Your Daily Prayer Schedules?

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What do your daily prayer schedules look like? For instance, when you say your daily prayers, what prayers do you pray, in what order, etc.

I ask because I’m trying to get an idea of how I should be saying my daily prayers.

Thanks.
 
In the morning(7:15- 7:20), I say a little ‘poem’ prayer: “My Dear Lord Jesus, I offer you this day, all that I will do and say, according to your word for you are my Lord… Today and for ever more.”
Then I pray to my guardian angel, to help me and to protect me throughout the day.

After school(2:45) I rush to my parish church and spend some quite time with Jesus and Mary. Period.
Before I go to bed (somewhere around 9:30-10:00) I pray for the Church, the Pope, and for myself. I thank god for everything that has happened to me today, both good and bad. I offer him all my actions and prayers, and I beg his forgiveness.

And lastly I pray to my guardian angel and Mary. I pray for their protection throughout the night.
 
On a busy morning, it is a quick ‘God help through today’ as I rush out the door. After a long day it is a quick ‘God thank you for this day’

On a not busy morning I have a daily prayer book I read and I talk to God as I write in my diary. On a not busy evening, again I write in my diary and I tell God about my day (good and bad)

I will pray for people also

CM
 
WJL said:
What do your daily prayer schedules look like? For instance, when you say your daily prayers, what prayers do you pray, in what order, etc.

I ask because I’m trying to get an idea of how I should be saying my daily prayers.

Thanks.
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I doubt if there is any “should”, given the wide variety of lifestyles, time available, and abilities of Catholics. Now I am 65 years old and retired, so I do the LOTH (Liturgy Of The Hours). About an hour a day. That is the foundation of my prayer life and my spiritual life:highprayer:
 
No matter what else is going on, I never miss a few minutes on my knees with the Lord first thing in the AM, before I do anything else (except throw some water in my face to wake up ! ), I give thanks to God for the day, for my life, family, friends. I ask His help for all those I know in need of His grace and healing. I thank Him for the awesome gift of His Blessed Mother. I pray for Her intentions. I ask for Gods patience with me. I thank Him for allowing Mary to be among us so she can continue her work of leading many souls to her Son.
Often I have a long drive for work in am, so I use the time to say a Rosary.
In the evening my wife and I always share a Rosary.

Amazing things have happened in my life since I have been making the effort to pray. Prayer is no longer a chore for me, it is a joy.
If not for the BVM, I never would have started a regular prayer life. She rescued me, the taught me the joy of prayer.

It does not matter when or how you pray, just be sure to do it. Stay in communication with Jesus. Share your day, your life, with Him. He loves that.
 
Last October a good friend offered to pray for emotional healing for me. Then she said, “Of course we will have to do some spiritual direction too.” So sneaky:D. The first thing she asked me was how much time I spent in prayer every day. I honestly answered 6 or 8 minutes.

She said to take a 15 minute period every day to spend with God and take a notebook and write things down. I told her I don’t journal, I can’t, I’ve tried it, I hate it, it’s embarrassing to read later.

She said take a 15 minute period every day to spend with God and take a notebook and write things down. And I said…

And she said** take a 15 minute period every day to spend with God, if possible before the Blessed Sacrament, and take a notebook and write things down.

This was the best advice anyone ever gave me that I actually followed. I’m just passing it on to you. I think the daily prayer schedule will fall into place if you start with that. Even if you already spend more than 8 minutes a day in prayer, add this to it and see what happens.

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WJL said:
What do your daily prayer schedules look like? For instance, when you say your daily prayers, what prayers do you pray, in what order, etc.

I ask because I’m trying to get an idea of how I should be saying my daily prayers.

Thanks.
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I’ve got a goal for a daily routine and keep a spreadsheet on it to keep honest:

Morning after waking: Rosary, Magnificat morning prayers prayers, daily readings. Pretty diligent here.

Noon: Litany of Humility. Almost always hit this.

Evening: Seven Dolors Rosary, Magnificat evening prayers. I try and do this before I leave the office at work, if I don’t the odds go down.

Before Bed: examination of conscience. Need to get better at this.

Also either morning or evening I like to do spiritual reading and meditation. I like to use The Imitation of Christ for this.

This is a goal. Some days or weeks are better than others. Just in looking through the spreadsheet, I’m a better/happier person when I do them all.
 
