These
are some prayers I like. Some were given to me and some I made up. I
still enjoy the Holy Rosary and the Chaplet of Mercy the most. Feel free to
pray these as you wish.
For the irreverence
we have committed in the House of God ~ I wish to make reparation. For our
careless and distracted attendance at Sunday Mass ~ I wish to make
reparation. For our lack of preparation before, and poor thanksgiving after
Holy Communion ~ I wish to make reparation. For our failure to cooperate
with Your daily graces ~ I wish to make reparation. For our sins of pride,
sensuality and of our entire life ~ I wish to make reparation. For our bad
example and the sins we have caused in others ~ I wish to make
reparation. For our tragic indifference to Your words of holy scripture and
to the words of our Holy Father ~ I wish to make reparation. For the
deplorable untruths of heresy, for all deserters and apostates ~ I wish to
make reparation. For the pleasure-seeking and money-mad profaners of the
Lord's Day ~ I wish to make reparation. For the sacrilegious treatment of
Your Churches and Altars ~ I wish to make reparation. For the
heartbreaking outrages committed by those who should be Your greatest
consolation ~ I wish to make reparation. For those who blaspheme Your Holy
Person and Your holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary ~ I wish to make
reparation. Amen.
I
bless you with the Blessing of Our Holy Mother and may the Power of the Holy
Spirit come upon you, may the Peace, the Love, the Joy, the Healing and the
Protection of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and forever!
I
made up this daily prayer, feel free to change it according to your needs...
O
Lord, I offer this day to You; all my thoughts, my actions, my words. I thank
You for all You have given me... my husband, my children, my parents, my family
and friends.... I thank You for our Holy Father, the Pope, for all the clergy,
our bishops, and priests… especially our parish priest... and for all religious
vocations. I thank You for anyone who has had a positive effect on my life.
Bless all these people, protect them, stay with them, and if they offend You,
please forgive them.
O
Holy Spirit, come into my heart and sanctify my thoughts, my actions, my words.
I humbly ask You to instill deep in my heart, lively sentiments of faith, hope,
love, humility, patience, perseverance and charity. Give me the grace of having
true contrition for my sins.... Help me, today, to be a good wife, a good
mother, a good friend. Help me to be a good example to all who know me and to
all those I meet. Use me, if You need me, to influence others and help them
turn to God. Help me to be kind and patient and loving. And I thank You Holy
Spirit.
Dear
Jesus, I love You and I adore You, I thank You, I trust You, I praise You and I
want to Glorify You. You are so loving and forgiving, You truly are my Savior
and I thank You. I want to be with You and to love You as I know You love me.
Come into my life and stay with me and mine for all eternity. Forgive my sins
and help me with my struggles.
Dear
Mary, Mother of God, I love You, You are my heavenly mother, it is said that
You never turn anyone away. I beg You now, to open your arms and gather us all
under your mantle. Protect us, console us, guide us and walk with us as You
lead us to your Son, Jesus. Pray for us now, and at the hour of our death. Dear
Mary, please wrap all our problems and worries in the Royal Cloak of Jesus. I
thank You, Mary.
Lord,
please bless all the lonely, the homeless, the sick, the suffering, the hungry
and the dying. Bless all the innocent babies, who will be aborted in the next
24 hrs, forgive their parents, the doctors and all who condone this terrible
act.
Lord,
I want to live in Your Spirit today, allow Your Spirit to live in me. Help me
to do Your Holy Will at all times.... Amen
Do
not look forward to the trials and crosses of this life with dread and fear.
Rather,
look to them with full confidence that, as they arise, God, to whom you belong,
will deliver you from them. He has guided and guarded you thus far
in
life. Hold fast to His Dear Hand, and He will lead you safely through all
trials.
Whenever
you cannot stand, He will carry you lovingly in His arms.
Do
not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. The same Eternal Father Who
cares
for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day of your life.
Either
He will shield you from suffering or He will give you the unfailing strength to
bear it. Be at peace then and put aside all useless thoughts, vain
dreads, and anxious imaginations. Trust in God and He will give you peace.
God,
my Almighty Creator! You have created me out of love. You have given me
life and talents so that I can serve You with them in my brothers in mankind.
You have given me the gift of freedom and love. I thank You! Today, I
come to You, my Father, through Your Son Jesus, in my name and in the name of
all, who have lost the freedom and capacity to love You and the others. I
turn to You from my enslavement, in which I have fallen because of drugs.
It has taken over my heart, my thoughts and my feelings; it has made me
unable to think right and to make the right decisions. It has
mislead me into evil, into sin, into stealing and into violence. It has
distanced me from You and the others. But I know that You are waiting for me
and that You are happy about my return, like the merciful father, who was
happy about the return of his lost son.
Send me Your Holy Spirit, so that He prays within me and frees me and gives
me the gifts of devotion, strength, wisdom, understanding and love.
Mary, my Mother, I thank You because You were also near me when I was not
close to You or my physical mother, and because You will help me to free myself
completely and return to the home of my Father.
God
has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to
me which He has not committed to another. I have a mission.. I may never know
it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next.
I
am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created
me for nothing. I shall do good, I shall do His work.
Therefore
I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am. I cannot be thrown away. If I am in
sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve
Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He
knows what He is about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me among
strangers, He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future
from me.. still He knows what He is about.
I,
(name), a faithless sinner/ renew and ratify today/ in thy hands/ O Immaculate
Mother/ the vows of my Baptism. I renounce forever Satan/ his pomps and works/
and give myself entirely to Jesus Christ/ the Incarnate Wisdom/ To carry my
cross after Him all the days of my life/ and to be more faithful to Him/ than I
have ever been before./ In the presence of all the Heavenly Court/ I choose
Thee this day/ for My Mother and Mistress/ I deliver and consecrate to thee/ as
thy slave/ my body and soul/ my goods both interior and exterior/ and even
the value of all my good actions/ past, present and future/ leaving to
thee the entire and full right/ of disposing of me/ and all that belongs
to me/ without exception/ according to thy good pleasure/ for the greater Glory
of God/ in time and in eternity.
Heavenly
Father, I love You, and I worship You. I thank You for sending Your Son Jesus
who won the victory over sin and death for our salvation. I thank You for
sending Your Holy Spirit who empowers me, guides me, and leads me into fullness
of life. I thank You for Mary, my Heavenly Mother, who intercedes with the holy
angels and saints for me.
Lord
Jesus Christ, I place myself at the foot of Your cross and ask You to cover me
with Your Precious Blood which pours forth from Your Most Sacred Heart and Your
Most Holy Wounds. Cleanse me, My Jesus, in the living water that flows from
Your Heart. I ask You to surround me, Lord Jesus with Your Holy Light.
Heavenly
Father, let the healing waters of my baptism now flow back through my maternal
and paternal generations to purify my family line of Satan and sin. I come
before You, Father, and ask forgiveness for myself, my relatives, and my
ancestors, for any calling upon powers that set themselves up in opposition to
You or that do not offer true honor to Jesus Christ. In Jesus' Holy Name, I now
reclaim any territory that was handed down to Satan and place it under the
Lordship of Jesus Christ.
By
the power of the Holy Spirit, reveal to me, Father, any people I need to
forgive and any areas of unconfessed sin. Reveal aspects of my life that are
not pleasing to You, Father ways that could have given or could give Satan a
foothold of my life. Father, I give You any unforgiveness… I give You my sins..
I give to You all ways that Satan has a hold of my life. Thank You, Father for
these revelations. Thank You for Your forgiveness and Your love.
Lord
Jesus, in Your Holy Name I bind all evil spirits of the air, water, ground,
underground and netherworld. I further bind, in Jesus' name any and all
emissaries of the Satanic headquarters and claim the Precious Blood of Jesus on
the air, atmosphere, water, ground and fruits around us, the underground and
netherworld below.
Heavenly
Father, allow Your Son Jesus to come now with the Holy Spirit, the Blessed
Virgin Mary, the holy angels and the saints to protect me from all harm and to
keep all evil spirits from taking revenge on me in any way.
(
Repeat the following sentence 3 times, once in honor of theFather,
once in honor of the Son, once in honor of the Holy Spirit. )
In
the Holy Name of Jesus, I seal myself, my relatives, this house
(
place, home, church, car, plane, etc. ) and all source of supply in the
Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.
(
To break and dissolve all Satanic seals, repeat the following paragraph 3 times
in honor of the Holy Spirit because satanic seals are placed 3 times to
blaspheme the Holy.)
In
the Holy Name of Jesus, I break and dissolve any and all curses, hexes, snares,
lies, obstacles, deceptions, diversions, spiritual influences, evil wishes,
evil desires, hereditary seals, known and unknown and every dysfunction and
disease from any source including my mistakes and sins. In the Name of Jesus, I
sever the transmission of any and all Satanic vows, pacts, spiritual bonds,
soul ties, and Satanic works. In the Name of Jesus, I break and dissolve any
and all links and effects of links with: astrologers, channelers, charters,
clair-voyers, crystal healers, crystals, fortune tellers, mediums, the new age
movement, occult seers, palm, tea leaf or tarot card readers, psychics,
senteros, satanic cults, spirit guides, witches, witchdoctors and voodoo. In
the Holy Name of Jesus, I dissolve all effects of participation in seances and
divination, ouiji boards, horoscopes, occult games of all sorts and worship
that does not offer true honor to Jesus Christ.
Holy
Spirit, please reveal to me through word of knowledge any evil spirits that
have attached themselves to me in any way. (Pause and wait for words to come to
you, such as anger, arrogance, bitterness, brutality, confusion, cruelty,
deception, depression, envy, fear, hatred, insecurity, jealousy, pride, resentment, or
terror.)
Pray
the following for each of the evil spirits revealed:
In
the Name of Jesus, I rebuke you spirit of ____. I command you to go directly to
Jesus, without manifestation and without harm to me or to anyone, so that He
can dispose of you according to His Holy Will.
