How did you choose which devotion to practice everyday?

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There is the Devotion to the Sacred Heart and the First Fridays, the First Saturdays to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Her Rosary, there’s the Devotion to the Divine Mercy, there’s the Three Hail Mary Devotion…

All of these are wonderful and worthy of practice. How did you choose which one to follow? There are not enough calm minutes in my day to do the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and all the prayers that I would like to say. I usually switch around after the children nap, if I expect to have a lot of calm time I’ll say a Rosary, or if there’s not much time I pray a Chaplet.

However I would like some consistency and I feel tossed around when it comes to my short bouts of spiritual time.
 
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There is the Devotion to the Sacred Heart and the First Fridays, the First Saturdays to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Her Rosary, there’s the Devotion to the Divine Mercy, there’s the Three Hail Mary Devotion…

All of these are wonderful and worthy of practice. How did you choose which one to follow? There are not enough calm minutes in my day to do the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and all the prayers that I would like to say. I usually switch around after the children nap, if I expect to have a lot of calm time I’ll say a Rosary, or if there’s not much time I pray a Chaplet.

However I would like some consistency and I feel tossed around when it comes to my short bouts of spiritual time.
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Mass4life,

Thanks for asking this question- this has been somthing that I struggle with as well.

Jade
 
That’s the beauty of our faith. Each prayer said, in any form is conversation with God. Personally, I recite the Liturgy of the Hours, the prayers of the church, commonly known as the Divine Office as well. The Rosary is also the prayer our Holy Father strongly recommended even offering us the Luminous mysteries. Whatever prayer you select is up to you. Of course, the greatest prayer is the Mass.
 
the purpose of the public prayer of the Church, the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours, is to pray constantly, as the apostle enjoins us, and to sanctify every hour of the day and its actions with prayer and praise to God. Popular devotions like the rosary and the angelus arose so that lay people could participate in the prayers proper to the time of day, even though they did not have the structure of monastery life, where the Divine Office was carried on as the Work of God. The Divine Mercy Chaplet, a relatively new devotion, fits nicely into the rhythm of this daily prayer, and the prayer marking seasons and feasts of the liturgical year.

The answer to which devotion an individual should practice is that which best aids him in recalling, meditating upon and praying with the mysteries of Christ’s life, passion, death and resurrection, and which bests joins the individual to the prayer of the universal Church. It is best to adopt one prayer that you know you can be faithful to at one time of day that works best for you, than to try a multiplicity of devotions that you carry out on a haphazard schedule.
 
Ermm, reading this it sounds like a person can only do one devotion-I do the Rosary and Divine Chaplet everyday. I can errr do that right?
 
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Ermm, reading this it sounds like a person can only do one devotion-I do the Rosary and Divine Chaplet everyday. I can errr do that right?
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Your whole day can be a prayer. You don’t have to limit yourself I resumed saying the daily rosary about a year ago. I added some 9 day Novenas afer listening to Relevant Radio, and I also added the Divine Mercy Chapulet for the same reason. I am sure I will find other things that also interest me as time goes on. I find that if I use my time wisely I can pray more often and I can also use the times I am trapped in the car on the way to work and on the way home. It is amazing that you can incorporate prayer into every part of your life.
 
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Ermm, reading this it sounds like a person can only do one devotion-I do the Rosary and Divine Chaplet everyday. I can errr do that right?
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there is no rule that you can only choose one devotion, none of these are mandatory, outside Sunday Mass obligation, and obligation of clergy and religious to say Liturgy of the Hours. Do what works for you, what brings you close to Jesus and the Word, and brings you fully into communion with the whole Church. The danger is in making so many resolutions to say so many prayers, chaplets, rosaries, novenas etc that you cannot possibly be faithful to your promise, and end up not praying at all because you give up in frustration. The other danger is flitting from one devotion to another, always searching for something better. The point is to form a habit, start small, with resolutions you can keep. Better to be faithful in small promises, than fail at grandiose ambitious schemes.
 
There are some prayers I say every day like the Morning Offering, Grace before meals, Holy Rosary, and Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

Others are seasonal, novenas before holy days, or when I ask a particular saint for intercession for someone.

I’m trying to say the shorter prayers throughout the day, like “Jesus, have mercy” or “Mother Mary help me.” Still working on this one…

What prayers are recommended before you go to sleep?
 
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Fitz:
Your whole day can be a prayer. You don’t have to limit yourself I resumed saying the daily rosary about a year ago. I added some 9 day Novenas afer listening to Relevant Radio, and I also added the Divine Mercy Chapulet for the same reason. I am sure I will find other things that also interest me as time goes on. I find that if I use my time wisely I can pray more often and I can also use the times I am trapped in the car on the way to work and on the way home. It is amazing that you can incorporate prayer into every part of your life.
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Hey Fitz,
I would say that not only can your whole day be prayer, your whole day should be done in prayer. Offering up your work, home life and from the little to the large moments, our work can be offered as a prayer to God. I think the religious communities have tapped into a vast reservoir of Grace by integrating prayer with work. An excellent example would have been St. Maximilian Kolbe’s City of the Immaculate . Devotions are awesome in that they allow one to focus on an area, and thorughout life, hopefully, we will grow in Virtue holistically to become Holy men and women. Thanks and God Bless.
 
I like to pray the Rosary everyday and I highly recommend doing so. But don’t take my word for it:

“The Rosary, which in its entirety we never miss, even for a single day of the year, is the most fitting formula for praying and meditating.” –Pope John XXIII

“I pray you urgently, by the love I bear you in Jesus and Mary…to say five decades, or even, if you have time, fifteen decades of the Rosary every day. At the moment of your death you will bless the day and the hour in which you followed my advice. Having thus sown in the blessings of Jesus and Mary, you will reap eternal blessings in Heaven.” –St. Louis de Montfort

“Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world.” --Our Lady at Fatima

"The Rosary, if its full sense be rediscovered, carries one to the very core of Christian life and offers an orderly as well as fruitful spiritual and pedagogical opportunity for personal contemplation, formation of the people of God and the new evangelization.” - Pope John Paul II
“"Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.” –Pope Pius XI

The prayer of the Rosary is perfect because of the praises it offers, the lessons it teaches, the graces it obtains, and the victories it achieves.” –Pope Benedict XV

“The Rosary is the richest and most beautiful of all prayers to the Mediatrix of all grace; it is the prayer that touches most the heart of the Mother of God. Say it each day.” --Pope St. Pius X

“The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin.” –Pope Pius IX

“Spread the Rosary, the prayer so dear to the Virgin and so esteemed by popes; by it the faithful can best fulfill the command of Christ: ‘Ask and it shall be given; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.’” –Pope Paul VI

" The Rosary is my weapon." --St. Padre Pio

“Many rosaries, many souls saved.” –St. Maximilian Kolbe
 
Thank you for all your replies. I am a stay-at-home mother, I have recently learned what it means to have this “vocation.” I offer my whole day to the Lord, along with formal recited prayers, and informal prayers in our own words. I have experienced much peace from doing this. However I will continue to pray which devotion to incorporate in our lives.

God Bless.
 
Morning Offering, post it on your refrigerator, try to pray it with the whole family in the morning to consecrate your whole day to Jesus, making every day a constant prayer.

O Jesus, through the Immaculate heart of Mary, I offer you the prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and apostles of prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month. Amen.
 
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