Thank You Father for the many friends, family, and loved ones that by Your grace You have placed in my life, and I lift them up to You tonight, praying that You would protect and care for each one during these hours of darkness. We thank You that the angel of Your presence encamps around… Continue reading Bedtime Prayer for Loved Ones
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Bedtime Prayers for Healing
Dear Lord as I settle down once again for the night, I pray for Your healing touch on every part of my life – both spiritual and physical. Lord, You know all the little niggles and pains that I am going through at the moment, and I pray for Your healing touch upon every area… Continue reading Bedtime Prayers for Healing
Prayer Before Sleep
Jesus Christ my God, I adore You and thank You for all the graces You have given me this day. I offer You my sleep and all the moments of this night, and I ask You to keep me from sin. I put myself within Your sacred side and under the mantle of our Lady.… Continue reading Prayer Before Sleep
Night Prayer
I adore You, my God, and I love You with all my heart. I thank You for having created me, for having made me a Christian, and for having preserved me this day. Pardon me for the evil I have done today. If I have done anything good, be pleased to accept it for the… Continue reading Night Prayer
The Daily Examen
The Examen is a method of reviewing your day in the presence of God. It’s actually an attitude more than a method, a time set aside for thankful reflection on where God is in your everyday life. It has five steps. 1. Be still. Ask God for light. I want to look at my day… Continue reading The Daily Examen
Prayer of Abandonment
(Blessed Charles de Foucauld) Father, I abandon myself into Your hands; Do with me what You will. Whatever You may do, I thank You: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only Your will be done in me, and in all Your creatures. I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into Your… Continue reading Prayer of Abandonment
Divine Mercy 3 O’clock Prayer
You expired, O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a… Continue reading Divine Mercy 3 O’clock Prayer
The Angelus
The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary… Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word. Hail Mary… And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us. Hail Mary… Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that… Continue reading The Angelus
Peace Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled… Continue reading Peace Prayer of Saint Francis
Prayer to the Holy Trinity Before Every Action
Omnipotence of the Father, help my frailty and rescue me from the depths of misery. Wisdom of the Son, direct all my thoughts, words, and actions. Love of the Holy Spirit, be the source of all the operations of my soul this day, so that they may be entirely conformed to the Divine will.