Father of all generosity we praise and love you, though weak and sinners, you make us instruments of your love and mercy to others. We cannot thank you enough. But it is more than enough proof that you love and trust us in our littleness. Constantly sustain us and fill us with the necessary grace we need each day to be able to help our brothers and sisters who are less fortunate than ourselves. Make us instruments of your healing presence today. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Make us fruitful in good works this coming week. Grant us the grace to discipline our cravings for power and worldly allurements. Make us rather productive in doing your holy will for our salvation and for your great glory.
God our Father, we praise and bless you today. Your Beloved Son Jesus was so busy to address the needs of your people. Grant us the grace to become channels of His saving words and deeds. Although you can surely do everything, you need our cooperation and participation in your works of salvation for all. In this Second Week of Advent, may we be able to prepare our very selves for Jesus coming again. He may find us watchful and vigilant in doing good works. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
The beauty of your handiwork surrounds us. I know that each person is a reflection of your living presence. May all of my thoughts, words, and actions serve to reflect your love, mercy, and peace. May Mary our Blessed Mother continue to guide us as she reflects humility, discipleship, forgiveness and hope. May the light of your love shine just right so that I reflect the vibrant message of our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Father of infinite love, we are indeed blessed because you love us unconditionally. As we celebrate today the Solemnity of All Saints, may all your children come to worship you in the Eucharist, the very source and fountain of all Holiness. While still on earth, the Saints were sustained by your love because of their great faith in Jesus, your Son. In response, they remained in your love, so they were able to endure all the hardships they had to face, in order not to be separated from Jesus. Now they enjoy being with you eternally. Like them, grant us also perseverance and endurance in every trial that comes along our way. Increase our faith, hope and charity, so that someday we may be one with them in your loving presence. Grant us the grace of humility and obedience. Make us your living saints today. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Oh, Almighty and ever-living God, I hear your call today in the scriptures to turn away from sin, be faithful to the Gospel and choose the good over evil. Acting on the words of Scripture gives me the strength to resist temptation. Give me Your grace today, Lord, through Your powerful assistance, to choose wisely for the sake of salvation. Allow me to be patient with myself as You are with me. I know sometimes that it takes a lifetime. Amen.
May they feel your loving mercy, and be inspired by the images of angels and saints to follow your Son Jesus more sincerely. And may Blessed Mary offer her humble encouragement as visitors pray, explore, seek and learn.
Plant your peace in my heart. May your eternal peace enfold me like a blanket and infiltrate my thoughts, my words, and my actions. Help me to be a person of peace; a person of hope; a person of mercy and forgiveness.
Oh, God of mercy, compassion, and forgiveness, I hear the need for forgiveness for my sins and the sins of the world. Give me the grace today to do penance and ask for Your forgiveness and mercy for those times when I have sinned by my words, actions, and thoughts. I hear the call today from the reading from the Prophet Baruch. I need to hear the voice of Your mercy to bring me back fully in your service. Know that I love you and want to do your will rather than my own. I ask this of Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen.
Give me the grace today, Lord, to reflect on the sacrifice He made for love of us sinners, to suffer torture, pain, and death. This day Lord, I praise and praise you for your sacrifice for me, one I do not deserve or could ever repay.
Lord Jesus, give me your grace and open my eyes to the ways that I, too, can invite people to come and see you. When I meet people searching for Jesus, allow me to have the courage to direct them to you as Philip led Nathaniel. Amen.
God, you offer us everything despite our sinfulness with your forgiveness, mercy, compassion. Give me a generous heart, and the grace not to begrudge someone one else of Your grace. Let me put off jealousy or resentment and rejoice in your goodness. Amen.
Oh, Encouraging Father, today our scripture readings encourage us not to be afraid but to trust in Divine Mercy. Joseph was betrayed by his brothers who sold him to caravan drivers. Later in life when he encountered his brothers, he met them with tears of forgiveness and mercy, in his joy to see them again. Sometimes forgiveness can be hard and to believe we can be forgiven. It takes a generous heart. Give me the gift of a generous heart to be forgiving and merciful, no matter how I have been harmed. Only with Your grace is this possible. Amen.
