It’s been a new wonderful part of my day to write a prayer every day. If you want to read the background story on why and how I felt called to write a prayer each day then you can read this previous blog post.
Here’s a round-up of all the prayers for August in one place. Please feel free to share these. We trust the Holy Spirit is doing His thing and drawing people to the prayers that might be an agency of grace to them. We’ll just keep perspiring and doing what we believe we are being called to do and leave the rest in much better hands their own.
To share an intention you’d like our prayer ministers to hold in our hearts and prayer for you or someone you love please go to our Daily Prayer page and scroll past the current month’s prayer to find the form.
Word/Image: Firmament
Father of Power and Might, Jesus, “the Christ” of Glory, and Holy Spirit Flame of Love, we lift up our humble prayers to you. Ignite in us spirits of worship. Replace our blasé predispositions with hearts, minds, souls, and bodies that yearn for a direct experience of Your Awesome Nature. Open the eyelids of our souls and peel away the cataracts of doubts that cloud our vision. Grant us a sense of wonder. May we grow in awareness of the miracles that are at the center of the gift of our lives. Father make us like telescopes with zooming lens that are capable of peering into your Endless Glory. Jesus, please walk with us and show us the celestial realms of Your Everlasting Kingdom. And Beautiful Spirit torch our sacred creative imaginations with fires of Holy Visions. Let us, “shine, and dart about as sparks through the stubble.”* We make our prayers in undivided Unity through Christ our Lord. AMEN
Reference: Wisdom 3:7
Word/Image: Intimacy
Father Caresser of Creation, Jesus Tender Sweetness of our Hopes, and Spirit Kiss of Peace, we long for our eternal Union with You. Open every sensitive door within in us where we are hiding from others and ourselves hurts, vulnerabilities, and sensitivities. You see and know everything. Extinguish our fears. Your words, “Be not afraid,” echo in our minds. Let them be engraved on our spirits. Turn our route knowledge of Your Perfect Encouragement into supple willingness to give all of ourselves to You with neither deceit nor shame. We seek Your open Arms with faith in Your Goodness. We are hungry for Your Embrace. Father run from Your Throne to welcome us home from our sinuous paths. Jesus let us rest our heads against Your Precious Sacred Heart, and fill us with Your Gentle Spirit. Oh God, may we reflect back to You from the depths of our souls even an ounce of Your Tender Love. Thank You for being our All in All we vow to be Your Beloved forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Sorrow
Father Catcher of Tears, Jesus Lamb of God, and Beautiful Spirit of Consolation, give us pause to consider how we offend You. Grant us greater awareness of all the little ways we fail to uphold Your Love. Unite us with Your Sorrows and with the sorrows of our brothers and sisters. May we encounter Your pierced Heart in the people and situations of pain, sin, death, and despair that cross our paths. Show us how to minister to those most in need of Your Tender Encouragement. May we become Your Face of Hope and Joy to anyone struggling. Father teach us how to forgive like you forgive. Please help us to go deeper in the daily examination of our consciences. Jesus when we bring You our hurts and failings, may we experience Your Mercy in unforgettable ways that change us forever. Holy Spirit provide us with all the graces and prayers we need to harvest the fruits of Divine Love and Will. “Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy Mercy.”* AMEN
* Fatima Rosary Prayer
Word/Image: Chariot
Father of the Word, Jesus Fulfillment of the Word, and Beautiful Spirit Song of the Word, bring us closer to the everlasting Truth. Transport us safely along the byways of our inequities. Hitch to the fleshly chariots of our hearts, minds, and bodies Your Holy Horses of Righteousness. Send the spinning wheels of our thoughts, words, and actions into a fervorous chase of all that is Good and pleasing to You. We know You have cast horse and chariot into the sea when wickedness and prideful obstinance thwart Your Holy Decrees. Make us One with Your Fiery, Passionate Law of Love. Father grant us the energy to endure a wild ride. Jesus steer our chariot with Your constant Peace. And Holy Spirit be the Wind of Change that transforms us with every breath we take into new creations. Grant us deeper and deeper trust and faith in All Your Miracles of Motion and Salvation abounding around us. We praise You. We thank You. We give Glory to You for the Gift of Life and the Promise of our Inheritance. AMEN
