Daily Offering

Morning Offering Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, one God in three Persons, I firmly believe that You are here present; I adore You with the most profound humility; I praise You and give You thanks with all my heart for the favors You have bestowed on me. Your Goodness has brought me safely to the beginning of this day. Behold, O Lord, I offer You my whole being and in particular all my thoughts, words and actions, together with such crosses and contradictions as I may meet with in the course of this day. Give them, O Lord, Your blessing; may Your divine Love animate them and may they tend to the greater honor and glory of Your Sovereign Majesty.  Amen.

I am not an early riser by nature. Now my grandfather was, as well as my mother and my son.

Although I do not come by this naturally, I truly enjoy the morning air.

After years of trying to achieve a new habit, I rise early without much trouble. The trouble comes when I must force myself to go to bed before 11pm each night.

Why an Early Bird {wannabe}

As you have heard the early bird gets the worm, and in this case the early bird gets the quiet time needed to start her day. As well as that view! Isn't it amazing.

The perfect way to start my day is sitting on the front porch sipping on my coffee completely lost in our Lord and his gift of the sunrise. It is well worth losing my morning sleep to, as it  is a perfect place to lift my morning prayer and Mass readings.

So what gets you going in the morning hours? Do you too find a quiet time to pray and read scripture? If so, tell me about it.
My Morning Time with our Lord

A list of daily Catholic prayers I have prayed for as long as I can remember. Mass readings and personal prayer.

Reading the Bible

Since the Bible is not like other books, simply starting at the beginning to the end can be a challenge. Now I know some of you read Genesis to Revelation and find it wonderful.
Others may find the books of Genesis and Exodus rather familiar and/or interesting, but may get confused by Leviticus, antsy in Numbers, and might quit even before finishing Deuteronomy.
As Christians, you might be tempted to skip the Old Testament and jump right into the Gospels. This is not the best approach. As the New testament fulfilled the old. We must take in all of it.
So what do you do? How do you read your Bible? 
I enjoy reading the bible in the mornings {daily Mass reading}. Although many of us can not make it to Mass daily, we can search Mass readings online or sit and enjoy reading them straight from the Bible.
Living Faith, it is a wonderful way to read your Bible. It includes the daily Mass readings and a short inspirational story.
{Did you know, you can read through the Bible in 3 years by simply following  the daily Mass readings? It is wonderfully true!}
I can not leave with out sharing the news of  A Catholic mothers book of days.
It is a wonderful short read to top off your lengthy prayer time, as well as your speedy prayer time.
I know speedy prayer time must sound questionable.
We as devout wives and mothers know anything can be speedy as we help to raise our young family.
 Desiring lengthy prayer time, I must remind myself each time I wipe a face clean or kiss a hurt knee I am serving my Lord.
On days that we must be speedy, A Catholic Mothers Book of Days is perfect.
 Her daily scripture and inspiration stories of motherhood and faith are short but very good. {Meat and potatoes good}.