Holy Childhood Association
Prayer Suggestions
|
Dear Lord, |
| Use me to tell the poor that you love them. |
| Use me to tell the weary that you will give them rest. |
| Use me to light the darkness of unknowing. |
| Use me to breathe a gentle word of peace. |
| Use me to spread the Good News of God's love to those who do not know Jesus. |
| Then I will truly share the joy of my faith in you. |
| Amen. |
| Leader: | Jesus
calls you to be a missionary of his word and love. |
| Response: | Thank you, Jesus.
You can count on me. |
| Leader: | You are called to
PRAY for your brothers and sisters in need. |
| Response: | Thank you, Jesus.
You can count on me. |
| Leader: | You are called to
SHARE the good things that God has given you. |
| Response: | Thank you, Jesus.
You can count on me. |
| Leader: | Jesus needs you to
be his hands, his feet, and his voice to bring the good news of his love
to the world. |
| Response: | Thank you, Jesus.
You can count on me. |
| Leader: | Heavenly Father, we
have been called to bring the Good News of Jesus and to bring his love. It
is a very happy day for all of us. Our hearts have been opened to the
needs of others and that is a great reason to celebrate. Let us ask Jesus
to touch our new friends and to help us be faithful to our promises.
Amen. |
| Holy Mary, Mother of Jesus |
| Pray for us |
| and for all the world's children. |
Father,
I
abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept
all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your
creatures -
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your
hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my
heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give
myself, to surrender myself into your
hands without
reserve, and with boundless confidence, for you are
my Father.
Charles
de Foucauld
MY LORD GOD,
I have no idea
where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I
cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know
myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your
will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I
believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please
you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I
hope that I will never do anything
apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this
you will lead me by the right
road
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I
trust you always
though I may seem to be lost
and in the
shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas Merton
 Short
Prayer Service for Advent |
| Prayers
from Liturgy of the Hours, Readings of the day, Today's Saint's Feast |
| Prayer
meditation for each day |