Fr. Ron Rolheiser writes about an elderly professor speaking on the need for prayer in our lives: “Prayer isn’t easy because we’re always tired, distracted, busy, bored, and caught up in so many things that it’s hard to find the time and energy to center ourselves on God for some moments. So, this is what I do: No matter what my day is like, no matter what’s on my mind, no matter what my distractions and temptations are, I am faithful to this: Once a day, I pray the Our Father as best I can from where I am at that moment. Inside everything that’s going on inside me and around me that day, I pray the Our Father, asking God to hear me from inside of all the distractions and temptations besetting me. It’s the best I can do. Maybe it’s a bare minimum, and I should do more and try to concentrate harder, but at least I do that. And sometimes, it’s all I can do, but I do it every day as best I can. It’s the prayer Jesus told us to pray.” St. John Paul II wrote that prayer is not simply one occupation among many but is at the center of our life in Christ. It turns our attention away from ourselves and directs it to the Lord. Prayer fills the mind with truth and gives hope to the heart. Let us earnestly seek to pray this prayer each day.