Prayer: Recent Episodes

Emily Peterson

Taking head knowledge and turning it into heart faith with a strong emphasis on prayer, Marian devotion, and Ignatian Spirituality.

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In this episode, I cover 4 different ways we can pray with Scripture. 

  1. Paraphrasing Method
  2. Verse Study Method
  3. Lectio Divina
  4. Ignatian Contemplation

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In this episode, I talk about the difference between specific, intentional prayer time that is purposefully set aside and spontaneous, off-the-cuff prayers we pray throughout the day.

unpopularopinion Specifically that we must have specific prayer in our lives. Spontaneous prayers just won't cut it on their own.


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Now that we've talked about what prayer is, how to increase the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives, and how to combat difficulties that will arise, we will close this introductory series on prayer by talking about different expressions of prayer


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As we start to take prayer seriously, difficulties will inevitably arise as satan tries to thwart our growth! In this episode, we'll talk about many of those difficulties and how to combat them.


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In this episode, we continue the series on prayer and dive into 4 places that the catechism tells us we can access more of the Holy Spirit

  1. Scripture
  2. The Mass
  3. Virtue
  4. "today"

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In today's episode, we're talking about what prayer even is!


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