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VATICAN CITY (CNS) People need to find harmony between prayer and the demands of everyday life, Pope Francis said. It is inhumane to be so absorbed by work that you can no longer find the time for prayer. At the same time, prayer that is alienated from life is not healthy, the pope said June 9 during his weekly general audience. The time dedicated to being with God revives faith, which helps us in the practical realities of life, and faith in turn nurtures prayer without interruption, he
Find harmony between daily prayer and demands of life, pope says
Pope Francis greets people during his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 9, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted June 9, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) People need to find harmony between prayer and the demands of everyday life, Pope Francis said.
“It is inhumane to be so absorbed by work that you can no longer find the time for prayer. At the same time, prayer that is alienated from life is not healthy,” the pope said June 9 during his weekly general audience.
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Jun 9, 2021 catholic news service
Pope Francis delivers a blessing as he leads his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 9, 2021. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)
People need to find harmony between prayer and the demands of everyday life, Pope Francis said.
ROME People need to find harmony between prayer and the demands of everyday life, Pope Francis said.
“It is inhumane to be so absorbed by work that you can no longer find the time for prayer. At the same time, prayer that is alienated from life is not healthy,” the pope said June 9 during his weekly general audience.
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged busy Catholics to say the “Jesus Prayer” throughout the day.
Speaking at the general audience June 9, the pope recommended the short prayer at the heart of Eastern Christianity’s mystical tradition.
/ Vatican Media.
Referring to the 19th-century Russian spiritual classic “The Way of a Pilgrim,” he said: “The spiritual journey of the Russian pilgrim begins when he comes across a phrase of St. Paul in the First Letter to the Thessalonians: ‘Pray constantly, always and for everything give thanks’ (5:17-18).”
“The Apostle’s words struck the man and he wondered how it was possible to pray without interruption, given that our lives are fragmented into so many different moments, which do not always make concentration possible.”