Prayer: The Discipline We Keep Resisting
Catholics in Ordinary Time
Prayer is one of the most talked about parts of the spiritual life… and one of the most avoided. In this episode, Fr. Jack continues the journey through spiritual disciplines inspired by Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, turning his focus to the discipline of prayer. Drawing from Gospel of Matthew 6:7–15, where Jesus teaches not just how to pray but how not to, this conversation moves past formulas and into something deeper. Not with many words. Not with empty repetition. But from a place of relationship. Why does prayer feel so hard? Is it really a lack of desire… or a resistance to sitting still? What if the struggle isn’t that God is distant, but that we rarely stay long enough to notice He’s already there? This episode is an invitation to reframe prayer not as something to perform, but as a place to remain. A place where transformation begins not in what we say, but in our willingness to stay. Take this week as a challenge: Set aside the time. Sit down. Stay. Even when it feels like nothing is happening. Especially then.