[Faith-talk] The Sermon on the Mount

[Danielle Ledet]

I thought the same thing. When I pray and/or say grace, maybe God gets
tired of hearing the same old words in the same order. I try to listen
as I pray. Often they are a lot of clichés. Good point!

On 9/4/17, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Jesus warns, in His Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6, about vain
> repetition, right before He teaches His disciples how to pray.  I
> believe that saying the Rosary is vain repetition, exactly what
> Jesus says not to do! Even regularly saying the Lord's Prayer
> could be considered vain repetition, because we just let it roll
> off our tongues without thinking about it.
>
> My dad asked me about saying it one time, and I told him that I
> believe that Jesus meant it as a model, and expects us to
> personalize it, not to just repeat it with no thought because we
> memorized it.  I catch myself saying the same words when I thank
> my Lord for the food before meals when I'm here eating alone, and
> I know I need to be very careful! My prayer life isn't what it
> ought to be, that's for sure!
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
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