What Is Your Prayer Temperament? QUIZ

The Franciscan prayer type is spontaneous, free, and impulsive. Saints Mark and Peter were of the Franciscan temperament. Franciscans chafe under strict rules and methods, preferring, rather, to give generously to their neighbor through acts of love and service. Think, Peter jumping out of the boat to walk on water, and again to meet Jesus on the shore after the resurrection. They love adventure, live in the moment, and should limit their daily LOVE the Word(TM) prayer time to 20-30 minutes. Franciscans make up about 38% of the population. Here's the free VIDEO for a deeper dive into the Franciscan prayer temperament plus tips to improve your prayer. Watch Now!

The Ignatian prayer type respects history and tradition, and thrives spiritually within the duties and obligations of their faith. They are careful, conscientious, and thorough, and do not respond well to change, especially abrupt change. Saints Luke and James possess the Ignatius temperament, making them, and those like them, important spiritual influences for their service, loyalty, and dependability. The largest percentage of the population at 50%, Ignatians get the most out of their LOVE the Word(TM) practice when it is part of their daily routine, and by full-immersion: imagining themselves in the narrative using the five physical senses. Here's the free VIDEO for a deeper dive into the Ignatian prayer temperament plus tips to improve your prayer. Watch Now!

The rarest in the population, the Augustinian prayer type is most interested in applying spiritual truths and insights. As was Saint John the Apostle, they are contemplative and optimistic, always looking toward the future, always searching for ways to make ancient truths contemporary and relevant. Of all the prayer types, Augustinians need the most LOVE the Word(TM) prayer time to function well in their search for meaning and God's presence and will. Here's the free VIDEO for a deeper dive into the Augustinian prayer temperament plus tips to improve your prayer. Watch Now!

Because the Thomistic prayer temperament is mostly concerned with the process of rational thinking, their prayer time may seem more like study than prayer to outsiders. Finding causes and effects, defining terms, and determining explanations and predictions are part of the Observe step in LOVE the Word(TM), and can help turn the data-collecting tendency of the Thomistic temperament into practice of the presence of God. Here's the free VIDEO for a deeper dive into the Thomistic prayer temperament plus tips to improve your prayer. Watch Now!