Circle us, O God. Keep protection near and danger afar. Circle us, O God. Keep hope within and keep doubt without. Circle us, O God. Keep light near and darkness afar. Circle us, O God. Keep peace within and keep evil out. Please, circle us, O God. Keep our hearts in your loving hands and Read More...
Loving God, Enlighten what is dark within us… Strengthen what is weak within us… Mend what is broken within us… Bind what is bruised within us… Heal what is sick and hurting within us… Forgive what is sinful within us… And lastly – revive whatever peace, joy and love that have died within us. Amen!
Loving God, grant us a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Thomas Aquinas)
O God, help us to bring our worldly concerns under control, so that they never turn our minds from higher things. Help us have earthly things for use but not as objects of our desires. May there be nothing to hold back the desire of our minds and hearts; and do not let the delights of this world Read More...
Loving God, fill our souls with your holy joy, courage and strength so that we will serve you throughout this day. Enkindle your love in us and then walk with us along the next stretch of road we call this day. We cannot see very far ahead, but when we arrive at the setting of the sun, we know you Read More...
PRAYER BY ST. FRANCIS XAVIER O my Lord Jesus! Teach me to be generous; teach me to serve You as you deserve; to give, and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to ask for rest; to labour, seeking no reward, save that of knowing that I do Thy will. Amen.
Lord, our God, we are in the shadow of your wings. Protect us and bear us up. You will care for us as if we were little children, even to our old age. When you are our strength, we are strong; but when we are own strength, we are weak. Our good always lives in your presence, and we suffer when we Read More...
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming Read More...
