{"id":30660,"date":"2017-08-16T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T04:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/home\/?p=30660"},"modified":"2018-04-02T11:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:57:04","slug":"the-a-c-t-s-of-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/2017\/08\/16\/the-a-c-t-s-of-praying\/","title":{"rendered":"The A.C.T.S. of Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Supporting Image for Fr Larry” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”on” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”http:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/frlarry_preach3.png” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Image Caption ” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Arial||||” text_font_size=”12″ text_line_height=”1.3em” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_padding=”||30px|”]\n

Totus Tuus. We are totally yours.\u00a0CLSS Community with Fr. Larry.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”For Fr Larry” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\n

For every religion in the world,\u00a0 each has different ways of praising their Gods. When Muslims pray, they face the direction of the Mecca wherever they are then they recite their prayers.\u00a0 They do this 5 times every day.\u00a0 Buddhists on the other hand pray in their temples by chanting while Jews recite their prayers aloud.<\/p>\n

Catholics were taught to pray quietly in churches or in chapels. We pray for whatever personal reasons we have. But did you know that there is also a formula for praying? These are the A.C.T.S of praying: Adoration,\u00a0 Contrition, Thanksgiving and Supplication.<\/p>\n

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Adoration<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0“For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;\u00a0 he is to be feared above all gods.” – (1 Chronicles 16:25)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Expressing our praise to God is the best way to start our prayer. Tell him how much you adore him as our creator; that you honor him for his power. Look around you,\u00a0 the trees,\u00a0 the flowers, the beautiful sunset and even yourself, these are the reminders that He is great and that He always deserved to be praised.<\/p>\n

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Contrition<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” – (1 John 1:19)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Contrition is synonymous to confession. When you confess,\u00a0 sincerely admit all your sins to God. Tell him specifically what you did wrong and ask for his help to give you the strength to avoid temptations.<\/p>\n

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Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For everything created by God is good and nothing is to be rejected,\u00a0 if it is received with gratitude;\u00a0 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.” – (1 Timothy 4:4-5)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>There are so much to be thankful for. Verbally express your gratitude to God, for your life,\u00a0 your health,\u00a0 family,\u00a0 friends\u00a0 and all his creations. Thank him for sacrificing his ife for you and for always guiding you. For his grace and patience and most importantly,\u00a0 for his unending love.<\/p>\n

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Supplication<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For whatever things you ask when you pray,\u00a0 believe that you have received them and you will have them. ” – (Mark 11:24)<\/em><\/p>\n

After adoring God, confessing and giving thanks to him,\u00a0 that is the perfect time to mention yoUr requests. It is important to be specific about your prayers. You may ask for more blessings, good health and whatever you want to have or achieve. Ask for his guidance in everything you do. However, always put in your mind that his plans for you are always for your best.<\/p>\n

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Isn’t it enough that you were created, forgiven and blessed? The next time you pray, you can express yourself to God more clearly by these acts. Amen. Amen and Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isn’t it enough that you were created, forgiven and blessed? The next time you pray, you can express yourself to God more clearly by these ACTS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":30662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catholic-faith","category-fr-larry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ootw-7Yw","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aranzazushrine.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/frlarry_preach3.png?fit=830%2C541&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30665,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660\/revisions\/30665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranzazushrine.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}