Changing a prayer contextually

[mattb333]

I live by myself, well I have a cat , but I often find myself changing the “Us” in prayers to “me” when I pray by myself. For example

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for ME, a sinner, now and at the hour of my death.

For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on ME, and on the whole world.

Sometimes it just happens naturally, as if my mind was saying that saying “us” or “we” when praying alone does not fit. Is there a problem with this sentiment?

 

[LilyM]

Well, as members of the Body of Christ, it is our duty to pray for our brothers and sisters, who assuredly need prayer every bit as much as we do ourselves.

We are to do so even when we are alone, as Jesus taught us to pray (at all times) the OUR Father rather than the MY Father. Without these little reminders that we never are truly alone, and that there are others than ourselves who we can and ought to pray for, we run the risk of developing a somewhat selfish (or at least self-centred) attitude in our prayer.

So as a point of duty, and also a privilege, I make sure to pray communally - using ‘our’, ‘we’ and ‘us’ - as often as I can. For many people in need my prayers are the only thing I can offer to help, and I’d hate to think someone was missing out because I chose to pray only for myself.

 

[mattb333]

Well said, and thank you. I do not always so “me” in place of “we” or “us”. It does just happens sometimes, although I pray my Hail Marys in Latin, so it does not happen often. Thanks again