SAINT JOHN DE BRÉBEUF, SAINT ISAAC JOGUES
AND COMPANIONS
O God, who chose to manifest the blessed hope of your eternal kingdom by the toil of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and their companions and by the shedding of their blood, graciously grant that through their intercession the faith Read More...
PRAYER TO SAINT ANTHONY, ABBOT
Saint Anthony, you spoke of the importance of persevering in our faith and our practice. Help us to wake up each day with new zeal for the Christian life and a desire to take the next challenge instead of just sitting still. Amen.
EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
Jesus Christ, Light of the World has been born to dispel the darkness that covers its people. God’s glory appears in human form. Life on earth will never be the same again!
Father God, the star that led the Magi to the stable announced to the world that its Savior was Read More...
THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY, HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
Heavenly Father, You blessed the Virgin Mary with the fullness of grace. She is my model of faith, hope, and love.
I give this New Year to her intercession and ask for her holy prayers. Place my needs into the protection of her motherly love. With her Read More...
CHRISTMAS PRAYER - Pope John XXIII
O sweet Child of Bethlehem,
grant that we may share with all our hearts in this profound mystery of Christmas.
Put into the hearts of men and women this peace for which they sometimes seek so desperately and which you alone can give to them.
Help them to Read More...
FOR THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER
Almighty God, who pours out the spirit of grace and of supplication to all who ask for it;
Deliver me, when I draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, so that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections, I may worship You in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
PRAYER OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
O Lord Jesus Christ, open Thou the eyes of my heart, that I may hear Thy word and understand and do Thy will, for I am a sojourner upon the earth. Hide not Thy commandments from me, but open mine eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of Thy law. Speak unto me the Read More...
A PRAYER BY SAINT BRIDGET
O Jesus! Who art the beginning and end of all things, life and virtue, remember that for our sakes Thou was plunged in an abyss of suffering from the soles of Thy Feet to the crown of Thy Head. In consideration of the enormity of Thy Wounds, teach me to keep, through pure Read More...