I. Objections to Prayer

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Finally, our battle has to confront what we experience as failure in prayer:
discouragement during periods of dryness; sadness that, because we have
“great possessions,”¹⁵ we have not given all to the Lord;
disappointment over not being heard according to our own will; wounded pride,
stiffened by the indignity that is ours as sinners; our resistance to the idea
that prayer is a free and unmerited gift; and so forth. the conclusion is
always the same: what good does it do to pray? To overcome these obstacles, we
must battle to gain humility, trust, and perseverance.

PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER