11. If you’ve never done a family rosary, begin doing it. If starting with once a week, try Friday or Sunday. If it’s tough to start with a full five decades, try starting with one.
12. Make it a habit to stop at least five times a day, raise your heart and mind to God, and say a short prayer such as “Jesus, I love you,” or “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,” or “Lord, I offer it up for you.”
13. Pray each day for the intentions and health of the Holy Father.
14. Pray each day for your bishop and all the bishops of the Catholic Church.
15. Pray for your priests and deacons and for all priests and deacons.
16. Pray for the millions of Christians suffering under persecution in various Muslim and Communist countries around the world such as the Sudan, Pakistan, Indonesia, China, Viet Nam, and North Korea.
17. Pray for Christian unity, that there would be one flock and one shepherd.
18. Pray for the evangelization of all those who have not yet heard and accepted the Good News about Jesus.
19. Pray for your enemies. In fact, think of the person who has most hurt you or who most annoys you and spend several minutes each day thanking God for that person and asking God to bless him or her.
20. Pray for an end to abortion on demand in the United States. Pray for pregnant women contemplating abortion.
21. Pray for a just peace in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Holy Land and elsewhere. Pray for our troops and for others in harm’s way.
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrossio
The Crossroads Initiative
