Use this easy morning prayer routine Catholic style to focus your day on God.
The alarm clock rings; you reach over to turn it off. You pull the covers over your head because you want to rest for just a few more minutes and think about your day before you begin it.
Your mind is off and running already on the day’s events and tasks. Then you are out of bed and getting ready for the day.
At the end of the day, you realize you did not pray, other than maybe a quick hello to God at some point. You planned to pray! How did you get to the end of the day without praying?!
This is a good question. It is good that you want to pray and notice you are not praying as you desire to. Those are the first steps to making a change.
Make time for a morning prayer routine.
A morning prayer routine sets your day up for success. It helps you focus on God first thing in your day. It also helps you to keep Him in mind more often during the day.
With a morning prayer routine, you are inviting God to walk with you during your day.
When you make time to pray each morning, you are letting God know He is important to you. You are focusing on Him before you focus on yourself and your day. By praying, you are telling God you love Him.
Your morning prayers can be short.
Sometimes we think we need HOURS to pray or else we are not praying well. This is not true.
Think of your kids. Would you rather hear them briefly greet you in the morning or not greet you at all? I’d rather have a sleepy, yawning, “Good morning, Mama” or “Hi, Mama” rather than no words at all.
Every prayer is communication with God. Prayers are our hellos to Him during our day. It is a day He gave us; praying is a natural way to acknowledge Him and say thank you to God for the gift of a new day.
Your morning prayers can be simple.
A Catholic morning prayer routine can be simple. My morning prayer routine is just three prayers, plus talking to God from my heart:
Morning Offering or Daily Morning Prayer
St. Michael the Archangel Prayer
I often thank God for the day and ask Him to help me to live it well. I may also pray for family members or myself if we have something that day I want to pray for, or if someone is dealing with a struggle in their life.
I spend time asking God to bless my day and bless and take care of the needs of others I know about. That is my simple morning prayer routine.
What do you want your morning prayer routine to be like?
What morning prayer routine do you want to have? If what you are doing is working, great! If you want to start a routine or change up the one you have, begin today.
Do you want to pray common prayers like the Our Father or Hail Mary? Do you want to pray a novena in the morning? Is taking a walk and talking with God the idea that is most appealing to you? Will you pray for yourself, for others, or both?
Think about what you want your morning prayer routine to be like-how you want to pray as well as how long you want to pray. You can write it on a piece of paper and keep it in a place where you will see it every morning to remind you of your new routine.
Use this prayer routine for a week or two. Then evaluate how it is working for you. Do you want to keep this routine? Are there prayers you want to add or remove? Do you want to pray for a longer period of time?
Perhaps your prayer routine is going well and you want to add an afternoon or evening prayer routine.
Making the time to check in with yourself and evaluate how your prayer routine is going will help you to have a prayer life that is growing and bringing you closer to God.
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Remember that prayer is communication with God.
When one of my daughters was little and we would pray together before bed, we would ask her, “What do you want to say to God?” She said, “Hi.” It was so precious. My Dad called it profound.
When we pray, we recognize God for Who He is and we communicate with Him. That is the most important part of a prayer routine, even more important than the prayers we pray.
Leave a comment to share your morning prayer routine. We can all learn from each other.
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