O God, grant us grace to desire you with our whole heart, so that desiring you we will always seek you with our whole heart and find you; and in finding you, we may always love you, and may let go of those things that separate us from you, for the sake of Jesus. Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Anselm of Canterbury)
O God, we thank you for the gift of this day. Give us the energy we need to face our work; with the attentiveness we need to do it well. Give us the self-discipline we need to finish it even if no one sees and no one praises us. Give us the self-respect which will inspire us not to produce Read More...
O God, it is hard sometimes to believe that you are present in this world of ours. But with the help of your grace, we do believe it! So, in the spirit of your faithful prophet, John the Baptist today, please help us to live our life in such a way that it will be easier for others to recognize you. Read More...
Loving and gracious God, we ask for your blessing and guidance during our Sunday journey. We pray that your Holy Spirit may inspire us with understanding, wisdom, and compassion. Help us to use the gifts that you have given us to faithfully serve our family of faith and to work for the fulfillment Read More...
Grant me oh Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest. Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humour to maintain it. Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil, but rather finds the means to put Read More...
Grant us today, Lord, the wisdom to know what is worth knowing, to love what is worth loving, to praise what delights you most, to value what is precious in your sight, to walk away from what is not of you. Do not let us judge by what we see, nor pass judgment by what we hear, but help us to choose Read More...
Help us, O God, to be a good and true friend, to be loyal and never to let our friends down: never to talk about them behind their backs in a way that we would not do to their faces; never to betray a confidence or talk about things we should be silent about; always to be ready to share everything Read More...
Loving God, help us today and always, as Jesus said, to become a child once again. Help us to know that we are loved by you. Help us to let go of pride and pretense. Help us to trust so that we can let go of all our futile and unnecessary attempts to prove that we are worthy of your love. Let us Read More...
