Megan's prayer: Andy Cloninger's "In His Sanctuary"

Toward the end of the song, the line "everybody, sing a new song" was repeated over and over. The idea of "new" really stuck out to me. For the past year and a half I have been doing this blog daily. For the past 2 years, I have been going to Holy Hour every Tuesday. For the past 5-6 years I have been going to LifeNights almost every Sunday night(either as a teen or a CORE). For the past 22 years, I have been going to Mass every Sunday morning. I clearly have a routine.

The one thing about routines for me is that I don't like to break them. I enjoy have a scheduled and organized life, but sometimes I get caught up in it. Sometimes my daily blogs, or my weekly adoration, or my Mass experience isn't quite as genuine as it should be - it just becomes part of a routine. Even my daily prayer (besides the blog), sometimes feels almost scripted.

Maybe I need to take the name of this blog more seriously. Pray a new song. My prayers shouldn't be about the past, any maybe they should be less focused on the future. Perhaps I should pray a new song everyday - focusing on just that day - focusing on the present. Maybe this will get me out of the funk of blogging about the same thing so often, or talking to God about the same things night after night. Perhaps living in the moment, seeing each day as my "new song," will give me the boost I need.