Word/Image: Open
Father of Every Detail, Jesus our Mirror, and Holy Spirit Challenger of Resistance we humbly submit to You. Show us in every way and in every place that we are failing to accept the never ending exuberant Abundance of Your Grace. Loosen the tight lids of our hearts and spirits and pour us out like libations into Your Holy Basin. Swirl our thoughts, our memories, our dreams, and our hopes in Your Waters of Life. Renew us in heart, mind, body, and spirit to become more like open books to You. As we accept our transparency in the Light of Your Truth, please teach us how to encounter ourselves and others to grow in Your Love. Reveal to us our fears that hold us back from becoming wider conduits of Your Joy. Father help us to be supple in Your Hands. Jesus we want to accept Your Healing. Beautiful Spirit let us assist You in being Your Healing Love to others. We unite this prayer and every prayer in the hearts of our brothers and sisters seeking openness to You. AMEN
Word/Image: Tower
Father of Order, Jesus Arranger of Souls, and Spirit Bringer of Joy, we ask for the gift of humility. We are easily enamored with our prideful quests for greatness. We’re fast to worship idols and eager to construct towering edifices to glorify ourselves. We forget we are precious, priceless, pearls only when we are in the glint of Your eyes. Lord, please draw us away from chaotic failures to govern our lives without You. Slay the towering giants of deceit that allure us with empty promises of being the center and maker of our realities. Father, help us to pause to allow You to show us Your Blueprints for True Peace and Prosperity. Jesus help us to be vigilant in our watch tower against the principalities of this world. And Beautiful Spirit gather the staccato* notes of our fledging song and harmonize them into legato** hymns of endless praise. Oh, Holy Trinity we place our trust in You. AMEN
* Staccato – music term – each note sharply detached or separated from the others.
** Legato – music term – notes are played in a smooth flowing manner, without breaks between them
Word/Image: True Freedom
Father who holds the keys to heaven, Jesus Liberator of Souls, and Holy Spirit Power of all Bonds, liberate us. Shower us with Your Mercy. We are incarcerated in prisons of our own making and burdened by the shackles of our broken ways. Grant us a peek into the beauty that sits outside of our barred cells. Open our eyes to the ways we easily offend Your Perfect Love with our careless thoughts, words, and actions. We recognize we cannot free ourselves from the things that continually disrupt and disturb our relationship with you, ourselves, and each other. Lord, despite what the world tries to teach us, we renounce the myth that doing whatever we want, and whenever we want to do it, is freedom. You have shown us that this attitude will enslave us. Father please help us grow in obedience. Jesus give us the desire to please You. And Beautiful Spirit reveal to us all that we can do to grow in Love. Holy Trinity teach us Your Truth, and may this Truth set us free. AMEN
Word/Image: Prepare
Father beyond time and reason, Jesus the Word made Flesh, and Spirit that unifies all things, ready our souls to encounter You. We lay in waiting. Help us to wake from our slumber and focus our sleepy gaze on Your Goodness. Guide us in Your Ways that will bring us more of Your Abundant Graces. Help us to take inventory of what we need for our journey. We are Your flock seeped in darkness and lost in our ways. Teach us how to seek and store enough oil of Your Mercy. Trim the lanterns of our hearts and souls so that we may be prepared like the virgins waiting for their bridegroom’s return*. Father while we desire to tirelessly seek You, we humbly accept our limitations. Jesus, ready our hearts to make room for Your Life in us. And Spirit of God, herald the coming of our King’s Glory with Shofar blasts of Love. We give glory and praise, now and forever, to the God of our vindication and salvation. AMEN
Parable of the Ten Virgins: Matthew 25: 1-13
Word/Image: Sacrament
