PRAYER OF ST. BONAVENTURE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Lord Jesus, as God's Spirit came down and rested upon you, May the same Spirit rest on us, Bestowing his sevenfold gifts. First, grant us the gift of understanding, By which your precepts may enlighten our minds. Second, grant us counsel, by which Read More...
PRAYER TO SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, our elder sister in the Lord, discreetly, you watch over us; May your love for Jesus and Mary inspire in us words and deeds of friendship, of forgiveness and of reconciliation. Pray that God will give us the courage, the boldness and the Read More...
PRAYER FOR THE SICK Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge of those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ. Rest your weary ones. Bless your dying ones. Soothe your suffering ones. Pity your afflicted ones. Shield your joyous Read More...
HEBREWS 13:1-2, 5-6 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Be content with what you have, for God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I 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 my decisions, and whose presence can life the burden of a thorny day. Help me with those who are difficult to Read More...
PRAYER TO ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL Father in heaven, the light of your revelation brought Peter and Paul the gift of faith in Jesus your Son. Through their prayers may we always give thanks for your life given us in Christ Jesus, and for having been enriched by him in all knowledge and Read More...
A PRAYER BY SAINT IRENAEUS It is not you that shapes God it is God that shapes you. If you are the work of God await the hand of the artist who does all things in due season. Offer Him your heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form in which the artist has fashioned you. Let your clay be Read More...
A PRAYER WHEN FEELING LOW Loving Lord Jesus, whose hands are underneath our lowest feelings to support us as we rest in you. Hold me in this dark place and sustain my life with your hope. Let the light of your love warm my heart, and your Holy Spirit, the comforter, be with me to lift me up. Amen.
