Pray With Someone

Colin talks about the time he was stuck in traffic and called Brian Butler (http://dumboxministries.com/ourstaff/) to talk business, but instead, he was invited to say a Rosary, and had a beautiful moment of peace with God in the middle of a stressful situation. Check out Colin’s brand new collaboration with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Quick Catholic Lessons! (https://shop.ascensionpress.com/collections/quick-catholic-lessons) We should intercede for our loved ones, the whole Church, the whole world, even our enemies. As Matthew 5:44 says, “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Praying with others, though, can be even more effective, even if it is a bit intimidating. It is one thing to pray for someone. It is another to stop and pray with someone on the spot. But most things worth doing are hard. Colin shares some ways to overcome that feeling of weirdness or uncertainty and just do it! Incorporate your family into your prayer life by setting an attainable goal and following it through for a solid month. It might be something as simple as changing the time and place of family prayer, or adding a new dimension to it. Instead of offering to pray for someone at some indistinct point in the future, stop, take a deep breath, and offer to pray with them on the spot. Caught in traffic? Call Brian Butler…or any Ascension presenter … or any good friend, really…and ask them to pray the Rosary with you. Check out Brian’s work with Ascension! YOU: Life, Love, and The Theology of the Body (https://shop.ascensionpress.com/collections/you-life-love-and-the-theology-of-the-body) and Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School Edition (https://shop.ascensionpress.com/collections/theology-of-the-body-for-teens-middle-school-edition). "If you stop and pray with someone, especially somebody who is not expecting it, who knows what can happen!"