Posts Tagged ‘distractions’

Pope Francis tips for when prayer is difficult

Thursday, May 20th, 2021
Difficulties in prayer

Today’s focus is the lived experience of prayer, trying to show some very common difficulties in prayer, which must be identified and overcome. Praying is not easy: many difficulties present themselves in prayer. It is necessary to know them, recognise them and overcome them. Distraction The first problem that emerges to those who pray is distraction (see CCC, Read more

Pope tells youth not to waste time on Internet and smartphones

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Pope Francis has told young people not to waste their lives on “futile” distractions such as chatting on the Internet or on smartphones. Speaking to 50,000 German altar servers in St Peter’s Square on August 5, the Pope was asked by one of the young people how to make time for assisting at Mass. Francis Read more