image by www.shrineofstjude.neti have always said i am not a religious person in the perfect sense of the word. i haven't been to confession in a while, i don't regularly go to church and i am a sinner. but for whatever it's worth, i do pray. i try to pray the rosary daily. it's funny how i used to find the rosary too long a prayer. we used to pray it everyday in school when i was in elementary. i hated that we had to kneel on the floor when we said it, at one o'clock every afternoon. i thought then we were just too religious. hahaha!
when i was in high school, we didn't pray as much. in college, i was back to a catholic institution but religion was less enforced- or i could get away with it! there is actually a funny story about that, but that's for another post. i only prayed the rosary again at regular intervals when i was prepping for a board exam. when you need something from the Lord, you do need to pray and invoke all the saints you can possible call on. i remember religiously hearing mass everyday in 2003 at different churches with my classmates. all my efforts did pay off, partly to prayer, diligence and luck.
now, i am back to daily rosary, not because i am taking an exam but because i am wiser and older. and praying actually keeps me light and happy. there is much to be said about being closer to the Lord when you pray. i make it a point to pray the rosary in the morning, as well as my various novenas. i am devoted to the sto. nino, st. jude thaddeus, our mother of perpetual help and st. anthony of padua. that means i pray my novenas from tuesday to friday. it has become a habit and one i think is beneficial not just for my soul but for my well-being. i have always had a strong faith even if i wasn't all that religious in the past. i always believed that God made everything possible and whatever good or bad thing that happens to your life, it's His will.
i encourage you to pray the rosary too. you'll feel really good too.
when i was in high school, we didn't pray as much. in college, i was back to a catholic institution but religion was less enforced- or i could get away with it! there is actually a funny story about that, but that's for another post. i only prayed the rosary again at regular intervals when i was prepping for a board exam. when you need something from the Lord, you do need to pray and invoke all the saints you can possible call on. i remember religiously hearing mass everyday in 2003 at different churches with my classmates. all my efforts did pay off, partly to prayer, diligence and luck.
now, i am back to daily rosary, not because i am taking an exam but because i am wiser and older. and praying actually keeps me light and happy. there is much to be said about being closer to the Lord when you pray. i make it a point to pray the rosary in the morning, as well as my various novenas. i am devoted to the sto. nino, st. jude thaddeus, our mother of perpetual help and st. anthony of padua. that means i pray my novenas from tuesday to friday. it has become a habit and one i think is beneficial not just for my soul but for my well-being. i have always had a strong faith even if i wasn't all that religious in the past. i always believed that God made everything possible and whatever good or bad thing that happens to your life, it's His will.
i encourage you to pray the rosary too. you'll feel really good too.
