Prayer Attention Deficit Disorder

You know you are trying to be more serious about your faith and the the first step is prayer, yet every time you try to pray you easily get distracted. You can’t even go from the Hail to the Mary without thinking about something not exactly pious. It seems to you that every time you sit down to try to pray fervently you spend more time distracted then actually talking with God.

You have heard about the four types of prayer: Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, and Supplication and wonder if it is just you that has the fifth type – Distracted Prayer? You will be glad to hear that it is just not you that suffers with distracted prayer. In fact reports show that 10 out of 10 people who pray end up being distracted.

Distraction is prayer is known in the spiritual director field as Prayer Attention Deficit Disorder (PADD) or Supplication Attention Deficit (SAD) and is a birth defect caused by original sin. Since Adam and Eve only Jesus and Mary have not had to deal with Prayer Attention Deficit Disorder.

But you ask “Now that I know what the problem is how do I deal with it?”

That is where St. Johnson and St. Johnson’s steps in with the latest pharmaceutical wonder. Our patented ingredients help to put your daily life behind you and to help you to concentrate while praying.

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Ridalin should be taken with plenty of repentance and can be used when operating heavy machinery, though we recommend using it with the Rosary or other devotions instead. Ridalin can be mixed with sacraments and this is the recommended practice. Ridalin is not recommended for those not serious about living the Christian life and can cause severe reactions when combined with hypocrisy.