Usually I don’t really pray during the day unless something is going really bad. If I have to confront someone, or something bad happens, I go: “God, PLEASE HELP ME!”

At nighttime before bed I pray the Rosary.

I would love to make it to Eucharistic Adoration which my parish has every Friday, but no one will take me. 😦

I just thought that I know I hate to get out of bed during the week, but I have to consider that God gave me another day to live. I’m here for a reason and I should be happy that I’m awake and alive.
 
My dear friend

I looked up some old posts of mine about y prayer / spiritual life. I’m not doing it all at present due to poor health, but it always remains my goal. It may give you some good ideas I thought.

My dear friend

I will offer the ideal as I see it. I don’t do it this way always but should. I often mix it up and sometimes skip some things or sometimes do more or less.
Practise the heroic minute when you wake up. Get up in the first 60 secs , straight away if you can. This is a great sacrifice and ie.prayer.
3 hail Mary’s for holy purity.
Get to early mass before work. Or later if that suits. Be sure to make a good communion and thanksgiving.
You may do meditation morning or night, or both. Use spiritual books or the gospels for fuel for your prayer. If you don’t do meditation each day you’ll fall.
Luch time do 5 mins gospel reading. Just work thru all 4 gospels slowly. And do 10 mins spiritual reading.
12 noon pray the angelus.
Get your rosary in there or with the family at night too.
You can have many private devotions such as stations ( way) of the cross, divine mercy chaplet, have devotions to angels and saints if you can. Like our Lady, St Joseph, St Michael the archangel, all the archangels and angels, especially your guardian angel- you can name him and converse often, and your patron saints and favourite saints.
Spend a few mins in front of our Lord in adoration in the church.
It’s good to get to confession weekly or more if needed. Confession is the best help to overcome temptation and not just be forgiven serious sins.
Before you go to bed do a particular examination of conscience to see how you went with one or two particular things your struggling with and trying to overcome. Say 2 mins.
Then a general examination of conscience. Look at everything for say 5 mins.
Make an act of contrition for your failures.

By doing your work, family duties, and absolutely everything out of a motive of love of God and for God day and night will enable you to turn everything into prayer, even sleep.You must do it well and make sure you please God though.
Try to make many aspirations throughout the day. Converse with our Lord, our Lady, your guardian angel etc etc throughout the day. Have triggers like when the phone rings I say- I greet your guardian angel, sweet heart of Mary prepare ye the way- before answering. I make 3 acts of reparation whenever I hear blasphemy etc etc.
Keep note of any sins, especially venial. Confess venial sins as this is the best way to conquer them. Small sins lead to big sins.
Strive for the virtues and to live as Christ showed us. Learn everything Jesus said or did.
Offer this for your petitions and you can pray for petitions too.
The idea is to work hard to try and pray all the time because this is what God wants and what we are supposed to work for as a preparation for heaven where we will just pray and praise God eternally in bliss.
Be apostolic in what ways you can. Spread the faith.
Try to have specific things you do for penance and mortification. Have a routine if you can.
Try to be aware your in Gods presence always.
Do it all with a spirit of freedom. Do it because you want to, and not because you have to. Try to remember that God loves you and just wants your love. So put a lot of love into all you do and offer that to him. If you really try and can’t finish all then ask our Lord to consider the rest done and he will. Then go to sleep and offer that prayer up too.
This is a brief outline of a goal I work on. There are a myriad of other little things like what to do at mass, confession etc etc. This is the crux of the Opus Dei way. You spend your life trying to improve how you do this when you achieve doing it. It’s a goal, not something you should always expect to do from word go.

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On the eucharistic adoration

Here is a more detailed explaination of my devotion if it interests any.

If your very Marian like me you should know that offering support, consolation and encouragement to Her Son will greatly alleviate Her suffering. There is no reason why we can’t stand or kneel with Her in Her spiritual martyrdom and console , comfort and assist Her too whilst we are there, for part or all the time in this devotion.

