PRAYER FOR MY PARENTS
Loving Father, I turn to you now and pray for my own parents. You chose them from all eternity to give me your gift of life.
They too struggled throughout their lives. They had their successes and their failures. They were not perfect but they did the best they Read More...
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Blessed are you, Lord God:
Blessed are you forever.
Holy is your name:
Blessed are you forever.
Great is your mercy for your people:
Blessed are you forever
Amen!
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
We praise you and give you glory:
We bless you for calling us to be Read More...
PRAYER FOR STRENGTH AND PEACE
Almighty God, help me to understand that peace does not come in rebellion or grieving, but is obtained through the calm of the soul.
Grant that if I may be perplexed or worried today, I may have the power to control myself and wait in thy strength. Amen.
"Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith" ...Pope Francis
ACT OF TRUST…
In all my temptations
In all my weakness
In all my sorrows
In every failure
In every discouragement
In all my undertakings
In life and in death
In time and in eternity
O Sacred Heart of Jesus
I place my trust in Thee.
Amen.
SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES
O God, who gladden us each year with the feast day of the Apostles Philip and James, grant us, through their prayers, a share in the Passion and Resurrection of Your Only Begotten Son, so that we may merit to behold You for eternity.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Read More...
SAINT ATHANASIUS
Father,
You raised up Saint Athanasius
to be an outstanding defender
of the truth of Christ’s divinity.
By his teaching and protection
may we grow in Your knowledge and love.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
PSALM 145:8-10
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.