I
thank You, Heavenly Father for Your love. I thank You, Holy Spirit for
empowering me to be aggressive against Satan and evil spirits. I thank You,
Jesus for setting me free. I thank You Mary, for interceding for me with the
holy Angels and Saints.
Lord
Jesus, fill me with charity, compassion, faith, gentleness, hope, humility,
joy, kindness, light, love, mercy, modesty, patience, peace, purity, security,
serenity, tranquility, trust, truth, understanding and wisdom. Help me to walk
in Your Light and Truth, illuminated by the Holy Spirit so that together we may
praise, honor and glorify Our Father in time and eternity. For You, Lord Jesus,
are, "…the way, the truth and the life…"( John 14;6) and You "…have
come that we may have life and have it more abundantly…" ( John 10;10 )
"
God indeed is my Savior: I am confident and unafraid. My strength and courage
is the Lord, and He has been my Savior." ( Isaiah 12;2 ) Amen Alleluia.
Amen.
-BINDING PRAYER
In the name of Jesus + and Immaculate Heart of Maria Rosa Mystica +I take
authority and bind all powers and forces in the air, in the ground, in the
water, in the underground, in nature, in fire in our home, in our work place,
and in our Churches.
Lord Jesus, you are the Lord of the entire
Creation and the Universe and everything in it was Created through you, by you
and for your Glory. We praise you Lord Jesus +, we worship you Lord Jesus
+, we adore you Lord Jesus + and we thank you Lord Jesus+, who sits at
the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
In the Holy and powerful Name of Jesus + and
Immaculate Heart of Maria Rosa Mystica + I bind all demonic forces, wicked
spirits, powers of darkness, hellish spirits, Satanic forces, every wickedness
of the Serpent, disturbances , afflictions , calamities ,blockages , bondages ,
sickness that have come against us and I seal all of us in the protection of
the Most Holy Precious Blood + flowing from the Sacred wounds of the Sacred
head of Jesus +, hands of Jesus+, feet of Jesus +, all the wounds of Jesus +,
Holy Blood and Water gushing forth from the pierced Sacred Heart of Jesus +
shed for our salvation and the Tears of Blood shed by our holy Mother of God
Maria Rosa Mystica at the foot of the Cross for our salvation.
O Immaculate Heart of Maria Rosa Mystica, +
gather us your children under your Immaculate Heart as an Eagle gathers her
brood under her wings and protect us from the attacks of devil and all seen and
unseen enemies.
St Michael, St Raphael, St Gabriel and all
Archangels and Guardian Angels; defend us in the battle against the
principalities and powers, against world rulers of darkness, against all
the wicked spirits under Heaven.
In the Most holy name of Jesus + before
which hell shakes, to which the powers of Heaven, principalities and powers are
subject and Immaculate Heart of Maria Rosa Mystica +,
who has the authority to crush the Head of Satan the serpent, I bind and
command all powers and forces of evil, demonic powers, all wicked spirits,
wickedness of Satan the serpent , every disturbances , calamities ,
afflictions, blockages , bondages and sicknesses to depart
right now away from us, our homes, our land, our work places, our Churches and
every places and send to the feet of Jesus + and Maria Rosa Mystica. + We
enclose ourselves in the Most Sacred wounds of Jesus and Most Holy Immaculate
Heart of Maria Rosa Mystica
to protect us from all harm of the evil one.
In the Name of Jesus + and Immaculate Heart of
Rosa Mystica +, I take authority over each and every spirit that has come
against us and I bind you away. Glorious Patriarch St
Joseph , Protect us !
(When saying this prayer, hold a Crucifix in the hand. Make the
sign of Cross where ever there is cross +)
Loving
heavenly Father, in the Name of Our lord Jesus Christ I bring before
you_________. I thank You, Heavenly Father, that You have sovereign
control over _______. I thank you for the qualities of______ and ______ that I
see You have placed in this person.
In
the name of Jesus Christ and as priest of God, I plead the sufficiency of the
blood of Christ to meet the full penalty his sins deserve. I claim back the
ground of his life that he has given to Satan by believing the enemy's
deception. In the name of Jesus Christ, I resist all of Satan's activity to
hold_________ in blindness and darkness.
Exercising
my authority through my union with the Lord Jesus Christ, I pull down the
strongholds which the kingdom of darkness has formed against____________. I
smash all those plans formed against ________"s mind, will, emotions, and
his/her body. I invite the Holy Spirit of God to bring the fullness of His
power to convict, to bring to repentance, and to lead______ into faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ as his/her Savior. I ask heavenly Father, to draw__________
to Yourself.
Believing
that Your Holy Spirit is leading me, I claim ( full name) for You in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus' Great Name, I joyfully lay this prayer
before You. Amen
Heavenly
Father, I come before You as your child, in great need of your help; I have
physical health needs, emotional needs, spiritual needs, and interpersonal
needs. Many of my problems have been caused by my own failures, neglect
and sinfulness, for which I humbly beg your forgiveness, Lord. But I also ask
you to forgive the sins of my ancestors whose failures have left their effects
on me in form of unwanted tendencies, behavior patterns and defects in body,
mind and spirit. Heal me, Lord, of all these
disorders. With your help I sincerely forgive
everyone, especially living or dead of my family tree, who have directly
offended me or my loved ones in any way, or whose sins have resulted in our
present sufferings and disorders. Father, deliver me and my entire family tree
from the influence of the evil one. Free all living and dead members of my
family tree, including those in adoptive relationships, and those in extended
family relationships, from every contaminating form of bondage. By your loving
concern for us, Heavenly Father, and by the shed blood of your Precious Son,
Jesus, I beg you to extend your blessing to me and all my living and
deceased relatives. Heal every negative effect transmitted through all past
generations, and prevent such negative effects in future generations of my
family tree. I symbolically place the cross of Jesus over of the head of
each person in my family tree, and between each generation; I ask you to let
the cleansing blood of Jesus purify the blood lines in my family lineage.
Set your protective angels to encamp around us, and permit Archangel Raphael,
the patron of healing, to administer your divine healing power to all of us,
even in areas of genetic disability. Give special power to our family
members' guardian angels to heal, protect and guide and let it continue as long
as your sovereignty permits. In
our family tree, Lord, replace all bondage with a holy bonding in family love.
And let there be an ever deeper bonding with you, Lord, by the Holy Spirit, to
your Son, Jesus. Let the family of the Holy Trinity pervade our family with its
tender, warm, loving presence, so that our family may recognize and manifest
that love in all our relationships. All of our unknown needs we include with
this petition that we pray in Jesus' Precious Name. Amen
Lord Jesus Christ, I ask for the
grace today to forgive everyone in my life. I know that You will give me
strength to forgive. I let go of all resentment towards You because of
hardships, death and sickness in the family. I surrender to You today in faith
and trust; You love me more than I love myself. Jesus, You are Lord of my life.
Please, come into my heart in a deeper way and remove anything that would block
the flow of Your Love. Please, give me the grace to rest in Your arms and allow
myself to be loved by You.
Lord, because You have forgiven
me, I can forgive MYSELF for sins, faults and failings. For all that is truly
bad in myself or all that I think is bad, I do forgive myself. For any delving
into the occult, ouija boards, horoscopes, seances, fortune telling or using
lucky charms; for any calling upon sources of power apart from you; for taking
Your name in vain; for not worshipping You; for hurting my parents; for getting
drunk or using drugs; for sins against purity; for adultery; for abortion; for
stealing or lying; I truly forgive myself today. I let go of all self-directed
negativity. I release the things held against myself and make peace with myself
today.
I now stand before You as an
intercessor and extend forgiveness to my ANCESTORS for acts of negativity and
unlove. I come before You, Lord, on behalf of everyone in my family tree and
apologize for any sinful actions. Let forgiveness flow through my family tree.
Let the wounds of the past be healed through my act of forgiveness today. Thank
you. Lord.
I forgive my MOTHER, Lord. I
forgive her for times she may have hurt me, resented me or punished me
unfairly. I forgive her for preferring my brothers and sisters; I forgive her
for telling me I was dumb, ugly, stupid, the worst of the children, or that I
cost the family a lot of money. I forgive her for rejecting me, abandoning me,
or attempting to abort me. I forgive her for telling me I was unwanted, an
accident or a mistake. I forgive her for any lack of nurturing, lack of hugs
and kisses. For any ways she did not provide a deep, satisfying mother´s
blessing I truly forgive her today. I pray for her today and ask God´s blessing
upon her.
I forgive my FATHER. I forgive
him for any non-support, lack of companionship, drinking, severe punishments,
sexual abuse, desertion or unfaithfulness to my mother. I forgive him for not
showing his love; lack of hugs and kisses, tenderness and intimacy. For any
ways that I did not receive a deep, satisfying father´s blessing I do forgive
him today. I pray for him today, and ask God´s blessing upon him.
I forgive my SISTERS AND
BROTHERS for any acts of unlove and negativity. I forgive those who rejected
me, lied about me, resented me, physically harmed me, or competed for my
parent´s love. I forgive all BLOOD RELATIVES for harm done to our family. I
forgive all IN-LAWS for any abuses and expressions of negativity and unlove. I
pray for them and ask God´s blessing upon them.
I forgive my SPOUSE for lack of
love, lack of affection, lack of consideration, lack of support, or lack of
communication; I forgive my spouse for faults, failings and weaknesses. I ask
God´s blessing on my spouse today.
I forgive my CHILDREN today. I
forgive them for lack of respect, lack of obedience, lack of love, lack of
attention, lack of understanding. I forgive them for their bad habits, for
falling away from the Church, for any action that disturbed me. I pray for them
and ask God´s blessing upon them.
I forgive my FRIENDS. I forgive
them for letting me down, gossiping about me, borrowing money and not returning
it, and encouraging sinful behavior. I pray for them and ask God´s blessing
upon them.
