Category Archives: Prayer

Guidance and Surrender; 7 Powerful Prayers from the Saints

During times of confusion, it always helps to turn to a powerful prayer to help us center our thoughts and erase our fears.  The following prayers are powerful tools during these times of need.

If God is your co-pilot…perhaps you should change seats!!!

St. Ignatius Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Take Lord and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my entire will, all I have and call my own.

You have given all to me.  To you,  Lord, I return it.  Everything is Yours  do with it what You will.  Give me only Your love and your grace, that is enough for me.

Bl. Charles de Foucauld

St. Charles de Foucauld

Father, I abandon myself into Your hands, do with me what You will.  Whatever You may do, I thank You.  I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only Your will be done in me and in all Your creatures.  I wish no mere than this, O Lord.

Into Your hands, I commend my soul.  I offer it to You with all the love of my heart, for I love You, Lord and so need to give myself into Your hands without reserve and with boundless confidence, for You are my Father.

St. John Henry Newman

St. John Henry Newman

O my God, I will put myself without reserve into your hands, Wealth or woe, joy or sorrow, friends or bereavement, honor or humiliation, good report or ill report, comfort or discomfort, Your presence or the hiding of Your countenance, all is good if it comes from You.

You are wisdom and You are love.  What can I desire more?  You have led me in Your counsel, and with glory You received me.  What have I in heaven, and apart from You, what want I upon earth?

My flesh and my heart fail but God is the God of my heart, and my portion forever.

St. Therese of Lisieux…The Little Flower

St. Therese of Lisieux

O my God, I offer You all my actions this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works by uniting them to His infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of His merciful love.

Oh my God!  I ask You for myself and for those I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Your hoiy will, to accept for love of You the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in heaven for all eternity.  Amen

St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine 

Prayer to Holy Spirit

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirity, that my thoughts may all be Holy.

Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work too, may be holy.

Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love only what is holy.

Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.

Guard me, then O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.

Guard me, then O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.

You have created us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You.  You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak, and I need Your strength, so that I my not fall so often.

Stay with me Lord, for You are my Life and without You I am without meaning.  You are the power which sustains me, the unique Joy of my heart.

Stay with me Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to be with You.

St. John Henry Newman

St. John Henry Newman

Lead Kindly Light

Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom.  Lead Thou me on!

The night is dark and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on!

Keep thou my feet;  I do not ask to see the distant scene; one step is enough for me.

I was not ever thus, nor pray’d that Thou shouldst lead me on;  I loved to choose and see my path

but now lead Thou me on!

I loved the garish day and spite of fears; pride ruled my will; remember not my past years.  So long Your power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o’er moor and fe, o’er crag and torrent, till the night is gone; and with the morn those angel faces smile which I have lived long since and lost awhile.

Lead Kindly Light

Candlelight Prayer

Twenty Five Quotes from the Saints about Truth

Many in the world today are discovering that not everything we believe is actually true.  The following quotes are attributed to the Saints.  Hopefully they will help us to understand the meaning of Truth.

1.   Anyone who seeks Truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.

St. Edith Stein

St. Edith Stein
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2.  Truth is not private property.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo
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3.  Truth suffers but never dies.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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4.  Proclaim the Truth and do not be silent through fear.

St. Catherine of Siena

4.  Proclaim the Truth and do not be silent through fear.

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena
5.  Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul
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6.  He is an all-powerful God, who is Truth

St. Faustina

St. Faustina
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7.  Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit, which it sours to the Truth.

St. John Paul II

8.  There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II
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9.  I can nourish myself on nothing but Truth.

St. Therese of Lisieux

10.  Jesus said, ” I am the Truth” and it is your duty and mine to speak the truth, then it is up to the person who hears it whether to accept or reject it.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
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11.  When lies have been accepted for some time, Truth always stands with an air of novelty.

St. Clement of Alexandria…Church Father

12.  True happiness is to rejoice in the Truth, for to rejoice in theTruth is to rejoice in you, O God, who are the Truth, you my God, my true Light, to whom I look for salvation.

St. Augustine

13.  To lovers of the Truth, nothing can be put before God and Home in Him.

St. Basil

St. Basil the Great
14.  Do not accept anything as Love which lacks Truth.

St Edith Stein

15.  If I do not speak the truth, I become a slave of the father of lies and beome a member of the Father of lies.

St. Jerome Emiliani

St. Jerome Emiliani        Patron Saint of Orphans
16.  Speak the Truth in a million voices.  It is silence that kills.

St. Catherine of Siena

17.  Sin makes a man a coward, a life in the Truth of Christ makes him bold.

St. John Chrysostom

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18.  For He who is true God is also True man; and there is no deception in this union, where the loftiness of God and the lowliness of man are brought together.

St. Leo the Great

St. Leo the Great
19.  No one in the world can change Truth.  What we can do and should do is to seek Truth and to serve it when we have found it.

St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Maximilian Kolbe
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20.  Serve the Lord in fear and Truth.

