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A thousand consecutive days of using the popular Catholic prayer app has been a blessing — and a reminder of God’s call to ‘pray ceaselessly,’ no matter the circumstances.
Every morning, for 1,005 days and counting, I have spent at least a half-hour praying with the popular Catholic prayer app Hallow — Rosaries, chaplets, Lenten and Advent devotions, lectio divina (prayerful reading of Scripture), and much more.
Millions of Catholics use this app, but a streak of a thousand days isn’t typical. Hallow’s founder, Alex Jones, confirmed to me that just 2,000 people have ever reached a thousand-day streak.
“Prayer apps” aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, and if you've never used one, you may well wonder what “praying with an app” even means. (EWTN has a free one with numerous Rosary options that you can try, by the way.) The premise is actually pretty simple, and not particularly novel, either. Prayer apps, which provide a compact and convenient audio library of prayers that can be accessed any time, are a kind of spiritual successor to the televised Rosaries that Mother Angelica pioneered and which still air today.
Just like Mother Angelica appearing onscreen, the human guide speaking through a prayer app can serve as a companion and accountability partner — albeit one that fits in your pocket.
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Every morning, for 1,005 days and counting, I have spent at least a half-hour praying with the popular Catholic prayer app Hallow — Rosaries, chaplets, Lenten and Advent devotions, lectio divina (prayerful reading of Scripture), and much more.
Millions of Catholics use this app, but a streak of a thousand days isn’t typical. Hallow’s founder, Alex Jones, confirmed to me that just 2,000 people have ever reached a thousand-day streak.
“Prayer apps” aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, and if you've never used one, you may well wonder what “praying with an app” even means. (EWTN has a free one with numerous Rosary options that you can try, by the way.) The premise is actually pretty simple, and not particularly novel, either. Prayer apps, which provide a compact and convenient audio library of prayers that can be accessed any time, are a kind of spiritual successor to the televised Rosaries that Mother Angelica pioneered and which still air today.
Just like Mother Angelica appearing onscreen, the human guide speaking through a prayer app can serve as a companion and accountability partner — albeit one that fits in your pocket.
Continued below.
What I Learned About Prayer — and Myself — After 1,000 Days on Hallow
A thousand consecutive days of using the popular Catholic prayer app has been a blessing — and a reminder of God’s call to ‘pray ceaselessly,’ no matter the circumstances.
