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Take It Slow When Praying
In my studies of every major religion over the last 40 years, after reading hundreds of books on every religious and spiritual belief, I have come to learn, understand, and respect that everyone prays in their own way, as it should be.
I believe God comes to us as we believe God to be.
If we are Christian, Catholic, and so forth, then God comes to us through Jesus.
Jewish? By way of Abraham or Moses.
Buddhist? Via Buddha, and on and on.
The truth is, in my book, God is Love, and Love is God, and the True God of Love in Heaven doesn’t give a flying fig what religion you are. All that matters, is that we Love.
In my opinion.
But with all that said, I am a practicing Catholic, and I embrace that faith, whole-heartily.
And this post about prayer in particular is geared toward my fellow Catholics around the world.
I’m not sure where I read it, or which visitation of the Blessed Mother in which she said it. But the Virgin Mary in one of her sacred apparitions on Earth over the centuries offered a very clear message about reciting the Holy Rosary.
Basically, she said, and I definitely am paraphrasing here,
