Catholic prayer

How to pray the Rosary, a novena, the examen and other Catholic prayers, step by step.

• How to Pray the Rosary
  How to pray the Rosary step by step: every prayer in order, which mysteries belong to each day of the week, and how to finish in about twenty minutes. Clear enough for a first time.
• How to pray a novena
  A novena is nine days of prayer for one intention. How to choose and pray one, a simple daily pattern, what to do if you miss a day, and what the Church says about chain novenas.
• How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
  How to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet step by step: every prayer in order, what the words mean, when to pray it, and how it differs from the Rosary. About seven minutes on ordinary rosary beads.
• How to Pray the Angelus
  The full words of the Angelus, how the call and response works, and when to pray it at 6 AM, noon and 6 PM. A three-minute Catholic prayer that fits a working day.
• How to pray Lectio Divina
  Lectio Divina is the Church's old way of praying with Scripture: read, meditate, pray, contemplate. The four steps, a worked example on one Gospel passage, and what the Church says.
• How to pray for the dead
  Why Catholics pray for the dead and how: having Mass offered, the Eternal Rest prayer, Psalm 130, the Rosary, almsgiving, indulgences and the November cemetery visit.
• The Daily Examen in 3 Minutes
  The daily examen of St. Ignatius, explained for beginners: the five steps, what to think about at each one, and how to pray it in three minutes every night.
• Daily Examen Questions
  30 daily examen questions for each of the five Ignatian steps, from gratitude to tomorrow. Pick one per step, pray for three minutes, and stop staring at a blank mind.

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