In this episode of How’s Your Prayer Life?, host Allison Gingras sits down with guest Sonia Martinez-Trujillo for an honest conversation about prayer, family life, and the small routines that keep faith grounded in everyday life. Sonia shares how homeschooling, motherhood, and her Mexican Catholic upbringing have shaped her prayer life, and how simple practices like grace before meals, nightly family prayer, and spiritual reading help her stay connected to God. In this episode: Sonia describes her prayer life as a “delicate work in progress” shaped by routine, consistency, and the challenges of daily life. An Ideal Morning: waking early, spending an hour in prayer, reading scripture, journaling, exercising, and preparing breakfast for her children. The importance of family prayer, including praying before meals and praying together at night. Sonia explains how homeschooling helps her build prayer into the day and support her children’s faith formation. They discuss grace before meals as a simple yet meaningful way to keep prayer present in everyday life, even at fast-food restaurants! Sonia reflects on how her family uses the Divine Praises as a prayer when the day feels off schedule, including a heartfelt story about hearing them at World Youth Day and how that experience inspired her family’s devotion. Sonia recalls childhood memories of prayer in Mexico, including prayer groups, Bible reading, and May rosaries prayed in neighbors’ homes. She explains the traditions her family continues to observe now, including Day of the Dead altars, posadas, and the celebration of the Three Wise Men. Sonia closes by saying prayer matters because God reveals Himself through it, gives wisdom, and brings true peace through Christ. Sonia Martinez-Trujillo is a cradle Catholic with a prayer life that is a delicate work in progress. Her husband Chris is a Catholic convert, and this summer they celebrate their 15th anniversary. She is a homeschooling mom, a business owner, and is learning to keep God at the center of her life.
