Prayer is a difficult path to follow in a fallen world and in the midst of an increasingly secular and technological society.
The odds are always against prayer. It requires a desirous heart to begin to pray, and a firm, well-formed heart to persevere in the life of prayer.
As a help to this challenge, the Church gives us her teachings, guidance and encouragement. While these are expressed in numerous ways, they are particularly contained within the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The Catechism gives us the Church’s universal teachings on prayer and manifests her encouraging accompaniment through the spiritual life. The Catechism has four major sections, with the fourth part being on prayer.
