IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY

O immaculate virgin,
Mother of God, full of grace,
the One whom you brought forth, Emmanuel,
is the fruit of your womb.
In your Motherhood
you have nurtured all human beings.
You surpass all praise and all glory.
I salute you, Mother of God, joy of the Angels,
because you surpass in fullness
what the Prophets have said about you.
The Lord is with you:
you gave life to the Saviour of the world.

AVE MARIA

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Hail Mary, poor and humble Woman, Blessed by the Most High! Virgin of hope, dawn of a new era, We join in your song of praise, to celebrate the Lord’s mercy, to proclaim the coming of the Kingdom and the full liberation of humanity.

Hail Mary, lowly handmaid of the Lord, Glorious Mother of Christ! Faithful Virgin, holy dwelling-place of the Word, Teach us to persevere in listening to the Word, and to be docile to the voice of the Spirit, attentive to his promptings in the depths of our conscience and to his manifestations in the events of history.

Hail Mary, Woman of sorrows, Mother of the living! Virgin spouse beneath the Cross, the new Eve, Be our guide along the paths of the world. Teach us to experience and to spread the love of Christ, to stand with you before the innumerable crosses on which your Son is still crucified.

Hail Mary, woman of faith, First of the disciples! Virgin Mother of the Church, help us always to account for the hope that is in us, with trust in human goodness and the Father’s love. Teach us to build up the world beginning from within: in the depths of silence and prayer, in the joy of fraternal love, in the unique fruitfulness of the Cross.

Holy Mary, Mother of believers, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.Amen.

PRAYER FOR HELP AND PURE HEART

Holy Immaculate Mary, help all who are in trouble.
Give courage to the faint-hearted, console the sad,
heal the infirm, pray for the people, intercede for the clergy,
have a special care for nuns; may all feel, all enjoy
your kind and powerful assistance,
all who now and always render and will render, you honour,
and will offer you their petitions.
Hear all our prayers, O Mother, and grant them all.
We are all your children:
Grant the prayers of your children.

3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

Father of compassion and goodness, give us living water that will quench the thirst of our souls. We acknowledge we are sinners, easily discouraged because of our brokenness. Wash us clean from our sins and heal us body, mind and soul as we do your bidding by fasting, praying, giving alms and sharing with those in need. May your love and compassion fill us with hope and a truly contrite heart and lead us through a Lent of Repentance that will make our Easter joy deeper and more meaningful.
Amen.

MOTHER TERESA'S PRAYER TO ST.MARY

Mary, Mother of Jesus and of those who participate in his priestly ministry, we come to you with the same attitude of children who come to their mother.
We are no longer children, but adults who desire with all our hearts to be God's children.
Our human condition is weak, that is why we come to ask for your motherly aid so we are able to overcome our weakness.
Pray for us so that we can, in turn, become people of prayer.
We invoke your protection so that we may remain free from all sin.
We invoke your love so that it may reign and we will be able to be compassionate and forgiving.
We ask for your blessing so we can be like the image of your beloved Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.

PRAYER TO OUR LORD JESUS

Lord I Love You,
And I Need You,
Come Into My Heart,
Bless Me, My Family, My Parents,
My Home, My Friends And
All Those Who Are In Need Of My Prayers...
And All Those Who Have Requested My Prayers...
And All To Those I Have Promised My Prayers....
And All Those Who Are Praying For Me...
In Jesus Christ.
Amen

AN OFFERING PRAYER

O Divine Heart of Jesus, grant, I beseech Thee,
eternal rest to the souls in purgatory,
final grace to all who are to die today,
true repentance to sinners,
the light of faith to pagans,
Thy blessing to me and to all who are mine.
To Thee, O most loving Heart of Jesus,
do I therefore commend all these souls,
and for them I offer all Thy merits,
together with the merits of the most Blessed Mother
and of all the saints and angels,
and also together with all the Sacrifices of the Mass,
the Holy Communions,
the prayers and good works that are made today
throughout the entire Christian world.

OUR HOPES AND IDEALS

God made us a family.
We need one another. We love one another.
We forgive one another. We work together.
We play together. We worship together.
Together we use God's word. Together we grow in Christ.
Together we love all people. Together we serve our God.
Together we hope for heaven. These are our hopes and ideals.
Help us to attain them,
O God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF FATIMA

O God, Who established the Mother of Thy Son also to be Our Mother,
grant unto us, that persevering in penance and prayer for the salvation of the world,
we may be more efficacious in extending the reign of Christ in our days.
We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity fo the Holy Ghost,
God forever and ever.Amen.

