless you both 🙏🌈

[@anthonyraju9781]

Thank you Ken it is wonderful vedio. Answered a lot of doubts. God bless you & your family.

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[@terrikangas8310]

Your videos help me so much. I realized I do this but didn’t know it had a name: mental prayer 😊 praise the Lord ❤

[@blakylucha]

Thank you for helping us to learn how to pray may God bless you'll ❤🙏

[@MaryKane-qv5vz]

Thank you for making mental prayer so simple and straight forward. God bless you and yours.

[@janebeggs7447]

Thank you. This will help so much when I get distracted while praying. God bless.

[@janmoorman1874]

Thank you God 🎉😂❤

[@Pete.Ty1]

🙏🙏🙏.Thank you

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thanks for watching

[@rosefelagito4437]

Thank you Ken 🙏

[@Catholicspeaker]

You are very welcome

[@agneserker4931]

God bless you, Jenelle and family

[@johnstenorley3432]

Thank you and God Bless you with your family 🙏

[@reenalasrado8315]

Thanks Ken & Janelle 😊

[@Alma.-]

Thank you love your reflections I appreciate that you keep talking about mental prayer sometimes it’s easy for me sometimes not so easy Thanks God bless

[@gratefulheart8475]

Please hope you share the photo of the beautiful sunset at the end of your future videos

[@ginakendrick2581]

I highly recommend brother Lawrence’s book the practice of the presence of God. It’s a little tiny book. It’s probably four dollars and every Catholic should have it. Every person should have it it’s freedom.

[@AbbyElizabeth03]

Finding God in everything. "Lord, your beauty is greater than this." This made me think about working in an office. Sometimes you're in a situation where you're at a desk from 9-5, but you decorate your office with photos of your family, maybe some art work that you love. You surround yourself with beautiful things to remind yourself of God's beauty.

[@CarlaMonde]

Thank you so much. I will try to practice mental prayer prayer

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thanks for watching

[@tpor1206]

Thank you Ken. I’ve started this and finding it a challenge to do mental prayer but why you’ve shared is very helpful and I have a book by St. Alphonsus on mental prayer too that I’ve got to dive deep into also

[@R.C.425]

Thank you

[@SuperSaiyanScandinavian]

Great video! Also had no idea you were Canadian. As a fellow Canadian and Catholic, it's nice to see Canadian Catholic KZbinrs.

[@dorothyswol6979]

Saint in the making Soul Brother Ken; The first thing in the morning I do when I open my eyes is I thank GOD, JESUS, and the HOLY SPIRIT for the gift of another day, for the gift of life, and for the gift of my health. Then In startup my lap-top and go to adoration for an hour. That is how I like to start my day, but I do have difficulty to quiet my mind. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[@PredecaoBraganza]

Amen 7:42

[@sharonstruthers-trory]

I do not sing well, sometimes I even hurt my own ears. However, I sing praises to God when I am on my own in my car. Only me and God can hear it. It was a morning thing for me everyday when I was going to work; now it is more occasional, but still happens as often as I can manage it.

[@mikemurphy9927]

Ken & Janelle I watched your other you tube on this and I got nowhere . I'll check this one out -hope it works I need all the help I can get to find my way to Heaven .

[@kathywiens9852]

I'm sorry you are struggling. In this life there are many trials. Scripture speaks of the narrow road that leads to heaven. I think that is so because we fail to look at the blessings of life. Whatever we choose to focus on is what becomes bigger in our lives. I speak from experience that it's easy to focus on the negative instead of the blessings. The very fact that we have breath in us is a blessing. The sun light Ken spoke of and so much in nature. I pray you'll find even one thing that is a positive and give thanks for that. I'll be praying for you Mike. I know life is hard but this one is so short. It's the next one that last forever. Christian love to you🙏💕💝

[@elizabethlowderman1445]

Thank you. I saved this video.

[@andrewm8608]

In mental prayer you can imagine good times also, today in the Luminous mystery, I imagine that I'm at the wedding feast at Cana, where Jesus shows us his glory in the service of life at a celebration of joy and happiness.

[@saintmoyriel]

Ineresting and Inspiring video thank you.

[@nickyionta]

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[@mikescourge]

Credit the song in the end please sounds great

[@jellebreevaart6065]

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[@monicajean6432]

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[@francismarcoux8944]

I did not know i was praying when i think of him

[@olololo9224]

Any suggestion for those with poor self guided imagination, due to ADHD/mild autism? Books? Pictures? Movies?

[@kellysweeney5429]

And ADD

[@irenegarcia4253]

❤🎉😊 Amen

[@ginakendrick2581]

So I’ve been reading a lot of spiritual books. I love my books, thank the Lord for that grace and I noticed a couple of the Saints, especially brother, Lawrence and some others could not do a method. I will tell you this I’ve read the ways of mental prayer book that Father, Chad, Whitaker suggested, and I love it but methods are killing me. I just wanna sit down with Jesus and talk to him and try to listen to him in the quiet but trying to imagine something like a scene With me in it with him is virtually impossible and it’s making me not want to be in that moment I keep trying. I sit there I get restless. But just imagining myself sitting by the fire by the ocean or Jesus was cooking fish for his apostles. I just talk to him then I try to listen to him while I read the imitation of Christ and then I talk to him about the chapter. That’s the best I can do, I feel terrible about this and I always get anxiety over it because I don’t know what I’m doing everything the way I’m supposed to the only relief I got was when I read the saints who had the same trouble as I’m having and they were Saints so there’s hope

[@lifeisbeautiful-nerin]

Hello dears, could you please recommend a bunch of christmas or catholic or saint or purgatory related books to gift children? I am looking for anything that will uplift their faith. I've never done this before😅 The kids' age range is from 12 to 3 years.....I've around 8 kids to cover....please help😂

[@alonamaria279]

How about rosaries the medals of their favourite saints and maybe some short books about teenage saints like Carlo Acutis etc .

[@francismarcoux8944]

Where is the prayer in that story.

[@lety2467]

This is so difficult. I struggle playing pretend or making up stories for my daughters I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to succeed at mental prayer. I haven’t used my imagination in decades.

[@thehunter6915]

Hi Letty, Read the book of Saint Theresa of Avila. She admitted she doesn't have an imagination. She was a handicapped on that faculty. But she wrote about it. The devil prevents us much. But use it for God's greater glory. Best regards, Michael

[@francismarcoux8944]

Inwoukd call it reflection

[@elizabethgracias1291]

Thank you