"The true stories highlighted in this vignette confirm that this world is not as it should be. Jesus declared that we would encounter struggles and pain, but He also urged us to never despair for He has overcome this world. Music by Jars of Clay." produced by CatholicMediaHouse. - "Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world."-St. John 16
There are so very many lonely people out there - souls who really do feel utterly alone. If only they were moved to pray - to speak to God in their hearts - how different their lives would be - totally transformed. 'In Him you will have peace,'
May more and more people know the true meaning of those words.
Hey, this song is sung by one of my favorite groups, America.
Nice video! Great song.
We'll be a bit lonely this year - just us four, but we'll see family after Christmas. Please pray for my mother; she is deteriorating mentally. She has always had mental health issues(mean too), but they are getting worse as she gets further into her 70's. She is almost unbearable to be around. She is lonely, miserable, and unreachable. Even my dad stays away on business trips as much as possible. Very sad.
O Jesus, Eternal Priest; keep all Your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart, where none may harm them. Keep unstained their anointed hands which daily touch Your Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Your Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Your glorious priesthood. Let Your holy love surround them and shield them from the world's contagion.
Bless their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they have ministered to be their joy and consolation and in Heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown.
O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us; obtain for us many holy priests.
Our Father, while your Son Jesus walked among us on earth, He taught us by work and example to love one another. We pray that you glorify your servant Damien, in order that inspired by the example of his love for you, and for his fellow human beings, we too, might live your great commandment and reach out to our brothers and sisters in their spiritual and temporal needs.
Inspired by your love, Damien gave his life for the most wretched of his brothers and sisters.
May we, in your goodness, soon see him honored as Saint.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ your son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Marianne Cope
Lord Jesus, You gave us Your commandment of love of God and of neighbor, and identified Yourself in a special way with the most needy of Your people; hear our prayer. Faithful to Your teaching, Mother Marianne Cope loved and served her neighbor, especially the most desolate outcast, giving herself generously and heroically for the victims of leprosy. She alleviated their physical and spiritual sufferings, thus helping them to accept their afflictions with resignation, as a pledge of God’s love and their eternal happiness. Through her merits and intercession, grant us the favor which we confidently ask of You (mention request) so that the People of God, following the inspiration of her life and apostolate, may practice fraternal charity, according to Your word and example. Amen Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be (with ecclesiastical approval)
If your prayers are answered through the intercession of Mother Marianne, please write to Cause Director, Cause of Mother Marianne, 1024 Court St., Syracuse, NY 13208 or to Vice Postulator, Cause of Mother Marianne, 2715 Pamoa Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822
Father Thomas Frederick Price
Intercede for Philip Gerard Johnson
Prayer for Healing
Father Thomas Frederick Price, intercede for our brother, Philip Gerard Johnson. Heavenly Father, who desires that the faithful be drawn to the heroic virtues of Your priest, Fr. Thomas Frederick Price, grant Your healing gifts to Your son Philip Gerard Johnson. We ask this in the Holy Name of Your Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
- Reverend Father Philip Tighe Diocese of Raleigh, NC
Heavenly Father, your divine Son taught us to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His vineyard.
We earnestly beg you to bless our Diocese and our world with many priests and religious who will love you fervently and gladly and courageously spend their lives in service to your Son's Church, especially the poor and the needy.
Bless our families and our children, and choose from our homes those who you desire for this holy work.
Teach them to respond generously and keep them ever faithful in following your Son Jesus Christ, that under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and with the inspiration of Blessed Damien and Blessed Marianne the Good News of redemption may be brought to all. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Jesus, Savior of the world, sanctify Thy priests and sacred ministers.
