The first minutes of the day shape all the hours that follow. This short guided morning prayer helps you give the day – its work, its joys, its difficulties – to God before the world makes its claims on you.
Pray Along with the Video
Press play and pray along. The guided prayer is prayed aloud in the video; below is the Church’s traditional Morning Offering, a beautiful prayer to add to your morning.
The Traditional Morning Offering
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month. Amen.
Building a Daily Habit
Keep it simple and keep it small: pray before you pick up your phone. One offering, said faithfully every morning, will change a life more surely than long prayers said occasionally.
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Source note: The Morning Offering was written in 1844 by Fr François-Xavier Gautrelet, SJ; text as published by the USCCB (“Morning Offering,” usccb.org). The guided prayer is prayed aloud in the video itself.