ECUMENICAL PRAYER O Lord, you love justice and you establish peace on earth. We bring before you the disunity of today’s world; the absurd violence, and the many wars which are breaking the courage of the people of the world, human greed and injustice, which breed hatred and strife. Send Read More...
PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY Eternal Father, we praise you for sending your Son to be one of us and to save us. Look upon your people with mercy, for we are divided in so many ways, and give us the Spirit of Jesus to make us one in love. We ask this gift, loving Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER TO SAINT ANTHONY, ABBOT Saint Anthony, you spoke of the importance of persevering in our faith and our practice. Help us to wake up each day with new zeal for the Christian life and a desire to take the next challenge instead of just sitting still. Amen.
FOR THE RECOVERY OF A SICK PERSON O Merciful God, giver of life and health; Bless, I pray to you, your servants who are ill and those who administer to them with your healing gifts; that they may be restored to health of body and of mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
AN ACT OF LOVE O my God, I love you above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you. I forgive all who have injured me, and I ask pardon of all whom I have injured. Amen.
A PRAYER FOR THOSE IN NEED God of the broken, God of the wanderer, Christ who is without shelter, surround those in deep need among us. Surround them and help us hear their cries for help. We are a people who long for the broken to be mended, we long for justice in the face of much corruption, Read More...
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Count your blessings, not your crosses; count your gains instead of losses. Count your joys instead of woes; count your friends instead of foes. Count your smiles instead of tears; count your courage, not your fears. Count full years instead of lean; count kind Read More...
PRAYER FOR THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Open the heavens, almighty Father, and pour out your Spirit upon your people. Renew the power of our baptismal cleansing and fill us with zeal for good deeds. Let us hear your voice once again, that we may recognize in your beloved Son Read More...
