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Apr 2024
58m 52s

Learning to Pray

Father Michael O'Loughlin and Mother Natalia
About this episode
This week Fr. Michael talks about how to pray and providing suggestions to friends who ask for help in praying. He talks about how prayer methods (rote prayer, contemplative prayer, etc.) work differently for each person, but ultimately how important prayer is to our daily lives and relationship with God. References: The Art of Prayer by Kallistos Ware. Th ... Show More
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