Prayer

What was the hardest thing for me to do since I ve become more serious about my faith? Well, that is easy! Prayer. It is not that it is hard to pray, but sometimes I m not sure how or what to pray for? Jesus taught us how to pray when he taught the apostles the Our Father. We say that prayer every Sunday at mass. I try to make it a habit to say the prayer every day. I am in the middle of reading Matthew Kelly's Rediscovering Catholicism, and he talks about the "Classroom of Silence" which is 10 minutes alone with God every day. I like the idea of the "Classroom of Silence" You can do that anywhere you want, at home, in the park, going for walk outside, driving to work in your car, etc etc.
When I go for a walk every day I try to use that as my classroom of silence with God. I listen to an uplifting talk for part of my walk and then for the 2nd part of the walk I usually think about what I listened too, and pray to God about any problem or issues I am having. The nice thing about talking to God, is that you do not have to call for an appointment he is always there to listen to us. Sometimes I take awhile to get started on something or I get discouraged really easy when I do start,and things don't work out the way I want them too.
A good priest once told me during confession to open up my bible every day and pray to one member of the Trinity. If you want to pray to God, focus on the Psalms in the Old Testament, if you want to pray to Jesus focus on the Gospels, and if you want to pray to Holy Spirit read the Acts of the Apostles. All of these will open up your understanding of the Trinity and help your prayer life.