PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED
Lord God,
you are the glory of believers
and the life of the just.
Your son redeemed us
by dying and rising to life again.
Since our departed brothers and sisters
believed in the mystery of our resurrection,
let them share the joys and blessings
of the life to come.
Fortify me with the grace of Your Holy Spirit and give Your peace to my soul that I may be free of all needless, anxiety, solicitude and worry.
...Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
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...
PRAYER TO SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS
Dear well-beloved Saint, you were first a soldier like your father.
Converted to the Church, you became a soldier of Christ, a priest and then a Bishop of Tours. Lover of the poor, and model for pagans and Christians alike, protect our soldiers at all times. Make Read More...
PRAYER OF SAINT LEO THE GREAT
Grant to us, O Lord, not to mind earthly things, but rather to love heavenly things, that while all things around us pass away, we even now may hold fast those things which last forever.
Amen.
DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA
O God, who from living and chosen stones prepare an eternal dwelling for your majesty, increase in your Church the spirit of grace you have bestowed, so that by new growth your faithful people may build up the heavenly Jerusalem. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Read More...
PRAYER FOR STRENGTH AND COMFORT
My Lord, if I may be walking through fields that are rough with grief and care, may I have the courage to continue on to the smooth pastures, where I may walk with comfort and peace.
May I not let the weariness and sorrow that may come to my heart today dwarf my hope and enjoyment of the future. Amen.
LORD, BE THOU MY CONSTANT GUIDE
Lord, be Thou my constant Guide,
Lead me all the way,
Till I reach Thy home at last,
Nevermore to stray.
Amen.