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Do you say prayers?

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Daddima Mon 02-Sept-24 14:00:03

I’ve just been reading social media posts to someone who has been bereaved, and many say things like, ‘ My thoughts and prayers are with you’. This made me wonder how many of these people would actually pray for the bereaved person, and being the cynic that I am, I’d guess not many, and the Facebook post will be as far as it goes.
I’m not a big prayer as such, but I do like a wee quiet time in church.
Do people still do the kneeling by the bed at night kind of praying?

aggie Mon 02-Sept-24 14:09:24

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

Marydoll Mon 02-Sept-24 14:10:43

aggie

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

Ditto!

nanaK54 Mon 02-Sept-24 14:38:31

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.

biglouis Mon 02-Sept-24 14:39:33

I have not prayed since I was 11 years old.

Luckygirl3 Mon 02-Sept-24 14:40:33

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.

Grannmarie Mon 02-Sept-24 14:41:25

aggie

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

Me too!

Charleygirl5 Mon 02-Sept-24 14:42:19

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

halfpint1 Mon 02-Sept-24 15:00:22

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

GrannyGravy13 Mon 02-Sept-24 15:01:35

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

fancythat Mon 02-Sept-24 15:03:22

Ditto aggie as well.

Sago Mon 02-Sept-24 19:19:59

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.

🙏

Cossy Mon 02-Sept-24 19:24:17

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.

Oldbat1 Mon 02-Sept-24 19:27:42

I am a non believer!

Norah Mon 02-Sept-24 19:29:51

Yes, I pray at meals and bedtime.

valdavi Mon 02-Sept-24 19:41:38

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.

MissInterpreted Mon 02-Sept-24 19:41:55

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.

Deedaa Mon 02-Sept-24 19:48:08

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

Mt61 Mon 02-Sept-24 19:48:18

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

Greenfinch Mon 02-Sept-24 20:00:37

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.

Marydoll Mon 02-Sept-24 20:04:31

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

Tuaim Mon 02-Sept-24 20:09:02

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.

Greenfinch Mon 02-Sept-24 20:09:24

That is interesting Marydoll. Thank you for that.

Allsorts Mon 02-Sept-24 20:10:53

Yes every night and maybe the odd one in the dayl

crazyH Mon 02-Sept-24 20:13:25

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.