Raise Your Heart to God

A quote from Catherine:

Often in the day raise your heart to God and beg grace to spend
this day at least in His service.

We have heard in Paul's letters about praying often or praying unceasingly. This is the simplest way to do it. Catherine had the right idea so long ago. We cannot be about our minds fixed on God so much we cannot do the work of the day, but we can bring ourselves back to God in so many ways during the day.

Working with young adults on Busy Person Retreats, I find that they want to be more connected to God in their daily life, so we look for ways. Each time they walk into a classroom, pray for the professor and the students there. Do you answer the telephone often? Then a quick prayer for the person on the other end as you reach for the phone. Drive a lot? A quick prayer at every red light might be the right thing. A working mother, every time you lift a child, lift your heart to God. Work in an office? Each time you go to the copier a moment to raise you heart in prayer or to say a prayer as you wait. The list could go on and on, but you can see that there are ways to pray often.

We have only today, we have only now. Are you praying?