Is repeating of prayer really not allowed?

[regnauld]

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Okay, given that fact that you spent 4 years of your life studying that science, and I rely on my own honest thinking, I will try to give you some hints why you are wrong with that conclusion.
1.) I'm open to all religion, why do you think I support ecumenism?
2.) FYI, I love the teachings and ways of Buddhism.
3.) I've been to INC and Born again services and was amazed.
4.) I also believe in Karma.
5.) I'm not a fundamentalist.
6.) I'm a free thinker and things everyone can be saved even if he is not a Catholic.

Okay, so you said that i'm projecting to you my feeling(if ever I do have) of rejecting other believes.
But my original post was a comment to your statement, which gave me a hint of boastfulness. How come it's world apart? Is it possible that all your 4 years of studying psycholgy( not including all other years you spent to study other faculties) are put to waste cause you "might somehow" be low on something?

And also,,, the phrase "this man blasphemes" is not for you (geeeez) it's a non-pun-intended joke for hell.

Now, in Psychoanalysis you are using another two forms of Defense Mechanism. They are called DENIAL and RATIONALIZATION according to Sigmund Freud.

Ayaw kasuko my elite friend ha! You don't need to DENY, and DEFEND or JUSTIFY yourself! You only need to understand where you are coming from coz the more you defend , the more there is somethinhg wrong going on inside! Or there is something inside that cannot be denied

Its ok that I would call myself a blasphemer for I am a heretic to your beliefs!

And my point was very simple. ALL RELIGIONS share this practice: That all their prayers and utterances do contain repetitive phrases and have meaning!

BUddha, bless you, Buddha, bless, you, Buddha bless you, OM shanti,. OM shanti, OM, Shanti, Praise The Lord Jesus, Praise The Lord Jesus, Praise The Lord Jesus, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar!

Now, I don't need your praise my elite friend. I only need you to understand why I posted those prayers and you felt that it was boastfulness, right?

God Bless!

[j.alob]

bati manang mag ampo nga murag nag memorize balik balik..

ang tinoud nga pray gikan sa heart... bahalag mobo..

[regnauld]

I remember The Jesus Prayer which I used to repeat it many times using 100 beads like in Buddhism and Hindusim and I still use it for meditative purposes!

[handsoff241]

OMG! Reg, igo ra ko nanaway.. naabot na ka dha.. you are proving my point, you need praises.

your great reg... freaking great. (i hope that helps)

[dartzed]

my grand ma prays 3x a day with the holy rosary..hehe

[tatakalz]

Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

You can see that our Lord is not talking about all repetitious prayer, but specifically "vain repetitions". An example would be the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. The Pharisee says a vain prayer that he has probably repeated many times, "Thank God that I am not like that tax-collector over there...". But all the publican (tax-collector) could do was say, over and over (repetitiously?) "Lord have mercy!" Which one went home justified?

Or how about the parable of the widow and the unjust judge (Luke 18:1-? Do you honestly think you can cry out continually day and night without repeating yourself a few times?

Getting back to Matthew, how about the very specific example about how to pray that our Lord Himself shares with us a few lines down in the same chapter? "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name...." (Matthew 6:9). Are we not allowed to say this prayer that He Himself gave to us? Is He contradicting Himself in the very same breath? Of course not! Therefore He must not be talking about saying the prayers that others have used, or saying a particular prayer more than once. Vain repetitions as the heathen do must mean something different than "Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy!" otherwise the Publican could not have gone home justified, could he?

[handsoff241]

^+1 tatakalz

[tatakalz]

spare me for my poor attempt....