I don't Pray Enough

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I need to pray more. I just seem to get bored with it, if you will, and put it off.
I say probably two or three prayers a day.

I started the Divine Mercy chaplet the day after Divine M. Sunday. Guess what, I said it
ONCE.

So, i guess my attitude is why bother if you ain’t gonna stick with it.

I want to CHANGE that attitude!!!
suggestions and advice appreciated…
 
Maybe you are drawn to other forms of prayer. Honestly, I get bored with those sorts of prayers too. There are many ways to pray and many devotions. Why bind yourself to a schedule you are making for yourself that doesn’t seem to inspire you? That is, unless you are under the specific direction of a personal Spiritual Director who is telling you to do this.

Eventually the point of prayer is to progress past verbal, through union with the mystery of Jesus, and you actually become a prayer. Then you pray with every breath you take, in a very real way.

Alan
 
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KateKimmer said:
I need to pray more. I just seem to get bored with it, if you will, and put it off.
I say probably two or three prayers a day.

I started the Divine Mercy chaplet the day after Divine M. Sunday. Guess what, I said it
ONCE.

So, i guess my attitude is why bother if you ain’t gonna stick with it.

I want to CHANGE that attitude!!!
suggestions and advice appreciated…
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First of all, good of you to be discontent with your attitude for prayer. Holy Discontent is actually the very source of joy and peace of the Christian, because that is the same attitude of God towards us, who was so discontent with the condition of His beloved creatures that He sent His only Son to them, so that who would believe in Him would not perish, but have eternal life. In other words, Holy Discontent is a sure sign of our love for God, as God’s Holy Discontent for our condition is His sure sign of His Love for us.

So why not start with that? Make that Holy Discontent your continual prayer towards God, and with that Holy Discontent you will find yourself praying more and more.

And oh, one last thing: Holy Discontent never includes disappointment. If you feel any disappointment with yourself or your actions, be discontent with that disappointment and strive to remove it. As St. Catherine once noted, “God does not ask for a perfect work, but infinite desire.”
 
KateKimmer said:
I need to pray more. I just seem to get bored with it, if you will, and put it off.
I say probably two or three prayers a day.

I started the Divine Mercy chaplet the day after Divine M. Sunday. Guess what, I said it
ONCE.

So, i guess my attitude is why bother if you ain’t gonna stick with it.

I want to CHANGE that attitude!!!
suggestions and advice appreciated…
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Maybe try to stick to small prayers or a small devotion that doesn’t take much time and then you can add more as time goes on. For example, say 3 Hail Marys when you first wake up and 3 before bed, then maybe you can start adding a chaplet of Divine Mercy, or the Rosary before bed since you’re already used to praying a little bit. Maybe you could make a practice of staying after mass to pray the rosary? Sometimes I feel it’s easier to pray when it’s with other people. Growing up we said the rosary daily before bed so it’s easier for me to do it on my own. 😛
 
For me it was having family and friends die. I was already coming around then my mother died. She died such a beautiful death. Praying the Rosary. Praising Jesus. Her death was the happiest time of her life. She was looking forward to death. That got me to thinking. Oh I was raised Catholic. I knew about all those things. But by then I was in my late 50’s. I had been wayward for 40 or so years. What was going to happen to my soul when I died? I was headed to HELL! That changed me. I was already going to the Baptist Church with my wife. But I wanted more. I needed more than just saying I went to church every week. I got a Rosary. Got a book on how to pray the Rosary. Started back to the Catholic Church. Went to several long hard confessions. Then I started to change. Satan was really messing with me. He had me in his pocket, and didn’t want to let me go. My prayer life grew deeper. The Rosary every night. Novena after Novena. I stared wearing a Brown Scapular. I added the Divine Mercy Chaplet everyday. I pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory everyday. I wake up praying from my sleep. I pray all day during the day. I come here and pray for other brothers and sisters that need praying for. My dreams are of prayer. My most favorite time of the day is the hour or so I’m on my knees praying every night.

What got me to this point? The Love For Jesus! The Fear Of Going To Hell! In Jesus we have Love and Hope. Satan doesn’t want up to know that. He would rather not prayed. So anything to take one away from prayer he’ll lead you that way.

God Bless You.
 
KateKimmer said:
I need to pray more. I just seem to get bored with it, if you will, and put it off.
I say probably two or three prayers a day.

I started the Divine Mercy chaplet the day after Divine M. Sunday. Guess what, I said it
ONCE.

So, i guess my attitude is why bother if you ain’t gonna stick with it.

I want to CHANGE that attitude!!!
suggestions and advice appreciated…
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baby steps kate. a little more at a time. and voila, before you know it…
 
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