I usually start my day with morning prayers and I also have the readings for the day’s Mass if I am unable to go. Following this, I will pray for my sons: a variety of prayers to ‘cover all bases’. You never know what they may need that day.
No matter how I feel waking up, this always help with my state of mind. Focusing on God seems to bring a kind of healing relief no matter what your worries are.
I take my dog Millie for a walk and during that walk, if I don’t chat to people, I say some decades of the rosary according to the day of the week it is. I also pray for our world; for healing for the damage that has been done to it, for forgiveness for not looking after it as we should and for renewal to be soon. Looking at the state of the world I think that covid slowed down the awful things we are doing to it, but as things go back to normal, I can’t see how we are going to improve on our treatment of our world. I very much hope we will, but there is so much avarice out there and little concern for the beauty of the world God has given us. How do we contain it? I then pray for those who have died and those who are sick especially with Covid, for the gifts of the Holy Spirit to heal and comfort them and also gift them with courage, faith, hope and trust in God.
On my second walk with Millie, I pray for all of my relatives and friends and those who have impacted on my life. I also pray the Divine Mercy for all of us and thank God that we do have this gift of mercy, underserving though we are.
I tell you all this just as an example of my trying to do my best. I don’t work now and it is very difficult to fill that void and to feel useful. I’m hoping that my prayers make a difference and I think that is what God wants from us – to try. There are so many negatives out there, let’s try and counterbalance that with contributing positives through prayer!
God bless you and may your day be fulfilling,
Widows Mote 