{"id":9574,"date":"2026-05-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:12:27","slug":"day-9-learn-to-pray-from-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph\/day-9-learn-to-pray-from-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9: Learn to Pray from the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9964ba655e9868af327a093b08df70cb\" style=\"color:#7c3333\"><strong>READING 1<\/strong><br><em>Psalm 19:13-15<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">But who can detect their own errors? From hidden faults acquit me. From presumption restrain your servant; may it not rule me. Then shall I be blameless, clean from grave sin. May the spoken words of my mouth, the thoughts of my heart, win favor in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"685\" data-attachment-id=\"10142\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph\/day-8-a-spirituality-of-the-heart\/attachment\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit.jpg?fit=617%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"617,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sacred heart and holy spirit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit.jpg?fit=617%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit.jpg?resize=617%2C685\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10142\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit.jpg?w=617&amp;ssl=1 617w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sacred-heart-and-holy-spirit.jpg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ce581dae838e84cc30db634f3b085c0\" style=\"color:#7c3333\"><strong>READING 2<\/strong><br><em>From the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Heart and Prayer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">2562&nbsp;Where does prayer come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays. But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand times). According to Scripture, it is the heart that prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">2563&nbsp;The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place \u201cto which I withdraw.\u201d The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as image of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-898a2d80ed0085ca02cb0d7d209ba8a1\" style=\"color:#7c3333\"><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In order to return to the heart and connect with God from the heart, we have to get in touch with deeper realities in our lives. Praying for superficial things will leave our relationship with God at a superficial level. Learning to ask deep questions and prayer for God\u2019s light with deeper things, will also deepen our relationship with God. Pope Francis offers several questions that can help us go more deeply into our hearts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cInstead of running after superficial satisfactions and playing a role for the benefit of others, we would do better to think about the really important questions in life. Who am I, really? What am I looking for? What direction do I want to give to my life, my decisions and my actions? Why and for what purpose am I in this world? How do I want to look back on my life once it ends? What meaning do I want to give to all my experiences? Who do I want to be for others? Who am I for God? All these questions lead us back to the heart.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"7db297a3-786e-479d-90a1-7802817a798b\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#7db297a3-786e-479d-90a1-7802817a798b\" id=\"7db297a3-786e-479d-90a1-7802817a798b-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99d40966aa860d76d5e4d085f740f2d9\" style=\"color:#7c3333\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph-spiritual-practices\/prayers-for-part-2-return-to-the-heart\/\">PRAYERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Litany of the Closed Heart<br>Radiating Christ<\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes has-small-font-size\"><li id=\"7db297a3-786e-479d-90a1-7802817a798b\">Pope Francis, Dilexit Nos x 8. <a href=\"#7db297a3-786e-479d-90a1-7802817a798b-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph\/\">Consecration to the Heart of Jesus Through the Hearts of Mary and Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Copyright \u00a9 2026 by St. Vincent Archabbey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READING 1Psalm 19:13-15 But who can detect their own errors? From hidden faults acquit me. From presumption restrain your servant; may it not rule me. Then shall I be blameless, clean from grave sin. May the spoken words of my mouth, the thoughts of my heart, win favor in your sight, O Lord, my rock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"Pope Francis, Dilexit Nos x 8.\",\"id\":\"7db297a3-786e-479d-90a1-7802817a798b\"}]","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-2uq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9572,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph\/day-8-a-spirituality-of-the-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":9574,"position":0},"title":"Day 8: A Spirituality of the Heart","author":"Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.","date":"May 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"READING 1Luke 12: 49-50 Jesus said: \u201cI came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!\u201d READING 2From Behold the Pierced One by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger In the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/category\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jesus suffering with tears in his eyes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_0135-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_0135-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_0135-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_0135-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_0135-2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9566,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/consecration-to-the-hearts-of-jesus-mary-and-joseph\/part-2-return-to-the-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":9574,"position":1},"title":"Part 2: Return to the Heart- Day 6","author":"Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.","date":"May 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"INTRODUCTION Having emptied our hearts of some of the clutter of the world, we reflect in these days on the importance of the heart. 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