Faith & Family Live! : How to Say Morning Prayer in Only 2 1/2 Hours

Posted by Leslie McCaddon on Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:26 PM (EDT):

You know what struck me about this? All of those actions were living the prayer you were praying! You didn’t get distracted to watch the Real Housewives of OC, or make an idle phone call, or catch just a “few more minutes of sleep”. It sounds to me like you were putting prayer into action by living your vocation! It actually inspires me to start praying the LOH more regularly. What a great way, as a mom, to pray without ceasing!

Posted by Daria on Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:59 PM (EDT):

Well, getting caught up reading Parade magazine doesn’t qualify, but I guess you’re right for the rest of it. There’s actually somewhat of a solution to my problem—listening to podcasts of the LOH while I go about my duties. But I’m more visual and tend to tune out the spoken word, so this is not a total solution for me.

Posted by Different for moms of young kids on Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:18 PM (EDT):

Daria, I admire your commitment. You are inspiring to “older” moms like me.

I just keep thinking of prayer through the eyes of a young mom. Tending to the needs of babies and young children is a different stage of life. When I was at that stage, I once told a priest I did not have time for spiritual reading, and he replied, “Of course you don’t. You’re taking care of your family. Make a sign of the cross when you get out of bed, and that alone will help you think of Christ first thing.”

I share that because I worry that a scrupulous young mom might feel inadequate if she cannot pray as we older moms can (albeit with many interruptions). I would have when I was young! I am not in any way intending to disparage what you wrote—only to put it in context.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:19 AM (EDT):

I had the same thoughts. Now that my children are in school all day I have the freedom to attend daily mass, Eucharistic Adoration and pray in the peace and quiet of my home. I am at a much different place than I was 10, 15 years ago. Now I can do this and I greatly appreciate the ability to do so, but years ago, I think I would have read this and felt like a complete failure.

Posted by Josie on Friday, May 20, 2011 9:59 AM (EDT):

I love that you all just wrote that. With 4 kids between 9 yrs and 1 yr, I am always wanting to pray more (b/c it does grant me certain peace nothing else does) and am drawn to LOH (I pray the Rosary while nursing the babe down for a nap usually-unless I fall asleep too!), after a retreat with the Sisters for Life last year I just could not let go of the beauty of the LOH. But, alone, with only snippets of time, I am in a fix to get to even morning prayer (or figure it out!)...so I just created this little blog if you click on my name as kind of a mini LOH (I hope that’s not totally inappropriate of me to do that) for moms in really little kid season.

I only put it out there for anyone who might be drawn to it as I put 5 prayers there to pray throughout the day. I’m so drawn to hopping onto the computer, I thought this would help me habit train to pray in prep for the LOH eventually someday, but even to form a habit that is not just squeezing in prayer whenever I can b/c it still makes me feel crazy if there is not some order to it. I have to say, after maybe 2 weeks, it is training me! So now at say 9 am for a morning psalm (I always say my morning offering first thing and assume most moms do that, so I didn’t include it), 12 for the Angelus, 3 for a Mercy prayer, 5ish for Proverbs 31 and 9ish for a night psalm, I am actually getting to these little prayers to help sanctify my day. Does that all make sense? I’m really not trying to get folks to go to the blogI don’t care much about traffic, only reaching out for those who feel like they are constantly running in circles b/c of the care of sweet wee ones like I am. I am so thankful for Daria’s inspiration and help on her blog! I want to study how to pray the LOH and what a great place to start on her blog!

Posted by Gayle B. on Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:44 PM (EDT):

Thank You for your daily prayer insights. I’m so glad I opened this email up today. I’m a new mom (34 yrs old) of twins (yes, TWINS boy/girl). They are 13 months old. I surprise myself each day & thank God for the strenth, patience & love He;s blessed me with as a mom & a wife. I’m a Stay At Home mom. I am a proud Catholic & have been very involved with parish teaching, actrivities & volunteering until I became a mom. In these early days/ years of my children’s life & my motherhood my committment to me being a active parish member, church go-er, and person of prayer isn’t very strong. I so miss it! But my time & opportunity is limited when taking care of two babies. Thankfulness of God is constantly inmy head & I try to pray outloud to my babies. Thanks for the idea of making the Sign of the Cross daily. I’m thinking of getting a daily mass book so if I find time to reflest on daily readings, but is it worth it.. Will I find the time? ) Please pray for me.

Posted by Kimberlie on Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:15 PM (EDT):

I have been really amazed and happy about how much my husband and I have enjoyed praying the Nighttime Prayer together since you offered your insights at the beginning of Lent. It was a last minute addition to our Lenten commitments and we love it. Thank you!

On another note, your Saturday morning attempt at doing the Morning Prayer sounds like what it is like at my house. I become so easily distracted by things like crumbs on the counter that I should have cleaned up the night before but didn’t.

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