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Hola, Argentino anónimo, un abrazo desde España.

>That prayer felt so powerful and so precise

>Has someone experienced something similar?

OP's video in this thread ( >>812701 ) talks about a similar circumstance. The man had lost his mother, felt like praying the Lord's Prayer and, while reciting it, found in it a Truth he had never realized. Prayers have that capacity to carry hard hitting truths, the ones we usually avoid cause they're painful, and deliver them straight to our hearts, where we can't avoid them. I know I always feel quite different after reciting an Act of Contrition.

You probably need to giver order and meaning to your life. You're embarking in a beautiful journey, anon. Go at your own pace and remember that everyone lives religion in a slightly different way.

>is possible to just start having faith again only because of that?

Most definitely. Though I wouldn't say "only". A prayer (or at least a well written one) carries truth in each word, and they hit like punches. And that prayer probably was the tilting point, the wake up call, but there were other things making you long for a closer relationship with God.

> should i start studying the bible? wich one is recommended (spanish or english is the same)?

You should definitely read it, though not necessarily from cover to cover. There are parts in the Old Testament that are pretty dry. I'd actually advise you to start with the New Testament. Almost any Catholic or Orthodox Bible will do; differences are pretty minor. Protestants take out a bunch of books (the Deuterocanonical books) and St Paul's letter to the Hebrews, so you may want to avoid protestant Bibles. In Spanish, the "Biblia de Jerusalem" is translated from original greek and arameic texts, has really good anotations and is hailed as one of the best (if not the actual best) for Bible studies. If you want an easier to read one, I've heard the "Biblia Americana de San Jerónimo" is really good and strikes a nice balance between accuracy and having a beautiful text. It's based on the Vulgata, the translation of the Bible to Latin made by St Jerome, which is the official Bible of the Catholic Church.

But again, any Bible will do. If you want to delve deeper into any specific part, there are webs online where you can compare different versions from different Bibles, so you don't have to worry about interpreting the wrong thing.

If I may add, there's a YouTube channel called "The Bible Project" that talks about… well, you guessed it, the Bible. It's really accessible and a great way to get into proper Bible reading.

And I know it'll feel weird at first, but pray. Chew those lines carefully, like if savoring all the meaning. You'll find that all those words you memorized when you were younger actually say a lot more than you thought.