Resources from Ascension Presents

Prayer Basics

“The person who flees prayer is fleeing everything that is good.” 
~ St. John of the Cross

The Power of Prayer - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/kiAMzghLcMA 
Battle of Prayer - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/DHDQ4Xowfa8
Tips for Praying - Fr, Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/yk8In-6KUGc 
How to Form a Habit of Prayer - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/nHPwefWqlio  
How You Can Start Praying Regularly - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/ozZdIq0u4HI
How to Make Your Own Prayer Space at Home - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/gtxGTXJaaEM 
How to Pray From the Heart - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/ZcKOQkatbZI  
Tips for Staying Focused in Prayer - Fr. Josh Johnson: https://youtu.be/TNDJ0chEQ5E 
Do You Get Distracted During Prayer? - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/4R5nmdUKRcs 
Don't Feel Like Praying? Try This - Jackie and Bobby Angel: https://youtu.be/vlNAQu9wjSM 
Why is Prayer So Hard? - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/Smana2aJxkQ  

Time for Prayer

Praying means wasting our time for God.  To pray is to spend time freely with God just for the joy of being together. It is to love, because giving our time means giving our lives. Prayer trains us to be there with God, in a simple act of loving attention.
~Fr. Jacques Philippe

Time to Pray - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/-mASCSCQW7U
How Do We Spend Our Time - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/YYjVpobbkyo
What's Your Bedtime? - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/sbgFHHfvLNI
Finding Time for Prayer - Bobby Angel: https://youtu.be/4yFiB-4Sa6Y
How to Actually Make a Holy Hour - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/NRhI5Q0vT5A 
Does God Always Show Us the Fruits of Our Prayer? - Fr. Josh Johnson: https://youtu.be/XiuDu4kAmfA
Battling Dryness in Prayer - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/fpYm6uEbemc 
4 Reasons for Dryness in Prayer - Fr. Josh Johnson: https://youtu.be/3WmFd_hMnYM 

Intercessory Prayer

We can obtain everything from God by trust and prayer, but God remains the absolute master of his gifts, and they are always totally gratuitous – unmerited and given at his choosing, not ours. 
Fr. Jacques Philippe

Letting God Take His Time - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/4aDhbO51jhs 
Are Your Prayers Being Answered? - Sr. Miriam James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-ZQiX8GkY 
Is God Going to Give You What You Want? - Stacey Sumereau: https://youtu.be/BQOkRRc5n_w 
How To Be Specific in Prayer Requests - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/xi-CiDYh-iM 
How to Pray "Our Father" Like Never Before - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/CH9_3h1ZGlA
How To Pray for Your Future Spouse - Jackie and Bobby Angel: https://youtu.be/59K79epyKog 

Pray without Ceasing

“Prayer is not just one function of life, not even the most important, it is life itself.” 
~ Sister Rachel, To Believe in Jesus

3 Steps to Unceasing Prayer - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/juN6sG_esjU
How to Practice the Presence of God - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/XTfPd2xl6lU  
How to Really Pray Without Ceasing - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/JLyJ7-G7Rqk 
The Simple, Powerful Prayers You Need to Know: “Arrow Prayers” - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/_6PnZXHOZ30 

Praying the Rosary

The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.
~ Pope Leo XIII

Why I Pray the Rosary - Matt Fradd: https://youtu.be/oHIuTLKwSNA
What Saints Say About the Rosary - Matt Fradd: https://youtu.be/r1UdLKE2KW0 
How to Pray a Better Rosary - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/01LaSU8Rjlw
The Power of Praying the Rosary - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/qSeASW2M_yo  
How to REALLY Pray the Rosary - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/FTd19idM-Jc  
 Which is Better: The Rosary vs. The Chaplet - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/OFIaBa0s12s
How God Answered My Prayer/54 Day Rosary Novena - Jackie Angel: https://youtu.be/AlK_bJqEEU0 

Lectio Divina / Praying with Scripture

When you open the Holy Gospel, think that what is written there—the words and deeds of Christ—is something that you should not only know, but live. Everything, every point that is told there, has been gathered, detail-by-detail, for you to make it come alive in the individual circumstances of your life.
~  St. Josemaria Escriva

How Do You Pray with the Bible - Fr. Mike Schmitz: https://youtu.be/Fthhy59rxWo
How to Pray with Scripture Like a Friar - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/avUWmosmrJw 
What is Lectio Divina? - Fr. Josh Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKYEOc3ik9k

Praying with the Saints

Why Do Catholics Pray to the Saints? - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/WFGV_gzzgQw 
The Do's and Don'ts of Devotion to the Saints - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/MHNMlI645U4

Pray with Fr. Mark Mary

Pray With Us: The Holy Rosary - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/JgtJ-sFzWww 
Pray With Us: Chaplet of Divine Mercy - Fr. Mark Mary: https://youtu.be/MsN612nNjig