Why pray everyday? and Why start the second book?
Why am I already working on a second book? In short, because prayer time must be a habit. Book 1, Coloring Meditations, is not a one-time event. To give an analogy, when you think about a parade, it seems like it is a one time, get it done event. That is a deception. For the part filmed for this blog, people prepared on a daily basis for spans of time ranging from their lives to weeks. A prayer cannot be read the first time with the heart and belief with which the prayer in the video is read. I happen to know that the prayer was said every single night in the Novena of Rosaries leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Prayer is not a one-time activity. Finishing the coloring of your copy of Coloring Meditations will take numerous sessions, on a daily basis. Thankfully, prayer takes many forms, which makes it easier for us to pray daily. In my humble opinion, our very human condition makes us seek out new things, and it makes us lack the discipline for doing the same thing over and over. For some people, using these coloring techniques to still their minds and listen to God as they absorb the wisdom of His saints will become a lifelong practice, because each coloring session surprises them with a new insight,...
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