Daily Prayer Archive

Mother of Perpetual Help, you know so well the value of an immortal soul. For every soul has been redeemed by the precious Blood of your Divine Son. Hear my prayer as I plead for the conversion of a sinner, one who is quickly heading for eternal ruin. I know that you are the refuge of sinners. I know also that God has given you the power to bring about the conversion of even the most hardened sinner. Until now, nothing has been successful in changing this person's sinful way of life. Obtain from your Son the grace of conversion. Merciful Mother, you have brought about the conversion of many sinners through the prayers of their relatives and friends. Listen to my prayer and bring about a true conversion for this unhappy soul. Mother of Perpetual Help, show that you really are the Refuge of Sinners.

Dear God, give me courage, for perhaps I lack it more than anything else. I need courage before men against their threats and against their seductions. I need courage to bear unkindness, mockery, contradiction. I need courage to fight against the devil, against terrors and troubles, temptations, attractions, darkness and false lights, against tears, depression, and above all fear. I need Your help, dear God. Strengthen me with Your love and Your grace. Console me with Your blessed Presence and grant me the courage to persevere until I am with You forever in heaven.

Lord Jesus, merciful Savior of the world, we humbly beseech You by Your Most Sacred Heart, that all the straying sheep may turn to You, the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls: Who live and reign world without end. Amen.

On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore Your Adorable Spirit, helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak Lord, for Your servant hears." Amen.

Lord,
 Jesus
 Christ, 
Carpenter 
of 
Nazareth,
 You 
were
 a 
worker
 as 
I 
am.
 Give
 me, 
and
 all
 workers,
 the 
privilege
 To
 work 
as 
You 
did,

 so
 that 
everything 
we 
do
 will
 be
 to
 the 
greater 
glory 
of 
God,

 and 
the 
benefit 
of 
our 
fellow 
men.

 May 
Your
 kingdom
 come 
into 
our
 offices,

 our 
factories
 and
 shops,

 into
 our 
homes 
and
 into 
our
 streets.
 Give
 us 
this 
day 
a 
living 
wage,
 
 so
 that 
we 
may 
be 
able 
to 
keep 
Your
 law.
 May
 we 
earn
 it 
without 
envy 
or 
injustice.

 To 
us
 who 
labor 
and 
are 
heavily
 burdened, send 
speedily
 
 the
 refreshment
 of 
Your 
love.
 May
 we
 never
 sin
 against 
You.

 Show
 us
 Your
 way to
 work,
 
 and
 when 
our 
work 
here
 is
 done,

 may 
we, 
with
 all
 our
 fellow
 workers,
 
 rest
 in
 peace.
 Amen.

Lord, give us all the courage we need to go the way you shepherd us, that when you call we may go unfrightened. If you bid us come to you across the waters, that we may not be frightened as we go. And if you bid us climb the hill, may we not notice that it is a hill, mindful only of the happiness of your company. You made us for yourself, that we should travel with you and see you at last in your unveiled beauty in the abiding city, where you are light and happiness and endless home.