Father, like the centurion in the gospel today, we recognize too our unworthiness to welcome Jesus into our hearts due to our sinfulness. Grant us the grace to accept and admit out sinfulness and so return to you. May we persevere to constantly undergo conversion and be back to you through the Church founded by Jesus your Son. For it is indeed our surest vehicle going back to you. This we pray, in Jesus Name. Amen.
Lord God, bestow your love and mercy upon all of us so that we may be able to please you in our thoughts, words and actions today. May nothing evil come out from our mounths and deeds, for we are created by you in your image and likeness, the perfection of all Goodness, Holy and True. Like Abraham in the first reading today, may we, too, be faithful to the New Covenant with your Son Jesus Christ. We ask this in His Name. Amen.
Loving Savior, thank you for this new day, this new week. Thank you for blessing us with you life; for everything that we are and we have, we thank you. Thank you for the salvation that you have won for us. Bless us today, Lord, bless our families, our friends and relatives with everything that we need in our life and our spiritual journey. We pray, especially for your protection: keep us safe in your love and mercy. May your face shine upon us and be gracious to us, may you turn your face towards us and give us peace. Amen.
Again we hear a Gospel that reminds us to give to God what he deserves for giving us life and a share in his grace. Oh Lord, I give you honor, praise and thanksgiving for giving me life and a share in divine life through the sacrifice of Jesus. May the manner of living my life show you my appreciation by following the initiatives of the graces you generously give me each day. I give you honor, glory, praise, and I give you thanks for all you give me to sustain my life in your grace.
Oh, merciful God, today we hear the Gospel of the tenet farmers who failed to give a return to the owner of the vineyard told to the scribes, chief priests, and elders. Jesus tries to open their eyes to who he is. Give me the grace today to listen, and respond in my life by returning to God in gratitude for all He has given me though his divine grace. To be generous in my response to His mercy, forgiveness, love and the support of His grace by living his commandments and precepts and gratitude for all He has given me. Amen.
We pray today that as we have received much love from You, may we too love more. We pray that we care and respect all people. May we become the models of your love and grace. May the world become a better place for us to live through our way of life, through the love that we show to all people. We ask all this, in your Mighty Name, Lord Jesus, who live and reign, forever and ever.
Oh, Lord, my merciful God, we continue to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, as he prepares his disciples for his ascension. Give me your grace to rejoice with the scripture readings of today for the coming of the Spirit that Jesus will send us after his ascension. I need the power of the Holy Spirt to live fully as a Christian and to be assured of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, giving me the grace I need to say no to temptations and keep my faith alive in hard times, and to fill my heart and keep me connected to Jesus. On this day, Lord, bless all mothers, as nationally we celebrate our mothers. Support them and keep them healthy and safe from harm. Amen.
Oh, Loving God, you invite me today to remain in you as you remain in me. That is a powerful invitation. I praise and thank for your invitation and am overwhelmed by it. Grant me your grace today to be worthy of that invitation. I am grateful for my Baptism, that brought you into my life, sustained by the Eucharist and my confirmation. Never allow me never to lose your presence in my life by the regular participation in Reconciliation when I fail to live up to your commandments. Allow me to always continue in your love. Amen.
Incline my heart to your love that I may rejoice in doing your will. I know that you will use everyday of my life to show everyone around me your love and grace. I believe in you, Lord God, with all my heart. Even if I have had plans, I know that Your plan will prevail. Help me to follow your plan and not mine.
Give me the grace this Sunday, Lord, to open my heart and mind to you to receive a deeper love and appreciation of all that I have yet to learn of you through Scripture, especially in the Scriptures I hear at Mass and through homilies. I ask this today through your Holy Spirt, Amen.
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