PRAY

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque - Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

2008-06-14T20:36:00.001-07:00

I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being other than to honor, love and glorify the Sacred Heart. This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him. I therefore take You, O Sacred heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death.

Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justification before God the Father, and turn away from me the strokes of his righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my confidence in You, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Your goodness and bounty.

Remove from me all that can displease You or resist Your holy will; let your pure love imprint Your image so deeply upon my heart, that I shall never be able to forget You or to be separated from You.

May I obtain from all Your loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Your Heart, for in You I desire to place all my happiness and glory, living and dying in bondage to You.

Amen.

The Anima Christi

2008-05-24T08:23:00.000-07:00

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.

Body of Christ, save me.

Blood of Christ, inebriate me.

Water from Christ's side, wash me.

Passion of Christ, strengthen me.

O good Jesus, hear me.

Within Thy wounds hide me.

Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.

From the malicious enemy defend me.

In the hour of my death call me

And bid me come unto Thee,

That I may praise Thee with Thy saints

And with Thy angels

Forever and ever.

Amen.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

2008-05-24T08:21:00.000-07:00

Lord, teach us to be generous.

Teach us to serve You as You deserve,

To give and not to count the cost,

To fight and not to heed the wounds,

To toil and not to seek for rest,

To labor and to seek for no reward

Except the knowledge that we do Your holy will.

Amen.

A Prayer for Purity

2008-04-27T13:52:00.001-07:00

Mary, loving Daughter of God the Father, I give my soul to your care. Protect the life of God in my soul. Do not let me lose it by serious sin. Protect my mind and my will so that all my thoughts and desires will be pleasing to God.

Hail Mary...

Mary, loving Mother of God the Son, I give my heart to your care. Let me love you with all my heart. Let me always try to love my neighbor. And help me avoid friends who might lead me away from Jesus and into a life of sin.

Hail Mary...

Mary, loving Spouse of the Holy Spirit, I give my body to your care. Let me always remember that my body is a home for the Holy Spirit who dwells in me. Let me never sin against Him by any impure actions alone or with others, against the virtue of purity.

Hail Mary...

Pope Benedict XVI

2008-04-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.

Pope John Paul II - Servant of God

2008-03-25T14:58:00.000-07:00

Always stay close to Jesus in the Eucharist: in the breaking of the bread you will discover true love, which forgets itself to seek always and only the good of others; you will understand that Jesus is ready to take upon himself your weakness and every sin; and by listening to those words of his: "What I did was give you an example: as I have done, so you must do" (Jn 13:15), you will learn that true greatness means serving out of love, and in this commitment you will find the joy of living.

Saint Pio of Petrelcina

2008-02-19T23:42:00.000-08:00

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present

so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength,

that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life,

and without You, I am without fervor.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light,

and without You, I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice

and follow You.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much,

and always be in Your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,

I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late

and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;

death, judgment, eternity approaches.

It is necessary to renew my strength,

so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.

It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the darkness,

the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.

O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!

Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers. I need You.

Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread,

so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light

which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me,

the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death,

I want to remain united to You, if not by communion,

at least by grace and love.

Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation,

because I do not merit it, but the gift of Your Presence,

oh yes, I ask this of You!

Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love,

Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit,

because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.

With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth

and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity.

Amen.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

2008-02-08T18:14:00.001-08:00

JOY is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love - Joy is the net of love by which we can catch souls. We give most when we give with joy. The best way to show our gratitude to God and to each other is to accept everything with joy. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love.

We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it in our power to be in heaven with Him right now - to be happy with Him at this very moment. But being happy with Him now means:

- loving as He loves,

- helping as He helps,

- giving as He gives,

- serving as He serves,

- rescuing as He rescues,

- being with Him for all the twenty-four hours, and touching Him in His distressing disguise of the poor.

Pope John Paul II

2008-02-06T12:29:00.000-08:00

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

St. Augustine

2008-02-05T20:22:00.000-08:00

Breathe in 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.

Venerable John Henry Newman

2008-02-02T23:28:00.000-08:00

"If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards."

"God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission ... Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his."

St. Thomas Aquinas

2008-02-02T00:11:00.000-08:00

Grant, O merciful God, for the praise and glory of your name, that I may ardently desire, prudently investigate, truly recognize and perfectly fulfill those things which are pleasing to you. O God, you who are the true source of light and wisdom, shine upon the darkness of my intellect a ray of your bright light and clear me of the twofold darkness of sin and ignorance in which I was born. Give me keenness of understanding, capacity of retaining, method and ease in learning, accuracy in interpreting, and eloquence in speech. Instruct my beginning, direct my progress and make perfect the finished task. I ask you this through Christ Our Lord.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

2008-01-31T06:35:00.000-08:00

"If we were humble, nothing would change us - neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone were to praise us, we would not feel proud."

- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

2008-01-31T06:14:00.000-08:00