I had a friend who made it through a year and it started to seem like a huge chore to her. She actually left the Church and has been away now for over 20 years. Anyway, she struggled with all of the obligations of doing it and I pray a lot every day but it seemed too much for me to want to start. I don't want prayer to become something that gets in the way of loving communication with God and knowing myself, I would get tired of it and start to dread it.... I DO have a daily rule I follow which includes Mass, Lauds and or Vespers, 1/2 hour of quiet prayer, and rosary. Have been doing that since 1998 and I add other prayers and spiritual books a lot but no other "I have to complete this" sort of thing.
I'm pretty much the same way. Your prayer life is very rich, indeed. I feel that I can't add anything more to mine, and your plate is very full.
Good posts. Keeping it simple workbest for me. But I do love the promises attached. I may give it another shot. Carmel is right though. When it becomes an outsize burden it works against is not for us.
I actually have increased my prayers per day and have added the St Michael chaplet, which at one time seemed impossible for me to recite before. I felt it was too lengthy for me. I never thought I would be doing Rosaries, chaplets and novena and sticking to them. I am ADD and easily distracted. Videos with prayer help me. So glad to see this post. It challenges me and it is completely possible for me to say these. I will revisit these prayers. Thank you.
