There are seasons when your own words dry up. You sit down to pray and all you can feel is fatigue, numbness, or grief.

In those seasons, borrowed prayers can be grace.

What are borrowed prayers?

They are prayers you didn’t write: psalms, liturgies, written prayers from the Church, even a single repeated line like “Lord, have mercy.”

Why they matter

• They keep you connected when your inner world is collapsing.
• They normalize struggle. The Psalms are full of “Where are you, God?”
• They carry you when you can’t carry yourself.

A simple practice

Choose one Psalm (try Psalm 23, 42, or 13). Read it aloud slowly. When a phrase fits your season, pause and repeat it gently. Let that be enough.

God is not offended by your weakness. Often, weakness is where we finally stop pretending and begin consenting to love.

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