For most of us, the summer is here. We're out of school and work, we're sleeping in, and we're doing whatever we want. Lots of our routines slip away, including the routine of prayer. Because I believe it's important to stay praying (Pray without ceasing, 1 Thessalonians 5:17), I am dedicating this post to forming a prayer routine and keeping up this prayer routine all 365 days in the year.
The first thing to do to be able to have a constant routine is to make your routine. Your routine could be as simple as praying a decade of the rosary at morning and night, or it could be more or less (my prayer routine takes a bit more time: I pray the Angelus and the Morning Offering in the morning, the Angelus at noon, and the Angelus and the Act of Contrition at night). Once you have a prayer routine that works for you, it's time to exercise it. You may not always remember, so it's okay if it's 10am and you just remembered you forgot to pray the Hail Mary before you left your room that morning. You can simply do your routine in that moment when you remember.
Some ways to help you remember...
- If you have glasses, a necklace, a watch, or anything you put on straight away in the morning, you can put a sticky note/index card with the word "PRAY" on top of your glasses/necklace/watch/etc.
- You can have your mother or father remind you
- You can have one of your siblings remind you
- Put a reminder/alarm on your alarm clock/phone/etc.
It should take about 2 months to create your prayer habit, so keep it up and you will be praying all summer!
Good luck and God Bless!