I have my routine basically as follows. I have my own key to the church and go late at night for a long visit. You set your own rules though.
Be aware God is in the tabernacle. Genuflect and cross yourself as you should. I kneel and bow before the tabernacle praying the prayer St Michael taught the children at Fatima. I have this version- Mot Holy Trinity I adore, Most Hioly Trinity I adore you. Most Hioly Trinity I adore you. My God, My God I love you in the most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
I beat my chest praying as in the paranle- Lord, be merciful to me a sinner.
I offer my prayer to honour and thank God the Father 1/3, 1/3 for God the Son and same for the Holy Spirit. I offer simultaneously 1/3 for our Blessed Mother under each of Her titles - Daughter of God the Father, Mother of God the Son and Spouse of God the Holy Spirit.
I usually make a 3 hr visit and place myself at the foot of the cross as our Lord dies in agony for 3 hrs. All is present with God so I just try to be there for Him and offer support and consolation as best I can. You can make a shorter visit no probs.
I then greet the guardian Angel of the parish and all the Holy Angels around the tabernacle and ask them to pray for all my intentions, especially the priests and parishioners. I make a spiritual communion.
I light a candle by our Blessed Mothers altar and place my prayers in Her hands to dispense amongst my intentions or how She sees fit.

I go to my seat and kneel and pray- my Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here and you see me. I adore you with profound reverence, I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make these moments of prayer fruitful. My Immaculate, Mother, St Joseph my father and lord, my Guardian Angel intercede for me.
I redo the Fatima prayer and spiritual communion.
I beat my chest praying as in the paranle- Lord, be merciful to me a sinner.

I pray for about 1 hr. I pray the rosary, or way of the cross, or divine mercy chaplet, or listen to hymns and offer that, same with gregorian, or occasionally I pray in silence. The important thing is to really love God as much as you can.

At the end of the session I kneel and pray- My God, I thank you for the good resolutions, inspirations and affections you have communicated to me during this time of prayer and I ask your help in putting them into effect. My Immaculate, Mother, St Joseph my father and lord, my Guardian Angel intercede for me.
I redo the Fatima prayer and spiritual communion.
I beat my chest praying as in the paranle- Lord, be merciful to me a sinner.
I have a break and coffee etc each hour. I keep praying on my break outside though.

When I come back I go to my seat and start and finish my prayer as the first time. But I only kneel and bow before the tabernacle and repeat the prayers as when I first entered before I leave after the last session.

I keep a lit candle on our Blessed Mothers Altar if it runs out.

I do 3 lots of 1 hr sessions like this. But you can do 3 lots of 10 mins if you want or whatever and divide it into 1/3 's.

Before I go out the door at the end I spend a few moments saying goodbye to God etc. I greet and talk or petition the Guardian Angel of the parish and all the Holy Angels around the tabernacle once more too.I think it’s important to give God a big smile often and express love and affection to Him often in your visit too.

My our God, hidden in the taberancle or in the monstrance be praised forever and bless us all:thumbsup:🙂
John
 
First thing every morning, before rolling out of bed I give God thanks for another beautiful day. Years ago when I was suffering from extreme depression I hated working up every morning. Seriously, I hated the fact that I was alive and during that time I tried 4 times to commit suicide. Only God knows why I’m here. I make sure I thank Him for another day before doing anything else. I’ve recently started to include a thanks to my Guardian Angel for watching over me during the night.

Then I say my morning prayers. I just started praying the LOTH a couple days ago and really liked it.

Sometimes I’ll pray the rosary at work. I work outdoors and usually alone, so I often have time to pray the rosary or the Divine Mercy chaplet.

If I didn’t pray the rosary during the day, I’ll pray it in the evening when I get home from work.

Before bed I pray the LOTH and some personal prayers. I need to get better about doing an examination of conscience.
 
You guys are awesome. But I can’t stick to much of a schedule. For me, morning mass, my 15 minutes with the Lord (which may stretch to over an hour sometimes) in church if possible, are mostly it. I speak to Him when I wake up and at bedtime, give thanks at meals, spiritual communions during the day when I think of Him. Thank Him for everything, ask Him what He wants me to do about things as the day goes on. If I get the chance to say the rosary with other people I take it because I don’t do it well by myself, too hard to concentrate on these days. It’s interesting to see how other people actually have schedules. If I did that I’d be feeling guilty all the time for not keeping to them. For my personality and stage of life I need to keep it simple. Oh, I also set the alarm on my cell phone for 3pm and I think about Jesus and thank Him then for sure.

I’m signed up for an hour of adoration twice a week. Next to the mass that’s just the best part of the week. I’d do it every day if the parish that has it wasn’t so far away.

My favorite prayers are the divine praises, the gloria, the memorare, some of Thomas Aquinas’ hymns, and little short prayers like Jesus, I trust in you. The rest is just talking to Him or reading a little scripture and talking it over with Him.
 
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