To repeat the words each day at the same time could lead to rote
memorization. How often do we repeat the
words of the Lord’s Prayer without hearing them? How often do we go through the motions of the
Mass without our spirit being present?
However, in times of stress and anxiety, to have the words
at hand brings comfort. When the mind
will not think clearly, the memorized prayers give me the words I need. The rhythm of the days in which we repeat the
words of the psalms or of prayers become rhythms with which we float when we
need something to keep us above the raging waters of difficult times.
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