The British Jesuits have enjoyed staggering success with a daily prayer download to help iPod users get through the gruesome journey to work.
The prayers in MP3 format last for around 12 minutes, including some spiritual music and a reading from the Bible as well as some questions to prompt personal reflection.
Dubbed "Pray-As-You-Go" a new track is released every day and is also available as an automatic podcast using iTunes software.
The MP3 files were officially launched on March 1st to mark the start of Lent, but it was found that some 3,300 sessions had already been downloaded worldwide.
It seems that people enjoy getting prayers on their iPod in the US, Australia and Mexico too.
Fr Peter Scally, director of Jesuit Media Initiatives, said: "So many people have been enthused by pray-as-you-go that we are left in no doubt that it is addressing a very real need in people's spiritual lives."
The group originally invited local schoolchildren and commuters in the UK to trial the scheme, but a further 18,500 files have been downloaded following the launch.
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