A Sunday Prayer - God, here we are at your disposal, your children. Use us to continue your loving world by giving Jesus to us and through us, to each other and the world. Let us pray for each other: that we allow Jesus to love us and through us with the love with which his Father loves us. Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Teresa of Calcutta)
God Helper and Light - Loving God, helper of those who turn to you, light of those in the dark, creator of all that grows, promotor of all spiritual growth, have mercy on us. Make us temples fit for you. Do not scan our transgressions too closely, for if you are quick to notice our offenses, we will Read More...
Prayer of Love If I speak in human and angelic tongues* but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give Read More...
What God Gives Us - 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)
To Know, Serve and Praise - O God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard us with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Augustine)
Our Lady of Lourdes – O ever-Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, health of the sick, refuge of sinners, comforter of the afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings; look with mercy on me. By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged Read More...
St. Scholastica – Loving Father, through the intercession of St. Scholastica, we humbly seek Your divine guidance and wisdom. As we journey through life, please enlighten our minds and hearts, so that we may discern Your will in every decision we make. Saint Scholastica, patron of education and Read More...
A Sunday Prayer - Lord, Jesus Christ, let us seek you by desiring you, and let us desire you by seeking you. Let us find you by loving you and love you by finding you. We do not seek to understand so that we can believe but believe so that we may understand. And what is more, we believe that unless Read More...
