When you have an intention to pray for something or in a particular manner do you ever find your mind drifting off into something not related to your intention in prayer? This is because we can control our intention, such as the intention to meditate in quiet and stillness. But we cannot control our attention. The mind can drift off into its own world time and time again. When we catch ourself doing this we try to bring ourself back to our intention, only to have the attention take off again. The intention and act of trying to pray is enough. Don’t beat yourself up for inattention.
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ReplyDeleteYes. I do that all the time. sometimes during Mass when I'm trying to remember during the prayers of the faithful.
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