Use your Bible as a Prayer Book!

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Use your Bible as a Prayer Book!
Most prayer books are 98 percent Scripture.
Rather than buying prayer books, you can
follow this simple pattern that will give you
options for prayer throughout the day. As
Catholics, we usually feel more comfortable
using a prayer book and we know we need
to read more Scripture. This handy way of
praying allows us to take care of both issues
at the same time.
To be most successful at praying through
Scripture, we must follow several rules:
are not on a time schedule to finish
books, get through the Psalms, etc.
We are on God’s time.
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Continue here after reading Psalm 100
at the first prayer of the day.
Start here for the other prayers
throughout the day.
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we miss a day or a time for prayer,
we need to follow James 2:23 and just
continue where we left off in Scripture.
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reading the Scripture passages,
focus on letting the Scriptures speak
to you rather than getting through big
chunks of reading.
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the bookmarks in the following
places in your Bible.
PSALM 100 - place at Psalm 100
PSALMS - place at Psalm 1
SCRIPTURE - place at Mark 1
START HERE
Place this bookmark at Psalm 100
and use it to begin your
first prayer of the day.
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Make the Sign of the Cross
Make the Sign of the Cross
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“Lord, open my lips and my mouth
will proclaim your praise.
Glory be to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit. As it was
in the beginning, is now and
will be forever. Amen.”
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Read Psalm 100
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Glory be to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit...
Go to the Psalm bookmark and
read a section of Psalms.
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“O God, come to my assistance.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit. As it was
in the beginning, is now and
will be forever. Amen.”
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Read one section of the Psalms
indicated on the back of this bookmark
each time you pray.
The Psalms are poetry and are about
how a person feels, not necessarily
about being word-for-word truth.
Let your emotions flow with the writer
of the Psalms. How do you experience
God like the Psalmist does?
After Psalms, go to the Scripture bookmark.
Read and reflect on a Scripture
passage of your choice. Make the Sign
of the Cross as you begin to read.
Morning
Read Luke 1:67-79
Daytime
Move to prayers
Evening
Read Luke 1:46-56
Bedtime
Read Luke 2:29-32
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Intentions
Say your personal prayers
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Recite the Our Father
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Make the Sign of the Cross
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“May Almighty God have mercy
on us, forgive us our sins and
lead us to everlasting life.
Amen.”
See back of bookmark for notes
about reading scripture.
S C R I P T U R E
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Reading Scripture
As you read, focus on relating to
the Scripture you are reading. Each
type of Scripture is read differently.
Old Testament History Books—
Place yourself in the story as
one of the people, as a main
character or as an observer.
Prophets—
Hear how the prophets are
speaking to your life, or the
culture of your nation, state
or community.
Gospels—
Read one story at a time,
hearing Jesus speak to you.
Letters of the New Testament—
Ask yourself how you would feel
if you were Paul or Peter writing
these words. Ask yourself how
you would receive these words
knowing these are God’s words
through the writers.
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Reflecting on Scripture
Spend a moment thinking
about what you have read.
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Read one section of the
Psalms each time you pray.
1-2
3-4
5-6
7
8
9
10
11-12
13-15
16
17
18:1-15
18:16-30
18:31-50
19
20 and 21
22:1-21
22:22-31
23 and 24
25
26
27
28 and 29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36 and 37:1-13
37:14-40
38
39
40
41
42 and 43
44
45
46 and 47
48
49
50
51
52-54
55
56
57-58
59
60-61
62-63
64-65
66-67
68:1-18
68:19-35
69:1-15
69:16-36
70-71
72
73
74
75-76
77
78:1-20
78:21-38
78:39-55
78:56-72
79
80
81
82
83
84-85
86
87
88
89:1-18
89:19-50
90
91
92-93
94
95-96
97
98-99
101
102
103
104:1-13
104:14-35
105:1-55
105:16-25
105:26-45
106:1-18
106:19-31
106:32-48
107:1-16
107:17-32
107:33-43
108
109:1-19
109:20-31
110-111
112-113
114
115
116
117-118:1-18
118:19-29
119:1-16
119:17-32
119:33-48
119:49-72
119:73-88
119:89-104
119:105-128
119:129-152
119:153-176
120-121
122-124
125-127
128-129
130-131
132-133
134-135:1-7
135:8-21
136
137-138
139
140
141-142
143
144
145
146-7
148
149
150
Go to Scripture bookmark.
Use your Bible as a Prayer Book!
We invite you to visit your Bible
throughout the day in a continuous
fashion, using these bookmarks as a
way to remember where to go. The point
is to not have a certain set of readings for
a particular day or time, but to go through
the Scriptures at certain points throughout
the day. If you miss a time, don’t double
up, just move on.
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Option 1
6:00 a.m. or morning
9:00 a.m. or mid-morning
12:00 p.m. or lunchtime
3:00 p.m. or mid-afternoon
6:00 p.m. or evening
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Option 2
Morning
Midday
Evening
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Option 3
Morning
Evening