How to kickstart your prayer life...

Some pictures just say it all and then some...

Thanks Michie..!

I have hit a dry spell in my prayers and I have found these prays to be the ones answered the most...

I thought it was a good article. I have trouble with prayer.

To lead a busy life makes finding time for prayer tough...

I try to get my daily Mass read first thing before I go anywhere in the morning...
I pray the rosary in the evening before bedtime...
I pray the "Efficacious Novena to Sacred Heart of Jesus" in the evening also...

But it is tough.. I keep a prayer list with every ones names both from here on the forum and the people that I come in contact with everyday... It's getting longer now...

I read each name and think about that person for a moment and then move on to the next one until the list is ended.. Then I pray the rosary for everyone at the same time...

I have been keeping the list in front of me as I pray...

The list really helps to keep me motivated to say my prayers...

If I have a free day I will try to get the liturgy of the hours going.. one or two some time during the day..

I try to keep God in front of me all day... When things go right and such... When people pick on me during the day I thank God for the humiliation.. I make sure to share this with the guys riding me.. LOL...

I'm getting better at it but it has been a long road to get here..

Many are much better than I at this...

I'm just a poor sinner that trips stumbles and falls everyday and so far keeps getting back up...

Love the forum here guys.. Thanks for having me here... You have no idea what you mean to me...

facingeast waiting for the return of Christ in the morning sunrise..

I want to share a short prayer I try to use each day after the Daily Mass readings.

By, St. Francis:

I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You.

Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most

sweet power power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb

my mind that I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously

pleased to die through love of my love.

Amen

Mr. Joshua Bathon is a Postulant at Moreau Seminary.

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must be a very sharp young man... Notre Dame is hard to get into....

He is correct, morning prayers do set the tone for the rest of the day...
I can tell the difference when I don't get the Daily Mass read for sure...
It feels like something is lacking and then it hits me that I had to take off in a hurry this morning and I didn't get the Mass read...

Thank you Michie....

Hail Mary full of Grace, The Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among Women and Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen.

Please Bless all sinners and those of whom pray to You Dear Jesus Christ our Saviour and Our Lady Mary Mother of God Amen.

This thread merits a bump - good topic! I think we all fall short of where we think we should be with this at times.

I have an app on my phone called "Laudate" that has all sorts of prayers, the bible, divine office, encyclicals, order of Mass, etc. It wasn't free, but it wasn't expensive. I find it rather helpful.

This is my morning prayers. They are the standard Orthodox sunrise prayers. I have found them quite grounding. They could be prayed by a Catholic as well, obviously. We just don't pray the filioque, obviously...

Morning Prayers


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MORNING PRAYERS


The Trisagion Prayers


In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Glory to thee, our God, glory to thee.

O heavenly King, O Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who art in all places and fillest all things; Treasury of good things and Giver of life: Come and dwell in us and cleanse us from every stain, and save our souls, O gracious Lord.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us. (Thrice)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy God, visit and heal our infirmities for thy Name's sake.

Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.



Troparia to the Holy Trinity


Having arisen from sleep, we fall down before thee, O Blessed One, and sing to thee, O Mighty One, the Angelic Hymn: Holy, holy, holy art thou, O God. Through the Theotokos have mercy on us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

From my bed and sleep Thou hast raised me: O Lord, enlighten my mind and my heart, and open my lips that I may praise thee, O Holy Trinity: Holy, holy, holy art thou, O God. Through the Theotokos have mercy on us.

Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Suddenly the Judge shall come, and the deeds of each shall be revealed: but with fear we cry out in the middle of the night: Holy, holy, holy art thou, O God. Through the Theotokos have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy. (12 times)



A Prayer to the Holy Trinity


Arising from sleep I thank thee, O holy Trinity, because of the abundance of thy goodness and long-suffering thou wast not wroth with me, slothful and sinful as I am; neither hast thou destroyed me in my transgressions: but in thy compassion raised me up, as I lay in despair; that at dawn I might sing the glories of thy Majesty. Do thou now enlighten the eyes of my understanding, open my mouth to receive thy words, teach me thy commandments, help me to do thy will, confessing thee from my heart, singing and praising thine All-holy Name: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.



The Creed


I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made:

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man;

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;

And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;

And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father;

And He shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets;

And I believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.

I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.

I look for the Resurrection of the dead.

And the Life of the world to come. Amen.



A Prayer of St. Basil the Great


We bless thee, O God most high and Lord of mercies, who ever workest great and mysterious deeds for us, glorious, wonderful, and numberless; who providest us with sleep as a rest from our infirmities and as a repose for our bodies tired by labor. We thank thee that thou hast not destroyed us in our transgressions, but in thy love toward mankind thou hast raised us up, as we lay in despair, that we may glorify thy Majesty. We entreat thine infinite goodness, enlighten the eyes of our understanding and raise up our minds from the heavy sleep of indolence; open our mouths and fill them with thy praise, that we may unceasingly sing and confess thee, who art God glorified in all and by all, the eternal Father, the Only-Begotten Son, and the all-holy and good and life-giving Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Here may be added your own private devotions and intercessions, using your own words or the "Occasional Prayers". When you have finished, conclude with this prayer:

Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us. Amen.

This is a reading for Monday Office of the Hours..

I enjoyed it and thought to share it.

First Reading
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3,12-26
I thought to myself, ‘Very well, I will try pleasure and see what enjoyment has to offer.’ And there it was: vanity again! This laughter, I reflected, is a madness, this pleasure no use at all. I resolved to have my body cheered with wine, my heart still devoted to wisdom; I resolved to embrace folly to see what made mankind happy, and what men do under heaven in the few days they have to live.
My reflections then turned to wisdom, stupidity, folly. For instance, what can the successor of a king do? What has been done already. More is to be had from wisdom than from folly, as from light than from darkness; this, of course, I see:
The wise man sees ahead,
the fool walks in the dark.
No doubt! But I know, too, that one fate awaits them both. ‘The fool’s fate’ I thought to myself ‘will be my fate too. Of what use my wisdom, then? This, too,’ I thought ‘is vanity.’ Since there is no lasting memory for wise man or for fool, and in the days to come both will be forgotten; wise man, alas, no less than fool must die. Life I have come to hate, for what is done under the sun disgusts me, since all is vanity and chasing of the wind. All I have toiled for and now bequeath to my successor I have come to hate; who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master of all the work into which I have put my efforts and wisdom under the sun. That, too, is vanity. And hence I have come to despair of all the efforts I have expended under the sun. For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days, his cares of office, his restless nights? This, too, is vanity.
There is no happiness for man but to eat and drink and to be content with his work. This, too, I see as something from God’s hand, since plenty and penury both come from God; wisdom, knowledge, joy, he gives to the man who pleases him; on the sinner lays the task of gathering and storing up for another who is pleasing to God. This, too, is vanity and chasing of the wind.

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Pray for us Oh Holy Mother of God,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ..

Amen