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2 questions on your habits of offering mental prayer
« on: November 03, 2015, 09:00:02 PM »
Do you spend a minimum duration every day in mental prayer?

Do you always meditate - perhaps using the Ignatian method, or that of some other saint - or do you say what's on your mind without necessarily planning the subject matter in advance (or both)?

I'm posting this in the anonymous forum so that any of you who are well established in this holy habit and don't wish to have that known, can help me without having it become an occasion of pride. I need to work on mental prayer and I thought it would help if I had some idea as to what the norm is, if any, among trad laypeople.

I've read that 1/2 hour to one hour / day is recommended, although I'm unsure if that's for religious, or for everyone. Of course, that could be a goal to gradually work toward.
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 09:02:09 PM »
I meditate when I pray the Rosary, but not at other times. I pray prayers or ask God for graces or ask saints and the Blessed Mother for their intercession, but I do not meditate other than when I pray the Rosary.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2015, 09:13:21 PM »

A timely post.  I have been studying this
a little lately.  There is some good information in the book "A Dominican Life". I would post it here.  St. Alphonsos Ligouri and Saint Francis de Sales spoke a lot about mental prayer. There is an excellent video explaining a good method also that I will try to post.  

I try for twice a day. In the morning and at night.  Lately, I like to use Liturgical Texts to start the contemplation.  On All Souls' Day the indulgence in the cemetary requires mental prayer. I used the Liturgy of the Office of the Dead and contemplation on the quattor novissimos.
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2015, 09:17:19 PM »
This is a very informative video... Enjoy




Some third orders such as the Order of Penance of St. Dominic have it in their constitutions, 30 minutes in the morning is what it says is preferred taking care to select the subjects of mental prayer the night before.  It is given much importance.  We are usually taught to meditate on the Rosary and after Communion to make mental prayer but it is important.  The difference between mental prayer and contemplation and meditation is explained in the book "A Dominican Life".
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2 questions on your habits of offering mental prayer
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2015, 09:46:51 PM »
I try to say 3 rosaries a day and meditation is there.
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