I forgive my NEIGHBORS. For any
act of negativity, for lack of consideration, for prejudice, for running down
the neighborhood, I do forgive them today. I pray for them and ask God´s
blessing upon them.
I forgive PRIESTS, NUNS, BISHOPS
AND THE POPE for lack of support, lack of friendliness, pettiness, bad sermons,
for any hurt they may have inflicted. I pray for them and ask God´s blessing
upon them.
I forgive my EMPLOYER. I forgive
him for not paying me enough money, for not appreciating my work, for being
unkind and unreasonable, for being angry or unfriendly, for not promoting me,
for not complimenting me on my work. I pray for my employer today and ask God´s
blessing on him.
I forgive all PROFESSIONAL
people. I forgive LAWYERS for any harm they may have done. I forgive SCHOOL
TEACHERS for humiliating me and imposing unfair punishments; for lack of
warmth; for not encouraging my potential. I forgive DOCTORS, NURSES, and other
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS for treating me unjustly. I pray for them and ask God´s
blessing upon them.
I forgive people in PUBLIC
SERVICE. I forgive those who passed laws opposing Christian values. I forgive
POLICEMEN for any abuses. I pray for them today and ask God´s blessing upon
them.
Heavenly Father, I now forgive
every member of SOCIETY who has hurt me in any way. I forgive those who have
rejected me or hurt me by criminal action, sexual aggression or obscene
actions. I forgive the strangers and nameless perpetrators of evil in society.
I forgive those who have defrauded me or defamed my character. I forgive those
to whom I cannot go directly and face with my anger: the burglar who got away,
the rapist, the murderer, unknown carriers of disease, wartime aggressors. I
pray for them today and ask God´s blessing upon them.
Heavenly Father, I now forgive
by an act of my will, the ONE PERSON IN LIFE WHO HAS HURT ME THE MOST. The one
who is the hardest to forgive, I now choose to forgive. I also make peace with
the one family member, the one friend, and the one member of the clergy who has
hurt me the most in life. I pray for them today, and ask God´s blessing on
them. Thank You, Heavenly Father, for setting us free. In Jesus´Name. Amen.
In the name of Jesus ,I take authorityand bind all powersand forces in the air, in the ground ,in the
water, in the underground , in the underworld, in nature and infire Jesus you are theLordoverthe entire universeand I give Glory for your creation. In your
name I bind all demonic forces that havecomeagainstus and our familiesand I seal all of usin the protection of your Precious bloodthat was shed on the cross .
Mary our Mother we
seek your protection and intercession with the SacredHeart of Jesus for us and our families and
surround uswith your mantleoflove to discourage the enemy.
St Michael
and our Guardian angelscome defend
usand our familiesin battle against all evil ones that roam the
earth.
In the name
of Jesus I bindand commandall the powersand forcesof evil to depart right now away from us,our homesand our lands .Andwe thankyou Lord Jesusfor you are a faithful and compassionate God
.
In the Name
of Jesus .I take authority over each and every Spirit that has come against
(name of person) and bind you away.
(Pleasesay the binding prayerin the morning and evening or any time
experience difficulties and oppression , in breakdown of machines services ,in
prayer time when you walkwork and sleep
.Saywith the familiesand communities beforeany prayer sessionis startedorany spiritualactivity of the Lord and Mary. The
disturbance will pass away.)
ANIMA CHRISTI
CAN BE SAIDAS MANY TIMES IN LIFE BUT SPECIALLY AFTER COMMUNION.
1.
THE ANNUNCIATION......We Pray for the spirit of humility…
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with
Your
Heavenly Father and your boundless love for one another and for us in this
mystery….. Our Father....
1...Our
Lady, rapt in prayer, is kneeling in her home in Nazareth...
2...Suddenly,
a bright light glows in the little room....
3...Unafraid,
our Lady looks up to see the Archangel Gabriel standing before her...
4...For
a moment, he gazes at her lovingly, and then he says: "Hail Mary, full of
grace!"...
5...He
asks her to be the mother of God and awaits her
reply...
6...Mary
asks but one question: what of her vow of
virginity
?...
7...The
angel explains that she is to be at once virgin
and
mother...
8...Without
hesitation, our Lady bows her head in loving
submission..."behold
the handmaid of the Lord...
9..."Be
it done to me according to thy word."...
10…Then
the angel departs and leaves the Word made flesh,
dwelling
in Mary's womb...
Glory
be to the Father..
2.
THE VISITATION...We Pray that the Lord will give us a kind heart… Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
your boundless love for one another and for us in this mystery…
Our
Father...
1...Our
Lady had heard from Gabriel that her cousin,
Elizabeth,
is to have a baby...
2...Wishing
to help her, Mary journeys to Elizabeth's
home...
3...Coming
to her cousin's door, our Lady greets her...
4...Elizabeth's son, John,
leaps with joy in his mother's
womb...
5...Filled
with the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth cries, "Blessed
are
you among women, and blessed is the fruit of
your
womb"...
6...Filled
with God’s joy and love, our Lady chants the
Magnificat:
"My soul magnifies the Lord"...
7...For
three months she stays there helping Elizabeth...
8...She
washes dishes, mends clothes, sweeps the floor,
and
prepares the meals...
9...She
talks and prays and works with her elderly
cousin...
10…Then,
her services being no longer needed, she
takes
the long journey home...
Glory
Be to the Father…
3
THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.. We pray for a spirit of poverty...
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
your boundless love for one another and for us in this mystery…Our Father....
1...Joseph
and Mary start on their tedious road to
Bethlehem...
2...Arriving
there, they can find no room in the inn...
3...At
last they find shelter in a hillside cattle shed...
4...There,
in the stillness of the night, Mary brings
forth
her Son, whose only Father is God...
5...She
wraps him in swaddling clothes, which she
has
woven for his coming...
6...She
lays him tenderly in the manger....
7...There,
she and Joseph adore their infant God...
8...On
a nearby hillside, shepherds watching over their
sheep
are startled by angel voices bringing tidings
of
great joy...
9...They
leave their sheep and come running to the
feet
of the Lamb of God. They kneel in simple
faith
to adore the tiny Good Shepherd...
10…All
the while, Bethlehem
and the whole world,
are
sunk in unheeding slumber. They do not
know
that the Savior, Mary’s Son and the Father’s ,
is
in their midst...
Glory
be to the Father...
4.
THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD IN THE TEMPLE
We
pray that the Lord will give us an obedient heart...
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
your boundless love for one another and for us, in this mystery… Our Father...
1...The
time for Mary’s legal purification draws near. She
wraps
the Child in warm clothing and takes him to Jerusalem with Joseph to present him to Lord,
his Father...
2...At
the temple, Joseph purchases two doves, the offerings of the poor...
3...Mary
gives these offerings to the priest, and he prays
over
her...
4...And
she, Our Immaculate Mother is purified...
5...As
they come away from the alter, the old man Simeon
meets
them...
6...Eagerly
and reverently, he takes the Child Jesus in his
arms...
7...He
sings his song of joy and dismissal now that his eyes
have
seen God's salvation sent to all people...
8...Looking
at our Lady, he tells her that a sword of sorrow will pierce her heart...
9...As
they turn from Simeon, Anna, the prophetess, rejoices also to see the tiny King
Messiah...
10…After
they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they return to Nazareth...
Glory
be to the Father…
5.THE
FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
We
Pray that we also can find Jesus when we go looking for Him... Jesus and Mary,
we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and your
boundless love for one another and for us, in this mystery…Our Father...
1...Mary,
Joseph, and Jesus (now a boy of 12) travel with
a
caravan up to Jerusalem
to celebrate the Passover...
2...The
days of the feast being over, Mary and Joseph
set
out for home; but the Child Jesus remains in
Jerusalem...
3...Terror
seizes Mary's heart when she realizes, at the
end
of the first day's journey, that the boy is not with them...
4...Mary
and Joseph return to Jerusalem
anxiously,
sorrowfully,
seeking him...
5...For
three heartbreaking days, they search in vain...
6...At
last, they find Him in the temple, listening to and
asking
the wise men questions...
7...With
mingled sorrow and joy, Mary wonders...
8..."Son,
why have you done this to us? Your father and I have searchedfor you,
and worried."...
9...They
do not understand Him when he says: "Do you not know that I must be in my
Father's house"...
10…Jesus
then goes down with them to Nazareth,
remaining
there in obscurity and obedience for
18
long years...
Glory
Be to the Father...
THE
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
1.THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
We
Pray for true contrition for our sins...Jesus and Mary, we unite ourselves to
your close union with Your Heavenly Father and your boundless love for one
another and for us, in this mystery…………Our Father...
1...Our
Lord and the apostles leave the Last Supper Room,
for
the Garden of Gethsemane...
2...Our
Lord takes Peter and James and John into the inner garden with Him...
3...He
begins to grow sad, fearful, and sorrowful...
4...He
says to the apostles, "My soul is sorrowful even
unto
death; please stay and pray with me."...
5...Going
a little further into the garden by himself,
Our
Lord falls on the ground, and he prays that
this
hour, this chalice, pass from him...
6...He
is in such agony, He prays more, and his sweat becomes as drops of blood,
trickling down to the
ground...
7...He
goes back to the disciples and finds them
asleep.
"Peter, could you not stay awake for
one
hour with me...
8...Again
He goes and prays: "Father, if this chalice
may
not pass and I must drink it, your will be done."...
9...Once
again He returns to find the disciples sleeping,
so
He returns to the garden to pray a third time...
10..At
last, He returns, wakes his disciples, and
goes
to face Judas and the multitude...
Glory
Be to the Father.
2.
THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR
We
pray for the grace of mortifying our senses... Jesus and Mary, we unite
ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and your boundless love
for one another and for us, in this mystery…Our Father…
1...Pilate
says, "I find no cause in this man. I will
chastise
him, and release him...
2...So
Our Lord is led away by the soldiers to an
inner
courtyard… where there is a whipping post ...
