Explain Why A Catholic Cannot Be Good At Prayer

Catholics cannot be good at prayer. The reason that a Catholic cannot be good at prayer is that prayer is not a competition for God’s assistance. As we learned, prayer is a way for Christians to open themselves up to be transformed into an interpretation of God. It can also be said that prayer opens one to God’s love. This notion of obtaining God’s love is important because God’s love is not dependent on how much you pray or how dedicated you are in the religion. God’s love is equal to all people, there is no way to obtain more love than anyone else. This reinforces the fact that Catholics cannot be good at prayer because God’s love doesn’t depend on you praying. This idea of being transformed also reinforces the idea that you cannot be good at prayer because the end goal is the same for everyone who conducts prayer. The idea is to become …show more content…
The way a person can transform their life into an unceasing prayer is by praying from the heart and not the mind. We often hear the expression, “I’ll pray for him”, which is a thoughtful gesture to someone who’s in need. This expression signifies this idea of “mindful” prayer, which is not a prayer from the heart. The way a person prays from the heart is by constantly “going back to the words of the prayer” (Nouwen, pg.9). By constantly repeating the words of the prayer, a person will eventually internalize those words, making them capable of praying from the heart. At this moment, you will be capable of “healing” through prayer because you have internalized these prayers. By internalizing the prayers, you have conducted the transformation into an ideal representation of Jesus. This goes on to support my claim that you cannot be good at prayer simply because everyone must make this transformation into becoming an unceasing prayer. If everyone shifts from praying with the mind to praying with the heart, then we would all be equal to one