SURROUND ME WITH YOUR LIGHT

Surround me with Your Light, Jesus, and penetrate the very depths of my being with that Light. Let there remain no areas of darkness in me or in my family members, but transform our whole being with the healing Light of Your love. Open me completely to receive Your love, Jesus. Thank You for being our family Healer and my personal Healer.
Amen.

BLESSING OF THE WORK PLACE

Blessed are you, Lord our God,
Creator of the universe and Father of us all.
We praise You for Your mighty works.
Look on us with love,
and hear our prayers today.
Grant Your blessing to this N.,
and to all who work here.
Let their work contribute
to the good of all members of this community.
Father, blessed are You
for ever and ever.
Amen.

PRAYER FOR HEALING OF RELATIONSHIPS

"Saint Jude, we have problems in our relationship. Beg Almighty God to give us the light to see ourselves and each other as we really are. Help us to grow daily in self-knowledge and mutual love, while at the same time developing our potential to love and be loved. Help us, Saint Jude, to see and root out every manifestation of selfishness, vanity, and childish self-seeking -- those hidden enemies of love and maturity. Show us that by learning to love and being filled with love, we may complement and nurture each other as we share our lives together."

MORNING OFFERING TO THE SACRED HEART

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all our associates, and in particular for the intentions of our Holy Father for this month.

SACRED HEART OF JESUS 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.

A MORNING OFFERING TO THE HOLY CHILD

O Dear sweet Infant Jesus,
I offer You my will, that You strengthen it,
my mind that You inspire it;
my memory that You fill it;
my wishes and desires, that You cleanse them,
I sacrifice to You; my intentions that You guide them,
all my inner and outer activities, that You make them sacred.
All I am and all I have is Yours.
Your love for me is my hope and trust.
Hear me and grant that I may never leave you.
Amen.
O Infant Jesus,
I form the belief that I shall be granted forgiveness of sins
and place it into the hands of Your most Holy Mother Mary;
I commend myself to all and every Holy Mass
that is celebrated this day and all over the globe,
and I offer all this on behalf of the poor souls of purgatory.

HOLY TRINITY

We offer to the Most Holy Trinity
the merits of Jesus Christ,
in thanksgiving for the most precious Blood
which He shed in the garden for us;
and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty
for pardon of our sins.
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be To The Father...

We offer to the Most Holy Trinity
the merits of Jesus Christ,
in thanksgiving for His most precious death
endured on the crosss for us;
and by His merits,
we beseech the Divine Majesty
for the remission of the pains due to our sins.
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be To The Father...

We offer to the Most Holy Trinity
the merits of Jesus Christ,
in thanksgiving for His unspeakable,
by which He descended from heaven
to earth to take human flesh,
and to suffer and die for us upon the Cross;
and by His merits we beseech the Divine Majesty
to bring out souls to the glory of heaven after our death.
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be To The Father...

PRAYER FOR THE SICK

Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your
angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ.
Rest your weary ones.
Bless your dying ones.
Soothe your suffering ones.
Pity your afflicted ones.
Shield your joyous ones.
And for all your love's sake.
Amen.
Saint Augustine

PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILY

Heavenly Father,
we are reminded by the Second Vatican Council
that our family is a domestic Church
where family prayer and mutual affection
pay you special worship.
Help us to be a family of love,
support, forgiveness and courage.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord.

EMPLOYMENT PRAYER TO MOTHER MARY

Mary our Lady of the Miraculous Medal,
you once experienced hardships and difficulties
in getting the necessities of life.
Look kindly on me now
as I face the same difficulties.
Help me to find suitable employment.
Through my work I want to meet my physical needs
and to grow spiritually.
Help me find a job that lets me provide for myself
and for those who depend on me.
I trust you, Immaculate Mother,
to hear my prayers and intercede for me.
I will share your goodness with others
that they may know your power with God
and give him honor and glory.
Amen.

