We all ask others to pray for us
and we promise our prayers in return...
This night I pray for some special people in my life
and I'm sure you're praying for friends and loved ones in yours...
Like you, I pray for people who have many needs
and I take comfort in knowing that the Lord knows those needs
even before we speak them...
Like you, I pray for family and friends,
for neighbors and parishioners
who have asked for my prayers...
And like you, I pray for people I've never met,
for whom others have asked me to pray...
For some we pray for help, hope and healing...
for others we intercede for patience, forgiveness and reconciliation,
for many we ask for guidance, counsel and understanding...
for others we pray for relief, comfort and consolation...
and for all we ask for serenity, harmony and peace...
We pray for the sick and the dying
and for those who care for them, day by day...
We pray for an end to violence in peoples' homes,
in their streets and among nations...
We pray for the healing of the abused and betrayed
and for the restoration of trust and confidence in the Church...
We pray for the victory of justice and a harvest of peace...
We pray for those who serve and protect us, at home and abroad
and we pray for our enemies and for those who persecute us...
And we pray with grateful hearts for those who this day
found peace, happiness and joy...
I join you in your prayer tonight and I pray for you...
Please join in my prayer tonight and pray for me...
God, grant us serenity to accept the things we cannot change,
courage to change the things we can
and the wisdom to know the difference...
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I'm right there with you praying this from across the pond. 00.40 here- Godbless
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written - your heart was surely in it. Made me pray for you right away!
ReplyDeleteRo Pinto
I pray this prayer from VOTF often for all priests but I will remember you personally as well. Thanks for all your efforts to bring hope in these troubled times.
ReplyDeleteDaily Prayer for Priests....
Heavenly Father
grant that our priests be
strengthened and healed by the
power of the Eucharist they celebrate.
May the Word they proclaim give them
courage and wisdom.
We pray that all those whom they
seek to serve may see in them
the love and care of Jesus,
our Eternal High Priest, who is Lord
for ever and ever. Amen
Mary, Mother of the Church, look tenderly
upon your sons, your priests.
Joseph, patron of the Universal Church,
pray for us all.
Amen...
ReplyDeletethis morning an assurance from StPaul that nothing can separate us from the love of God...FrEamon reassuring us further that there's nothing we can do to change God's love for us...thank you FrAustin, for a lovely way of bringing one more day to a close...you are in my prayers.