Why not pray to God directly? I mean, he’s reconciled you to Himself through the Lord Jesus Christ; that’s a great gift and privilege.
He’s even promised that the Holy Spirit himself will intercede for you ‘with groans too deep for words’ as Scripture says, so there’s not even any worries about your prayers being insufficient.
Now, a prayer to be protected by the angels of the Lord, well, that’s another story!
In the morning I roll out of bed and pray to Him, the Holy Father, directly, on my knees, to start my day in gratitude for it and for my life, then asking Him to bless my day/path and be with me in all things.
Again before meals, I pray to God, the Father, directly, thanking Him for the day and for the meal I am about to receive. If it be His Will, I ask Him to bless the meal and also all those who brought such good stuff from Him to me, every step in between, please bless them all.
At breakfast, I also ask for blessings for my family, friends and neighbors, my enemies and those who think of me as an enemy.
Throughout the day, I tend to have Him in my thoughts, pondering how things work, the various rules and Laws that govern us and the world I can see and the worlds that I can’t and why. I know it all fits together and in studying creation, I get to know its Creator better. I wonder if thinking about Him so much is getting close to “constant prayer” that I’ve read about.
Before bed, I end the day as I started it, on my knees, in gratitude, asking for His Blessings.
Fwiw, I didn’t do any of the above before. Occasionally a prayer or two, but nothing like I do now. This post is the first time and place I’m admitting to it in such detail, though, and only because you seem to accusing me of being foolish or ignorant.
Since I often am both of those, I too often feel the need to defend myself instead of being receptive. I hope this is not one of those times.
Anywho, l’m sure I’m doing it wrong, but the emotions that flow are real enough.
Fwiw, messages like today’s random message help me, both when I first read it and again today. This message helps makes it all real to me in ways other things and commentaries don’t and motivates me to learn more.
Learn The Holy Rosary
Signs Of The End Of Times
June 2, 1988