Lazy to pray

[BintuluChuchGuy]

Hi everyone,I guess Im lazy to pray the rosary this year(im being honest).Last year,I use to pray everyday the rosary.But now,Im form 4(tenth grade) and I got a lot of homework and studying to do.And when I have free time,I would usually go do something else rather than to sit down and pray.

For me,one rosary is very long.Im not the type that says it in 15 or 20 minutes.Im the slow type,and normally finishes in 50 mins to 1 hour,or more:shrug:.I guess when I think about praying,I would usually think about its length/duration…

I know I shouldn’t think like that but yeah thats the way I am.I think because of my laziness in prayer , I am starting to become lukewarm…

Can you help me…hmmm like activate myself into active prayer life again?

 

[puzzleannie]

Hi everyone,I guess Im lazy to pray the rosary this year(im being honest).Last year,I use to pray everyday the rosary.But now,Im form 4(tenth grade) and I got a lot of homework and studying to do.And when I have free time,I would usually go do something else rather than to sit down and pray.

Can you help me…hmmm like activate myself into active prayer life again?

if you want to pray, pray. do you have trouble getting your school work done and finding time for other activities? Pray. if you give that hour to God, the other 23 will take care of themselves.
it does not have to be the rosary, you should be reading the bible in there and spending some quiet time with God as well. How are you going to know what to do with your life if you never get in the habit of listening to God? Also you need time for service–to your family, your school, your community, your parish, the poor, your neighbors. You won’t find that time, and the service will mean little, if you are not praying.

 

[fabricdragon]

Hi everyone,

For me,one rosary is very long.Im not the type that says it in 15 or 20 minutes.Im the slow type,and normally finishes in 50 mins to 1 hour,or more:shrug:.I guess when I think about praying,I would usually think about its length/duration…

Can you help me…hmmm like activate myself into active prayer life again?

ah… welcome to the great danger of modern life.
busy, lukewarm, bored…
been there, done that, still fighting the battle…

i woudl advise that you make a goal to yourself of praying daily. SCHEDULE some time evry single day, when you are not in a rush.

does it have to be the full Rosary, no (although yes it would be good)
perhaps simply a OF, a HM, and a Glory Be
but keep to that schedule every day, without fail…
then try to add more when you can
can you schedule a single decade of the Rosary? you can do a decade daily, and the full Rosary on the days when you have time.

putting prayer on a consistent schedule is the only way i dont end up “busy” and doing other things, myself.

oh, and one last thing…
learn to make Rosaries! www.rosaryarmy.com you can knot a cord anyplace, in the car (as long as you are not driving) when you are watching TV… etc (i pray the Rosary while i make them) and you can not only have some very neat ones for yourself, you can have a LOT of very good Christmas gifts…
of course they are also VERY good gifts for Lent

 

[Bookcat]

Hi everyone,I guess Im lazy to pray the rosary this year(im being honest).Last year,I use to pray everyday the rosary.But now,Im form 4(tenth grade) and I got a lot of homework and studying to do.And when I have free time,I would usually go do something else rather than to sit down and pray.

For me,one rosary is very long.Im not the type that says it in 15 or 20 minutes.Im the slow type,and normally finishes in 50 mins to 1 hour,or more:shrug:.I guess when I think about praying,I would usually think about its length/duration…

I know I shouldn’t think like that but yeah thats the way I am.I think because of my laziness in prayer , I am starting to become lukewarm…

Can you help me…hmmm like activate myself into active prayer life again?

perhaps regroup and decide wisely what you can do in your current circumstance.

Perhaps save the full 5 decades for Sat or Sunday (the Lords Day) and just do a decade each day but pray it in the slow way you have been doing… and of course pray in other ways as well

This book is very helpful…and it is short frjacquesphilippe.com/books/time_for_god.html

"Regarding this problem of time, we should make an act of faith in Jesus’ promise: “There is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time!” (Mk 10:29). It is legitimate to apply this to chronological time as well: whoever gives up a quarter of an hour of television in order to pray will receive a hundredfold in this life—the time will be returned to them a hundredfold, not in quantity but in quality. Mental prayer will give one the grace to live out every moment of life in a much more fruitful way._
— Jacques Philippe Time for God, p.27

but again … you will need to look at your life and what you can do…