3...They
tear off his clothes, his back is bare...
4...They
make Him stretch across the whipping post
and
they fasten Him there...
5...Then,
with heavy whips, they take turns whipping his back...
6...Men
have been known to die of such a beating...
7...Our
Lord agonizes under each cruel lash...
8…The
soldiers cruel and vulgar, continue their beating...
9...At
last, weary of it all, they stop the scourging
-but
not until our Lord's back is one bloody open wound...
10…Finally
they release him, think of the agony he must feel as He straightens to stand
erect...
Glory
be to the Father..
3.THE
CROWNING WITH THORNS
We
pray that we will have the grace to have contempt of the material world...
Jesus and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly
Father and your boundless love for one another and for us, in this mystery…Our
Father...
1...The
terrible scourging has not satisfied the brutal
soldiers...
2...This
man has claimed to be a King, so they begin to
ridicule
Him...
3...They
kick a rough bench into place to be his throne...
4...An
old military cloak is thrown on his shoulders...
5...He
is placed on the throne and they mock Him...
6..."A
crown, a crown, the king must have a crown!"...
7...Looking
about, they find a mass of thorns with long
spikes...
8...Shaping
it into a crown, they place it on his head...
9...They
force it into place with the flat of their swords...
10..They
cry out: "Hail King of the Jews!" They
strike
him and they mock him...
Glory
Be to the Father…
4.
THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
We
pray for patience in carrying our crosses…
Jesus and Mary, we unite ourselves to your
close union with Your Heavenly Father and your boundless love for one another
and for us, in this mystery….
Our
Father...
1...Washing
his hands of the whole affair, Pilate condemns
Christ
to death...
2...The
heavy cross is dropped upon His weary shoulders...
3...As
He stumbles along the streets of Jerusalem,
Our
Lord
slips and falls...
4...He
comes face to face with his grief-stricken Mother...
5...Afraid
that He will die before reaching Calvary, they make Simon of Cyrene help Him with the cross...
6...In
an act of kindness, Veronica wipes his face with her
veil...
7...Despite
Simon's help, the weakened Christ falls again,
this
time more heavily...
8...He
rises to find the women of Jerusalem
weeping
with
sadness...
9...Again,
even more heavily, Jesus falls to the ground...
10…Dragged
to his feet and pushed forward, he arrives
at
Calvary, where he is stripped of his garments
and
readied
for the sacrifice...
Glory
Be to the Father...
5.
THE CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF OUR LORD
We
pray for the conversion of sinners, the perseverance of the just and the relief
of souls in purgatory… Jesus and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union
with Your Heavenly Father and your boundless love for one another and for us,
in this mystery… Our Father…
1...The
cross is prepared for its victim...
2...Our
Lord is cast down upon it...
3...The
nails are driven into place in his hands and feet...
4...At
last, the executioners lift the Cross and fix it
in
the rocky socket prepared for it...
5...Jesus
our Lord is crucified!...
6...He
hangs there, between heaven and earth for
three
long agonizing hours...
7...He
pleads "Father, forgive them for they know
not
what they do...
8...Our
Lord lovingly gives John to Mary and Mary to John...
9...He
rewards the good thief with the promise of heaven…
10…At
last, his work perfectly done; he gives a loud cry, bows his thorn-crowned
head, and dies...
Glory
be to the Father...
THE
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
1.
THE RESURRECTION
We
pray for the gift of FAITH …
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
your boundless love for one another and for us in this mystery…Our Father…
1...Easter
Sunday dawns bright and joyous. Our Lord
rises
gloriously from the tomb...
2...The
holy women, anxious to anoint his body, hurry
to
the Lord's tomb...
3...They
are amazed and frightened to find the stone rolled back...
4...The
angel calms the fears of the women, saying, "He
is
not here, he is risen!"...
5...Our
Lord appears to Mary Magdalen and soothes
her
broken heart...
6...She
rushes back to the disciples, and cries, "I have
seen
the Lord!"...
7...The
risen Lord manifests himself to a contrite
Peter...
8...He
walks with the two who are going to Emmaus
and
reveals Himself in the breaking of the bread...
9...Our
Lord comes through the barred doors that
evening
and greets the rest of the disciples with the
words:
"peace be to you."
10…He
breathes upon them and gives them the power to forgive the sins of the men for
whom He died...
Glory
Be to the Father..
2.
THE ASCENSION
We
pray for the gift of hope...
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
to your boundless love for one another and for us in this mystery…Our Father...
1...Our
Lord shows himself alive to his disciples during
forty
days...
2...Then,
at last, he leads them out to MountOlivet...
3...He
promises that the Holy Spirit will come upon them...
4...He
charges them to preach the Good News and to love each other as he has loved
them...
5...These
things being said, his body is taken up to
heaven...
6...There,
He sits at the right hand of the Father...
7...The
disciples continue to stand there, gazing up into
heaven...
8...Two
men, in white garments are suddenly with them.
They
ask," Why do you stand there looking at the
heavens?"…
9...Then
the men tell the disciples that Jesus will come again...
10…The
disciples then leave and go back to Jerusalem...
Glory
be to the Father..
3.THE
DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We
pray to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit...
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
your boundless love for one another and for us in this mystery………Our Father...
1...The
followers of our Lord return to the upper room...
2...There,
all together, they persevere in prayers...
3...Besides
the apostles, the women and the Mother of Jesus are there...
4...The
days between the Ascension and Pentecost pass in this union of love and
worship...
5...On
Pentecost Sunday, when they are all together in one place, suddenly they hear a
sound "as a mighty wind
coming"...
6...It
fills the whole house where they are sitting...
7...They
see," parted tongues as it were of fire."...
8...They
are all filled with the Holy Spirit...
9...They
begin to speak in different tongues, "as the Holy
Spirit
gave them to speak."...
10…Filled
with apostolic zeal, they go from the room to
conquer
the world...
Glory
Be to the Father...
4.
OUR LADY'S ASSUMPTION
We
pray for the gift of a happy death and eternal happiness in heaven…
Jesus and Mary, we unite ourselves to your
close union with Your Heavenly Father and your boundless love for one another
and for us in this mystery…
...Our
Father...
1...After
the apostles dispersed, our Lady went to live
with
John, the beloved disciple...
2...Her
days on earth are now drawing to a close...
3...Those
who knew her in life gather at her bedside...
4...Naturally,
they are sad at the prospect of losing their
Mother...
5...But
they do not sorrow as those who have no hope...
6...They
do not languish in fruitless and unavailing grief...
7...They
place her body in the tomb...
8...Later,
to their amazement, her body is not there...
9...Joyously,
they realize that Jesus would not permit
His
Holy Mother's body to see corruption...
10…He
has assumed her body as well as her soul into
heaven,
to be with Him...
Glory
Be the Father...
5.
THE CORONATION OF OUR LADY AS QUEEN OF HEAVEN
...We
Pray for the gift of love, for all of Mary’s intentions and for the relief of
the souls in purgatory...
Jesus
and Mary, we unite ourselves to your close union with Your Heavenly Father and
your boundless love for one another and for us in this mystery…Our Father...
1...Our
Lady is borne triumphantly, body and soul into
heaven...
2...There,
She is placed on a throne next to her Divine
Son...
3...She
is crowned Queen of the angels and of men...
4...The
Father rejoices in his daughter's triumph...
5...The
Son looks with exultant love on his first and
greatest
earthly conquest...
6...The
Holy Spirit delights in his spouse...
7...He
delights in the beauty of body and soul that
He
has wrought in her...
8...From
Her throne, our Lady graciously dispenses
love
and peace to men...
9...Even
as we say this rosary, she gives us yet more
of
God's love...
10...One
of heaven's greatest joys will be our final union
I believe that you are truly in the Blessed Sacrament
Right here before my very eyes
How I love you!
Here You welcome me with open arms,
With grace and peace, You greet me.
Offer all my prayers to the Father
Intercede on my behalf.
Plead for every petition that is in my heart.
Give me the grace to become truly holy.
Teach me always to do the Father’s will,
Seeking first the kingdom of God
and His Holy way.
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In
choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I
should love above all things. I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance,
to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ
suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy on me.
Let me be cleansed by the Blood and Water flowing
from Your Sacred Heart.
Pierce my heart, Jesus, with a humble and contrite
spirit and a strong sense of right and wrong, that I may rather die than sin,
so that I may never betray You again.
Most Sacred Heart, help me to pray, to fast and to
make reparation in atonement for my past sins.
All Glory, Honor and Praise be to You, Jesus,
For remaining in the Blessed Sacrament, for coming to
us in such a simple way, so that we can see You, speak with You and adore You.
I love You my Jesus.
I bring to you my family, my parents,
my siblings, my spouse, my children, my
grandchildren,
my extended family, my whole family tree and all
those I love.
I place each one into your Most Sacred Heart.
I consecrate them to God the Father, to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
and to You, My Dearest Jesus.
I implore You to bless them,
I implore You to heal them,
I implore You to enkindle in each of their hearts…
the desire to be close to You…the knowledge of how
much You love them.
Teach them, Jesus, of your love!
Inflame their hearts with your own love!
Do not allow one of them to escape from You!
Eucharistic Blood of Jesus,
cleanse me from all that is not holy.
Water from the side of Jesus,
wash me from all false idols.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
I pray now for those who are sick and suffering
with all types of illnesses…especially those in pain,
I pray for all in hospitals, nursing homes and care homes,
I pray for those who are dying at this very minute.
Jesus, be with them, have mercy on them!
Heal their pain; replace it with Your Presence.
Give them courage and perseverance,
give them Your strength,
give them the grace to do Your Holy Will!
Dear Jesus, may Your Spirit take me
Into the wound of Love,
Your Most Sacred Heart,
Where I find security and rest in a heavenly taste
Of my eternal home with You, forever.
I pray for new vocations to the priesthood and
to religious life.