Litany of Humility
Litany of Humility
O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear my prayer… From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved... Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being extolled ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being honored ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being praised ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being preferred to others... Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being consulted ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being approved ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being humiliated ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being despised... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of suffering rebukes ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being calumniated ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being forgotten ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being ridiculed ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being wronged ... Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being suspected ... Deliver me, Jesus. That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be esteemed more than I ... Jesus, Grant me the grace to desire it. That, in the opinion of the world, others may, increase and I may decrease ... Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be chosen and I set aside ... Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be praised and I unnoticed ... Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may be preferred to me in everything... Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should… Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. Amen +
St. Augustine"s Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Breathe in me O Holy Spirit that my thoughts may all be holy; Act in me O Holy Spirit that my work, too, may be holy; Strengthen me O Holy Spirit to defend all that is holy; Guard me then O Holy Spirit that I always may be holy.
...St. Augustine
A Prayer For Daily Neglects
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits.
First -- To expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life.
(Glory be to the Father and to the Son and the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.)
Second -- To purify the good I have done badly this day and during all my life.
(Glory Be to the Father...)
Third -- To minister for the good I ought to have done, and that I have neglected this day and during all my life.
(Glory Be to the Father...)
A poor Clare nun who had just died, appeared to her Abbess, who was praying for her, and said to her, "I went straight to Heaven, for, by means of this prayer, recited every evening, I paid all my debts."
Pope John Paul II
Servant of God
Prayer for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II
O Blessed Trinity, we thank You for having graced teh Church with Pope John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of Your Fatherly car, the glory of the cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Holy Spirit, to Shine through him.
Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal communion with You.
Grant us, by his intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore..., hoping that he will soon be numbered among Your saints. Amen.
Prayer for the Canonization of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Heavenly Father, source of all holiness, You raise up within the Church in every age men and women who serve with heroic love and dedication. You have blessed Your Church through the life and ministry of Your faithful servant, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. He has written and spoken well of Your Divine Son, Jesus Christ, and was a true instrument of the Holy Spirit in touching the hearts of countless people.
If it be according to Your Will, for the honor and glory of the Most Holy Trinity and for the salvation of souls, we ask You to move the Church to proclaim him a saint. We ask this prayer through Christ, our Lord. Amen. Official Website for the Canonization Cause for the Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
For the Archbishop's writings and words of wisdom, check out Fulton Sheen
Father Patrick Peyton, CSC
The Family That Prays Together, Stays Together
Prayer for the Beatification of Servant of God
Father Patrick Peyton, CSC
Dear Jesus, Father Peyton devoted his priestly life to strengthening the families of the world by calling them to pray together every day, especially the Rosary. His message is as important for us now as it was during his life on earth. We beg you, therefore, to hasten the day of his beatification so that your faithful people everywhere will remember his message that the family that prays together stays together, will imitate him in his devotion to your Mother and ours, and will be inspired by his holy life to draw ever closer to you with childlike confidence and love. Amen.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,
longing to love Jesus as He had never been loved before, you gave yourself entirely to Him, refusing Him nothing.
In union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary, you accepted His call to satiate His infinite thirst for love and souls and become a carrier of His love to the poorest of the poor.
With loving trust and total surrender you fulfilled His will, witnessing to the joy of belonging totally to Him. You became so intimately united to Jesus your crucified Spouse that He deigned to share with you the agony of His Heart as He hung upon the Cross.
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There are so very many lonely people out there - souls who really do feel utterly alone.
If only they were moved to pray - to speak to God in their hearts - how different their lives would be - totally transformed.
'In Him you will have peace,'
May more and more people know the true meaning of those words.
Hey, this song is sung by one of my favorite groups, America.
Nice video! Great song.
We'll be a bit lonely this year - just us four, but we'll see family after Christmas. Please pray for my mother; she is deteriorating mentally. She has always had mental health issues(mean too), but they are getting worse as she gets further into her 70's. She is almost unbearable to be around. She is lonely, miserable, and unreachable. Even my dad stays away on business trips as much as possible. Very sad.
V, thinking of those people can bring me to tears. I too wish they knew that God is there for them.
Alexandra, how sad! I will be praying for your mom, and all your family.
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