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Absolutely everything I needed
This app is truly amazing. The music, voices, church bells, European feel, passages, and length of time is everything. I’ve never left an app review before and felt compelled to do so here. This calms me, creates my reflection in a way that resonates with me. Please don’t change a thing. Thank you!kl1l
In love
I love this app as it adds so much more to my daily prayers. There’s a different scripture each day and it helps you to understand it better, then it challenges you about how it applies to you and your life. I also love the music of worship from different cultures. Great app!! ♥️Piofra
Helpful for Catholics
I really appreciate this app. The daily meditations based on the days gospel are helpful, and I especially love the imaginative prayer exercises. As a Catholic, I am am grateful that the app is free whereas Hallow, another prayer meditation app, is too expensive for me to use. My only critical comment is that the music in some of the examen of conscience exercises feels very depressing. I’d much rather have no music at all.Show lessEMirzaei
Pretty perfect prayer practice
This app has been my constant companion and grounding for a few years and has connected me to Divine guidance and strength during some challenging times. The loving, gentle and provocative contemplative combo really works for me.
If I could make an improvement, it’s for some sort of notification when new resources (retreats, etc) are added.
Much gratitude for the folks behind PAYG!!Show lessbalhol
Strong Focus on Scripture
I love this app! Each day brings new light and reflection on a verse from the Bible. I read, listen, then pull up the same verse in my Bible and read more. Most mornings I will read the entire chapter.
The choice of music is excellent and it brings me to the place I need to be to pray and focus on the scripture verse of the day. Very calming and moving for me.
The speakers have calming and reassuring voices, they pull you into the moment. It’s not a stark or rushed voice or explanation.
I so enjoy this time and look forward to each new day. Thank you for the time and effort you put into each prayer.
PattiShow lessPreigle1212
Great app!
I’ve been trying to use my phone as little as possible and trying to slow down to be more connected with God, my wife, and kids.
If you’re not sure about this app...download it and try it for a week. You won’t be disappointed.Jakew58
Daily Inspiration
I have used Pray as You Go as part of my morning prayers for a couple of years, and I love it. The musical introduction and the contemplative reading and meditation on scripture encourage focus and listening as part of prayer, and that has been very helpful, especially as I was raised in a religious tradition that saw prayer mainly as a way of talking to God and telling him what you think should be done. From reading scripture, I knew that wasn’t all there was to prayer, so I turned to apps such as this one, Divine Office, and the Centering Prayer app in order to learn and grow.
As the range of comments indicate, this app is scripture-focused and can be used by people from many faith backgrounds. The app is also beautiful. I enjoy the various scenic backgrounds that have shown up in this year’s update, especially those that depict light, a long view, or nature. It would be nice to be able to mark favorites so that they would show up more often. I don’t usually follow along with the text, but like to refer to it occasionally, though it has recently gotten a bit too light for me to easily see. I am grateful to the Jesuits for their work.Show lessjcwords
Such a help to focus simply on Jesus
I was recently reminded that I had this app on my phone. My sister (nondenominational Christian) and I (Catholic) listened daily during her recent recovery from serious illness. It united us in spirit and focused our prayers together on Jesus.
Now I am finding the app to also be a major help in my daily struggle to focus my attention on what is truly important and fundamental, amid a world full of distractions and a phone full of bright shiny objects.
It is one of the few times in my day when I am able to practice simply being in our Lord’s presence, looking toward his face, listening for his voice, resting immersed in the mysterious truth about God, myself, and the world.
I can understand the challenge of choosing meditation music that will invite and bless people who have all kinds of preferences. Personally I am most drawn to the chant and choral treasures of the faith that have been lived enough to survive the centuries, but I can also appreciate and enter into other types of high-quality music for meditation (“Christian art must be both Christian and art,” as Monsignor used to say :-)
Thank you to all those who created and continue to develop this wonderful guide to daily contemplative prayer. I am sure I speak for many.Show lessSt Paul Hope
Love this—but there’s a glitch
As an ordained Mennonite minister, I rely on pray as you go for consistent morning scripture and prayer. I love it and recommend it often. But there is one glitch that happens pretty consistently. Often, the recording of the person reading the scripture has tiny silent breaks in the recording which makes it hard to understand. I have to kind of “fill in the blanks” as I listen. This doesn’t happen with the rest of the podcast, just the scripture readings. I don’t say this to complain, but to let the producers know that something needs attention.Show lessTicasofia
Best Way to Start Your Day
I can’t remember how many years ago we discovered Pray As You Go but I know that there is a distinct Before and After. I notice the days I don’t start with this simple prayerful meditation. What a blessing and mission. The contemplative prompts have changed the way I think about prayer and my relationship with God. I share this app with everyone.Show lessSrb57841985
