Pray

Whether you are wanting to pray, but not sure where to start, looking for prayers applicable to life, or just wanting to praise God in prayer, here are some of my favorites!


Prayer of Self-Dedication

Lord Jesus Christ,
take all my freedom,
my memory, my understanding, and my will.
All that I have and cherish
You have given to me.
I surrender it all to be guided by Your will.
Your grace and Your love
are wealth enough for me.
Give me these, Lord Jesus,
and I ask for nothing more.

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The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen.


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Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace:
     where there is hatred let me sow love,
     where there is injury, pardon
     where there is doubt, faith,
     where there is despair, hope,
     where there is darkness, light,
     where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so
     much seek to be consoled as to console,
     to be understood as to understand,
     to be loved as to love.

     For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we
are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.


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Prayer to Saint Jude
(Patron Saint of desperate cases and lost causes)

     O glorious Apostle St. Jude, true relative of Jesus and Mary, I salute you through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
   
     Through this Heart, I praise and thank God for all the graces He has bestowed upon you. Humbly prostrate before you, I implore you through this Heart to look down upon me with compassion. Despise not my poor prayer and let not my trust be in vain. To you has been assigned the privilege of aiding mankind in the most desperate cases. Oh, come to my aid that I may praise the mercies of God.

     All my life I will be grateful to you and will be your faithful client until I can thank you in heaven. Amen.

(Once a prayer to St. Jude is answered, the person who sought intercession should publicly thank St. Jude in some way.)

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Daily Offering

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 sin, for the intentions of all my friends and associates, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father.


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The Litany of Humility

Oh Jesus! Meek and humble of heart hear me.

From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being loved, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being honored, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being praised, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted, deliver me Jesus.
From the desire of being approved, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being despised, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged, deliver me Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected, deliver me Jesus.

That others may be more loved than I, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.
That in the opinion of the world others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be praised and I unnoticed, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it.

Amen.

   

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2 comments:

  1. Sarah! YOu are so beautiful! I love your blog! So you: Joyful, bright, beautiful and inspiring =]

    It was great having you in small group! I'm so glad we are keeping in touch. Here's the link to my blog... http://www.justmichelasjourney.blogspot.com/

    Lots of love and prayers
    Michela

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  2. Keep up the good work. Do not quit, do not give up. We all have lapses in our walk and we all need encouragement to continue in spite of ourselves.

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