During his daily morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis explained on how to pray well. He said that when Christians pray, they should remember their own sins as well as their own personal history with Jesus.
POPE FRANCIS
'When Jesus says to Martha: 'You worry and are troubled by many things, but there is only one thing you need. Mary has chosen the better part'. What is it? To listen to the Lord and to remember. We can't pray every day as if we do not have a history. Each one of us has their ownâ?.
The Pope concluded that many times our daily duties distract from what's important and make it difficult to remember.
SUMMARY OF THE POPE'S HOMILY
Source: Vatican Radio
'This habit of remembering our life is not very common practice. We forget things, we live in the moment and then forget the past. And each of us has a story: a story of grace, a story of sin, a story of journey, so many things ... It is a good thing to pray with our history. [A prayer like] the one Paul does, where he tells a piece of his story, but in general says: 'He has chosen me! He saved me! He was my companion on the journey ... '. '
'When Jesus says to Martha: 'You are worried and troubled about many things, but you only need one thing. Mary has chosen the better part. 'What does he mean? [He means] Listening to the Lord and remembering. You cannot pray every day as if we did not have a story. Each of us has his or her own. And with this story in our heart we approach prayer, like Mary. Often we are distracted, like Martha, by work, by the dayâ??s events, by those things that we have to do, and we forget this story'.
'Remembering that we were chosen, chosen by God. Remembering our journey of covenant. Hve we respected this covenant, or not? No, we are sinners and we remember this, and we remember Godâ??s promise to us which never disappoints, which is our hope. This is the true prayerâ?.
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