Spicing up prayer

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Just looking for ideas here really, any comments or suggestions are welcome. What ideas do folks have to prevent your daily prayers from becoming a chore?🤷

Sometimes I feel like my daily prayer is like rattling off the same memorized laundry list of intercessions. Or it’s the same catch phrases over and over which are usually catch phrases picked up from prayer cards, e.g. . “Lord send your precious blood to comfort the souls in purgatory”
I don’t have a problem being repetitive, I just find myself asking, do I run the risk of mouthing empty words? Sometimes when a prayer calls for three *Hail Mary’s *I find myself well into a *Glory be or an O my Jesus *before I realize I have lost my concentration because those payers come as a reflex from praying the daily Rosary. I feel bad for losing my concentration. Another example is I may forget how may prayers I made when I was asked to do three. Or I don’t even mentally ascent to the words of the *Our Father *because I have said it for so long.

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add prayer with scripture leading to meditation to the formal prayers you say now. Doing this during adoration is even better, or finding time in each week for adoration. To that add service to the Church and God’s poor to put your prayer into action.
 
I think that is a problem that is inherent in vocal memorized prayers. There is a tendency to become overly familiar with them and recite them in a ritualistic manner. I think the only solution is to slow down when we pray the words and make a greater effort to think about what we are saying. Every effort should be made to involve the heart and mind as well as the lips.

I am speaking now only of vocal prayer, not meditative or contemplative prayer.
One of things I love to do and continue to do is to memorize new prayers… especially Psalms. Some of them are easier to memorize because of the beauty of their poetic construction. With access to new and more prayers (stored in your memory) , you will never be at loss for words to meditate on during the quiet moments life brings to you.
 
Concentration is an important aspect which effects the efficacy of prayer. A lack of concentration is generally attributed to the lower faculties not being subordinated enough to reason.

In order to better control your lower faculties and improve your prayer life, mortify yourself.
 
You know what I love doing? Vocal prayer that isn’t memorized. Find a quiet place, a “sanctuary” i guess, and pray aloud to God whatever it is you wish to say. Bring a Bible and read the Psalms. Bring a notebook and a pen. Just writing down a prayer and just letting the pen flow is fine. Some of the most heartfelt prayers I’ve prayed have been a result of spontaneous prayer on paper.
 
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