Repetitious Prayer

*Mt 6:7 ~ do not babble like pagans with their many words
(use to challenge Catholic doctrine)


1 Kgs 18:25-29 ~ example of vain repetition: callBaal for hours
Mt 26:44 ~ Jesus prayed a third time, saying same thing again
Lk 18:13 ~ Collector kept beating breast & praying: be merciful
Rev 4:8 ~ Repeated day & night, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord"
1 Thess 5:17 ~ pray without ceasing