SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Jesus, You practiced temperance; You were the model of self-restraint, never over-indulging in the temporal. My body being the Temple of the Lord, I must treat it with ongoing respect. Self-abuse destroys the body; be it alcohol, drugs, or excess food. Lord Jesus, Read More...
FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Almighty and Everlasting God, You have given the human race Jesus Christ our Savior as a model of humility. He fulfilled Your Will by becoming Man And giving His life on the Cross. Help us to bear witness to You By following His example of suffering And make us Read More...
THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Dear God, Make my prayer pure and heartfelt. May it always give you glory and honor. Help me to resist the temptation to pray to impress others rather than you. As this Lenten season begins, mold and fashion my heart to be one with yours. Amen.
ASH WEDNESDAY PRAYER O Jesus, you place on my forehead the sign of your saving Cross: “Turn from sin and be faithful to the gospel.” How can I turn from sin unless I turn to you? You speak, you raise your hand, you touch my mind and call my name, “Turn to the Lord your God again.” These Read More...
PREPARE ME FOR THESE WEEKS OF LENT Creator of my Life, Renew me, bring me to a new life in you. Touch me and make me feel whole again. Help me to see your love in the passion, death and resurrection of your Son. Help me to observe Lent in a way that allows me to celebrate that love. Prepare me Read More...
PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES Oh ever immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, Health of the Sick, Refuge of Sinners, Comfortess of the Afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings. Look upon me with mercy. When you appeared in the grotto of Lourdes, you made it a privileged sanctuary Read More...
ACT OF A 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 at least spiritually into my heart. As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself Read More...
ST. SCHOLASTICA PRAYER O God, to show us where innocence leads, you made the soul of your virgin Saint Scholastica soar to heaven like a dove in flight. Grant through her merits and her prayers that we may so live in innocence as to attain to joys everlasting. This we ask through our Lord. Amen.
