CORPUS CHRISTI Jesus, Body and Blood, we are grateful for the gift of your life and the way it strengthens us to live ours. Teach us to draw on the gift of your Body and Blood for energy, renewal, strength and grace. May we never take the gift of your presence for granted. Amen.
O holy St Norbert, gentlest of saints, your love for Jesus Christ truly present in every tabernacle around the world and your charity for souls made you worthy while on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were always ready to speak for those in trouble or Read More...
Eternal God, the refuge and help of all your children, we praise you for all you have given us, for all you have done for us, for all that you are to us. In our weakness, you are strength, in our darkness, you are light, in our sorrow, you are comfort and peace. We cannot number your Read More...
Loving God, renew in us the courage to live life as Jesus would. Help us to stand for the values that Jesus taught, and give us the wisdom to discern how best to do this. When opposition comes our way may we not give way to fear and tentativeness. Grace us always with the gifts of wisdom, right judgment, courage and reverence. Amen!
QUOTES BY ST CHARLES LWANGA “You are burning me, but it is as if you are pouring water over my body.” “Please repent and become a Christian like me.” “These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age.” “Charles Lwanga and his companions stood firm in their faith, offering their lives Read More...
Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are Read More...
"O God, who through the folly of the Cross wondrously taught Saint Justin the Martyr the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, grant us, through his intercession, that, having rejected deception and error, we may become steadfast in the faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and Read More...
Gracious God, instill in us your Spirit, that we may become sisters and mothers, brothers and fathers, aunts, uncles and cousins to one another as Mary and Elizabeth were for each other. May your love be the heart of our family, our community, our friendships that always bring us together; may Read More...
