This is love.Not that you spoke words of comfort,walked with the unclean and unloved,shared wisdom, bread and fish,brought healing into livesand challenged the status quo. This is love.That you spoke the word of God,walked a painful road to the Cross,shared living water, bread of life,brought Salvation to the worldand died for the sake of all. …
O Holy Cross of God, I come before you today, In humility and reverence, seeking your help and protection, May your power and strength shield me from all harm. May your light guide me on my path, And lead me from the darkness of sin and ignorance, Towards the eternal light of God’s love and …
Forgive me my sins, O Lord,forgive me my sins;the sins of my youth,the sins of my age,the sins of my soul,the sins of my body;my idle sins,my serious voluntary sins,the sins I know,the sins I have concealed so long,and which are now hidden from my memory.I am truly sorry for every sin,mortal and venial,for all …
Dear God, I come before you seeking your help, Teach me to forgive as you have forgiven me, Help me to let go of anger, resentment and grudges. Grant me the grace to embrace humility, And to seek reconciliation with those who have hurt me, May I extend mercy and love to them as you …
As I kneel before Thee on the Cross, most loving Saviour of my soul, my conscience reproaches me for having nailed Thee to that cross with these hands of mine, as often as I have fallen into mortal sin, wearying Thee with my monstrous ingratitude. My God, my chief and most perfect good, worthy of …
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Dear God, I come before you as a farmer, Thanking you for the land you’ve given me to cultivate May I work with diligence, respect, and gratitude. Bless my hands that they may sow the seeds with care, And tend to the crops with the love and attention they require, May they yield an abundant …
Dear Father, I come to you today to pray with the words of Pope Pius XII, asking for your mercy and protection for myself and for all those who call upon your name. As I face the challenges and uncertainties of life, may I always turn to you with the same confidence and trust that …
O Lord, I beseech Thee to grant me Thy Divine Light,that I may know the designs of Thy providence concerning me,and that, filled with a sincere desire for my soul’s salvation,I may say, with the young man in the Gospel:What must I do to be saved?All states of life are before me; but,still undecided what …
Oh Lord, as I receive these ashes on my forehead, may they be a sign of my humility before you, a reminder of my mortality and my need for your mercy. I offer you my heart and my life, knowing that without you, I am nothing, and that only in you can I find true …
O Lord,The house of my soul is narrow;enlarge it that you may enter in.It is ruinous, O repair it!It displeases Your sight.I confess it, I know.But who shall cleanse it,to whom shall I cry but to you?Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord,and spare Your servant from strange sins.St. Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) …