PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE Lord Jesus, may everything I do begin with You, continue with Your help, and be done under Your guidance. May my sharing in the Mass free me from my sins, and make me worthy of Your healing. May I grow in Your Love and Your service, and become a pleasing offering to You; and Read More...
PRAYER OF THANKS FOR PEOPLE God of Love, I thank You for the people in my life who are easy to love. I thank You for my family and friends who understand my actions, who support me in my decisions, and whose presence can lift the burden of a thorny day. Help me with those who are Read More...
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia. The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia, has risen as he said, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia! For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
PRAYER FOR THE WORK OF THIS DAY Almighty God, thank you for the work my hand may find this day. May I find gladness in all its toil and difficulty, it's pleasure and success, and even in its failure and sorrow. I would look away from myself, and behold the glory and the need of the world, that I may Read More...
PASSION OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST O God, who willed that St John the Baptist should go ahead of Your Son both in his birth and in his death, grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice, we, too, may fight hard for the confession of what You teach. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Read More...
PRAYER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE God of life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and wear us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood Read More...
MAKE ME SMILE As I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more happiness than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so indifferent that I will fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a child or the twinkle in the eyes of the Read More...
PRECIOUS TIME O Lord, let me use the precious gift of time to learn and live and love more. Help me look for something beautiful and special in each day. Let me live life to the fullest and be wise enough to treasure every blessing, every gift of happiness that comes my way. Amen.
