Comments on: When There is No Time for Prayer

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 23 May 2016 10:26:04 +0000

In reply to Liz. Liz - I hope you are okay! I was hoping the picture of the girl in the washer would make you laugh!

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 23 May 2016 09:12:28 +0000

In reply to Amy. This made me cry.

By: Caroline @ In Due Time

Caroline @ In Due Time — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:04:15 +0000

So thankful that prayer is informal! Glad we can approach Jesus ANY time of the day

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:37:13 +0000

In reply to Alicia. Thank you so much for reassuring me that I am on the right path! And THANK YOU SO MUCH for the sweet, encouraging words! I had a moment of doubt early this morning - and you are a Godsend! I want to hug you! Thank you so much and God Bless You! xoxo

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:05:05 +0000

In reply to Brittany @ Everyday Thoughts. I'm a happy to be the messenger Brittany!!! Thank you so much for the positive feedback! I hope you have an awesome day!

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:54:43 +0000

There will come a time when you end up with lots of time for prayer (I am at that point now) and if you haven’t started like you have with ‘a distracted rosary is better than none’ and ’10 minutes of adoration is better than none’ then when you have time it is harder to get going with it. I am a revert and after so many years away I truly am so impressed with what you do to practise the faith. The blog, the moments in each day, teaching your child these things may not feel like you have it together but dear young lady you so do. I read your blog even now to add how to do this during my quieter days, all my volunteer time is at the church. I say my rosary during my morning walk each day and sometimes it is still distracted by crossing the streets, saying good morning and watching where I am walking but it starts my day just right. Thank you for your blog.

By: Brittany @ Everyday Thoughts

Brittany @ Everyday Thoughts — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:02:36 +0000

Okay I love this! Time is of the essence, especially when you are a mama bear. I tried sitting quietly for about 10 days in a row to say the rosary and found it was so difficult with all the distractions. I became discouraged and completely gave up on it. More than that though, my heart feels guilty when my prayers are done like some kind of rehearsed motion, with little to no intention or conviction behind them. I’m guilty when I say this happens more often than I care to admit. But I’m reminded that it is from our love of the Lord where obsedience is born and it is the promoting of the Holy Spirit that encourages us to pray. So any prayer is better than nothing at all because the very act is born of love and faith. Thank you for this reminder.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:56:41 +0000

In reply to Amy.

Amy – thank you so much for your honesty, total respect and awesome, awesome comment! Catholics believe that prayer comes in four forms – adoration, contrition, petition and thanksgiving. Catholics believe in formal and informal praying (that’s my wording – basicly – like you said – a conversation with Jesus!) I remember being taught to just picture Jesus sitting next to me – and to talk to Him. As Catholics, we also believe in meditating on the life of Jesus and Scripture. When we pray the Rosary, we are actually thinking about Jesus’ agony in the Garden or Jesus’ Transfiguration. It helps me to repeat prayers while thinking about these events because I am easily distracted! One last thing – I feel like a lot of non-Catholics do not realize – the Hail Mary comes from quoting part of Luke’s Gospel – and we are requesting Mary to pray to Our Lord for us. And you are absolutely right about getting up before the rest of the household – I’ve been lazy about that lately! I hope I was respectful to you too! You rock – let me know which post of yours about this I should share and I will tweet it and share it on Facebook!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:30:40 +0000

I love your honesty in the struggle to find time for prayer. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this in the last year or so, and have several blogs about it on my website. One observation that I have, and this could be because I do not have a catholic background, so forgive me if I get it wrong and know I am being careful in how I phrase because I mean no disrespect whatsoever, and please correct me if I get it wrong! But one observation I have always had with the catholic denomination is that there is more of a focus on prayer being a pattern of phrases, or repeated prayers. Growing up, and in my own study of the Bible I find that prayer should be much more relational, a conversation with God like you would with a best friend. This has freed me to talk with God more throughout the day, and make me feel like I have the time I need. God doesn’t need me to sit down and pray with my Bible in front of me every time I want to talk to him. Sure, praying back scripture enhances my prayer life immensely, but I can also have a conversation with him about the frustrations of my child not taking a nap when it’s important she does so due to travel later this afternoon (the current situation as I’m writing this reply) while I am typing away at the computer. It’s okay to remember to show yourself some grace and not expect long alone time with God because of the season you are in. I currently have begun the practice of getting up an hour and a half before the rest of my household so that I get that alone time to start my day. It has also made a difference.