TAKE YOUR
PRAYER
Life to a Whole New Level and ENCOUNTER GOD
– Father Michael Denk
TAKE YOUR
PRAYER
Life to a Whole
New Level and
New Level and
ENCOUNTER
GOD
GOD
– Father Michael Denk
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Are you ready to take your prayer life to a completely new level? With Fr. Michael's guidance, the following Apps provide the ultimate prayer experience.
Pray40Days App
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EXAMEN Prayer App
St. Ignatius said that the most important prayer, the one should never be omitted from daily prayer, is the Examen Prayer.
The ingeniousness of this app is that it will remind you to pray the Examen daily and walk you through the steps, allowing you to reflect on and make changes in your life that will bring you closer to God.
Praying With Mass
Do you want to get more out of mass?
To experience Mass the way it was intended?
The Praying with Mass Video Program will teach you how to experience Mass in a way that you’ve probably never though possible, to help you to experience God every time you got to mass.
Fr. Michael was ordained into priesthood for the Diocese of Cleveland on May 12, 2007. He received a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts from St. Mary Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, with a specialization in video and audio production, from Cleveland State University in 2001.
Fr. Michael is dedicated to helping others encounter Christ through the celebration of the Eucharist, preaching, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, spiritual direction, and prayer. He is devoted to the poor, especially in Africa and El Salvador where he has led several mission trips. Through the Global Fellows program, he has visited Madagascar and Rwanda with Catholic Relief Services.
With a focus in communications, Fr. Michael incorporates new media into his ministries. He not only came up with the concept, but was a chief architect in the development of, a mobile application called The “EXAMEN” App, which assists people to connect with God throughout their day. Besides creating content produced and distributed through The Prodigal Father Productions, Fr. Michael has authored articles published in various Catholic magazines.
FEATURED HOMILY
Have Someone Over For Dinner
I would like to reflect a little bit on hospitality. I think this generation might be lacking in hospitality. Thankfully, this is not always true.
I just had a wonderful experience with some former parishioners who are dear friends. They had me over to their house for dinner.
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How to Grow Your Prayer Life: Priests Weigh In
As a priest, I get asked a lot of the same questions pretty often. One I’ve found that comes up frequently is “Father, how do you grow your prayer life?”
There are many ways to grow your prayer life. The mission of the Prodigal Father is to help people discover different ways of encountering the Love of God, The Father, in prayer.
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Praying with Fr. Jacob Bearer
Father Jacob, it is great to have you here. I have known you since you were in the seminary and you have always been one of those people that I feel gets it in terms of the spiritual life.
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