The road to becoming a pilgrim of prayer
Many of us find prayer difficult, so how can we 'pray without ceasing' as St Paul encourages us to do?
Perhaps a start is simply to adopt an attitude of gratitude for the world, for our lives, for each other, and for each day. Seeing everything as gift leads us to a search for the giver.
For those who want to go further a new resource called
Pilgrims of Prayer from the
Jesuit Institute is a great next step. The booklet covers a wide variety of approaches to prayer and exercises to try including:
- The Morning Offering: a way of dedicating the day to God
- The Act of the Presence of God: becoming aware of the presence of God
- The Four Anchor Points of Prayer: preparation, entry, closure and review
- Lectio Divina: meditative prayer on scripture
- Imaginative Contemplation: imaginative prayer with scripture
- The Examen: reviewing the day
- Praying with Art: noticing the inner feelings a piece of art evokes
There are also details of the Jesuit Institute Prayer Programme. The resource can be downloaded by clicking on the button below.
Together with the mediations from the Jesuit
Pray as You Go App featured on this website there should be something for everyone.
