First thing in the morning, how do you pray?

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praying while sitting nearby the lit candle sounds so peaceful and lovely, this is something I realize I want to try. Thank you for sharing this. Hot coffee, soft candle and peace…this is the soul soothing I seek to find.

Am still learning the rosary and in the morning my brain seems scrambled. However, by the third decade, the noise and the scramble goes away and something clicks into place…a quiet that wasnt there before. Just wasnt saying the rosary in the morning, only at night.

Your idea is worth a try just to get to some semblence of calm
 
@sarah_g are you doing these prayers while driving? Does it help to focus and to prepare for your day at work?

@DisorientingSneeze so nice to hear from you and that you delight in these types of queries!

Did you read anything you liked to add to your routine?

@halogirl can so relate to this, not being a morning person. I get up at 4am so that my brain just begins to work by 6am, otherwise the day is lost. It really takes me 2 hours to think straight.

@Cor_ad_Cor I am a new catholic and was trying to listen to and follow along with a divine office podcast, otherwise I have no idea how to do it and no one else seems to either at parish, and the priest is too busy or ignores my attempts to ask him about it. Most just tell me that its for priests only and to not bother with it, yet I feel drawn to it. Can anyone listen and pray/sing along, and do you find one online that you like?
 
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My goodness 4am! I just can’t. As I am up for work at seven. The snooze button is my friend 🙂 but I am a total night owl (it’s 3 am here ). I like to pray all thru the day instead of setting aside a time. Just babbling away to God
 
Love that you talk to God all along your day. That sounds contemplative-is doing your taks while in prayer, or a state of prayer a good way to describe you?
 
Depends on the task 🙂 when I have something really boring to do I try and do Hail Marys and offer up how bored I feel. Generally I will pray for just whatever pops in my mind throughout the day. I need to better at sitting and meditating in silence
 
I’m sure God loves you right where you are in your walk, sitting, standing, no matter, right?!
 
Oh for sure 🙂 but I think for myself I would benefit from just focusing a bit better and having just dedicated prayer time
 
mary15 said:
praying while sitting nearby the lit candle sounds so peaceful and lovely, this is something I realize I want to try.
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This is something I was doing when I was using my prayer journal each day. It definitely does something to set the moment and the space apart. Might be something I need to pick back up for Lent.
 
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DisorientingSneeze so nice to hear from you and that you delight in these types of queries!

Did you read anything you liked to add to your routine?
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I liked that Katherine mentioned waking up first thing and praying for others. I liked that it even involved getting on here to pray for the people in need. When working on my prayer life I often look at my habits and take steps to get myself off my phone first thing in the morning, but her example shows that it doesn’t have to be an obstacle to prayer.

In case anyone is anyone is interested, here’s what helped get me off my phone. I replaced my use of thr Laudate app with the use of these two books. This one for readings:
Abide in My Word 2020: Mass Readings at Your Fingertips Abide in My Word 2020: Mass Readings at Your Fingertips: The Word Among Us Press: 9781593253523: Amazon.com: Books

And this one for Gospel reflections:
The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer: Fr. John Bartunek: 9780991603862: Amazon.com: Books
 
Reminder: Besides daily devotions and weekly devotions (like Sunday Mass), Catholicism also has its “seasonal” devotions. Examples would include: Advent, Lent, particular feast days, first Fridays, first Saturdays, Divine Mercy Sunday.

Part of the first Saturday devotion is going to Confession; meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary for fifteen minutes. Link: Five First Saturdays for Peace, Salvation | Marians of the Immaculate Conception

For clergy and religious (and others), their daily devotions include Liturgy of the Hours.
 
I drag myself outta bed and the first thing I attend to is getting the dog fed, watered, and pottied…nothing good comes from a day that starts with cleaning up a puddle. Then, I make a cup of coffee and sit down in my trusty recliner to pray. I start with the morning offering and Our Father and a few others before switching to a novena app on my phone and pray whatever is in the works. IF, however, my husband or a kid is ready to leave for work or school before I’m done I’ll switch over to a prayer of protection for them and commend then to their guardian angel. The rosary comes later in the day.
 
I bought myself a Baltimore Catechism, and I love what it says about morning prayers:

“As soon as you wake, think of God. Make the Sign of the Cross and say In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Then dress quickly and kneel down. Now say the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Apostles’ Creed, the Confiteor, and the Acts of Faith, Hope, Love and Contrition which you probably have memorized. If you do not know them by heart you will find them on pages 7-9.
Then if you have time also say the following prayers:
To the Blessed Virgin. My Lady, and my Mother, remember I am thine; protect and defend me as thy property and possession.
To Saint Joseph. Saint Joseph, model and patron of those who love the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.
To the Guardian Angel. Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom His love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
God bless Papa and Mamma. God bless Brothers and Sisters, and all my friends. God bless me, and make me a good child.
For the Faithful Departed. Eternal rest give into them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Make the Sign of the Cross.”
 
mary15 said:
I am a new catholic and was trying to listen to and follow along with a divine office podcast, otherwise I have no idea how to do it and no one else seems to either at parish, and the priest is too busy or ignores my attempts to ask him about it. Most just tell me that its for priests only and to not bother with it, yet I feel drawn to it. Can anyone listen and pray/sing along, and do you find one online that you like?
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LOTH is the official prayer of the Church; it’s for everyone! True, in times past, it was primarily for those in religious life and the clergy, and many of them are still under some kind of obligation to a portion of it, but after Vatican II, there was a renewed emphasis on it as the prayer for everyone.

I would recommend starting small - one or two of the hours per day (the standard suggestion are the “hinges” of Morning and Evening), and if you want to get a physical book, go with something like Christian Prayer rather than the 4-volume set. (When you buy these, you typically get an annual guide for the first year telling which pages to use each day.)

That said, the online/app versions are just as good. I have iBreviary, Universalis, and DivineOffice (no longer available unless you meet certain criteria), and use whichever one I’m in the mood for, but any will help you learn the flow. I learned from a local religious community first, and then on my own by comparing my book with the iBreviary app.
 
@Camehome4john6 is there a specific prayer that all catholics say for their morning offering, or is the morning offering any prayer you would like to say to give yourself to God in the morningtime?

@Jen95 Is this catechism from before vatican II? I have a catechism but its green. Is there a difference?

@Cor_ad_Cor thank you for this very helpful information! What would be a good eveningtime to say the night hinge? After 5 pm or right before bedtime? I am using a computer to get various podcasts, many of them seem to be the same thing over and over. Is that the way it goes, like singing the same song from the missel? I had thought that they would vary like the daily readings.

@stoplooklisten Going to try the morning devotion with the candel lit routine, but ask if a furry cat in the lap would not be reverent? Do you think that Mother Mary would feel hurt or offended if I prayed the rosary with my cat in my lap?
 
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@Camehome4john6 is there a specific prayer that all catholics say for their morning offering, or is the morning offering any prayer you would like to say to give yourself to God in the morningtime?
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Prayer is talking to God. There are probably as many ways of doing this in the morning as there are Christians. I, myself, like to start with this morning offering.

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