Jesus, instill in the hearts of many young men the
desire to serve You.
Help them see you clearly, keep their souls clean,
Do not allow corruption to enter into their hearts.
I pray for all vocations, for single people and for married couples, that You,
Jesus will be at the center of their lives and that they will trust in You,
that parents will raise their children according to Your Holy Word.
I pray for all unbaptized babies, I desire the Sacrament of Baptism for each of
them.Transform their parents’
indifference into a burning quest for sanctity, giving them a new heart and
renewing Your Holy Spirit within them.
Worthy are You, Jesus,
To receive the adoration of all mankind,
in the Blessed Sacrament.
You are My Lord and my God and my Savior!
I love You my Sweet Jesus!
Bless our Pope, John Paul 11… Protect him and guide
him.
Bless all our cardinals, bishops and priests.
Bless all who are thinking of religious vocations.
Bless all religious sisters and all missionaries.
Jesus, I know how difficult it is for these servants.
Jesus, give them the courage they need to carry on.
Make them holy Lord so that they will teach your
truth
And lead us in Your Holy Way!
Radiating in the Eucharist, Jesus,
Pour out Your abundant graces upon all mankind.
Let Your Divine Sweetness flow for all who come into
the light of Your Presence.
Coming before You, Jesus,
I pray for every member of our parish,
Especially those who are in most need of Your help.
Bless each one with a new outpouring of Your Love,
Goodness, mercy and grace.
I pray for all who are addicted to drugs, gambling, alcohol and pornography.
Jesus, remove that evil veil that is shading their
minds.
Show them Your love,
Give them Your strength.
I pray for all the sinners of the world,
for all prisoners, for all those who do not know You!
Lord, have mercy on them.
I
pray for the victims of violence,
for those who suffer abuse, emotional, physical and
sexual.
Lord, heal their hearts, their minds and their
bodies; let your mercy
flow abundantly upon these poor people and restore
their self-respect,
re-establish
their trust in You,
that they may fill their hearts with forgiveness.
Heal their feelings of bitterness and hopelessness
Comfort them with Your peace and Your love.
Deliver the world, Lord Jesus,
from the grips of Satan.
Cleanse in Your Precious Blood,
the sins of all humanity.
I pray that all abortions will stop.
Lord, have mercy on all those people involved in
abortions.
Instill in their hearts a renewed respect and love
for life;
especially the life of these poor innocent babies in
the womb.
With confidence, I come to You, Jesus,
Offering all that I am and all that I have,
Along with the Immaculate Heart of Mary
To make up for what is lacking in my love for You.
Mother Mary,
Like the tender compassion of a mother
toward a child in great need,
Your Heart is powerfully attracted
to my very helplessness and wretchedness,
for You love me with a merciful love. I thank you
Mary for the part You played in bringing Jesus into the world. All the honor is
Yours Dearest Mother. Pray for me now and intercede before Your Son for all the
petitions I bring here today.
Pray also for my family, pray for all of us
especially when we need it the most.
Intercede also, Mary for all the intentions in the
box at the altar of Jesus, here and in all the churches in the world. I trust
in Your intercessions, Mother Mary, how can Jesus refuse the requests of His
Mother. I thank You Blessed Mother, for all the graces that You bestow upon us.
How can we wipe away the tears in your eyes and the
sorrows of Your Heart, but to pray? Help
us, Mother Mary, to be more faithful to the Holy Rosary.
I
pray for the poor, the hungry, the lonely, the shut-ins, I pray for those who
are unemployed and those who have no homes.Lord, I bring all these people to You and I implore You to have mercy on
them. Fill their emptiness with hope and peace. Let Your graces come down upon
them so that they will feel Your Love.
Remind me in times of distress that all trials are
only meant to keep me close to You.
Keep me close to You, Jesus,
I have no other place to go,
For in You alone I find my peace and my joy.
For You are my Lord, My God and My All.
I
pray for the relief of souls in purgatory, especially those in my own family.
Lord, send one drop of your Precious Blood to each
soul in purgatory.
Ease their suffering; send your holy angels to bring
them consolation.
I offer each mass being said this day throughout the
world in atonement for the relief of souls in purgatory, for the conversion of
sinners everywhere, those in the universal church and those in my own home.
I
pray for all the leaders of the world and for peace on earth.
Lord, have mercy on us, help those who are at war.
Heal the hate that grows in the hearts of all people.
Change this hate and violence to love and compassion
for all.
Jesus, strip away everything in me
that is an obstacle to a perfect union with You,
that I may taste the goodness
of your love and grow to spiritual maturity.
I pray for all those who have
forgotten about You, all those who do not go to church anymore, for all those
who do not recognize You in the Holy Eucharist.
I
pray for all those who have left Your flock.
Jesus, call them back, have mercy on them, teach them
how to love You.
With Your Loving Heart, draw them back to You.
I
pray in thanksgiving for all the graces that you have bestowed upon me.
For my loving family, my home and all my possessions,
for my friends, my church and my neighborhood…. For all things in nature.
I thank You for all those You have sent to me, who have had a positive,
spiritual effect on me, for all those I pray with regularly, for those who
attend mass with me.
I
thank You for Your Holy word in scripture, for the opportunity of receiving
Your Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity into my very heart, in the Holy Eucharist.
And Jesus, I especially thank You for the time that I
can spend with You right here, right now. To be able to talk to You as we are
talking now.
Speak to me now, Jesus, open my heart so I can hear
all the things You want to say to me. Speak to me in silent inspiration.
Let me come close to You, let me feel Your warmth and
Your love like never before, that I may be overwhelmed by Your Presence.
I give You all my love and thanksgiving,
For in Your Gentle Heart, Jesus, all sinners can find
Forgiveness. You are an Ocean of Mercy.
Claim me once more as Your own, Jesus.
Prepare my heart for You have called me to walk in
the marvelous light
of Your truth, and to proclaim the glorious works of
Your love.
Praise be to You, Jesus
The Good Shepherd in the Blessed Sacrament,
Remain with me always.
You are the guardian of my soul.
Keep me from sin that I may live in accord with God’s
Will.
To Your Gentle Heart, Sweet Jesus,
I lift up all my petitions,
Heal my soul, my mind and my body. Keep me healthy so
that I can do Your Holy Will.
I offer You all my pains, my anxieties, my worries,
my concerns
about myself, my family and the world, I place them
at the foot of Your cross.
I ask You to pour Your Precious Blood upon them and
to hide them in Your Precious Wounds. By Your wounds, we are healed.
Help me to trust You more.
Teach me to understand the value of suffering,
For suffering purifies the soul.
Give me the grace to follow in Your footsteps, and to
walk in You.
I pray for all the good and faithful people of the world,
Who love You and adore You. Keep them in Your Sacred
Heart,
Bless them and keep them safe. Give them the grace to
persevere
in prayer. Give
them the grace and the courage to evangelize, that others will see You in them.
Shine Your Light upon them!
You draw me to Yourself
In the Blessed Sacrament today,
with strong spiritual bonds of indescribable personal
affection,
Pouring out Your graces like rays of a million suns,
bathing my soul with spiritual riches.
In Your Eucharistic love,
Restore me in hope,
Confirm me solid in faith,
Strengthen me in charity, and establish me in Your
Holy Will, that I may live the gospel. Teach me to die to myself, that I may
live more fully, in You, with You and for You. Help me to be absolutely
obedient to You!
Help me, Jesus, to resist all temptations, from the
world, the flesh and the devil. I am weak but You are strong.
With child-like confidence, I lean on You. I need You
to be close to me.
I need to feel Your love.
Make my heart one with Yours,
That I may love others as You have loved me.
Give me, Jesus, that perfect love which casts out all
fears.
Free my mind from all anxiety and fear … that with
child-like trust I surrender myself to You completely, through the Immaculate
Heart of Mary.
Lord, I offer You this hour of adoration and all acts
of adoration and reparation made by souls who love everywhere in the world. I
offer You, Your Son Jesus Christ, His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. Accept
His pure Blood in reparation for all the outrages committed by mankind.Wipe out their sins and have mercy on them.
I love You, Jesus with all my heart.
Stay with me until I can be with You again in this
special way.
Let me be your humble servant in whichever way You
want.
Fill me with Your Holy Spirit that I may speak Your
words. Let Your light shine through me to those who need it the most. I trust
You, my Jesus!
Adoration
Eternal Father, I
thank You because Your infinite Love has saved me, even against my own will.
Thank You, my Father, for Your immense patience, which has waited for me. Thank
You, my God, for Your compassion, which has had pity on me. The only return I
can make to you in payment for all that You have given me is my weakness, my
pain and my misery.
I am before You, Spirit of Love, you
who are an ever-burning fire, and I want to remain in Your adorable presence. I
want to make reparation for my faults, renew myself in the fervor of my
consecration, and render to You my homage of praise and adoration.
Blessed Jesus, I am before You and I
want to draw from Your Divine Heart countless graces for me and for all souls,
for the HolyChurch, and for your priests and
religious. Grant, Oh Jesus, that these hours be truly hours of intimacy, hours
of love in which I will be granted to receive all the graces that Your Divine
Heart has reserved for me.
Virgin Mary, Mother of God and my
Mother, I unite myself to you, and beg of you to have me share in the feelings
of Your Immaculate Heart.
My God, I believe, I
adore, I hope and I love You. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not
adore, do not hope and do not love You.
Most
Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly and I offer
You the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the
tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and
indifferences whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His
Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion
of poor sinners.
Act of Faith and Adoration
I believe, O Jesus,
with my liveliest faith that You are present, here, in front of me, under the Eucharistic
Species. You, the Eternal Word of the Father, are begotten from all eternity
and incarnate in the womb of the Virgin Mother. Jesus Christ, Redeemer and
King, I truly believe that You are present in the ineffable truth of Your
Divinity and Your Humanity.
