Do you have a prayer "routine?

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One area where I have been very weak has been in my prayer life. I say grace at meals, etc., but I know I should establish a plan.


  1. *]Are there specific devotions or prayers you feel are essential?
    *]Do you follow the same plan every day?
    *]How often do you pray?
    *]What exactly is a chaplet? I have watched one on EWTN, but how did they get started?
    *]Is it proper to offer up my daily bible study as a form of prayer?
    *]Where do you go to recite your routine?
    *]Any other thoughts?
 
  1. My favorite devotion is the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, becaus eit is in His Most Holy Heart by which all of His Divine graces flow. Amen. Try reciting the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus…it always fills me with the warmth of God’s presence.
  2. I try to follow the same plan for weekdays and then another one for weekends. I break weekdays down into morning, afternoon, and night. On weekends, I am sure to include a special Marian prayer (the Angelus or Regina Caeli depending on the season) in the mornings. I always go to Mass on Saturday night, so I say special prayers before and after as well. I usually try to read the Sacred Scriptures as well.
  3. Answered above.
  4. A chaplet is basically a long prayer in which various invocations are repeated. The Rosary is a form of chaplet. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is great and very necessary!
  5. Bible study can be prayer if you are sincerely trying to be nourished by the Word of God. Lectio Divina is good, I have really never tried it, though.
  6. I pray in my room or wherever there is some privacy.
  7. Developing a sound and devout prayer life is the way to come closer and closer to God (plus, obviously receiving the Sacraments, especially Jesus in the Eucharist, and going to Mass, and participating). I feel great whenever I pray sincerely… it’s awesome to be close to God and His Heavenly Kingdom! Amen!
May God bless and keep you forever! 🙂
 
I use a ready-made plan: the Liturgy of the Hours. So:
  1. Yes, the LOTH is part of my oblate promise
  2. Yes, most days, with some flexibility to allow for secular life
  3. Minimum 5 (summer), maximum 7 (winter)
  4. Yes, but with the LOTH, the Bible becomes liturgy and the common prayer of the entire Church
  5. Mostly in the small oratory I had built in my study
  6. If you do try the LOTH, take it first in baby steps and try to make it a regular habit. Then if time and circumstances allow, ramp it up. Start perhaps with Morning Prayer (Lauds), Evening Prayer (Vespers), and Night Prayer (Compline, before bed). Or even just MP and EP, if you’re a mom as your username implies, so you don’t bite off more than you can chew and become frustrated.
 
  1. Yes, Mass, Rosary, and the Chaplets of Divine Mercy and St. Michael to be most important to me. Divine Office is also part of the routine.
  2. Yes, and I spread it out throughout the day. 5AM, noon, 3PM, 5 and 9. The earliest is the longest, about 1.5 hours including Mass, and the rest are shorter prayers. I find that spreading out prayers throughout the day help keep the mind on God.
  3. Think I just answered that above, but overall it ends up being about 2 hours a day.
  4. Answered already.
  5. Absolutely. Try Lectio Divina. It takes time (as with any prayer) to develop, but I’ll admit, I’m still working on it.
  6. Mornings tend to be at an adoration chapel. During work, it’s wherever I am. The evening times are at home. But location doesn’t matter, but the heart in the prayer.
  7. Holy Hours have tremendously helped my prayer life. Spending time with God’s Presence, even if one falls asleep or is distracted and unfocused, is time well spent. I advocate this wholeheartedly.
Good luck on your improving your prayer life 🙂 it took me 6 years to get to this point, starting with one Holy Hour a week. It was worth every second of trial.
 
chefmomster2 said:
One area where I have been very weak has been in my prayer life. I say grace at meals, etc., but I know I should establish a plan.


  1. *]Are there specific devotions or prayers you feel are essential?
    *]Do you follow the same plan every day?
    *]How often do you pray?
    *]What exactly is a chaplet? I have watched one on EWTN, but how did they get started?
    *]Is it proper to offer up my daily bible study as a form of prayer?
    *]Where do you go to recite your routine?
    *]Any other thoughts?
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    1. MASS AND THE ROSARY!
    2. Always, though sometimes I might add an extra prayer or two in.
    3. Several times a day. On the days I can’t get to Mass the time ends up being about an hour.
    4. I’m not exactly sure what a chaplet is itself…possibly just a personal devotional prayer? The only chaplet I say is the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
    5. Of course!! Offer everything you do up as a prayer!
    6. 19/20ths of the time,I am in my room. 1/20th of the time, I am in my backyard or at my Chapel.
    7. If you feel compelled to pray, pray! 😃
 
I’d like to share with you what I do for my prayer times,
First I read a few verses of the Day’s reading. Right
now it’s mostly the Old Testament.
Then I go thru one by one the people on my “Prayer
List”, praying for their needs and strengthening of
their faith.
I do this for usually 20 min. and to finish I pray for my
own intentions, needs and thank God for this time of
serving Him in prayer!
I pray 4 times a day, at least, once after each meal
and once just before retiring to bed.
 
chefmomster2 said:
One area where I have been very weak has been in my prayer life. I say grace at meals, etc., but I know I should establish a plan.


