I. Objections to Prayer

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We must also face the fact that certain attitudes deriving from the mentality
of “this present world” can penetrate our lives if we are not
vigilant. For example, some would have it that only that is true which can be
verified by reason and science; yet prayer is a mystery that overflows both our
conscious and unconscious lives. Others overly prize production and profit;
thus prayer, being unproductive, is useless. Still others exalt sensuality and
comfort as the criteria of the true, the good, and the beautiful; whereas
prayer, the “love of beauty” (philokalia), is caught up in the glory
of the living and true God. Finally, some see prayer as a flight from the world
in reaction against activism; but in fact, Christian prayer is neither an escape
from reality nor a divorce from life.

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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