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Keep praying even if you're bored - It's still pleasing to God. [Edited to eliminate 19 minute gap.]

"I can't say it enough: Stay with it.  When you're bored, and you're still there, it is still pleasing to God. … Your prayer and my prayer do not glorify God the way we think it does. You can't add to God's glory. He already has it. God didn't create us because he was lonesome. He didn't create us because he needed more glory. He can't have more glory than he always has. He never changes. He is infinite - without end. But we glorify Him in our prayer - because his glory shows itself in us." -- Monsignor Lavalley

Keep praying even if you're bored - It's still pleasing to God.

"I can't say it enough: Stay with it.  When you're bored, and you're still there, it is still pleasing to God. … Your prayer and my prayer do not glorify God the way we think it does. You can't add to God's glory. He already has it. God didn't create us because he was lonesome. He didn't create us because he needed more glory. He can't have more glory than he always has. He never changes. He is infinite - without end. But we glorify Him in our prayer - because his glory shows itself in us." -- Monsignor Lavalley

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