Thank you for continuing to join us during this "Year of Prayer: Centered on the Eucharist!" We hope these monthly prayer challenges will help explore new styles of prayer, form habits of prayer, and join the parish community in deepening our faith.
This December, we are learning about how to “pray all ways.” As the holidays make us feel frantic, we can learn to pray both in different styles and more frequently. This month, we are focusing on how to pray with the Psalms, praying the Hail Mary with Mary's Magnificat, and how to let our prayer lead us to service. As we prepare for the coming of Christ, one of the best prayer practices is to pray the Psalms. In Saint Augustine’s estimation, the Psalms are the prayer of “the whole Christ,” both Christ the Head and His Body, the Church. As Augustine once preached, “Everything written [in the Book of Psalms] is a mirror for us.” For more on the importance of the Psalms and how to pray with them, watch the short introduction video from Michael Rubbelke below.
