Prayer is communal and personal. In communal prayer, we come together with others to listen and respond to God in the stylized rubrics of the liturgy. Personal prayer, on the other hand, is left up to us. However, it is not so open-ended that we can pray however which way we want. There are still guidelines we want to adhere to. One of them is having the proper disposition.
The proper disposition is this: we ask from God, but we must trust that he will be the judge to give us only what is good for us. Christ tells us: “Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.” (Matthew 7:9-11)
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Prayer is communal and personal. In communal prayer, we come together with others to listen and respond to God in the stylized rubrics of the liturgy. Personal prayer, on the other hand, is left up to us. However, it is not so open-ended that we can pray however which way we want. There are still guidelines we want to adhere to. One of them is having the proper disposition.
The proper disposition is this: we ask from God, but we must trust that he will be the judge to give us only what is good for us. Christ tells us: “Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.” (Matthew 7:9-11)
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