St. Polycarp…Church Father

St. Polycarp
21.  God is supreme Truth; and to be humble is to walk in Truth.

St. Teresa of Avila.

22.  Charity and kindness unwedded to Truth are not charity and kindness but deceit and vanity.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius Loyola
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23.  My longing for truth was a single prayer.

St Edith Stein

24.  Seek the Truth, Do the Good,  Love the Beautiful!

St. John Henry Newman

St. John Henry Newman
25.  What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?

St. John Chrysostom

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With Grateful Hearts

With Grateful Hearts

With grateful hearts

we contemplate

the beauty of the world.

The sunsets, mountains and beaches,

its flowers and its wildlife.

The mysteries of creation are too great to understand.

With Grateful hearts we thank you Lord for each and every day.

With grateful hearts we thank you Lord

for our family and our friends.

They bring us both joy and companionship.

For all who are near and dear to us, whether near or far,

With grateful hearts, 

We thank you Lord for the priceless gift of Love.

With grateful hearts we thank you Lord

for the journey we call life.

The twists and turns, the ups and downs

both victories and defeat.

With grateful hearts we thank you Lord

for walking at our side,

always present, always loving,

showing us the way.

With grateful hearts we thank you Lord

for your mercy and your love.

Always kind and forgiving

planting seeds of love and wisdom

Helping us to grow.

With Grateful Hearts, We Thank you Lord.

Messages of Hope from the Saints

Messages of Hope from the Saints

The following quotes are messages from the saints to encourage during times of trouble.

St. Faustina
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Hope is the lifeline that connects us to God’s mercy and grace.

St. Faustina

St. Augustine
There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.

St. Augustine

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage.  Anger at the way things are,  and courage to see that they do.

St. Augustine

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms it is far off nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, who whether it be far off or near, awaits with sincere faith, steadfast hope and fervent love.

St. Augustine

For in our Hope we are saved.

St. Augustine

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

St. Augustine

St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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Hope is the gift that God bestows on those who seek Him with a sincere heart.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Padre Pio
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Pray, hope and don’t worry!  Worry is useless.  God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

St. Padre Pio

I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy and to place my hope in God alone.

St. Padre Pio

St. Francis of Assisi
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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love.  where there is injury, pardon. where there is doubt, faith, where there is despair, hope, where there is darkness, light. and where there is sadness, joy.

St. Francis of Assisi

Hope is the key that unlocks the door of possibilities.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Faith lifts the soul.  Hope supports it.  Experience says it must and Love says, “Let it be?”

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Ignatius Loyola
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Hope is the sign of a soul that trusts in God’s promises.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Leo the Great

The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

St. Leo the Great

St. Bonaventure
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Hope is the beacon that shines in the darkness reminding us of God’s love.

St. Bonaventure

St. Thomas Aquinas
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.

St. Thomas Aquinas  

Hope is the anchor of the soul.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Maria Goretti
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He loves, he hopes, he waits.  Our Lord prefers to wait for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting for an instant.

St. Maria Goretti

St. John of the Cross
Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul.  Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you.  Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.

St. John of the Cross

St. Therese of Lisieux
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God would never inspire me with dreams which cannot be realized!  So in spite of my littleness, I can Hope to be a saint.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Teresa of Avila
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Hope is the virtue that sustains us in times of trial.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Jane Frances de Chantal
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Hope is the seed that grows into a flourishing garden of faith and love.

St. Jane Frances de Chantel

St. Jerome and the Angel
by Simon Vouet
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Hope is the courage to trust in God’s plan, even when it seems uncertain.

St. Jerome

St. John Paul II
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Although I have lived through much darkness, I have seen enough evidence to be unshakably convinced that no difficulty, no fear is so great that it can completely suffocate the hope that springs eternal in the hearts of the young…Do not let that hope die!  Stake your lives on it!  We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son.

St. John Paul II

The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope.  There is no dark without dawn, no storm without haven.

St. John Paul II

Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.

St. John Paul II

To humanity, which sometimes seems to be lost and dominated by the power of evil, selfishness and fear, the risen Lord gives the gift of His love which forgives, reconciles and reopens the soul to hope.

St. John Paul II

Believers know that the presence of evil is always accompanied by the presence of good… by grace…Where evil grows, there the hope for good also grows…In the love that pours forth from the heart of Christ, we find hope for the future of the world.  Christ has redeemed the world.  By His wounds we are healed.  Isaiah 53:5

St. John Paul II

I plead with you…never ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged.  Be not afraid.

St. John Paul II

 

Praying with Psalm 23 Trust in God

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.

Lost and confused?   Seek God…TRUST God

Fear no evil……God Protects

God servesYou set the table before me.

My cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life.

I am not alone…God is with me.

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    He makes me lie down in green pastures.
he leads me beside still waters;[a]
    he restores my soul.[b]
He leads me in right paths[c]
    for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[d]
    I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely[e] goodness and mercy[f] shall follow me
all the days of my life,

Music recommended:

Shepherd me o God

Marty Haugen