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\u201cIn order to succeed in prayer, it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected. We need to make our meditation before anything else.\u201d \u2013 Bl. Peter Julian Eymard<\/em><\/p>\n

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January is a month for resetting priorities. If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ve eaten too much over the holidays, and might be thinking it\u2019s time to cut back on the big meals and baked treats. If your schedule was like mine, your fitness routine, whose regularity was already suffering during the busyness of December, was altogether hijacked by a hectic Christmas schedule, and perhaps you\u2019ve resolved to get back to a more consistent exercise regime. If your house is like mine, it\u2019s been overwhelmed with Christmas d\u00e9cor, occupied by guests, and besieged by an excess of new toys and clothes and gifts, and is in urgent need of a tidy and reorganization. And if your morning prayer life is like mine, it may even have gathered momentum over Advent, but now \u2013 after the busyness of a season of late parties, sleeping in, and overnight guests \u2013 needs to be picked up, dusted off and resumed with the freshness that comes with a brand new year.<\/p>\n

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And so, I resolve to rise early before the rest of house awakens, before the needs of the family and the tasks on my to-do list propel me forward throughout my day. I\u2019ll make my coffee, take my seat, open my Bible, and begin.<\/p>\n

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But first, let me check my e-mail.<\/p>\n

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And while I\u2019m at it (postponing my prayer just a little bit longer), I might also check the weather for the day. I see it will be cold, and consult my calendar to see how much taxiing of children I\u2019ll have to do that night, or whether I might be able to get away with a cozy evening inside. While I\u2019m thus distracted, I might check my Facebook, read an article, respond to a text until, interruptions and amusements exhausted, I am finally ready to pray.<\/p>\n

My initial intonation \u2013 \u201cBut first let me\u2026\u201d must sound lamentably familiar to Jesus, as he patiently waits to spend time with me in prayer. St. Luke tells us about two similar would-be disciples who, invited by Jesus to follow Him, postponed their \u201cyes\u201d, replying, just like me: \u201cBut first let me\u2026\u201d (Lk 9: 59-61). Jesus carried on to Jerusalem, presumably without them.<\/p>\n

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The month of January, with its new beginnings and fresh start, begs for us to embrace and commit to the virtue of Prayer First.<\/p>\n

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St. John Vianney was a strong advocate of the virtue of prayer before all else. \u201cWe must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers,\u201d he says, warning us, rather persuasively, that \u201cthe devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.\u201d \u201cNever forget,\u201d he continues, \u201cthat it is at the beginning of each day that God has the necessary grace for the day ready for us. He knows exactly what opportunities we shall have to sin, and will give us everything we need if we ask him then. That is why the devil does all he can to prevent us from saying our morning prayers or to say them badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Say no more, John Vianney. Now is the perfect time to commit, not just to a life of prayer, but to a life where prayer comes\u00a0first<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Monthly Virtue Resolution:<\/strong>\u00a0Give God the\u00a0very first<\/em>\u00a0moment of your day.<\/p>\n

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