SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
 
My Jesus,
I believe that you are in the Blessed Sacrament.
I love you above all things,
and I long for you in my soul.
Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
come spiritually into my heart.
As though you have already come,
I embrace you and unite myself entirely to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
 
O Sacrament most holy,
O Sacrament Divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be very moment thine.
 
(When unable to receive Holy Communion,
  it is a pious practice to make a Spiritual Communion
using this prayer.)
 
 
THE DAILY OFFERING
 
All for you, O Jesus.
 
My God, I offer you this day
All that I think and do and say,
Uniting it with what was done
On earth by Jesus Christ, your Son.
 
O Jesus,
through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer you all my prayers and works, joys and sufferings of this day
in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.
I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart;
the salvation of souls, reparation for sins,
the reunion of all Christians.
 
I offer them for all the intentions of our Bishops
and in particular for those intentions
recommended by our Holy Father.

 
PRAYER TO THE CROSS OF LOVE

Lord Jesus,
for how many ages have you remained imprisoned upon your cross,
and still we pass you by, ignoring you.
How often have I overlooked your tender presence in my life,
paying little attention to your great sorrow,
your pain, your powerful love?
How often have I, by my ignorance added to your sorrow,
deepened your pain, and refused your love.

You constantly stretch your hands to re-create me,
to touch me with your love,
and still I close my eyes to your presence,
and force you to remain imprisoned upon your cross.
Yet my name is written in your heart forever,
and you will not allow me to ignore you and run from you.
You have loved me with an everlasting love,
and I continue to place obstacles in your path, Lord.
Your cross shows me the power of your love,
that it is stronger than my fear,
that it can overcome my need to run from you.
Lord, let the love that flows from your cross surround me,
break down the walls of my fear, and fill my heart.

Lord Jesus Christ crucified,
teach us how to love one another as you have loved us,
even to the cross

 
ACT OF CONTRITION

O my God, I am heartily sorry
for having offended thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven,
and the pains of hell.
But most of all, because they offend thee my God,
who art so good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace,
to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin.


THE DIVINE PRAISES
 
Blessed be God.
Blessed be his holy name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be his most sacred heart.
Blessed be his most precious blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and immaculate conception.
Blessed be her glorious assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, virgin and mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels and his saints.

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
 
Father,
you have appointed your Son Jesus
Christ eternal High Priest.
Guide those he has chosen to be
ministers of word and sacrament
and help them to be faithful
in fulfilling the ministry they have received
 

PRAYER FOR PRIESTLY VOCATIONS
 
Father,
in your plan for our salvation
you provide shepherds for your people.
Fill your Church with the spirit of courage and love.
Raise up worthy ministers for your altars,
and ardent but gentle servants of the gospel

PRAYER FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN MILITARY SERVICE
 
O Prince of Peace,
we humbly ask your protection
for all our men and women in military service.
Give them unflinching courage to defend with honor,
dignity and devotion the rights of all
who are imperiled by injustice and evil.
 
Guard our churches, our homes, our schools,
our hospitals, our factories, our buildings
and all those within from harm and peril.
Protect our land and its people
from enemies within and without.
 
Bless our world with peace founded upon justice.
Instill in the hearts and minds of men and women everywhere
a firm purpose to live forever in peace and good will toward all.

THE SERENITY PRAYER
 
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.