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PRAYER IN DESPERATE TIMES

October 13, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

“Desperate times call for desperate measures. Would you consider prayer a desperate measure?” I wasn’t expecting that question at the start of this interview on “prayer in desperate times”! Ben Akers, who is Director of Formed at the Augustine Institute in Denver, invited me to talk on Formed Now! about how the Psalms teach us to pray when times are rough. The […]

Filed Under: Prayer & Lectio Divina, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: Interview, prayer, Psalms

THE POWER OF PERSISTENT PRAYER: ST. MONICA

August 27, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer 4 Comments

“Pray without ceasing,” St. Paul urged his fellow Christians in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Today we honor a woman who did just that: St. Monica, who prayed through years of tears and against all odds for her pagan husband and wayward son. That son, who became Saint Augustine, later wrote gratefully of his mother: “She said […]

Filed Under: Prayer & Lectio Divina, Women of the Bible Tagged With: Mary and the Saints, prayer

WHEN GOD SAYS “NO”—Psalm 38 and a lesson from David

March 2, 2018 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

praying hands in the dark of a church

What do we do when God does not answer our prayer? I know they say he always answers – just not necessarily as we would like. So what do we do when God answers “no”?   This week I’ve been meditating on Psalm 38, the third of seven “penitential psalms.” It’s a psalm of David, […]

Filed Under: Prayer & Lectio Divina, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: Lent, prayer

WHY PRAY, IF IT DOESN’T ALWAYS “WORK”?

February 6, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

(Traducción en español al final) I heard twice from a friend last week, big news about others:  one, a mutual acquaintance who suffered years after an accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down, who then got cancer.  His funeral this month was a testimony to his faith and the joy he found, in […]

Filed Under: Prayer & Lectio Divina, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: anxiety, faith, lectio divina, prayer

Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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