Dear
God
We are all different
And live in very different places
But you love each one of us the same
Because we are all part of your family.
Help us to remember
How much you love us
And to remember our brothers and sisters
In Ireland and around the world.
Amen.
Trocaire
Prayer
Dear God
You know all our names,
know all about us,
and care for us every day.
Help us to remember children
throughout the world
Who don’t have enough to eat,
And help us to make a world
Where everybody has enough.
Amen.
In
Sickness
The Lord
gives; the Lord takes away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Lord, in sickness and in health,
I wish to serve you.
I ask for the gift of restored health
but if it is your will that my sickness continue
please give me the strength to bear my cross.
Canticle of Simeon
Now Master
you can let your
servant go in peace
just as you promised
because
my eyes have seen
the salvation which you
prepared for all the nations
to see
a light
to enlighten the pagans
and the glory of your people Israel
The
Nunc Dimittis, Luke 2:29-32
At
the beginning of a New Year….
I am the
light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk in
darkness but will have the light of life.
John 8:12
Dear
Lord,
When I have doubts and hesitations
act as my guide.
When I am in darkness, shine
like a lamp to light my path.
When I am worried or troubled,
help me to put all my trust in you.
When I feel lonely, help me to
remember that you are always with me.
Prayer for Advent.
May the Lord bless you.
May he wipe away your tears.
May you weep no more.
May your ears be attuned to his Word
and your steps follow his ways.
Then the Lord will guide you in peace
and feed you from the abundance of his love,
so that you may rejoice always and never lose
from your heart the love he gives. Amen
We
cherish the ‘Evening of Life’ as
we pray:
May he
support us all the day
long, till the shades lengthen
and the evening comes, and the
busy world is hushed, and the
fever of life is over and our work is done!
Then in His Mercy may He give us a safe
lodging and a holy rest and peace at last.
Cardinal
Newman
Suscipe
of Catherine McAuley
My God
I am yours for
time and eternity
Teach me to cast myself entirely
into the arms of
Your loving Providence
with the most lively, unlimited
confidence in Your
compassionate, tender pity.
Grant me,
O most merciful Redeemer,
that whatever
You ordain or permit
may be acceptable to me.
Take from my heart all painful anxiety;
suffer nothing to sadden me but sin,
nothing to delight me but the hope
of coming to the possession of You,
my God and my All,
in Your everlasting kingdom. Amen
Prayer
of the Pilgrim
Lord make us prophets of our times,
Pilgrims not wayfarers.
May each day begin with
prayerful preparation, opening
our hearts to you.
Make us aware, that although
individuals, we travel with others
and help us to keep vigil with you
in that holy place within the heart.
Deepen our awareness of your
abiding presence in us and
around us, as we journey
together today.
Amen
Sts Peter & Paul
- 29th June
Lord Jesus,
Peter denied you and
Paul persecuted you;
yet you made them witnesses
of your love and truth.
Open our hearts to the
good news they preached,
and grant that we may all love him
whom we do not yet see,
Jesus, your Son our Lord.
Reflection
‘O my God, Trinity whom I adore, grant
my soul peace;
make it your heaven, your beloved dwelling,
and the place of your rest.
May I never abandon you there, but may I be
there, whole and entire,
completely vigilant in my faith, entirely adoring,
wholly given over to
your creative action.’
(Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity)
Reflection Litany to
the Holy Spirit
Spirit of light, let the fire of your wisdom
burn brightly within us.
Spirit of silence, in the still moment may we
be open to God’s presence.
Spirit of courage, dispel the fear that lingers
in our hearts.
Spirit of fire, engulf us with the passion of
Christ’s love.
Spirit of peace, help us to be attentive to
God’s word in the world.
Spirit of joy, enthuse us to proclaim aloud
the Good News.
Spirit of love, compel us to open ourselves
to the needs of others.
Spirit of power, bestow the gift of your strength
upon us.
Spirit of truth, guide us to walk in the way
of Christ.
Prayer
for Vocations
Lord Jesus
Christ,
While you walked the roads of Palestine,
you chose and called apostles
and confided to them the task of preaching the
Gospel, of feeding your flock and ministering
your Sacraments.
Grant that, in our day,
Your Church may not be deprived of holy priests
who will share with everyone the fruits of your
Passion and Resurrection.
Pope John Paul II
Prayer of the Pilgrim
Lord,
make us the prophets of our times,
Pilgrims not wayfarers.
May each day begin
with prayerful preparation,
opening our hearts to you.
Make us aware,
that although individuals,
we travel with others
and help us to keep vigil with you
in that holy place within the heart.
Deepen our awareness of
your abiding presence in us and around us,
as we journey together today.
Amen.
We
wish you Easter eyes – Eyes that will
allow you see
Beyond death into life
Beyond sin to forgiveness
Beyond division to unity
Beyond wounds to beauty
Through the human to
the divine
Through the divine to
the human
From the ‘I’ to the ‘You’.
And - enabling all of this –
The totality of Easter energy!
Bishop
Klaus Hemmerle - Aachen 1993
Dear
God,
Thank
you for the promises you
made us and for always looking
after us.
Help us to remember that all
people are our neighbours, and
help us to care for them as You
care for us.
Glory
be to him whose power,
working in us, can do infinitely
more than we can ask or imagine;
glory be to him from generation
to generation in the Church and in
Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen. Ephesians
3: 20-21
2006
Talk with
the year which is coming
as with a friend who is crossing your
threshold to bring you gifts.
Accept the Spring, the Summer, the
Autumn and the Winter of the year
and of life as perfect expressions
of the Creator and be thankful.
