AI-Driven Morning Prayer
If you have 10 minutes to spare, try entering the following into ChatGPT.
It is 2025-03-12 6:03 am. As a Catholic spiritual director, give me a prayer schedule for the next 10 minutes and the start time for each part and details for each part. If you suggest scripture, provide the gospel for today (in full) in the NSRV-CE translation.
Be sure to turn on Search so it gets the gospel for today correct.
You will get a minute-by-minute guided prayer meditation like the one below. I do this in the morning to get a fresh way to pray each day. You can adjust the translation to suit - being Canadian I use the NSRV-CE translation, but Americans can choose the NABRE translation.
Certainly, here's a structured prayer schedule for the next ten minutes, beginning at 6:10 AM:
6:10 AM – Opening Prayer (1 minute)
Begin by invoking God's presence:
"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
Offer a brief prayer:
"Lord, as I begin this time of prayer, open my heart to Your word and guide my thoughts."
6:11 AM – Scripture Reading (3 minutes)
Reflect on today's Gospel reading from Luke 11:29-32:
"While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, 'This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here. At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.'"
6:14 AM – Reflection (3 minutes)
Contemplate the message of the Gospel:
Jesus highlights that the people of Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching, and the Queen of the South sought Solomon's wisdom. Yet, something greater than Jonah and Solomon is present in Jesus.
Reflect on your own openness to God's call and wisdom.
6:17 AM – Responsorial Psalm (1 minute)
Pray Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19:
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me."
6:18 AM – Intercessory Prayers (1 minute)
Offer prayers for yourself and others:
Pray for the strength to heed God's call and embrace His wisdom.
Ask for guidance in being a witness to others, as Jonah and the Queen of the South were.
6:19 AM – Closing Prayer (1 minute)
Conclude your prayer time:
"Lord, thank You for this time of reflection. Help me carry Your word in my heart today and share it with others. Amen."
"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
May this brief period of prayer enrich your day and deepen your spiritual journey.