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...
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia,
has risen as he said, alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia!
For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
PRAYER FOR THE WORK OF THIS DAY
Almighty God, thank you for the work my hand may find this day. May I find gladness in all its toil and difficulty, it's pleasure and success, and even in its failure and sorrow. I would look away from myself, and behold the glory and the need of the world, that I may Read More...
MAKE ME SMILE
As I stumble through this life, help me to
create more laughter than tears,
dispense more happiness than gloom,
spread more cheer than despair.
Never let me become so indifferent that I
will fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a child
or the twinkle in the eyes of the Read More...
Loving Jesus
We give you our hands to do your work
We give you our feet to go your way
We give you our eyes to see as you do
We give you our tongue to speak your words
We give you our mind that you may think in us
We give you our spirit that you may pray in us
Above all, we give you Read More...