This season, Sr. Orianne Pietra René and Sr. Julie Benedicta share some of the interviews the sisters did with college students and campus ministers at the SEEK24 conference in St. Louis. Each episode will focus on a topic the students brought up. Today, we’re diving into another set of common struggles that arise in our prayer lives, from God staying quiet to the perils of overthinking to the struggle to trust God.
Check out our previous episode for the first half of our discussion on prayer.
Thanks for joining us, and thank you to all of the SEEK participants who joined us!
Sr. Orianne and Sr. Allison Regina wrote a book about confession! Check it out here: Forgiven
Discussed in this episode:
- Passage about Elijah and the still small voice: 1 Kings 19:11-18
- St. Paul on being careful not to fall: 1 Corinthians 10:12
- St. Paul on bad company: 1 Corinthians 15:33
- St. Paul on being a fool: 2 Corinthians 11
- On the will of God: 1 Thessalonians 4:3
- St. Paul on longing for eternal life: Philippians 1:20–26
- Pope Saint John Paul II’s encyclical on mercy, Dives in misericordia
Prayer prompt inspired by this episode: Sit with one of these passages from Scripture mentioned in the episode. Talk to St. Paul or another favorite saint or biblical figure about your current biggest struggle in prayer, and see whether any advice resounds in your heart. Finish by asking them to pray for you and intercede in your relationship with Jesus.
Prayer prompt 2: Estimate how long you can comfortably sit quietly in silent prayer, repeating Jesus’ name or quietly listening for the voice of God (whether it’s thirty seconds, five minutes, a whole hour)… Then sit a minute longer.
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