MARIAN PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA

Give us a heart as beautiful, pure,
and spotless as yours.
A heart like yours,
so full of love and humility.
May we be able to receive Jesus
as the Bread of Life,
to love Him as you loved Him,
to serve Him under the mistreated face of the poor.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

2nd SUNDAY OF LENT

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS:

Transfigured Jesus, son of the Living God, Your Father sent You to show us the way to new life. On His holy mountain You were transfigured and Your glory was revealed to Your disciples. You prepared them for Your approaching passion and taught them that the promised Christ had to suffer and die to come into the glory of His resurrection. Through Your transfiguration You strengthened them and gave them hope to cling on to through the dark hours. The same hope is given to us too. It is the unconditional love of the Father who sent You, His only son to suffer, die and bring salvation by rising again and strengthened the disciples by His revelation of Your glory. Transfigured Lord help us to cling onto this hope as we prepare during this Lent to celebrate Your rising from the dead to give us new life. Amen.

LENTEN PRAYER

"Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise."

God our Father,
by your gifts to us on earth
we already share in your life.
In all we do,
guide us to the light of your kingdom.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

OUR DEAR MOTHER

May the Blessed Mother come into your life today with a special blessing for you.
May you always be grateful for the Blessed Mother.
Without her we would not have Jesus. Our Savior.

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

God of power and mercy, you blessed the Americas at Tepeyac with the presence of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. May her prayers help all men and women to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Through your justice present in our heats, may your peace reign in the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

MATTHEW 18:10-14

Not one of these little ones should be lost
"Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven. What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

THE SINNER'S PRAYER

Dear Father,
I now believe that Jesus Christ is Your only begotten Son, that He came to the earth in the flesh and died on the cross to take away all of my sins and the sins of this world. I believe that Jesus Christ then rose from the dead on the third day to give all of us eternal life.
Lord Jesus, I now confess to You all of the wrong and sinful things that I have ever done in my life. I ask that You please forgive me and wash away all of my sins by the blood that You have personally shed for me on the cross. I am now ready to accept You as my personal Lord and Savior. I now ask that You come into my life and live with me for all of eternity.
Father, Jesus - I now believe that I am truly saved and born again.
Thank You Father.
Thank You Jesus.

PRAYER OF THE JUBILEE YEAR OF 2008

God our Father
among all creatures You have formed Mary,
the perfect creature, the “Immaculate Conception”.
Here in Lourdes she proclaimed this name and Bernadette repeated it.
The Immaculate Conception;
this is a cry of hope:evil, sin, and death are no longer victors.
Mary, precursory sign, dawn of salvation!
Mary,
You, the innocence and refuge of sinners
We pray to you.
Hail Mary……….. !

Lord Jesus,
You gave us Mary as our Mother.
She shared Your Passion and Resurrection.
Here in Lourdes she showed herself to Bernadette,
saddened by our sins but radiant with Your light.
Through her, we entrust to You our joys and our sorrows,
our own, those of the sick, and those of all people.
Mary, Our sister and our mother,
our confidant, and our help
We pray to you
Hail Mary……….. !

Holy Spirit,
you are the Spirit of love and unity.
Here in Lourdes, through Bernadette,
Mary asked for a Chapel, and for people to come in procession.
Inspire the Church which Christ is building on Peter’s faith:
that it may be one.
Guide the pilgrimage of the Church:
that it may be faithful and daring!
Mary, you are filled with the Holy Spirit,
you are the spouse and the servant.
You are the model for Christians,
and the maternal face of the Church.
We pray to you.
Hail Mary……….. !

HAVE MERCY ON US, O LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED

Have mercy on me, God in your kindness
In your compassion blot out my offence.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
And cleanse me from my sin.

My offences truly I know them;
My sin is always before me.
Against you, you alone, have I sinned;
What is evil in your sight I have done.

A pure heart create for me O God,
Put a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
Nor deprive me of your Holy Spirit.

Give me again the joy of your help;
With a spirit of fervour sustain me.
O Lord open my lips
And my mouth shall declare your praise.