Then you will surely grow with it.
Ella W.
Wilcox
Deep
peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the watching shepherds to you.
Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you. A Gaelic
Blessing
A
Family Prayer around the Advent Wreath
O God,
as light comes from these candles,
may the blessing of Jesus Christ come to us,
warming our hearts and brightening our way.
May Christ our Saviour
bring life into the darkness of this world,
and to us, as we wait for his coming.
Amen.
Father
of love,
you made a new creation
through Jesus Christ your Son.
May his coming free us from sin
and renew his life within us,
for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Daily Prayer
O Wisdom, Come to teach me the way of truth.
O Lord of Israel, Come to redeem me with an
outstretched arm.
O Root of Jesse, Come to bring me new life;
do not delay.
O Key of David, Come to open my prison doors
and set me free.
O Radiant Dawn, Come to bring light to the darkness
in my life.
O King of all Nations, Come to save me and give
me peace.
O God-With-Us, Stay with me and send me forth
in your name.
Amen. O Antiphons, adapted
Praise
to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depths be praise.
In all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
CARDINAL
NEWMAN - 16th October 2005
We cherish the ‘Evening
of Life’ as we pray:
May he
support us all the day
long, till the shades lengthen and
the evening comes, and the busy
world is hushed, and the fever of
life is over and our work is done!
Then in His Mercy may He give
us a safe lodging and a holy rest
and peace at last.
Cardinal
Newman - 9th October 2005
Give us, Lord,
a humble, quiet, peaceable,
patient, tender, charitable mind
and in all our thoughts, words and deeds
a taste of your Holy Spirit.
Give us Lord,
a lively faith,
a firm hope,
a warm charity,
a love of you.
Give us warmth and delight
in thinking of you
and your grace and tender compassion to us.
The things that we pray for, Lord,
give us grace to work for,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen. St Thomas More
I leave you now with this prayer:
that the Lord Jesus will reveal Himself to each
one of you,
that He will give you the strength to go out
and profess that you are Christian,
that He will show you that He alone can fill
your hearts.
Accept His freedom and embrace His truth
and be messengers of the certainty
that you have been truly liberated
through the death and resurrection of the Lord
Jesus.
This will be the new experience,
The powerful experience,
that will generate, through you, a more just
society
and a better world.
God bless you, and may the joy of Jesus
be always with you.
Amen - John Paul II
A
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 neighbours’ needs.
Spare me from fire, from flood,
malicious tongues,
from thieves, from fear and evil ones.
If sickness or an accident I befall,
then humbly Lord I pray, hear thou my call.
And when I’m feeling low or in despair,
Lift up my heart and help me in my prayer.
I live alone dear Lord, yet have no fear,
because I feel your presence ever near.
Amen
Dear
Lord,
Let me know
the cool breeze of your Spirit over me.
Let me
know
the gentle warmth of your love within me.
Let me
know
that you are here, Lord Jesus.
Help me
on dark days
when it seems you have gone away.
Help me
on sunny days
when you are here to stay.
Let me
know
that you are here, Lord Jesus. Amen.
PRAYER
FOR FINE WEATHER
All powerful
and ever living God, we find
security in your forgiveness; give us the
fine weather we pray for so that we may
rejoice in your gifts of kindness and use
them always for your glory and our good.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord
Amen.
TIME
TO PRAY
I got
up early one morning
and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish
that I didn’t have time to pray.
Problems
just tumbled about me,
and heavier came each task.
Why doesn’t God help me? I wondered.
He answered, “you didn’t ask”.
I wanted
to see joy and beauty,
but the day toiled on, grey and bleak.
I wondered why God didn’t show me,
He said, “but you didn’t seek”.
I tried
to come into God’s presence;
I used all my keys at the lock,
God gently and lovingly chided,
“My child, you didn’t knock”.
I woke
up early this morning,
And paused before entering the day;
I had so much to accomplish
That I HAD to take Time to Pray.
PRAYER for FATHER’S
DAY
Bless,
O God
our families.
Give to
fathers and mothers
and those who care for us
the spirit of understanding
and the spirit of love,
that our homes may be
places of peace and laughter.
Come into
our homes, O Lord,
and protect us with your love,
so that we may live in peace
and rejoice in the quiet beauty
of your blessing.
Christopher
Herbert
EXAM
PRAYER
Dear Lord,
Help me approach my exams
with a clear head and a calm mind.
Give me your strength
and your peace
and let me do justice to
all that I have learned.
Thank you Lord,
for all my talents and gifts.
Grant
me, O Lord,
the courage to change the things that I can,
the serenity to accept the things that I cannot,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
God
of infinite goodness,
from the very beginning of your Church
you have enabled us to renew our faith
through communion with the
Body and Blood of Christ.
May the sacrament of your love
sustain us as we journey towards the day
when this mystery will stand unveiled
for ever and ever.
Open Wide the Doors
If we let Christ into our lives, we
lose nothing, nothing, absolutely
nothing of what makes life free,
beautiful and great. Only in this
friendship are the doors of life
opened wide. Only in this
friendship is the great potential
of human existence truly revealed.
Only in this friendship do we
experience beauty and liberation.
And so, today, with great strength
and great conviction,on the basis
of long personal experience of life,
I say to you, dear young people:
Do not be afraid of Christ! He
takes nothing away, and he gives
you everything. When we give
ourselves to him, we receive a
hundredfold in return. Yes,open,
open wide the doors to Christ –
and you will find true life. Amen.
Pope Benedict XVI
End of homily at Mass of Inauguration, 24 April
2005