PRAYER TO MOTHER MARY, REFUGE OF SINNERS

Hail, most gracious Mother of mercy, hail, Mary, for whom we fondly yearn, through whom we obtain forgiveness! Who would not love thee? Thou art our light in uncertainty, our comfort in sorrow, our solace in the time of trial, our refuge from every peril and temptation. Thou art our sure hope of salvation, second only to thy only-begotten Son; blessed are they who love thee, our Lady! Incline, I beseech thee, thy ears of pity to the entreaties of this thy servant, a miserable sinner; dissipate the darkness of my sins by the bright beams of thy holiness, in order that I may be acceptable in thy sight.

ELEVENTH CENTURY IRISH LITANY OF MARY

Great Mary
Greatest of Marys
Greatest of Women
Mother of Eternal Glory
Mother of the Golden Light
Honor of the Sky
Temple of the Divinity
Fountain of the Gardens
Serene as the Moon
Bright as the Sun
Garden Enclosed
Temple of the Living God
Light of Nazareth
Beauty of the World
Queen of Life
Ladder of Heaven
Mother of God
Pray for us

PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

Breathe into me, Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend all that is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy.
St. Augustine

DAY OF PENTECOST

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
John 20:19-23

COME HOLY SPIRIT

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

ACT OF FAITH BEFORE COMMUNION

Of a truth I firmly believe,
O Good Jesus,
and with lively faith confess,
that Thou Thyself,
equal to God the Father in glory and in power,
true God and Man,
art verily and indeed present in this Sacrament.
For Thou, the very high Truth itself,
hast said, This is My Body, This is My Blood.
I believe whatever the Son of God hath said.
Nothing can be truer than this word of Him who is the
Truth.
I do believe, Lord;
help my belief, increase my faith.
Amen.

THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS

You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength; you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

THE TREASURES OF DARKNESS

"I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who call you by your name
Am the God of Israel."
Isaiah 45:3

DIVINE PRAISES

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

GLORIOUS MOTHER!

Blessed art Thee:
'Oh, Glorious Mother!',
In such Sublime Spouse
The Holy Spirit nested;
Finding the Father Grace:
"His Son with Thee He formed!"

Overshadowing Thee,
'Power and Love gave to Thee',
For cradling the Messiah:
"Jesus Our Lord!"

Eternal God of Old,
Who forever has been
Came down to earth, Incarnated:
"¡Taking in Thee the Flesh!"

He has purified Thee,
By being inside of Thee;
Thus, his Heart is Thine:
"And his Truth, Thy Light!"

Thou hast Suckled Him,
'Pure Arch of God';
And He to Thee, with His Word:
"First Disciple He made!"

Pure and Transparent Crystal,
That better reflects God;
Make me look at Thee always,
"Faithful reflection of the Lord!"

PRAYER FOR PEACE

For peace in your country For the victims of violence everywhere For those struggling for peace and justice For churches in conflict situations For a world without war and violence Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth, Lead me from despair to hope,from fear to trust. Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace, Let peace fill our beings, our world and our universe. Amen.

A PRAYER FOR HOLY SOULS

Lord God Almighty, I beseech Thee, by the Precious Blood which gushed forth from the side of Thy Divine Son Jesus, in the sight and to the extreme pain of His most Holy Mother, deliver the souls in purgatory and especially that one amongst them all which was the most devout to her; that it may soon attain unto Thy glory, there to praise Thee in her, and her in Thee, world without end. Amen.
Our Father who are in heaven ...
Hail Mary full of grace ...
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

O VIRGIN MOTHER

"O Virgin Mother,In the depths of your heart you pondered the Life of the son you brought into the world. Give us your vision of Jesus and ask the Father to open our hearts, that we may always see his presence in our lives, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, bring us into the joy and peace of the kingdom, where Jesus is Lord forever and ever. Amen."

DAY OF ASCENSION

He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. … " After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. MARK 16:15 & 19