{"id":76,"date":"2019-07-21T22:37:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T21:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-10-30T20:32:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T20:32:24","slug":"daily-prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-prayer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2.png\" alt=\"Daily Prayer\" class=\"wp-image-434\" width=\"190\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prayerfulness is deeply a part of you: in body, mind and spirit.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/morning-prayer\/\"><strong>Morning Prayer<\/strong><\/a><strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/evening-prayer\/\">Evening Prayer<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/night-prayer\/\">Night Prayer<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/dawn-chorus\/\">A Story: The Dawn Chorus<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PRIVATE PRAYER and COMMUNITY PRAYER<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your <em>Prayerfulness<\/em> can be a quiet moment, a meditation, a thanksgiving, or a time for calling on the Lord for help and guidance, and praying for your needs and the needs of others.<\/li><li>You can offer moments of prayer throughout your whole day &#8211; alone and privately within yourself. You can also have set times in the day when you are quiet and in prayer.<\/li><li>Then at times you may wish to gather with others to share this time of prayer, and of worship; and so share and be part of a community of prayer.<\/li><li>AND you can offer or say a set of prayers alone and privately, that will also be said or offered by others in their quiet time.<\/li><li>This way you are part of a community of prayer when alone and when you gather together. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Use no words, or just one word or a phrase; or read or recite a set of prayers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each day set aside time for daily prayer &#8211; to be still and quiet. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/time-for-prayer\/\">Time for Prayer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You do not need to use lots of words. Read the Gospels of St Matthew 6:1-15 and St Luke 11:2-4, Jesus gives us the Lord&#8217;s Pray, the Our Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At times it will be enough to be still, and at times it will be enough and wonderful just to say and repeat one word or a short phrase, or to repeat just one prayer. This could be your MANTRA:  a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. Many who have grown in <em>Prayerfulness<\/em> follow this way of prayer or meditation or deep contemplation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You could simply say and repeat in your mind or aloud: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Father<\/li><li>Son<\/li><li>Holy Spirit<\/li><li>Jesus<\/li><li>My Lord and my God<\/li><li>Jesus I trust in You<\/li><li>My God I praise You<\/li><li>My God I thank You<\/li><li>My God I love You<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8230;or read or recite a set of prayers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Often also it is wonderful, and helpful, and can also be a meditation, to read or recite a set of prayers. This would also include a passage from the bible or from another writer whose work you have found inspiring and helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In your <\/strong><em><strong>Prayerfulness<\/strong><\/em><strong> and in these times: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>offer prayers of praise<\/li><li>of love<\/li><li>of thanksgiving<\/li><li>and you can offer prayers seeking the Lord&#8217;s help for your needs and the needs of all around you (See <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/your-prayers\/\">Your Prayers<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The examples included in <em>Prayerfulness.com<\/em> are suggested sets of prayers to help you:<br>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/morning-prayer\/\"><strong>Morning Prayer<\/strong><\/a><strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/evening-prayer\/\">Evening Prayer<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/night-prayer\/\">Night Prayer<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nThere are more suggestions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/hours-of-the-day\/\">HOURS OF THE DAY<\/a> and in <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/devotions\/\">DEVOTIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-reading\/\">SUNDAY READINGS<\/a> from Scripture, and read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Always begin by saying:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen&#8221;.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>This on it own can be a wonderful prayer<\/em>.<\/li><li><em>Offer your day, your time and your prayer by proclaiming these Names; and each time you begin and end your prayer.<\/em><\/li><br><li>In your prayer or at the end of your prayer you could also say:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,<br>as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen&#8221;.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayerfulness is deeply a part of you: in body, mind and spirit. Morning PrayerEvening PrayerNight Prayer A Story: The Dawn Chorus PRIVATE PRAYER and COMMUNITY PRAYER Your Prayerfulness can be a quiet moment, a meditation, a thanksgiving, or a time for calling on the Lord for help and guidance, and praying for your needs and &#8230; <a title=\"Daily Prayer\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-prayer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Daily Prayer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8860,"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/8860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}