Daily Prayer Archive

Gracious and Holy Father,
give us the wisdom to discover You,
the intelligence to understand You,
the diligence to seek after You,
the patience to wait for You,
eyes to behold You,
a heart to meditate upon You,
and a life to proclaim You,
through the power of the Spirit of Jesus, our Lord.

Father of light and wisdom,
we praise You for Your gifts:
for giving us the power to see,
and the ability to write and read
and to use the arts of printing.

Help us to use these crafts and skills
for Your greater honor and glory,
and for the salvation of all Your people.

Grant that all Your people
may grow in wisdom and grace,
and use their knowledge for the
betterment of those in need.

Father, we praise You through Jesus Christ Your Son
in the love of Your Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever.

Amen.

May you walk with God this summer
In whatever you do,
Wherever you go.

Walking with God means
walking with honesty and with courage,
walking with love and respect
and concern for the feelings of others.
May you talk to God this summer
and every day and in every situation.

Talking with God means praying words of praise
for the beauty of creation,
saying prayers of thanks for friends and good times,
asking God's help in all your decisions,
expressing sorrow when you have failed.
May you talk with God every day.

Amen.

O kind and good Mother,
whose own soul was pierced by the sword of sorrow,
look upon us while, in our sickness,
we arraign ourselves beside you
on the Calvary where your Jesus hangs.

Endowed with the high grace of suffering,
and hopeful of fulfilling in our own flesh
what is wanting in our sharing of Christ's passion,
on behalf of his Mystical Body, the Church,
we consecrate to you ourselves and our pain.
We pray that you will place them
on that Altar of the Cross to which Jesus is affixed.
May they be little victims of atonement for our salvation,
and for the salvation of all peoples.

O Mother of Sorrows,
accept this consecration.
Strengthen our hopeful hearts,
that as partakers of Christ's sufferings
we may also share in his comfort now and for evermore.

Amen.

Angel of Schools, at the bidding of Peter,
thousands today are saluting you.
We too are claiming your care and counsel,
Angel of Schools, be an angel to us.
Come to our aid when you hear us calling,
Light up the dark, make the rough places plain,
Bring to our thoughts the unknown or forgotten,
Give us the words that we seek for in vain.

You, O eternal Trinity,
are a deep sea into which,
the more I enter,
the more I find.
And the more I find,
the more I seek.
O abyss, O eternal Godhead,
O sea profound,
what more could you give me than yourself?

Amen.

Great convert and Apostle of the Gentiles,
you became Christlike
and knew only Christ Crucified.
Though extremely learned,
you relied completely on the Wisdom received
from the Spirit
and taught from the abundance of your heart.
Instruct modern priests and evangelists
those who preach Christ to others.
Let them realize that their actions
speak louder than any words they may use.
Teach them to use their talents
in conveying their God, given message
but to rely above all on the promptings of the Spirit.

Amen.