Does Prayer Get Divvied Up Between Intentions… Thus Diluting The 'Fruit' Of Prayer?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about the fruits of prayer, the number of prayer intentions, and whether one effects the other. For example, if a man prays for two things, and offers something up for that, does whatever merit he have get divided between the intentions, like a piece of pie? This is a question that isn't directly answered anywhere in Catholic doctrine, and is rarely even discussed in Catholic theology.

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