PRAYER TO CHRIST THE KING
Christ Jesus, I acknowledge You are King of the universe.
All that has been created has been made for You.
Make full use of Your rights over me.
I renew the promises I made in Baptism,
when I renounced Satan and all his pomps and works,
and I promise to live a good Read More...
DO NOT WEEP
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in Read More...
PRAYER FOR SELFLESSNESS
O Dearly beloved Word of God, teach me to be generous, to serve Thee as Thou dost deserve, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fretting at my wounds, to labor without seeking rest, to spend myself without looking for any reward other than that of knowing that I do Thy holy will. Amen.
PRAYER OF ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY
Oh Lord,
Grant that your blessed daughter Saint Elizabeth comes to this man/women in their hour of bereavement.
St Elizabeth help us to lighten their burden so that they may know their loved one has gone to the life eternal in the sight of the Lord Our God,Show Read More...
TEACH US HOW TO PRAY
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of Read More...
PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend the souls of your servants departed from this life and beseech you to grant them rest in the place of your rest, where all the blessed repose, and where the light of your countenance shines forever.
And I pray also to grant that my Read More...
PRAYER OF DISCERNMENT, by St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
My Jesus,
I have not always recognized
your loving plans for me.
Every day,
with the help of your light,
I learn more of your loving care.
Continue to increase
my awareness of the gentleness of
your loving plans.
I want to follow the Read More...
FOR ALL POOR, HOMELESS AND NEGLECTED PEOPLE
O GOD, Almighty and merciful, who heals those that are broken in heart, and turns the sadness of the sorrowful to joy; Let your fatherly goodness be upon all that you have made.
Remember in pity those who are this day destitute, homeless, or forgotten Read More...