March 4, 2018
Lord, You have filled me
with Your Spirit of love and goodness.
Lead me out of the darkness of selfishness
that I may be a light
of faith, hope and love
to others in need.
Give me the courage to accept
the painful, ugly realities of life
and become Your advocate
of truth and justice in the world
March 3, 2018
Lord, guide me in Your truth
and teach me Your ways.
Forgive me for the times I have withheld
mercy, compassion, and love
from my sisters and brothers.
Show me how to use
the gifts of love and goodness
You have created in me.
Lord, You have blessed us
with Your goodness and love.
Help me to make
Your kindness and compassion
known to all people
by my life example.
Help me to fulfill
Your law of love.
March 2, 2018
Lord, as we enter into Lent
may we strive each day
to deepen Your friendship with You
so as to make this a time of Your grace,
a season of Your favor.
Deepen us a desire to please You,
to overcome things that hinder us
from lifting our minds and hearts to You.
May these precious days of Lent not be wasted.
Help us clear a way the things
that keep the goodness of your love
from shining down on us,
so we can grow in friendship with You,
with the warmth of Your love,
just like a new blossom springing forth
under the warmth of the sun.
Amen
- Columban Fr. Pat Sayles
March 1, 2018
Thank you, Thank you;
the women and men murmur politely.
It was a crowded room of 93
people experiencing homelessness.
On this cold winter day, they repeated their gratitude;
the prayerful expressions of appreciation
for the food and companionship.
Thank you Lord Jesus for the graciousness
of the people who have little materially
but, are rich in grace and gratitude.
- Columban Fr. Thomas Glennon
February 28, 2018
Mercifully, O Lord,
work Your sanctification within us
by means of these mysteries;
may they both cleanse us from earthly vices,
and lead us to Heavenly gifts.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God world without end.
Amen.
February 27, 2018
Look down upon Your household, O Lord,
and grant that our souls,
chastened by the mortification of the flesh,
may glow in Your sight with the desire for You.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God
world without end.
Amen.
February 26, 2018
Almighty God,
You know the perils that surround me,
and how easy it would be for me to slip and fall.
Give me the wisdom that I need to do Your bidding,
and avoid the snares that are set before me.
My path is dark before me.
Send Your Holy Spirit to fill me with your light,
and to guide me.
Help me do Your will,
and to do what is best for me
and those who depend on me.
Grant me the grace of wisdom.
Make me wise enough to choose truth over falsehood,
that I may not be deceived to my own undoing,
and to the harm of others.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
February 25, 2018
Dear God, help me to walk with you throughout the day.
Give me today
some of the wisdom that is in Your words,
some of the love that is in your heart,
some of the help that is in your hands.
Give me today
some of Your patience with people,
some of Your ability to bear slights and insults
and bitterness without resentment,
some of Your ability to forgive.
Help me to live in such a way today
that others may know that I began the day with You,
and that I am walking with You,
however dimly,
others may see You in me.
Amen.
February 24, 2018
Loving Lord Jesus,
whose hands are underneath our lowest feelings
to support us as we rest in you.
Hold me in this dark place
and sustain my life with your hope.
Let the light of your love warm my heart,
and your Holy Spirit, the comforter,
be with me to lift me up.
Amen.
February 23, 2018
May God bless you and grant you joy.
May He deepen your love for each other.
May He bless you + in your family and friends,
And lead you to unending happiness in Heaven.
May Almighty God,
Father, Son, + and Holy Spirit,
Bless us all,
And keep us in His love for ever and ever.
Amen.
February 22, 2018
O God, Protector of all people and nations,
protect my family and friends at home
from the violence and evil of others.
Keep them safe from the weapons of hate and destruction
and guard them against the deeds of evildoers.
Grant them your protection and care
in tranquility and peace.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
February 21, 2018
O holy Mother,
into the bosom of your tender mercy,
this day, every day of my life,
and at the hour of my death,
I commend my soul and body.
To you I entrust all my hopes and consolations,
all my trials and miseries,
my life and the end of my life,
that all my actions may be ordered
and disposed according to your will
and that of your Divine Son.
Amen.
February 20, 2018
When I was hungry, you gave me to eat;
when I was thirsty you gave me to drink.
Whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to Me.
Come and enter the house of My Father.
When I was a stranger, you opened your doors;
when I was naked, you gave me clothes.
When I was tired, you gave me peace;
when I was frightened, you calmed me down.
When I was small, you taught me to read;
when I was lonely, you gave me your love.
I was in prison, you visited me;
When I was sick and you took care of me.
In a strange country, you gave me a home;
when I had no job, you found me one.
You were on My side in times of despair;
in the hour of joy, we were together.
February 19, 2018
Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage;
We humbly beg You that we may always prove ourselves
a people mindful of Your favor and glad to do Your will.
Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners.
Save us from violence, discord, and confusion,
from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people,
the multitude of many tongues brought to our shores.
Endow with Your spirit of wisdom
those whom in Your name we entrust the authority of government,
that there may be justice and peace at home,
and that through obedience to Your law,
we may show Your praise among the nations of the earth.
In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness,
and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in You to fail;
all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
February 18, 2018
We pray to You,
O almighty and eternal God!
Who through Jesus Christ
has revealed Your glory to all nations,
to preserve the works of Your mercy,
that Your Church,
being spread through the whole world,
may continue with unchanging faith
in the confession of your name.
Amen.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.
We go in the name of the Church to announce, by deed and word, the Good News of Jesus Christ.
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1902 N. Calhoun
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