Jesus, You are the same Jesus of
Bethlehem, the Divine Child, who for my sake will acceptbanishment,
poverty and persecution. You are the Jesus of Nazareth, who for my love, embraced
concealment, hardships and obedience. You are the Divine Teacher, who came to
teach me the sweet truths of the Faith, to bring the great commandment of love:
Your Commandment. You are the Merciful Savior, the One who bends over all my
miseries with infinite understanding and moving kindness, always ready to
forgive, to heal, to renew. You are the Holy Victim immolated for the glory of
the Father and the good of all souls. You are the Jesus, who sweated blood for
me in the Garden
of Gethsemani; who
suffered for me the condemnation of human tribunals, the most painful flagellation,
the cruel and humiliating crowning of thorns, the cruel martyrdom of the
crucifixion. You are He, who wanted to agonize and to die for me. You are the
Risen Jesus, the vanquisher of death, of sin and of hell, who longs to
communicate the treasures of Divine Life, which You possess in all its
fullness.
My Jesus, You are here, present in
the Consecrated Holy Host, with a Heart overflowing with tenderness, a Heart,
which loves infinitely. In Your Heart, Jesus, I find the infinite Love, the
Divine Charity - God, the beginning of Life - existent and alive. How sweet it
is for me, My God, Trinity most blessed, to worship You in this Tabernacle
where You are now!
Therefore, I join the angels and the
saints, who invisible but present and vigilant around Your Tabernacle, adore
You incessantly. I join, above all, Your most holy Mother, and her
feelings of profound adoration and intense love, that sprang from her soul from
the first instant of Your Incarnation, when she carried You in her immaculate
womb.
And while I worship You in this
Tabernacle, I do so in all the Tabernacles of the world and especially in those
where You are most abandoned and forgotten. I adore you in each Consecrated
Host that exists between Heaven and Earth.
I worship You, God the Father,
because through Christ, You have descended to my humanity, and because through
His adorable Heart, You have united Yourself so closely to man, to me, a
poor ingrate creature. I adore You in this church sanctified by the ever
current Presence of Your Divine Being. I prostrate myself in profound adoration
before Your Sovereign Majesty. Yet, at the same time, love draws me up to You.
I worship You, God the Father, and I
love You. My love and my adoration are totally mixed and combined in my soul,
so much that I could not tell whether I love more than I adore or adore more
than I love. I adore You because I find in You: all power, all holiness,
justice and wisdom. You are My Creator and My God. I love You because I find in
You all beauty, all kindness, all tenderness and all mercy. I love You because
You have given me, as a present, an invaluable treasure.
Jesus is my Treasure. He is mine and
at any moment I can draw graces from Him with full hands, since I find this
Treasure always abundant. I take all I need from Him, in order to pay my debts,
to meet my needs, to find delight, to earn a crown. What ineffable gift is this
Jesus, whose Heart overflows with all tenderness! A treasure, which is never
depleted, the more I take, the more He gives.
O God the Father, You have loved your
creatures so much, that You gave them Your only Son. In order that the majesty
of Your Word would instill us withawe and our souls could address Him
with confidence, You clothed Him with flesh like ours. You adorned Him with the
most attractive graces. Above all, You gave Him an infinitely perfect Heart,
such, that It had to be the abode of Your delights, because in this Heart lives
Your Divine Fullness, and in It the most humble of creatures has a place of
privilege.
That adoredHeart is as
immense as Yourself, My God, because It contains You. It is also my dwelling
place, since It loves me. In It I meet Your Divinity, and upon seeing me in
this sacred refuge, Your just wrath is placated and Your Justice is disarmed.
I adore You, God the Father, through
Jesus and in Jesus. I worship Jesus, Your Son, who by His Humanity is My
Brother and by His Divinity is My God. I love You through Jesus and with Jesus.
I love You through the Heart of Jesus, made mine by love. I love You in Jesus. Through
Him my love reaches You. Through Him I can reach You and embrace You.
R/: My God, I believe in Your
Love for me.
† In the sublime
mystery of the unity of Your Nature and the Trinity of Your Persons, R/.
† In the harmony of Your innumerable
Perfections, R/.
† In the inexhaustible wealth, with
which you make beings out of nothing, R/.
† In the peaceful possession of Your
eternal Happiness, R/.
† In the infinite Wisdom, with which
You govern all things, R/.
† In the unfathomable kindness, with
which You elevate man to the dignity of being Your child, R/.
† In the infinite Mercy, with which
You tolerate and conserve the sinner, R/.
† In the mysterious decree by which
Redemption was established, R/.
† In the infinite debasing of Your
Incarnation, R/.
† In the humiliations, the
concealment and the labors of Your earthly life, R/.
† In the ignominy of Your Passion and
Death, R/.
† In the glory of Your Resurrection,
of Your Ascension and of Your triumph in the heavens, R/.
† In Your Divine Heart opened by a lance
on Calvary, R/.
† In Your Divine Heart revealed to
Your saints in the course of the centuries, R/.
† In Your Divine Heart, beating with
Love for us in Your adorable Chest, present in our Tabernacles, R/.
† In Your Divine Heart, overflowing
with Mercy for poor sinners, especially in the Sacrament of Penance, R/.
† In Your priesthood, which in the
course of the centuries continues Your work of Love and Salvation, R/.
† In Your Vicar, Your visible
representative on earth, R/.
† In the Church, which conserves and
dispenses the treasures of Your Divine Grace to souls, R/.
† In its infallible
Magisterium, its wise ruling, and its unfathomable power to sanctify, R/.
† In Most Holy Mary, Your Mother,
enriched with so many privileges and also established as our Mother, Co-Redemptrix
and Advocate, R/.
† In the exuberant fruitfulness with
which You produce saints, R/.
† In the moving generosity with which
You dispense Your gifts, R/.
† In the mysterious work of grace in
the intimacy of the soul, R/.
† In the purifying gift of Your
Cross, R/.
† In the marvelous Providence, with which You follow each
creature through the course of his life, R/.
† In Your infinite Glory, which You
communicate to Your elect, making them eternally happy in Heaven, R/.
Lord, in the recitation
of the Gloria at Holy Mass, the Church invites me to give You thanks for Your
infinite glory. She invites me to thank You, to glorify You and to praise You
for all that You are, My God. For this reason I take pleasure in repeating:I give You thanks for You Are Infinite Love.
After having prostrated myself to
worship You in the Heart of Jesus, I want to give You thanks. I thank You, my
God, because You are Love, and I thank You for all the gifts of Your Love. And
since it is through Jesus that You have given us the most precious gifts, the
gifts of supernatural life, it is also through Him, with Him and in Him, that I
want to lift up to You this hymn of thanksgiving.
In union with Jesus I thank You, God
the Father, for all the personal graces You have bestowed upon me. You gave me
life, bringing me out of the void. You have conserved my life, day after day up
to this moment. But You have given me another more valuable life, the life of
grace, which makes me share in Your own Divine Life. And after the first grace,
with which You sanctified me on the day of my Baptism, I have received from You
so many more graces that have conserved, increased and, perhaps, regained my
supernatural life!
I think of the gifts of Your Love,
which I have enjoyed so abundantly:
† In the Church You
have given me as my teacher and guide towards eternity.
† In the priests who have conferred
on me the gifts of Your Love.
† In the forgiveness, continually
renewed.
† In the Eucharist, which has been my
nourishment, strength and consolation.
† In the Virgin Mary, who is my good
Mother, my consoler, my help and my special protector during every instant of
my life.
† In the Paradise
You have prepared for me, which with Your grace, I hope to reach.
I look at my life,
sown with joys and sorrows, and I understand that all in it has been Love. All
of it, O My God, because from Your Loving Heart nothing but Grace and Love can
flow.
R/: I
thank You, my God.
† For all these
things, R/.
† For all the gladness You have
allowed me to enjoy; as well as for all the sorrows and trials You have
scattered on my path, R/.
† For the known, as well as for the
unknown graces, R/.
† For the favors of the past and for
those in the future, R/.
† For all You have done in me and for
me and for all that You will still want to do in the future, R/.
† Above all for calling me to the
knowledge of Your Love and to consecrate myself to It, R/.
† For Your Light and Joy, of which I
am far from being worthy, R/.
† For the light and joy that the
knowledge of Your Love has brought to my life, R/.
† For the possession
of Your Love, which makes You mine, and makes me Yours, R/.
But I do not want
and ought not to give thanks for myself only. I give You thanks also for all
the gifts which Your Love has poured out on the Church. I give You thanks for
all the benefits granted to the angels and to the saints, perpetual praises of
Your Love. And I thank You above all, for the innumerable benefits granted to
Most Holy Mary, our sweet Mother. I thank You for having made her so great, so holy,
so beautiful. I thank You for the privileges that You have given her and for
the throne of glory, on which You have placed her. I give You thanks for having
made of this creature of Your predilection, a Mother in whom I can and should
place all my hopes.
In order to offer a more efficacious
thanksgiving, I permit myself, O Lord, to liven it with my love. Therefore, I
tell You again and again that I love You with all my heart, with all my soul,
with all my mind and with all my strength.
R/: I
love You, my God.
† You, who are
infinite Love, R/.
† You, who have saved me by Your
Love, R/.
† You, who command me to love You,
R/.
† With all my heart, R/.
† With all my soul, R/.
† With all my spirit, R/.
† With all my strength, R/.
† Above all possessions and honors,
R/.
† Above all pleasures and joys, R/.
† More than myself and all that
belongs to me, R/.
† More than my
parents and friends, R/.
† More than all men and angels, R/.
† Above all created things in Heaven
and on earth, R/.
† Only for Yourself, R/.
† Because You are the utmost
Goodness, R/.
† Because You are infinitely worthy
of being loved, R/.
† Because You are infinitely Perfect,
R/.
† Even if You had not promised me Paradise, R/.
† Even if You did not threaten me
with hell, R/.
