Open our hearts, O Lord, and enlighten our minds by the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may seek what is well-pleasing to your will and so order our doings after your commandments, that we may be found fit to enter into your everlasting joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Prayer by St. Bede the Venerable)
LETTING GO - Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.” (Henri J.M. Nouwen)
Lord, thank You for the rest and peace of this day. As I pause, may I find renewal in Your presence. Calm my thoughts, restore my soul, and fill my heart with joy. Guide my steps today, Lord, and keep me grounded in Your love and grace. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, gentle and full of mercy, draw me into Your love and heal what is wounded within me. May I rest in Your heart and live in Your grace. Amen.
Lord Jesus, as God’s Spirit came down and rested upon You, may the same Spirit rest on us, bestowing His sevenfold gifts. First, grant us the gift of understanding, by which Your precepts may enlighten our minds. Second, grant us counsel, by which we may follow in Your footsteps on the path of Read More...
Loving God, strengthen us with the power to love through your Spirit in our inner most being. Fill our hearts with your presence and please do not leave us even when we seem to choose to go our own way. Help us to learn from our mistakes and missed opportunities so that we might grasp fully how Read More...
Loving God, create in us an ever-growing faith, with hearts open and centered in you. Awaken within us the fire of your Spirit, so that your love may fill us more fully, and flow throughout our lives. Increase within us a desire to reach out, to invite and to share, to welcome and accept. Awaken Read More...
Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek Read More...
