Do you say prayers?

Yes I pray , and if I say I’ll pray for someone I will

aggie

Yes I pray , and if I say I’ll pray for someone I will

Ditto!

aggie

Yes I pray , and if I say I’ll pray for someone I will

Exactly that.
Furthermore, I have been so grateful to friends praying for my son in recent months.

I have not prayed since I was 11 years old.

I read that as saying that the person will keep the bereaved in their thoughts and wish them peace. Some will be praying in the religious sense, but I am sure that many are not really asking a god to do anything - simply extending a shared human empathy. Both have their place.

I know I was comforted by the idea that people were holding me in their hearts when I lost my OH.

aggie

Yes I pray , and if I say I’ll pray for someone I will

Me too!

The nuns finished me off with religion of any sort at the age of 17.

I was finished by sunday school. They said we were all sinners, little me décided i was a 'good girl' and stopped listening.

I pray every night, and sometimes have a word with him during the day.

Ditto aggie as well.

I do pray and I believe strongly in the power of prayer.

I put out an appeal in April here on Gransnet to pray for someone who was given a very poor prognosis.
Many of you prayed and you must have prayed hard because she is doing remarkably well.
Not out of the woods but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Thank you again.

🙏

I pray, every night, thought I’m not quite sure what or whom I’m praying too and sometimes feel I’m hedging my bets.

I am a non believer!

Yes, I pray at meals and bedtime.

I pray but not really because I believe ( I used to) - because I care & there's nothing else I can do & it keeps us it touch with our humanity.

halfpint1

I was finished by sunday school. They said we were all sinners, little me décided i was a 'good girl' and stopped listening.

Same here! As soon as I realised you were meant to 'believe' and not ask questions, I was done.

If I have a crisis with the cats I pray to St Francis. He's usually pretty reliable

I have started praying again, funnily enough- getting to that age where friends & family have declining health- pray they have peaceful outcomes

When DD was very ill, the lovely old lady in the next bed to her told me to pray to the Virgin Mary. I felt very uncomfortable about this as it was totally alien to the Anglican tradition I was brought up in .I still ponder about that.

My go to is the Virgin Mary, a tradition in the Catholic Church. She never lets me down.

I am a spiritual pilgrim so do pray to a higher power rather than to a set deity. I did go to our local parish church but it was so cliquey and run by a few post families and I met this totally disrespectful individual that it put me right off. I am sure that if said with faith and hope then prayers do get answered.

That is interesting Marydoll. Thank you for that.

Yes every night and maybe the odd one in the dayl

When we were growing up, we always got together for the family. ‘Rosary’- in front of our altar. It was a bit monotonous and repetitive. These days, although I carry the Roasary Beads in my handbag, I do not have the patience. I go to Church, I pray, but it’s more of a ‘chat’ with God. I do say a short poem-like prayer and the same in the morning. Our church is always open. If I happen to pass by, I always pop in for a few minutes.