† Even if You tried me with misery
and misfortune, R/.
† In abundance and
in poverty, R/.
† In prosperity and in misfortune,
R/.
† In honors and in scorns, R/.
† In joys and in pain, R/.
† In health and in sickness, R/.
† In life and in death, R/.
† In time and in eternity, R/.
† In union with the love, with which
all the saints and angels love You in Heaven, R/.
† In union with the
love, with which the Blessed Virgin Mary loves You, R/.
† In union with the infinite Love,
with which You eternally love us, R/.
O My God, You who
possesses in an unfathomable abundance all that is perfect and worthy of love,
extinguish in me all culpable, sensual and inordinate love towards creatures.
Ignite in my heart the most pure fire of Your Love so that I may love only You,
for You, to the point of being consumed in Your Most Holy Love, so that I may
go, together with the chosen, to love You eternally in Heaven. Amen.
Lord, now I want to make atonement
before You. O Jesus, Divine Victim of our altars, great and only Atoner, I also
unite myself to You in order to perform with You and through You, the role of a
small atoning soul.
And I also call upon you, O my
Mother, that just as you offered your Jesus to the Father at the same time that
He immolated Himself for His Glory and for the salvation of souls at Calvary,
may you renew at this moment, that mystical offering in my place.
Offer in the chalice of your
Immaculate Heart, O sweet Virgin, the sorrows of Jesus together with yours in
order to invoke Divine Mercy on me and on the whole world. After having thanked
You for your endless gifts, how could I not be troubled at the sight of my many
faults and infidelities? How ungrateful and cold I have been in response to
your benefits!
Prostrated before You, who has loved
me so much, filled with confusion and regret, I beseech Your Pardon and Your
Mercy:
R/: O
Jesus, have mercy on me!
† For the misuse I
made of the natural gifts I received from You: my life, my energy, my time, my
senses, my intelligence, my tongue, R/.
† For the great and small acts of
disobedience to Your law, R/.
† For the duties, disregarded or
carelessly completed, R/.
† For the good I could have done and
have not done, R/.
† For allowing many times the triumph
of bad inclinations in me; of pride, vanity and egoism, R/.
† For not having practiced Your
commandment of charity as You ordained it, R/.
† For having left barren in me so
many graces, R/.
† For the lukewarmness with which I
practiced my life of piety, R/.
† For the
indifference and coldness with which I responded to Your gifts of Love, R/.
† For having many times preferred the
creatures and human satisfactions to You and Your consolations, R/.
† For the little fidelity and
generosity with which I have lived my consecration, R/.
† For the lack of faith in Your Love
and the abandonment of It, R/.
† For the lack of dedication to souls
and to the Church, R/.
† For my rebelliousness and lack of
love for Your Will, and Your Cross, R/.
I lose myself in
Your Presence, O my God.
I kneel at Your Feet.
I prostrate myself in front of You, O
Jesus, Divine Host, My Redeemer and Savior, as did Mary Magdalene. And even
though it is true that I am unworthy of Your Love, I am certain that You will
have for me the same merciful tenderness.
Father, when the joy of Your Presence is about me,
how can I ever know discontent? For discontent puts a barrier between me and
You, it dilutes the strength of Christ within me.
I do not know the reasons that tribulations may come
upon me. I do not need to know the reasons. I know that in trusting You,
Father, will answers to life's tests be found.
My problems are not really problems, they are merely
means to strengthen my true self. The circumstances are only exercising tools.
Strength and joy and wisdom come from mastering these tools, these come from
the overcoming of conditions; which ignored could weaken or bring me pain.
In trust, I ask You, Father, Help me to know the
difference between pleasure and joy; Help me to give purity of motive; Help me
to put no other gods before You.... relationships, circumstances,
self-satisfaction or anything.
I trust You, Lord, Help me to trust You more, show me
the way. I cannot chart my path, for I have not come this way before. You, Lord
know the way for You are the Path. So in trust, I walk every step with You.
A Prayer
Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this right
now. I am
asking You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is
pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self doubting,
release
a renewed confidence in Your ability to work through them. Where there is
tiredness, or exhaustion, I ask You to give them understanding, patience,
and strength as they learn submission to your leading. Where there is
spiritual stagnation, I ask You to renew them by revealing Your nearness,
and by drawing them into greater intimacy with You.
Where there is fear, reveal Your love, and release to them Your courage.
Where there is a sin blocking them, reveal it, and break its hold over my
friend's life. Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up
leaders, and friends to support, and encourage them. Give each of them
discernment to recognize the evil forces around them, and reveal to them the
power they have in You to defeat it. I ask You to do these things in Jesus'
name.
I bind all disruptive spirits around
us in the water, on the earth, above the earth, in the elements and atmosphere,
the principalities and powers. I rebuke you, order you and command you to
be still, to be silent, to be mute, not to say one word or do one thing.
I cut all communications coming and going around us by the power of the
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS' WOUNDS, by the power of the RESURRECTED CHRIST,
and the power given to MOTHER MARY to crush the evil one's head. I
seal this place, these people, with the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS.
O St. Joseph whose protection is so
great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my
interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession
and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus
Christ, Our Lord; so that having engaged here below your Heavenly power I may
offer my Thanksgiving and Homage to the most Loving of Fathers. O St. Joseph, I
never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not
approach while He reposes near your heart. Press him in my name and kiss His
fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath.
St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen
Blessed
Joseph, husband of Mary, be with us this day.
You protected and cherished the Virgin;
loving the Child Jesus as your Son,
you rescued Him from the danger of death.
Defend the Church, the household of God,
purchased by the blood of Christ.
Guardian of the Holy Family,
be with us in our trials.
May your prayers obtain for us
the strength to flee from error
and wrestle with the powers of corruption
so that in life we may grow in holiness
and in death rejoice in the crown of victory.
Amen.
Today I come to add my prayers to the thousands of prayers offered to you every
day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for cures and healings,
earthly and spiritual blessings, and peace for body and mind. And because of
your friendship with the Lord, He heals those you ask to be healed and forgives
those you forgive.
Through
your visible wounds of the Cross, which you bore for 50 years, you were chosen
in our time to glorify the crucified Jesus. Because in many of our churches the
tabernacle and the cross have been replaced with other symbols, please help to
bring them back into our midst, for we acknowledge they are true signs of
salvation.
As we lovingly recall the wounds that pierced your hands, feet and side, we not
only remember the blood you shed in pain, but your smile and the invisible halo
of sweet- smelling flowers that surrounded your presence, the perfume of
sanctity.
Padre
Pio, the Lord has invited you to join the holy company of Saints. In your
kindness, please help me with my special request:..
Bless me and my loved ones. Make us your spiritual children. In the Name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
PRAYER OF REPENTANCE
Loving Heavenly Father, I come again
to worship You in the wonder of who You are.
I confess my sins to You, Dear
Heavenly Father. Wash me clean in my Savior's Precious Blood from all that
offends You. I recognize within my person a fleshly nature that can be
rebellious in Your sight. I affirm that in my union with Christ in His death I
am dead to the rule of the fleshly nature.
I desire the new nature You placed
within me to be in charge through the power of my Savior's resurrection. Thank
You for having made this new creation in righteousness and true holiness, so I
can love You deeply and serve You fully.
May Your Holy Spirit enable me to
manifest before You and others the fruit of His full control.
I confess that, as a believer, I show
my poor, blind, and naked condition. Thank you that my Lord Jesus Christ has
invited me to come and buy that gold refined in His disciplining fires. I want
that gold for myself and for Your church. Anoint our eyes with the eye salve
that enables us to see things as our Lord Jesus Christ sees them.
I base every request on the merit of
our Lord Jesus Christ's finished work. Amen
Loving Heavenly Father, I thank You
for Your perfect plan for our marriage. I know that a marriage functioning in
Your will is fulfilling and beautiful. I bring our marriage before You that You
make it all You desire it to be.
Please forgive my sins of failure in
our marriage. In the Lord Name of Jesus Christ, I tear down all of Satan's
strongholds designed to destroy our marriage. In His name, I break all negative
relationships between us that have been established by Satan and his wicked
spirits. I will accept only the relationships established by You and the
Blessed Holy Spirit. I invite the Holy Spirit to enable me to relate to my
spouse in a manner that will meet his/her needs.
I submit our conversations to You,
that they may please You. I submit our physical relationship to You, that You
may bless it. I submit our love to You, that You may cause it to grow and
mature.
Open my eyes to see all areas where I
am deceived. Open my spouse's eyes to see any of Satan's deceptions upon
him/her. Make our union to be the Christ-centered relationship You have
designed in Your perfect will. I ask this in Jesus' name with thanksgiving.
Amen
In
Your Name, Lord Jesus, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, come Yourself into my
heart to forgive....... all wrong he/she has done to me, consciously or
unconsciously.
Liberation
In
Your Name, Lord Jesus, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, for the Glory of God
the Father, may he/she be liberated of all debt towards me, without condition
and forever.
Blessing
Fill
him/her, Lord Jesus, with the Graces of Your Love and Your Blessings.
Self-
forgiveness
In
Your Name, Lord Jesus, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, for the Glory of God
the Father, forgive all my sins and heal me of all trace of sin. I accept
myself as I am, with all my faults, all my limits, all my qualities and I love
myself now because you, Lord, loved me first and Your Love for me is unending.
Self-liberation
In
Your Name, Lord Jesus, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, for the Glory of God
the Father, come and liberate me of all fears, worries and anxieties, all hate,
all pride, all aggression, all envy, all vengeance and all evil negative
influences. Liberate me of the feelings of guilt, insecurity, inferiority
and doubt.
