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A Little Rosary with My Coffee

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I’m finding, in my experience as a parent of young children, that nothing stays the same for long. When I find myself in a good groove, it won’t be long before things are turned upside down and I am rethinking how I do things. The same, though, is true for when I’m struggling.

A few months ago, I was really struggling. It was all I could do to drag my very pregnant self out of bed and pray in the mornings. At night, I was just as exhausted, so there was no hope of praying then. And during the day? Well, let’s just say I had a whole set of reasons why thatwouldn’t work either.

Now, however, I am embracing the wee, early hours of each morning as my quiet time for prayer. Oh, and coffee. Lots of both.

My infant son wakes me, and we come downstairs. He coos (or screams, depending on the day), and I make coffee and change him while I listen to the invitatory from the Liturgy of the Hours, which is piped through from the fine folks at Divine Office. He often nurses while I begin my caffeine intake and my earnest prayer with Morning Prayer (again, thanks to Divine Office).

When I begin my rosary, at some point after he’s done nursing and I’m done with Morning Prayer, I’m usually wide awake. I can appreciate the silence, and I’m often patient if there are some loud thunking footsteps, indicating that one of my older children is being an early bird.

I may or may not finish my rosary in that sitting. Some days it flows in a long stream, all at once. Other days, I pray it in fits and starts, working a decade in between a potty break, a breakfast plate, a shower, and baths.

I’m so grateful, though, to have the silence of the early morning, coffee in hand, to begin my time in the school of Mary. I picture her beside me, with her own mug and maybe some crazy bed head, too. She’s probably enjoying memories of when her Son was as small as mine, savoring his smallness, appreciating our time together.

And, really, that’s why I love putting a little rosary with my early morning coffee.

Sarah Reinhard writes about Mary, motherhood, and miscellaneous things that amuse her atSnoringScholar.com. You’ll also hear her Mary in the Kitchen segment weekly on the Catholic Foodie show.

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Jeff Young, perhaps better known as The Catholic Foodie, is an author, blogger, radio host and podcaster. He is the founder and producer of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast where he provides "Catholic culinary inspiration to help you grow in faith around the table." Jeff hosts a daily radio show – The Catholic Foodie Show – on BreadboxMedia.com, and he co-hosts the Around the Table Food Show on Catholic Community Radio 690AM (New Orleans) and 1380AM (Baton Rouge). Jeff is a monthly contributor to CatholicMom.com and a contributing author of Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, published by Ave Maria Press. Jeff is also a contributing author of The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections by Ave Maria Press. Jeff Young is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization, CMG Booking. Jeff has spoken on topics ranging from "growing in faith around the table" to "using social media in the New Evangelization." Jeff's first book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine, published by Liguori Publications is now available. With 78 recipes and stories of faith and family (including his travels to the Holy Land), the book is sure to inspire you to get into the kitchen and to gather your family around the table. The book is available on Amazon.com, Liguori.org, and wherever good Catholic books are sold. Read More…

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