Prayer Pledge
What is it?
The 40 Day Prayer Pledge is a simple printable prayer regimen for busy men, women and even adolescents. By committing to these forty short daily guided meditations, you should see an increasing awareness of your need for daily prayer, find a desire to put aside the time for prayer, and discover a new depth forming in your relationship with Christ.
Why Pray?
The messages of Our Lady have always included a strong and sometimes urgent invocation to prayer to her Son.
“Pray, pray much, and sacrifice for sinners, for many souls go to hell because there is no one to sacrifice and pray for them.”
– Our Lady of Fatima
We pray for many reasons: because Christ commands us to, because Our Lady beseeches us to. But for those engaging with this 40-day pledge, we pray to become better at prayer, because Our Lord thirsts for our company, and in prayer we orient our lives and wills towards His.
Our Story
Two women yearning to grow deeper in their faith embarked on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje in late 2010. They were deeply moved to follow Mary’s messages to pray daily with the bible and to cultivate a life of prayer. They were inspired by the way their chaplain, Fr. John Bartunek, prayed. He introduced them to his book of meditations on the Gospels, The Better Part. They returned home from Medjugorje fully intending to pray with the help of his beautiful meditations but life got in the way. They were overwhelmed when returning to their families and work lives and felt they needed help to jump start their prayer life. They asked Fr. John if he would be willing to write a ‘prayer primer’ to help teach them, and others, to pray.
They committed to pray for 40 days with the help of his new teachings / meditations.
The 40 Day Prayer Pledge was born!
They felt compelled to share the certainty of God’s love for us all and to share the peace His love has brought into their lives. through their daily prayer time. The knowing that God loves us all and He thirsts for us to love Him in return is the true motivation to share and teach about daily mental prayer.
After more than 15 years of praying with and sharing the 40 Day Prayer Pledge, it has not become too simple or outdated. We hope this Prayer Pledge booklet inspires an ever increasing intimate relationship with God and leads you to a deeper walk in faith.
If you are inspired by Fr. John Bartunek’s meditations and want to continue daily prayer when you are finished with The Prayer Pledge, we recommend praying with the daily gospels by using Fr. John’s work, The Better Part, published by Sophia Institute Press and available at SpiritualDirection.com/shop.
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Introducing new booklets so you can bring your prayer with you.
The 40-Day Prayer Pledge Pocket Book
The 40 Day Prayer Pledge is a simple printable prayer regimen for busy men, women and even adolescents. By committing to these forty short daily guided meditations, you should…
