Daily Prayer Archive

Grant Us Your Grace

O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 
King and center of all hearts, 
dwell in our hearts and be our King; 
grant us by Your grace to love each other truly and chastely, 
even as You have loved Your spotless Bride, the Church, 
and have given Yourself up for her. 

Bestow upon us that mutual love 
and Christian forbearance 
which are so highly acceptable in Your sight, 
and a mutual patience in bearing each other's defects; 
for we are certain that no living creature is free from them.

How Sweet and Lovely You Are

O Mary, I wish I could see how 
you behaved toward your father and mother, 
especially toward St. Anne; 
and then how you behaved toward the priests of the temple; 
and then toward St. Joseph; 
and toward St. Elizabeth, 
and St. John the Baptist; 
and afterwards toward the Apostles. 
I should see how sweet 
and lovely you were to every one of them; 
but still your heart was with Jesus only. 
And they would all feel and understand this, 
however kind you were to them.

Amen.

Merits of Your Sacrifice

O Lord Jesus, 
in order that the merits of your sacrifice on the Cross 
might be applied to every soul of all time, 
you willed that it should be renewed upon the altar. 
At the Last Supper, you said: 
"Do this in remembrance of me." 
By these words you gave your apostles and their successors 
the power to consecrate 
and the command to do what you yourself did. 
I believe that the Mass is both a sacrifice and a memorial,
reenacting your passion, 
death and resurrection. 
Help me to realize that the Mass is the greatest gift of God to us 
and our greatest gift to God. 

Amen.

O Lord, Let me unite with You, 
that I may more deeply love You. 
May I help make reparation to Your adorable Heart 
and the heart of Your Mother, Mary. 
With greatest love, 
I offer myself to You 
and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. 
I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. 
Come and possess my soul. 

Majestic Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the Angels, 
you received from God the power 
and commission to crush the head of Satan. 
We humbly beseech You, 
send forth the legions of heaven, 
that, under Your command, 
they may seek out all evil spirits, 
engage them everywhere in battle, 
curb their insolence, 
and hurl them back into the pit of hell. 

O good and tender Mother, 
You shall be our hope 
and the object of our love. 

O Mother of God, 
send forth the holy Angels to defend me 
and drive far from me the cruel foe.

Inspire us, O God, with a love of all men, 
and especially for those who suffer and are persecuted; 
teach us to go in Your name, 
to bring love where there is hate, 
light of Christian principles where there is darkness of error; 
help us for Your honor and Glory to renew the face of the earth. 
Enable us never to flinch where truth and justice are assailed. 
May we serve You as other Christs by prayer and good works 
by bringing into every phase of private and public life 
the only truth that can make me free, 
the only love that embraces all mankind,
the only peace that will last through the eternal ages.