  1. *]Are there specific devotions or prayers you feel are essential?
    *]Do you follow the same plan every day?
    *]How often do you pray?
    *]What exactly is a chaplet? I have watched one on EWTN, but how did they get started?
    *]Is it proper to offer up my daily bible study as a form of prayer?
    *]Where do you go to recite your routine?
    *]Any other thoughts?
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  1. Adoration – I’m lucky that my parish has a permanent Adoration Chapel.

    Yes, I pray the Liturgy of the Hours (LOTH) daily.

    At least three times a day, Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer from the LOTH.

    A chaplet is a string of beads and the prayers said on them. The Rosary is a chaplet. There are smaller chaplets like the Stella Maris, Little Crown, and many others.

    Your bible study IS a form of prayer – and even has a formal name, Lectio Divina.

    I have a “prayer corner” in my bedroom where I light candles and sometimes incense before I pray. I carry a small prayerbook and my rosary in my purse, so that any time I have to wait I can pray then.

    Start with something simple – say doing the Angelus at its traditional times, morning, midday, and evening. If you decide to try praying the Liturgy of the Hours, start with Night Prayer, which is said right before you go to sleep.
 
Here is my basic Rule of Prayer.
  • Office of Readings
  • Morning Prayer
  • Lectio Divina
  • Dominican Rosary
  • Mid-day prayer
  • Carthusian Rosary
  • Divine Mercy Chaplet
  • Evening Prayer
  • Reading from the Desert Fathers
  • Night Prayer
 
tomgosse said:
Here is my basic Rule of Prayer.
  • Office of Readings
  • Morning Prayer
  • Lectio Divina
  • Dominican Rosary
  • Mid-day prayer
  • Carthusian Rosary
  • Divine Mercy Chaplet
  • Evening Prayer
  • Reading from the Desert Fathers
  • Night Prayer
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Here’s my current routine:

Vigils (Office of Readings) 6 am
Lauds (Morning Prayer) 6:30 am (sometimes I combine the two into “Matins” as allowed by the rubrics)
Lectio divina 8:30-9:45 am
Terce (winter) 9:45 am
Mid-day Noon
None (winter) 3 pm
Vespers (Evening Prayer) 5 pm winter, 6 pm summer
Compline (Night Prayer) 8:15 pm winter, 9:15 pm summer
 
tomgosse said:
Here is my basic Rule of Prayer.
  • Office of Readings
  • Morning Prayer
  • Lectio Divina
  • Dominican Rosary
  • Mid-day prayer
  • Carthusian Rosary
  • Divine Mercy Chaplet
  • Evening Prayer
  • Reading from the Desert Fathers
  • Night Prayer
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Carthusian Rosary??? I’m intrigued. 🙂
 
Morning Prayer the Liturgy of the Hours.
Centering Prayer
Day Time Prayer for Late Afternoon
Evening Prayer, the Liturgy of the Hours
Centering Prayer
Prayer to Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Night time prayers before sleep, 3 Hail Mary’s always.

Jim
 
I pray the liturgy of the hours plus a rosary after midday prayer.
 

  1. *] Holy Mass, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet. Although the DMC and Saint Michael Chaplet is not said as consistently as I want to.
    *] Yes, as long as I can.
    *] Daily
    *] I presume you are referring to the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
    *] I would say yes.
    *] In church or in a place where I can have privacy.
    *] I don’t know how to survive day to day, especially right now with so much going on and so much to deal with, with praying regularly or going to Mass daily.
 
I can’t thank you all enough for your support, ideas and advice. As recommended, I plan to start slow, adding some sort of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer to what I do now.

:blessyou:
 
tomgosse said:
Here is my basic Rule of Prayer.
  • Office of Readings
  • Morning Prayer
  • Lectio Divina
  • Dominican Rosary
  • Mid-day prayer
  • Carthusian Rosary
  • Divine Mercy Chaplet
  • Evening Prayer
  • Reading from the Desert Fathers
  • Night Prayer
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Who are the Desert Fathers?
 
chefmomster2 said:
I can’t thank you all enough for your support, ideas and advice. As recommended, I plan to start slow, adding some sort of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer to what I do now.

:blessyou:
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Chefmomster2 – “Morning/Evening Prayer” are from the Liturgy of the Hours, it’s not just a time of day to pray, but a sequence of Psalms, Canticles and Readings from the Bible which follow the liturgical seasons of the Church.

Those who pray ALL seven of the Hours each day work their way through all 150 Psalms over a four week period. If you’re just beginning to set a prayer schedule, starting with something simple is the best idea.

That’s why I suggested the Angelus, which traditionally is said 6 AM, Noon and 6 PM, or you could do the “Three Hail Marys” which is said upon waking each morning and at bedtime every night.
 
Magdalen2013 said:
Chefmomster2 – “Morning/Evening Prayer” are from the Liturgy of the Hours, it’s not just a time of day to pray, but a sequence of Psalms, Canticles and Readings from the Bible which follow the liturgical seasons of the Church.

Those who pray ALL seven of the Hours each day work their way through all 150 Psalms over a four week period. If you’re just beginning to set a prayer schedule, starting with something simple is the best idea.

That’s why I suggested the Angelus, which traditionally is said 6 AM, Noon and 6 PM, or you could do the “Three Hail Marys” which is said upon waking each morning and at bedtime every night.
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I’m sorry. I was not very clear. I meant prayer in the morning and prayer in the evening. I like your idea very much!
 
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