PRAYER TO SAINT BASIL Dear Saint Basil, you lived among Saints - your parents and your best friend, Gregory Nazianzen. You were an inspiration of true monastic life and a reformer of priests and laity. Help those who work for moral reform in our turbulent age. Give them a true knowledge of Jesus so they will draw all people to him. Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Jesus, the Light of the World, as we prepare to celebrate your birth, may we begin to see the world in the light of the understanding you give us. As you chose the lowly, the outcasts, and the poor to receive the greatest news the world had ever known, so Read More...
PRAYER FOR THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM Loving God, Welcome into your arms the victims of violence and terrorism. Comfort their families and those who grieve for them. Help us in our fear and uncertainty and bless us with the knowledge that we are secure in your love. Strengthen all those who Read More...
PRAYER IN TIMES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS Dear Lord, Help me find firm ground in this shaky economy. As I seek work and assistance, give me strength not to be anxious when I seem to be going nowhere; give me patience not to despair when things look bleak; give me serenity to know you are here with Read More...
PRAYER FOR THE MORNING Oh Lord, most heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who has safely brought me to the beginning of this day; I give you thanks for my creation, preservation, and all the blessings of my life. Grant that this day I fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of Read More...
PRAYER DURING THE DAY Lord, God Almighty, you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day. Defend us today by your mighty power, that we may not fall into any sin, but that all our words may so proceed and all our thoughts and actions be so directed, as to be always in your sight. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PSALM 62:1-8 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? Surely they intend to Read More...
FOR FAITHFULNESS IN THE USE OF THIS WORLD'S GOODS Almighty God, whose loving hand has given us all that we possess; Grant us grace that we may honor you with our substance, and remembering the account which we must one day give, may be faithful stewards of your bounty; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
