They say that this app “is a wonderful way to slow down your day and enjoy a quiet but prayerfully productive moment. Inspired by St. Ignatius’s 500-year-old prayer, this app provides brief, guided meditations — which is helpful when your mind is prone to wandering.”
Dear Companions on the Journey,
Using your Smartphone as a prayer tool … a few thoughts.
I receive regular email messages from the Outreach to Millennials from the University of Notre Dame. call it the “Grotto Network” (grottonetwork.com). In a recent offering, they suggested some apps (if you don’t know what an “app” is, you can stop reading here) that enhance Daily Spiritual Mindfulness. they are:
They say that this app “is a wonderful way to slow down your day and enjoy a quiet but prayerfully productive moment. Inspired by St. Ignatius’s 500-year-old prayer, this app provides brief, guided meditations — which is helpful when your mind is prone to wandering.” Its name: “Examen”
Of this one, they say “Pray as you go”is a daily prayer session, designed to go with you wherever you go, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc.” A new prayer session is produced every day of the working week and one session for the weekend.It is not a ‘Thought for the Day’, a sermon or a bible-study, but rather a framework for your own prayer.” name: “Pray as you Go”
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Modestly, this App – “Laudate” – says that it’s the #1 Catholic App. Lots of prayers.
Need the Bible on your Smartphone? for the basic “Bible” app. , of course.
Finally, the Grotto Network recommends that you set the alarm on your Smartphone to arise fifteen minutes earlier than usual…so that you can have that extra quiet time for prayer. a bad idea.
What do you think?
And let us pray for/with one another.
Michael
The Paulist Center