PRAYER FOR THE SICK
Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge of those who sleep.
Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ.
Rest your weary ones.
Bless your dying ones.
Soothe your suffering ones.
Pity your afflicted ones.
Shield your joyous Read More...
HEBREWS 13:1-2, 5-6
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
Be content with what you have, for God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I Read More...
PRAYER OF THANKS FOR PEOPLE
God of Love,
I thank You for the people in my life
who are easy to love.
I thank You for my family and friends
who understand my actions,
who support my decisions,
and whose presence can life the burden of a thorny day.
Help me with those who are difficult to Read More...
PRAYER TO ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL
Father in heaven,
the light of your revelation brought Peter and Paul
the gift of faith in Jesus your Son.
Through their prayers
may we always give thanks for your life
given us in Christ Jesus,
and for having been enriched by him
in all knowledge and Read More...
A PRAYER BY SAINT IRENAEUS
It is not you that shapes God
it is God that shapes you.
If you are the work of God
await the hand of the artist
who does all things in due season.
Offer Him your heart,
soft and tractable,
and keep the form
in which the artist has fashioned you.
Let your clay be Read More...
A PRAYER WHEN FEELING LOW
Loving Lord Jesus, whose hands are underneath our lowest feelings to support us as we rest in you. Hold me in this dark place and sustain my life with your hope. Let the light of your love warm my heart, and your Holy Spirit, the comforter, be with me to lift me up. Amen.
PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ALONE
I live alone, dear Lord,
Stay by my side.
In all my daily needs
Be thou my guide.
Grant me good health,
For that indeed, I Pray,
To carry on my work
from day to day.
Keep pure my mind,
My thoughts, my every deed,
Let me be kind, unselfish
In my Read More...
BEATITUDES FOR CAREGIVERS
Blessed are those who care and who are not afraid to show it — they will let people know they are loved.
Blessed are those who are gentle and patient — they will help people to grow as the sun helps the buds to open and blossom.
Blessed are those who have the ability to Read More...