Description: This week, Dan and Melissa explain how tolerating distractions in the spiritual life can dissuade the enemy from discouraging us in prayer. 

Topics/Questions covered in the show:

• It would be unrealistic to believe that we can be free from all distractions in prayer, so we must have strategies to tolerate them.
• How can we "gently" turn our thoughts back to God during prayer?
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church reveals to us that our distractions can uncover our sinful attachments.
• Is perseverance in prayer despite our distractions more meritorious than being without distractions all together?
• What strategies can we use to tolerate the distractions and turn our hearts back to Jesus?

Resources:

• Spiritualdirection.com - website
• EWTN Global Catholic Radio
• Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
• EWTN Religious Catalogue - online
• Into the Deep: Finding Peace Through Prayer by Dan Burke
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 2729 - Distractions reveal our attachments (USCCB link)
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