Sometimes for me it helps to have my prayers written down. It helps me focus to read the words that other saints have prayed through the years all over the world. Sometimes, these prayers echo my own thoughts and express my longings better than I can at the moment.

Here’s another short prayer that you can recite when you can’t find words of your own to say to God:

“Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what’s best—
    as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You’re in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You’re ablaze in beauty!
    Yes. Yes. Yes” (Matthew 6:9-13, The Message).