Build your Rule of Life

Begin with Psalm, Scripture, and intercession — 10–20 minutes.

A 2-minute breath prayer or the Angelus at noon.

Close the working day with Psalm and thanksgiving.

‘Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.’

‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ Pray on the breath.

A short phrase carried in the breath while you work.

Read · meditate · pray · contemplate, on a short passage.

Follow the BCP or RCL Psalter and readings.

Pray the Psalter slowly through a month.

One verse a week, hidden in the heart.

Notice consolation and desolation. Give thanks. Repent. Hope.

A quiet conversation with God on the page.

20 minutes outdoors — the body as participant in prayer.

Guard the evening for presence and rest.

Sleep is a creaturely act of trust.