praying Archives - Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker https://deaconallen.com/tag/praying/ Catholic Motivational Speaker Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:11:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Persistence Pays Off https://deaconallen.com/persistence-pays-off/ https://deaconallen.com/persistence-pays-off/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:00:36 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2108 Today, we meet a Syrophoenician woman (Mark 7:24-30), which means she was from the area near Tyre and Sidon, just north of Galilee. These were cities truly lacking in faith,...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/persistence-pays-off/feed/ 0 I Am Worthy https://deaconallen.com/i-am-worthy/ https://deaconallen.com/i-am-worthy/#respond Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:10:23 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1995 “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you…” ~Luke 7:6-7...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/i-am-worthy/feed/ 0 Persistence in Prayer https://deaconallen.com/persistence-in-prayer/ https://deaconallen.com/persistence-in-prayer/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:00:37 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1859 Today, Jesus teaches that we should pray with persistence (Luke 11:5-13). Of course, the question comes to mind: if God is such a loving and caring parent who will only...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/persistence-in-prayer/feed/ 1 Prayer Changes Our Hearts https://deaconallen.com/prayer-changes-our-hearts/ https://deaconallen.com/prayer-changes-our-hearts/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:00:09 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1776 Don’t hold back when praying to God – tell him exactly what’s wrong and insist on holding him to his promises. Prayer should be like speaking face-to-face with a friend:...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/prayer-changes-our-hearts/feed/ 0 Jesus is Praying for Us https://deaconallen.com/jesus-is-praying-for-us/ https://deaconallen.com/jesus-is-praying-for-us/#respond Thu, 21 May 2015 13:00:56 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1310 Did you know that each one of us is mentioned in the Gospel reading for today? (John 17:20-26) We are! Jesus is talking about us – in fact, he is...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/jesus-is-praying-for-us/feed/ 0 Full of Anxiety https://deaconallen.com/full-of-anxiety/ https://deaconallen.com/full-of-anxiety/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:04:00 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/full-of-anxiety/ Another sleepless night. Another night of tossing and turning, anticipating and waiting, hoping and praying. It is the eve of the “big day” when my future course of action may...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/full-of-anxiety/feed/ 0 Choose Life https://deaconallen.com/choose-life/ https://deaconallen.com/choose-life/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:04:00 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/choose-life/ If you have been following my blog, you have noticed that I lost my job three weeks ago today. Along with that, there have been additional health concerns that have...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/choose-life/feed/ 0 Our One Great Big "I" https://deaconallen.com/our-one-great-big-i/ https://deaconallen.com/our-one-great-big-i/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:14:00 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/our-one-great-big-i/ Everybody knows what a Cyclops is, right? It’s that strange monster with one big eye in the middle of its forehead. And we think, what a bizarre creature, this Cyclops,...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/our-one-great-big-i/feed/ 0 Are You Living the Gospel? https://deaconallen.com/are-you-living-the-gospel/ https://deaconallen.com/are-you-living-the-gospel/#respond Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:38:00 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/are-you-living-the-gospel/ When you think of religion in Asia, one automatically thinks of Buddhism and Confucianism. You can imagine how surprised I was when I found out that in South Korea today,...

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