What is your prayer route?

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I need some suggestions, I’m an Orthodox Catechumen and as of late I just make the sign of the cross when I wake up, go to sleep, etc. I need some prayers. I have a prayer book, candles, etc. I just don’t like the prayers in there, they seem boring. Any suggestions?
 
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I need some suggestions, I’m an Orthodox Catechumen and as of late I just make the sign of the cross when I wake up, go to sleep, etc. I need some prayers. I have a prayer book, candles, etc. I just don’t like the prayers in there, they seem boring. Any suggestions?
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You can always ‘free verse’ it. 🙂 I love many prayers, but the ones that seem to mean the most are those that are ad-libbed. If I can center my focus on God, and talk to Him, and then listen to Him, that prayer is very fulfilling to me. You could open with a formatted prayer. You could also read the Bible, a chapter, and then focus on that.

You could follow a formula, maybe like this:
  • First, praise Him.
  • Next, thank Him.
  • Third, ask forgiveness.
  • Fourth, give Him your problems.
  • Then, listen.
I actually have a post on my (new) blog going live on that prayer formula tomorrow.
 
Orthodox4Christ said:
I need some suggestions, I’m an Orthodox Catechumen and as of late I just make the sign of the cross when I wake up, go to sleep, etc. I need some prayers. I have a prayer book, candles, etc. I just don’t like the prayers in there, they seem boring. Any suggestions?
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Write your own prayers.
 
Try out the Liturgy of the Hours (or the Orthodox equivalent…idk what that would be)- basically its a way to sanctify the whole day by praying the Psalms and other bits of Scripture at specified times of the day
 
The best prayers come from the heart. Just talk to him… that is what praying is.
 
Have you ever read “An Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis De Sales? I love that book…he has so many great advices for not only praying better, but recognizing common pitfalls we all fall into on our way to follow Christ. His meditations and tips for how to meditate in the first part of the book really changed the way I prayed. I felt like you, I wanted a deeper prayer life, but I didn’t know what to do or how to do it.

Anyway, check that book out, it’s awesome. 👍
 
Robyn_p said:
Have you ever read “An Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis De Sales? I love that book…he has so many great advices for not only praying better, but recognizing common pitfalls we all fall into on our way to follow Christ. His meditations and tips for how to meditate in the first part of the book really changed the way I prayed. I felt like you, I wanted a deeper prayer life, but I didn’t know what to do or how to do it.

Anyway, check that book out, it’s awesome. 👍
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Second this! 👍
 
mostly, in the way the Spirit moves me. From a friendly talk to a sorrowful request for mercy and everything in between. It is quite the variable route. Many roads of prayers lead me to Him.
 
I’d try praying the Rosary, a decade at a time if necessary.
 
cheezey said:
👍👍👍

that’s what I did. I must edit a bit, though. Lengthy!
This is a great idea!
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Westbound on 5th Avenue. Northbound on 9th Street. East on Guilford Road. North on Chelsea Road. East on Highcrest Drive. Into the parking lot of Holy Family Catholic Church. Through the door of their Adoration Chapel. 😃
 
LegoGE1947 said:
Westbound on 5th Avenue. Northbound on 9th Street. East on Guilford Road. North on Chelsea Road. East on Highcrest Drive. Into the parking lot of Holy Family Catholic Church. Through the door of their Adoration Chapel. 😃
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My prayer route is 95. Get on the interstate around here and you’ll “remember death” in a hurry. 😃
 
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