Is this a good routine?

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I am currently doing the following devotional routine and I was thinking: “is this good? is it enough?”. It’s what I feel comfortable with but I thought I might ask fo some (name removed by moderator)ut and maybe personal experience from other people so I don’t miss something good/better I could add or replace something else with. All comments appreciated 🙂

Daily:
Morning: Rosary (Joyful Mysteries) + one chapter from the Old Testament
Noon: Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) + one chapter from the Gospels
After work: Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) + one chapter from the Epistles
Bedtime: examination of conscience + some pages from the Roman Catechism
Morning Mass

Weekly
Confession
1h of reading spiritual literature on Sundays

Note: all readings are lectio continua
 
It’s good for an active/vocal prayer. Very ambitious. But remember the prayer is for you, not the other way around. In other words, don’t feel like you have to stick to one unchanging regimen, or at least be aware you have that choice. Your prayer regimen doesn’t “own” you. Some like to stick to a routine thick or thin. Me, I adjust my prayer regimen due to many factors, and seldom plan it out except when I’m planning to share with others.

Also you might learn to do more relaxed forms of prayer, such as contemplative, “resting in God.” Combined with your active prayer, it achieves true union with the prayer of Jesus.

Ref: CCC 2700-2724

Excerpt from 2724:
It achieves real union with the prayer of Christ to the extent that it makes us share in his mystery.

Alan
 
I agree with Alan. I read the Daily Mass readings: an OT verse, a Psalm, and a NT verse. Ideally I would read them everyday but I don’t. Very often I will skip a few days, but then when I have a block of free time I will “catch up”. I don’t feel bad that I do it that way b/c I am still reading God’s Word. Likewise with the Rosary. I try to pray the Rosary several times a week. Sometimes I pray it with Mother Angelica on EWTN at 11:30 a.m. or 9:30 p.m.; sometimes with an audio recording on Catholiccity late at night. I like to pray all 4 sets of mysteries every week ideally. If I feel like the Spirit is leading me to pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet for someone, then I do. Likewise, if there is a devotional book that I want to read, I read it as I have time and when I am in the mood to concentrate (I think I have a little bit of ADD). I fear that if you stick to the routine that you’re doing, you MAY get “worn out” and it will become more of a chore rather than a “labor of love.” As long as we are striving everyday to learn our faith, to pray, and to follow the Lord, then that is what matters.
 
It would be very aggressive for me but I don’t know just how much you have on your plate.
This might be not enough or too much or just right depending on the person and time available.
Pope John Paul prayed 3 rosaries a day with his busy schedule.

I would suggest also with the others that you balance it somewhat with some time each day to quietly talk heart to heart with Jesus. This is a better form of prayer like the story of Mary and Martha, where Martha gave Jesus her company being with him and talking to him. It is a conversational prayer where joy, sorrow, praise, thanks, and appreciation is expressed.
Sometimes just being silent waiting for him to move your thoughts. Keeping yourself in his presence and being aware of his special presence in your soul. Just being aware of his presence is pleasing to him for all the while this is being done, faith is alive which pleases him.

You might add also each day at a special time for a spiritual communion. Just prepare for this by saying some special prayers as we do at Mass, and then say “come Lord Jesus into my heart that I may love you and be one with you now.” Then quietly and lovenly be one with him for a few special moments.

Just a few ideas.
 
Whatever routine you follow, try to determine if it is something that you can easily adopt again if you fall out of it for awhile (due to illness, travel, laxity).

For example, for the longest time I read the Daily Readings each morning. That was my routine. If I couldn’t do it for a day or two or even longer, I didn’t feel like it was going to be a major chore in getting it started up again. Once I felt that I had sufficiently developed the habit of Daily Readings, I added one more thing (a short evening prayer routine).

Make small prayerful and manageable steps in establishing your prayer routine. Regularly check in with the Holy Spirit and ask him if you’ve found the right balance in your routine.
 
I was going to start a thread to see what other people do for their devotional life. In the evenings, I sometimes pray a rosary, light a candle (with Our Lady of Guadalupe or St. Michael on it) and light incense. Sometimes, I do a novena. I also try to do the daily mass readings during the day (on the bus to or from work). Some days, I make it to mass. I feel like I could be doing more or having a more formal routine. Thoughts?
 
All great things to do of course, I"m not a routine person, so the only thing is alway keep Jesus first place on your mind and in your heart is all I can offer.God Bless.😉
 
SeekNFind said:
Some days, I make it to mass. I feel like I could be doing more or having a more formal routine. Thoughts?
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Some folks benefit from a formal routine and some do not. I need a bit of both. I make sure that I do morning and evening prayer, but during the day I go where the Spirit leads me.
 
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