Prayers (A-Z)

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, 
about those who have died, 
so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 
even so, through Jesus, 
God will bring Him those who have died. 

For this we declare to you by the Word of the Lord, 
that we who are alive, 
who are left until the coming of the Lord, 
will by no means precede those who have died. 

For the Lord Himself, with a cry of command, 
with the archangel’s call 
and with the sound of God’s trumpet, 
will descend from heaven, 
and the dead in Christ will rise first. 

Then we who are alive, who are left, 
will be caught up in the clouds together with them 
to meet the Lord in the air; 
and so we will be with the Lord forever. 

Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto (Name), O Lord, 
and let perpetual light shine upon him/her. 
May (Name) rest in peace. 
May (Name’s) soul 
and the souls of all the faithful departed, 
through the mercy of God, 
rest in peace. 

Amen.

Father, to Thee I raise my whole being,
a vessel emptied of self. 
Accept Lord, this my emptiness, 
and so fill me with Thyself,
Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy Life,
that these precious gifts may radiate through me
and over-flow the chalice of my heart 
into the hearts of all with whom I come in contact this day, 
revealing unto them the beauty of Thy Joy and Wholeness 
and the Serenity of Thy Peace 
which nothing can destroy.

Amen.

O my Jesus, Thou who art very Love, 
enkindle in my heart that Divine Fire 
which consumes the Saints and transforms them into Thee. 

O Lord our God, 
we offer Thee our hearts 
united in the strongest and most sincere love of brotherhood; 
we pray that Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament 
may be the daily food of our souls and bodies; 
that Jesus may be established as the center of our affections, 
even as He was for Mary and Joseph. 

Finally, O Lord, may sin never disturb our union on earth; 
and may we be eternally united in heaven with Thee 
and Mary and Joseph and with all Thy Saints.

Amen.

Blessed is the Child of Light
Who doth seek his heavenly Father
For he shall have eternal life.

He that dwelleth in the secret place
Of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty.

For he shall give his Angels charge over thee
To keep thee in all thy ways.

Know ye that the Lord hath been
Our dwelling place
In all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever he had formed
The earth and the world
Even from everlasting to everlasting,
Hath there been love
Between the Heavenly Father
And his children.

And how shall this love be severed?
From the beginning
Until the ending of time
Doth the holy flame of love
Encircle the heads
Of the Heavenly Father
And the Children of Light:
How then shall this love be extinguished?
For not as a candle doth it burn,
Nor yet as a fire raging in the forest.

Lo, it burneth with the flame
Of Eternal Light,
And that flame cannot be consumed.

O Most Holy Virgin Mother, 
we listen with grief to the complaints 
of your Immaculate Heart 
surrounded with the thorns placed therein 
at every moment by the blasphemies 
and ingratitude of ungrateful humanity. 

We are moved by the ardent desire of loving you as Our Mother 
and of promoting a true devotion to your Immaculate Heart.

We therefore kneel before you 
to manifest the sorrow we feel 
for the grievances that people cause you, 
and to atone by our prayers and sacrifices 
for the offenses with which they return return your love. 

Obtain for them and for us the pardon of so many sins. 
Hasten the conversion of sinners 
that they may love Jesus 
and cease to offend the Lord, 
already so much offended. 

Turn your eyes of mercy toward us, 
that we may love God with all our heart on earth 
and enjoy Him forever in heaven.

Amen.

Dear Lord! 

Fill our parents with Your choicest blessings:
enrich their souls with Your Holy grace;
grant that they may faithfully and constantly
guard that likeness of Your union with Your Church,
which You did imprint upon them on their wedding day.

Fill them with Your spirit of holy fear,
which is the beginning of wisdom;
inspire them to impart it to their children.

May they ever walk in the way of Your commandments
and may we their children be their joy here on earth
and their crown of glory in heaven.

Finally, Lord God, grant,
that both our father and mother
may attain to extreme old age
and enjoy continuous health in mind and body.

May they give You abundant thanks
because You have bestowed upon them 
the great gift of parenthood.

Amen.

Holy Mary, mother fair,
Filled with love for God,
Pray for us in all our needs.
Pray for us today.

Lord, I awake and see your light,
For You have kept me through the night,
To You I lift my hands and pray,
Keep me from sin throughout this day,
And if I die before it’s done,
Save me through Jesus Christ, Your Son.

O Almighty God, 
who hast given unto me my father and mother, 
and made them to be an image of Thine authority, 
and love, and tender watchfulness; 
and hast commanded me to love, and honour, 
and obey them in all things: 
give me grace cheerfully and with my whole heart 
to keep this Thy law. 

Help me to love them fervently, 
to honour them truly, 
to yield a ready obedience to their commands, 
to comply with their wishes, 
to study their happiness in everything, 
and to bear their rebukes with patience and humility. 
Deliver me O God, from pride, 
rebellion and wilfulness, 
from passion and stubbornness, 
from sloth and carelessness. 

Make me diligent in all my duties and studies, 
and patient in all my trials; 
that so living, I may deserve to be Thy child, 
who art our Father in Heaven.

Amen.