Making a Prayer book

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I just had an idea.

What I wanted to do was make my own Prayerbook, with my own devotions and prayers.

However, I wanted to know how I could do that.

I was thinking of taking a journal or notebook or something like that, and used printed off prayers, and taping them onto the Paper. And then also composing my own on the remaining blank sheets.

How else could I go about making my own prayerbook?

What do you think of the idea?
 
I also want to know if it would be a sacrelige to take a prayerbook that is blessed, cut the prayers out of the prayerbook, and tape them into this “prayerbook/journal”-would this be a sacrelige?
 
I’ve made a prayer book like that. I had so many little prayer cards and such, they were getting all over the place and I could never find what I was looking for. Also, I was holding on to larger printed prayer books because there was one or two prayers that I used from them. Instead of cutting them up, I hand copied them into a little notebook. So everything is now in one place. Then I gave the prayer books away.
 
I have made a prayer book, it contains my daily prayers in it. I gathered them from all over the place and like you decided to get them all in one place. You can use a piece of card stock to make the cover with your favorite saint or the Holy Family,etc. on it.
Also, I suggest instead of cutting out the prayers copy them, type them out in a word document(then you couold change or add at a later date), or find a copy online and print it. That way you keep your blessed prayer book intact.

God bless,
chris
 
I would hand-copy or photo-copy before I started cutting pages out of books. That has more to do with the fact that I’m OCD about keeping books in good shape, though. :o

I think you can certainly do it whatever way you want to. If it were me, I would type everything out on the computer. That way I could insert pictures, include page numbers and a table of contents, and organize things as I want. When I was done, I could print it all off and take it to Office Max (or some such place) and have them spiral-bind it for a few dollars.

Does this mean you’re no longer considering the Handbook of Prayers from MTF? 😉
 
Joe_5859 said:
I would hand-copy or photo-copy before I started cutting pages out of books. That has more to do with the fact that I’m OCD about keeping books in good shape, though. :o

I think you can certainly do it whatever way you want to. If it were me, I would type everything out on the computer. That way I could insert pictures, include page numbers and a table of contents, and organize things as I want. When I was done, I could print it all off and take it to Office Max (or some such place) and have them spiral-bind it for a few dollars.

Does this mean you’re no longer considering the Handbook of Prayers from MTF? 😉
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I have a Copy of The Handbook of Prayers from MTF, Its just that, I want something more personalized to my devotions, prayers etc. I will ask my spiritual Director if it is a sacrelige to cut prayers out of a prayerbook, and to put them into this “Prayer scrapbook”
 
mymamamary said:
I have a Copy of The Handbook of Prayers from MTF, Its just that, I want something more personalized to my devotions, prayers etc. I will ask my spiritual Director if it is a sacrelige to cut prayers out of a prayerbook, and to put them into this “Prayer scrapbook”
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Sure thing.

If you’re cutting out from a book, though, you have to be sure you only want what’s on one side of the page. :o
 
When i decided to come back to home to the Catholic church, it had been years since i had prayed our basic Catholic prayers. So i printed all my common prayers and put them in a binder. I also printed instructions on praying the rosary, 54 day novena, and many many novenas to my patron saints. I also printed many testimonies to encourage us. So i have this all together in what my daughter and I call “My Holy Binder” and we use it everyday, and we keep our prayer cards given to us by my church in there too.
 
I have made a nice one for myself. I bought a nice leather bound journal with handmade paper in it. When I was struggling with things, I would go online and find a prayer that I liked and hand wrote the prayer into the book. The time to copy the prayer kept my mind focused on God instead of my troubles and in the end I now have a very nice, hand written prayerbook full of great prayers.
 
GRATEFULONEjim said:
I have made a nice one for myself. I bought a nice leather bound journal with handmade paper in it. When I was struggling with things, I would go online and find a prayer that I liked and hand wrote the prayer into the book. The time to copy the prayer kept my mind focused on God instead of my troubles and in the end I now have a very nice, hand written prayerbook full of great prayers.
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That’s great. Even making the prayer book can be a prayer. 👍
 
Making a prayer book sounds like fun. Like many have said, you can do a lot. Technology makes it easy to create something that is nice and easy to read. Word is a simple program to use. Apple also have some great cheap software you can use.

A few simple methods:
  • Scan the pages you want and then place them into the book.
  • Locate the prayers online and then copy and paste them into the section you desire.
  • Photocopying and then taping them into an existing book is another method but it can be more sloppy. Depending on the thickness of the book, you might chose to photocopy and then scan.
  • The internet has some wonderful pictures you can include.
  • You can also keep a notebook with you and use it to to record your prayers. Afterwords you can type them into the appropriate section. That way you can also preserve your original work.
Whatever you decide, please always cite the sources where you found them. That way if down the road you decide to give copies as gifts, people will know the source of the prayers.

Have fun,

SG
 
This sounds like a good idea.

Personally, I’ve been thinking of a nice Christmas gift for my grandmother, and now that I think about it, this may be a good idea for her.

Maybe look into sites like lulu.com and make your book an actual book.
 
I made a bunch of my own prayer cards and I have them organized in a woman’s purse, similar to a coupon purse. It’s nice enough, that I take it with me to Church for those times I want to say a specfic prayer during my private reflection time.
I made divider cards for each month and have my cards organized according to season and Saints feast days, etc…
For example, my December cards relate to Advent and Nativity type prayers. My prayer card to my Patron Saint is in the month of her Feast Day. My Lenten prayers are in the March & April “files” - you get the picture 🙂

To make my prayer cards, I saved a bunch of my fav. prayers and Bible verses in an online word file, then using “copy & paste” and a decorative font style, I printed approx. 3 prayers per sheet on colored copy paper (pink, blue, lavender, yellow, etc…) Using my scrapbook scissors, I cut out each prayer and using double sided tape, I affixed each prayer to a piece of decorative card stock - cut just a touch bigger than the paper. Using clear contact paper, I “laminated” each card, so they stay nice.

Yes, it was somewhat time consuming, but it was a “labor of love” 🙂

I’ve given away dozens of prayer cards to people that I think might benefit from a helpful prayer or Bible verse. I have a couple cards on my kitchen windowsill and one taped to the bathroom mirror - LOL I also use them for bookmarks! The uses are many!!!

Just sharing my idea 🙂

~~PR
 
chris138 said:
I have made a prayer book, it contains my daily prayers in it. I gathered them from all over the place and like you decided to get them all in one place. You can use a piece of card stock to make the cover with your favorite saint or the Holy Family,etc. on it.
Also, I suggest instead of cutting out the prayers copy them, type them out in a word document(then you couold change or add at a later date), or find a copy online and print it. That way you keep your blessed prayer book intact.

God bless,
chris
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Great idea!
 
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