Is this a sin?

[krusty007]

If, while praying at night, I fall asleep during the middle (or any point, for that matter) would it be considered a sin. Sometimes my prayers are rather long, and if i fall asleep during it, I usually finish it in the morning. I’m just wondering if this is a sin.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

No, not at all. In fact, I think praying while falling asleep sounds like a good thing.

Peace,
Alan

 

[andreashofer]

If, while praying at night, I fall asleep during the middle (or any point, for that matter) would it be considered a sin. Sometimes my prayers are rather long, and if i fall asleep during it, I usually finish it in the morning. I’m just wondering if this is a sin.

As I was instructed to pray ardently, without ceasing, with the gain of joy and never in vain I could set up some strategies for myself of how I can keep myself awake in this state. I realized that by not submitting myself to prayer in the first place is the sin, not the sleeping. Jesus sees our intentions.
It depends on the body formation during prayer. I stay awake easier by kneeling and folding hands. When I go to bed and lie down I couldn’t pray, because sleep comes at once. A good way is to pray the rosary during walks outside in the park, bush, woods,…on your own. The beads of the rosary also have the advantage that you are reminded of prayer during prayer by slipping one after the other through your fingers. The rosary keeps me awake and the rosary itself encourages me to pray more in quality, not quantity. Mother Teresa: It is not so important how much we pray, but how much love we put into prayer. Also I encourage you to look into the Divine Mercy chaplet, which is a heartfelt prayer and short.

 

[faerie114]

Someone in this forum once said, that if you fall asleep during prayer, your guardian angel will finish it for you.

God bless!

 

[JesusCallsYou]

Dear, Greetings in the name of the lord. Mark 14:7 " Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour”.
Very good to know that you pray at night, well as somebody mentioned here before it is always good to go to sleep while praying. But what we need to keep in mind, this should not be some thing to help you to go to sleep. You must be with the lord in prayer for some good time. And after that while in bed, you can pray and fall asleep as you said. But if your sleep stops you from prayers daily, then its not a good thing. Read the verse what Jesus said to Peter. You must spend time with the lord, reading the word, interceding for others, praising him. I would encourage everyone to spend atleast 90 min in prayer and read the 5 powerfull psalms daily.

passion4christ.net/90-minutes-of-powerful-prayer/
passion4christ.net/5-powerful-psalms/
( Inviting you to be a prayer warrior )…

God bless…

 

[MaryLouItalia]

When I’m in my bed I always have on my headphones and often I listen the midnight rosary (in Latin) of our Pope on radio Maria. I try to say the rosary, but inevitably I fall asleep.
Now I say my prayers before put my headphones and in the past nights I slept with radio Maria in my ears only to wake up later and sometimes with a beautiful christian hyms.

 

[Nelka]

If, while praying at night, I fall asleep during the middle (or any point, for that matter) would it be considered a sin. Sometimes my prayers are rather long, and if i fall asleep during it, I usually finish it in the morning. I’m just wondering if this is a sin.

Better than laying in bed thinking of sex.