Blessing
Lord
Jesus, Bless me now and forever. Shower me with Your Graces of Love,
Forgiveness, Joy and Protection. Amen
Novena
to Saint Jude
Start with:
St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of
the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors and
invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases, and of things
despaired of. Pray for me who am so distressed. Make use, I implore you, of
that particular privilege accorded you to bring visible and speedy help where
help was almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I
may receive the consolation and succor of Heaven in all my necessities,
tribulations and sufferings, particularly....(make request) and that I may
bless God with you and all the elect throughout eternity. St. Jude, apostle,
martyr, and relative of our Lord Jesus Christ, of Mary, and of Joseph, intercede
for us! Amen.
DAY ONE
O blessed apostle St. Jude, who labored zealously among the Gentiles in many
lands, and performed numerous miracles in needy and despairing cases, we invoke
you to take special interest in us and our needs. We feel that you understand
us in a particular way. Hear our prayers and our petitions and plead for us in
all our necessities especially ... .May we be patient in learning God's holy
will and courageous in carrying it out. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus,
mercy!
DAY TWO
O blessed apostle Jude, who has been instrumental in gathering us here together
this day, grant that we may always serve Jesus Christ as He deserves to be
served, giving of our best efforts in living as He wishes us to live. May we
dispose our hearts and minds that God will always be inclined to listen to our
prayers and petitions, especially those petitions which we entrust to your care
and for which we ask you to plead for us.... Grant that we may be enlightened
as to what is best for us, in the present and future, not forgetting the
blessings we have received in the past. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus,
mercy!
DAY THREE
O holy St. Jude. Apostle of Jesus Christ, you who have so faithfully and
devotedly helped to spread his Gospel of Light, we who are gathered together
today in your honor, ask and petition you to remember us and our needs.
Especially do we pray for... May it also please our Lord to lend an ear to your
supplications in our behalf. Grant that we may ever pray with fervor and devotion,
resigning ourselves humbly to the divine will, seeing God's purpose in all our
trials and knowing that He will leave no sincere prayer unanswered in some way.
Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY FOUR
Saint blessed Jude, you were called to be one of Christ's chosen apostles and
labored to bring men to a knowledge and love of God; listen with compassion to
those gathered together to honor you and ask your intercession. In this
troubled world of ours we have many trials, difficulties, and temptations.
Plead for us in the heavenly court, asking that our petitions may be answered,
especially the particular one we have in mind at this moment.... May it please
God to answer our prayers in the way that He knows best, giving us grace to see
his purpose in all things. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY FIVE
O holy St. Jude, apostle and companion of Christ Jesus, you have shown us by
example how to lead a life of zeal and devotion. We humbly entreat you today to
hear our prayers and petitions. Especially do we ask you to obtain for us the
following favor.... Grant that in praying for present and future favors we may
not forget the innumerable ones granted in the past but often return to give
thanks. Humbly we resign ourselves to God's holy will, knowing that He alone
knows what is best for us especially in our present needs and necessities.
Amen.
St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY SIX
St. Jude, apostle of Christ and helper in despairing cases, hear the prayers
and petitions of those who are gathered together in your honor. In all our
needs and desires may we only seek what is pleasing to God and what is best for
our salvation. These, our petitions.... we submit to you, asking you to obtain
them for us, if they are for the good of our souls. We are resigned to God's
holy will in all things, knowing that He win leave no sincere prayer unanswered
in some way though it may be in a way unexpected by us. Amen. St. Jude, pray
for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY SEVEN
O holy apostle Saint Jude, in whose honor we are gathered today, may we never
forget that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ chose you to be one of twelve
apostles. Because of this and of the martyrdom you suffered for the Faith, we
know you are a close friend of Almighty God. Therefore we do not hesitate to
petition you in our necessities, especially.... We humbly submit ourselves to
the will of God, knowing full well that no sincere prayer is ever left
unanswered. May we see God's good and gracious purpose working in all our
trials. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY EIGHT
O holy Saint Jude, apostle of Christ, pray that we may ever imitate the Divine
Master and live according to his will. May we cooperate with the grace of God
and ever remain pleasing in his sight. Especially do we ask you to plead for us
and obtain whatsoever is necessary for our salvation. Forget not our special
petitions.... May we always be thankful to God for the blessings we have
received in the past. Whatsoever we ask for the present or future, we submit to
the Divine Will, realizing that God knows best what is good for us. We know He
will respond to our prayers and petitions in one way or another. Amen. St.
Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, mercy!
DAY NINE
O holy Saint Jude, apostle and martyr, grant that we may so dispose our lives
that we may always be pleasing to God. In working out our salvation in this
life we have many needs and necessities. Today we turn to you, asking you to
intercede for us and obtain for us the favors we ask of God. Especially do we
petition for... May we not so much seek temporal good but rather what will
avail our souls, knowing that it will profit us nothing if we gain the whole
world yet suffer the loss of our soul. Therefore, may we incline ourselves
toward the divine will, seeing God's good and gracious purpose in all our
trials. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us! My Jesus, my mercy!
ST.
ANTHONY'S PRAYER FOR LOST CHILDREN
Lovable St. Anthony, we come to you, with complete childlike confidence, as a
favor before God, who heeds your pleas for those in need.
Dear St. Anthony, loving protector, defender of the innocent, in trust we place
in your arms our children, who often are victims of abuse, neglect, and
violence.
Pray for their protection. Pray that those innocent victims, who suffer for the
sins of others, be returned for our safe-keeping.
Pray for our peace of mind, to carry on this special mission, and comfort us in
our time of loss.
Pray for all of us who have lost faith, hope, and friendship with God; so that
we may have new faith, new hope, and new love.
Dear St. Anthony, procure for us steadfastness, and determination to make this
nation a safer haven for our children.
In your kindness and compassion, consider these and all the prayers of your
innocent children, and carry them up to heaven above, for the blessings on our
troubled, unloved and unwanted.
Quiet the fears of our precious children and return peace and security in their
hearts.
· Lord, Grant me light to see myself as You see
me and the grace to be truly contrite for my sins. O Mary, help me to make a
good confession.
Examination
based on the commandments
Preliminary
1.
Have I ever failed to confess a serious sin or disguised it?
2.
Have I been guilty of irreverence for the Sacrament of
Reconciliation
a.
By failing to do an examination of conscience
b.
By failing to do the penance given to me by my confessor
c.
By neglecting to do the Easter Duty of receiving the
Sacraments
of
Reconciliation and The Eucharist
First Commandment
a.
Am I ignorant of my catechism (Act of Contrition, Apostle’s
Creed, The Ten Commandments, The Seven Sacraments, the Our Father)?
b.
Do I fail to teach my children of the same?
c.
Have I willingly doubted or denied any of the
teachings of the church?
d.
Have I taken part in any non-Catholic worship?
e.
Have I practiced any superstitions (horoscopes, fortune
tellers, tarot cards, ouiji boards)?
Second Commandment
1. Have I used God’s name in vain by way of profanity?
2. Have I complained against God?
3. Have I maligned priests or others consecrated to God?
4. Have I sworn by God’s Name (oath) falsely or rashly?
5. Have I broken any private vow?
Third Commandment
1. Have I missed Mass on Sundays or holy days through my own fault?
2. Have I been inattentive during Mass or otherwise failed in reverence
for the
Most Blessed
Sacrament?
3. Have I done any unnecessary servile work (physical labor) or
shopping on Sunday?
4. Have I failed to fast on required days (Good Friday or Ash
Wednesday)?
Fourth Commandment
1. Have I been disrespectful to my parents or neglected them?
2. Have I failed in obedience to authority?
3. Have I mistreated my spouse or my children?
4.
Regarding my children:
a. Have I neglected for their material needs?
b. Have I failed to care for their
early Baptism or in their proper religious
instruction?
c. Have I allowed them to
neglect their religious duties?
d. Have I tolerated their keeping questionable
company or
inappropriate
dating?
e. Have I failed to discipline
them?
f. Have I given
them bad example? g. Have I
accepted any wrong actions in my home ( unwed couples sleeping together, dirty
magazines, violent or pornographic movies )
Fifth &Eight
Commandments
1. Have I quarreled with anyone?
2. Have I cursed anyone or otherwise wished evil on them?
3. Have I taken pleasure in anyone misfortune?
4. Is there anyone to whom I refuse to speak to or be reconciled?
5. Have I lied about anyone?
6. Have I rashly judged anyone of a serious sin?
7. Have I engaged in gossip or spread scandal?
8. Have I been eager to hear something scandalous about anyone?
9. Have I been envious or jealous of anyone?
Sixth & Ninth
Commandments
1. Have I denied my spouse his or her marriage rights?
2. Have I practiced birth control?
3. Have I committed adultery or fornication?
4. Have I embraced or touched another impurely?
5. Have I sinned with others of the same sex?
6.
Have I committed masturbation or otherwise sinned impurely
with
myself?
7. Have I harbored lustful desires for anyone?
8. Have I indulged in impure thoughts?
9. Have I failed to dress modestly?
10. Have I done anything to provoke impure thoughts in others?
11. Have I read indecent literature or looked at indecent pictures?
12. Have I watched suggestive films or programs?
13. Have I permitted my children or anyone in my charge to do the same?
14. Have I
used indecent language or told indecent stories?
15. Have I
willingly listened to such stories?
16. Have I
boasted of such sins?
17. Have I sinned against chastity in any other way?
Seventh & Tenth
Commandments
1.
Have I stolen anything?
2.
Have I damaged anyone’s property through my own fault?
3.
Have I cheated or defrauded anyone?
4.
Have I refused or neglected to pay my debts?
5.
Have I neglected my duties or been slothful in my work?
6.
Have I refused or neglected to help anyone in urgent need?
7.
Have I failed to make restitution?
Other sins
1.
Have I knowingly caused other to sin?
2.
Have I cooperated in the sins of others?
3.
Have I sinned in gluttony?
4.
Have I become intoxicated?
5.
Have I used narcotics?
6.
Have I been motivated by the love of money (avarice)?
7.
Have I indulged in boasting or vainglory?
8.
Have I received Holy Communion or other sacraments in the
state of mortal sin?
