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DavidJoseph
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In the past I’ve asked people on here how they like to spend their holy hours. Now I have a similar question. Every Friday, my parish has a holy hour after the evening Mass, and it includes benediction at the end. Well, the rite of exposition and concluding rite of benediction take about 10 minutes each. That means I only have 40 minutes to “do my own thing” prayer-wise in between those times. Sometimes I serve at exposition and benediction, so on those days I have to spend a little bit of time in the sacristy while everyone else is adoring. That would whittle my prayer time down to about 35 minutes. In addition, confessions are offered during adoration, so if I want to go to confession, that would take off another 5 minutes or so. So all in all, I don’t exactly have an hour to spend on personal prayer – far from it.
Normally I’d start off my holy hour by basking in the Lord’s Presence for a couple minutes, pray a rosary and perhaps a litany, do a little spiritual reading and reflection, talk to God about whatever is on my mind and thank Him and pray for my needs and those of others, and for the rest of the time gaze upon the Host and listen to Jesus. But I can’t possibly fit all of that into 30-40 minutes. Does anyone here have that same problem? What would y’all suggest? Thanks in advance.
Normally I’d start off my holy hour by basking in the Lord’s Presence for a couple minutes, pray a rosary and perhaps a litany, do a little spiritual reading and reflection, talk to God about whatever is on my mind and thank Him and pray for my needs and those of others, and for the rest of the time gaze upon the Host and listen to Jesus. But I can’t possibly fit all of that into 30-40 minutes. Does anyone here have that same problem? What would y’all suggest? Thanks in advance.