Memory Verses:

Postulant Lay Monks

Compiled by Monk Preston

Set aside 15 Min. of Daily Prayer as often as possible for personal prayertime.

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•    Introduction: Why Memorize?

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All Christians:

We believe that all Christians should memorize John 3:16, The Lord's Prayer, The Ten Commandments, and the Nicene Creed.

(Or the Apostle's Creed in place of the Nicene Creed,  if your church uses only it, instead).

All of our Lay Monks:

We believe that all of our Lay Monks should also memorize The 23rd Psalm and Psalm 117, which we use in our Monastic Order's observance of Daily Prayer: Praying the Hours.

Note, all other Memory Verses posted are meant as suggestions.  If you prefer to memorize different verses, or to memorize those posted on these pages in a different order, please feel free to do so. _____________________________________________________________________

• Postulant Lay Monks (1st Year):

•    1st Month: The Lord's Prayer

•   2nd Month: The 23rd Psalm

•     3rd Month: Free Month / Review Month / Catch-up Month

•   4th Month: Psalm 117; John 3:16-17

•   5th Month: "Lord Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace"

•     6th Month: Free Month / Review Month / Catch-up Month

•   7th Month: Salvation Verses

•   8th Month: Nicene Creed (First Half)

•   9th Month: Free Month / Review Month / Catch-up Month

•   10th Month: Nicene Creed (Second Half)

•   11th Month: St. Patrick's Breastplate (First Section)

•   12th Month: Free Month / Review Month / Catch-up Month

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Additional Memory Verses Indexes:

• Memory Verses: Novice Lay Monks - 2nd Year (Index)

• Memory Verses: Full Lay Monks - 3rd Year (Index)

• Memory Verses: Full Lay Monks - 4th Year (Index)

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These Collections of Scripture Verses, Psalms, Prayers, and The Creed, are suggested guidelines.

They are what I myself, and the other Monks here have used, and found to be greatly beneficial.

Memorization and Meditation (on Scripture) in Prayer is one of the great joys of the Christian life, and is not meant to become a burden.

We are only truly capable of holding and learning one to three lines in our minds at any given moment.   Does it look to be too long, and therefore too difficult?  There is never more to be learned than the next one to three lines. 

All else is only a reviewing of what we have already learned, even though  it may have been only partially learned.

One way is to repeat each line five times.  Repeat the next line five times.  Repeat both lines together five more times.  It is said that if you repeat something five times, and do so five times per day, for five days, you will have it memorized (though often it will be even sooner!).

If you are more interested in something further along (such as, "Lord, make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace" or anything else) feel free to do so by "skipping ahead."

If you begin learning a Psalm or something that is posted in part, and would rather continue on with the next part or parts before going on, feel free to do so.

You have the rest of your life to "sit at the Lord's feet" (followed by all of eternity when we will "enjoy Him forever").

Try to do something today, if at all possible, no matter how small.  With God, it is always today...it is always now.

-Monk Preston _____________________________________________________________________

• Apostles, Reformers, Celtic Monks

• Born Again, Celtic, Franciscan

• "St. Patrick's Breastplate"

• Youtube: "St. Patrick's Breastplate Prayer" Sung by: Ken Reed Ensemble

• Every Day a New Beginning

• Daily Prayer: Praying the Hours

• One Daily Hour of Prayer

• How to Pray the Psalms

• Athanasius: Praying the Psalms

• The Three-fold Daily Prayers

• The Seven Historical Hours of Prayer

• Nicene Creed

• Nicene Creed: Scripture Basis

• What All Christians Believe in Common: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant

• Statement of Faith of The Prayer Foundation ™

• The Rule of Monk Preston

• Commentary on the Rule of Monk Preston

• Monk Preston's "Celtic Cross" Teaching

• "Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace"

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