Prayer Necessary For Salvation (Catholic)

Is prayer necessary for salvation? According St Alphonsus Liguori and many other Doctors and Saints of the Catholic Church, yes! In this video you will learn why prayer is essential, how it is a response to Jesus Christ, and the difference between vocal prayer and mental prayer.

St Alphonus said, “Mental prayer is, in the first place, necessary, in order that we may have light to go on the journey to eternity.”

St Bernard said, "Meditation regulates our affections, directs our actions, and corrects our defects."

St Teresa Avila said, "When a man leaves off meditation, the devil has no need of carrying him to ell, for he throws himself into it."

To learn more about prayer, we recommend the book Saint Alphonsus Liguori wrote:
Prayer: The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection

To pray the St Bridget 12 year prayer watch here, a meditation on the sufferings of Jesus:

For more Catholic prayers watch here

Do you pray the rosary daily? Pray with us here

For more great Catholic Youtube Channel content:

Fr Mark Goring

Father Mike Schmitz with Ascension presents:

Matt Fradd and Pints With Aquinas

[LeoChiu]

Thanks, Ken for your reminder and motivation. Prayer is like breathing, a vital necessity. It is the food of the soul, the strength of the spirit. Without prayer, we cannot live spiritually. Without prayer life becomes sad and empty, because without God our life cannot have meaning. Praying is loving, it is a loving communication with God, with words or without words. May God Bless you always! 👍✌️🦉🙏.

[perserverance]

I believe we can pray constantly throughout the day. Simply offer all of your duties and chores, meals, interactions with others, offer it all up to God for His praise and honor, giving thanks to Him for all the details of each passing day. This in addition to the minimum 15 minutes of daily mental prayer.

[kellycarroll]

You have enlightened me in the Catholic faith. I never heard this in religious education classes, back in the era of the Baltimore catechism. But I also never heard this (mental prayer) from the pulpit at Sunday Masses. Thanks to you and your wife, Janelle, for your guidance.

[rufflesal]

I definitely have my best days after prayer. If I miss a day not so good. Also reading the good book gives me great days too.

[NimitzReagan]

"Seven days without prayer makes one weak"! I love this phrase reminding us in school of st. john bosco 30 years ago

[CDM]

Thank you for sharing this! It makes a lot of sense in order to draw closer to God our Father! God bless you for sharing🙏🙏🕊

[jackelineortiz]

Thank you so much, you’re absolutely right!
We Catholics need to inquire more in mental and vocal prayers.
I wish All of us Catholics do the Holly Rosary in our homes every day.

[marija_beloved]

I couldn't thank you enough for this channel. I thank God for you and your wonderful family. Your rosary videos have become my new favorite. The 7 Sorrows of our Blessed Mother is a sweet yet heartbreaking prayer (powerful enough for me to imagine witnessing the deep sorrows of Mama Mary and the unimaginable pain of Jesus Christ during His Passion). Our Catholic faith is a grace from God, a gift like no other. 😇 Sending thanksgiving prayers your way. May God bless you heaps in return, far greater than you could ever imagine. 💗

[MariaMartins-vcyh]

I always went to church, but it was when I started to pray the rosary that I really became a Catholic and started to understand our faith much better... I believe that there is much more to the rosary than people realise... This is the reason our blessed Mother askes us to pray the rosary.. We must obey, its truly necessary... Thank God I came to that conclusion..

[virginiarossman]

Thank you so so much. I pray every day and times I do meditate on the mysteries of our beautiful rosary. I really need to meditate on them every day. I also have the book in my kindle but have not read but a little. This morning I was looking at the book and decided to begin reading it and then I opened your email and wow you confirmed my need to begin reading this book. Thank you again. You and your wife are awesome and what a beautiful family. We are truly blessed to have you share your videos and teachings. Blessings to you and your lovely family

[matthewmoucha]

Thank you for your Encouragement to prayer.
The first mystery is the agony in the garden and the scouring is the second.

[dominicschmitz]

May St.micheal and the nine choirs help everywon in this family of viewers of these videos.

[sarahbraga]

AMEN! Beautifully said. It's a blessing how God uses you to make people aware of the importance of prayer and meditation in order to have eternal salvation.. God bless you!

[Wardcreek]

If you can’t spend 15 mins with Jesus a day, why would anyone want to spend eternity with him!!!! Wow, all I can say is WOW, powerful. Thank you Ken!

[xeniadv]

amen! thank you so much! you and your wife help me a lot.

[melindagarel]

Your last point about doing it and not just reading about it really hit home for me. 🥰 Thank you for your insights🙏

[marybfenwick]

Your laugh is as contagious as your spiritual message. Love to your family.

[franstinsman]

It is in mental prayer that we come to know we know, God's deep and abiding love for us. In each time we spend in quiet prayer we go deeper into the arms of the Lord. Thank you for your many encouragements. God Bless your beautiful family!

[maradonjuan]

Thank you Ken, blessings to you and your family. I feel empty when I don't pray.

[nanabarker]

WOW, there is much wisdom here. Ty for this video.🙂