It’s hard not to get centered and still when you have two cats stretched out on your legs helping you say Morning Prayer.

What aids to prayer have you incorporated into your daily practice?

Do you have a favorite place to sit? A mug of coffee or tea close to hand? Music, or silence, or some of each? A favorite picture or icon to look at?

What helps “exalt you to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before,” in the words of today’s Collect (BCP 226)?