Gather Your Materials: 

• Binder for putting your weekly prayer guide 
• Bible
• Journal 
• Pen

Pick a Daily Time for Prayer: 

It will help to have a set time of prayer each day. Picking the same time each day will help you create a routine of prayer within your daily life. Review your weekly calendar and find 15-30 minutes a day that you can schedule on your calendar for your daily prayer. Know that as the retreat continues the Holy Spirit might lengthen your time of prayer to an hour. 

Create Your Prayer Place:  

Find a place in your home that can become your prayer place. Make it a sacred place by placing a few meaningful items that help you enter into prayer. Examples might be: An Advent wreath, a candle, a picture, image or icon, photos of your family or friends, etc.  

Review the handout below, we'll be using Ignatian Contemplation and Lectio during this retreat:

Creating a Daily Contemplative Prayer Practice:

• Lectio Divina 
• Ignatian Contemplation
• Ignatian Colloquy

Also be sure to visit the section, How to Pray: Prayer Methods, with videos by Becky Eldredge and Stephanie Clouatre Davis in the Welcome Sections, Go Deeper.