By Sisters Allyn Horton and John Francis Kearney
Personal and community prayer shapes our daily rhythm, keeping us connected to one another and to God.
Each morning and evening we gather with Give Us This Day as our guide. We pray their form of Morning or Evening Prayer, listening together to the day’s Gospel.
After the reading, we set aside time for quiet personal reflection, allowing both of us to enter silence and personal prayer before we conclude together.
At times, especially in the evenings, we use retreat materials created by Dan Schutte or other sources we find. These offer us a gentle pattern of reflection and song, which we then follow with our usual period of silent prayer.
During the school year, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 8:30 a.m., we often join The Center at Mariandale’s Morning Prayer on Zoom. This service includes song, prayer, Scripture reading, and a reflection on the day’s Gospel.
Whenever our schedule allows, we also take part in two of their other offerings: Prayer for the World on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. and Reflection on the Sunday Gospels on Fridays at 11:30 a.m.
In these ways—through daily personal, and shared prayer with the wider community—we root ourselves in Scripture, silence, and reflection, finding strength and connection in the rhythm of prayer together.