1st SATURDAY OF LENT

"And today the Lord is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly His own, as He promised you; and provided you keep all His commandments, He will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all other nations He has made, and you will be a people sacred to the Lord your God as He promised". (Deuteronomy 26:18-19)

ACT OF HOPE

O my God, knowing Your almighty power,
and Your infinite goodness and mercy,
I hope in You that, by the merits of the
Passion and Death of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
You will grant me eternal life,
which You have promised to all
such as shall do the works of a good Christian;
and these I resolve to do,
with the help of Your Grace.
Amen.

ISAIAH CHAPTER 58

1 Shout the message! Don't hold back. Say to my people Israel:
You've sinned! You've turned against the LORD.
2 Day after day, you worship him
and seem eager to learn his teachings.
You act like a nation that wants to do right
by obeying his laws.
You ask him about justice,
and say you enjoy worshiping the LORD.
3 You wonder why the LORD pays no attention
when you go without eating and act humble.
But on those same days that you give up eating,
you think only of yourselves and abuse your workers.
4 You even get angry and ready to fight.
No wonder God won't listen to your prayers!
5 Do you think the LORD wants you to give up eating
and to act as humble as a bent-over bush?
Or to dress in sackcloth and sit in ashes?
Is this really what he wants on a day of worship?
6 I'll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD.
Remove the chains of prisoners who are chained unjustly.
Free those who are abused!
7 Share your food with everyone who is hungry;
share your home with the poor and homeless.
Give clothes to those in need; don't turn away your relatives.
8 Then your light will shine like the dawning sun,
and you will quickly be healed.
Your honesty will protect you as you advance,
and the glory of the LORD
will defend you from behind.
9 When you beg the LORD for help,
he will answer, "Here I am!"
Don't mistreat others or falsely accuse them
or say something cruel.
10 Give your food to the hungry and care for the homeless.
Then your light will shine in the dark;
your darkest hour will be like the noonday sun.
11 The LORD will always guide you
and provide good things to eat when you are in the desert.
He will make you healthy.
You will be like a garden that has plenty of water
or like a stream that never runs dry.
12 You will rebuild those houses left in ruins for years;
you will be known as a builder and repairer
of city walls and streets.
13 But first, you must start respecting the Sabbath
as a joyful day of worship.
You must stop doing and saying whatever you please
on this special day.
14 Then you will truly enjoy knowing the LORD.
He will let you rule from the highest mountains
and bless you with the land of your ancestor Jacob.
The LORD has spoken!

ASH WEDNESDAY

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said,
"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

Savior and Friend, today is Ash Wednesday.
We start Lent today,
reflecting on the love you have for us that made you die for us to save us.
It's easy to forget about that love -
you know the activity and the pressures that surround us every day.
You know how these things weigh on our minds and
how they sometimes leave us almost breathless.
In the midst of our fast-moving lives and world,
give us those quiet times we need for reflection and rest,
and keep our minds at peace.
Amen.

MOUNT CARMEL PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel,
fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven.
Blessed Mother of the Son of God,
Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity,
Oh Star of the Sea,
help me and show me here you are my Mother.
Oh Holy Mary,
Mother of God queen of Heaven and Earth,
I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity
(make request).
There are none that can withstand your power.
Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (say three times).
Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands (say three times).
Amen.

WHEN YOU ARE IN TROUBLE

Psalms 50:15
Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you and you will honor me!

1peter 5: 6
And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
5:7 by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

Isaiah 30:18 …..
Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

POWER OF PRAYER

"Don’t worry about anything,
but in all your prayers ask God for what you need,
always asking him with a thankful heart.
And God’s peace,
which is far beyond human understanding
will keep your hearts and minds
safe in union with Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)

PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word;
for mine eyes have seen thy salvation
which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to thy people Israel."

Medjugorje - Our Lady's August 25, 2007 Message

"Dear children! Also today I call you to conversion. May your life,little children, be a reflection of God’s goodness and not of hatred andunfaithfulness. Pray, little children, that prayer may become life foryou. In this way, in your life you will discover the peace and joy whichGod gives to those who have an open heart to His love. And you who arefar from God’s mercy, convert so that God may not become deaf to yourprayers and that it may not be too late for you. Therefore, in thistime of grace, convert and put God in the first place in your life. Thankyou for having responded to my call."