Father of Grace, Jesus of Mercy, and Spirit of Love open the coffers of Your heavenly treasures. Bestow upon us the gifts of Your Sacred Touch. We long to encounter You in tangible ways that grant us access into the unseen realm of Your Endless Presence. Bury Your Spiritual Food into the barren pantries of our hearts to nourish and sustain us. Show us how to treat all of life as a perpetual sacrament. We are grateful for the varied opportunities You give us as individuals and in the Body of Christ to ignite and enact our Faith. Father, please protect our opportunities to participate in the sacraments. Send our Blessed Mother and angels and saints to crush any adversary that seeks to destroy Your Holy Sacraments. Jesus, strengthen our trust in the power of Your Word celebrated in the sacraments. And Holy Spirit, illuminate our sacred creative imaginations that we might step into the Reality of the Sacred Mysteries. For all these Precious Sacraments we give Glory to the Holy Trinity. AMEN
Word/Image: Rally
Father of Majesty, Jesus the Magnet of our Hearts, and Holy Spirit of Undivided Unity, ordain this time as our return to You. Gather your dispersed children. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts to see our call to be in Communion with You and in You, with each other. Make this a new day of everlasting Peace. We’ve exhausted our wanton excursions along pathways that lead nowhere. Ask Your angels to blast the Shofar to rouse all Your people to return to You with humble and contrite hearts. May our voices of praise and gratitude become a thundering call that rallies people together. We venerate the Holy Cross as the focus of our worship and contemplation. Father, please hold us in the prayers of Your Creative Bosom. Jesus, transform our all too often ignorant, selfish thoughts into Your Wisdom. And Beautiful Spirit lavish us with Love so that our actions bring more joy into the world. We make these and all of our prayers through Christ our Lord. AMEN
Word/Image: Sweep
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice. Proverbs 21:7
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our iniquities sweep us away. Isaiah 64:6
It is I who sweep away your transgressions for My own sake and remember your sins no more. Isaiah 43:25
“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15: 8-10
Mighty waters cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned. Songs 8:7
To the king of ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, honor and glory forever and ever. 1 Timothy 1:17 AMEN
Word/Image: Pursue
Father of the Word, Jesus Host of the Wedding, and Holy Spirit our heavenly Advocate, hasten to our sides. We are in full flight away from ourselves. Look at how we run in every direction except to You. Please help us make You our strongest desire. When we are being deaf to Your call, enliven our hearts with the holy fruits of gentleness, compassion, patience, kindness, and mercy. Let us see reflected in others and in every situation we encounter Your Goodness, Greatness, and Love. Wrap us in the pulsing fabric of Your Life and Truth. Father, You are the Hound of Heaven that will not let us go without lavishing us in Your Love and Grace. Jesus, You are our constant Teacher showing us how to die to ourselves to be alive in You. And Beautiful Spirit, You are the Creative instigator of a parade of opportunities that bring us face to face with our souls. To the Alpha and the Omega all praise and glory be now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Fallen
Father our Silent Encourager, Jesus our Resolve and Courage, and Holy Spirit our Vitality, embolden us in the face of our trials. Even the heavens have been subject to the fall of angels. Why must we reject You? What is the gravity that makes us stumble and grovel in our earthly weakness? Please give lift and Light to our heavy missteps. All too often we fail to carry the weight of our burdens because we forget to bring them to You. Father You have made us earthen vessels to be filled with Your Mercy. Jesus we praise You and thank You for Your companionship. You are no stranger to falling except unlike us You are innocent and without blemish of sins. Spirit of God in the face of darkness You reunite the Father and the Son in Holy Perfect Love. Grant us everlasting Communion with You through the Mystical Body of Christ. We exalt and lift high the name above all other Names and vow to give ourselves completely to You. AMEN.
Word/Image: Exalt
Father of Eternal Light, Jesus the name above all other Names, and Holy Spirit, Breath of the Almighty, we lift up our souls to You. We praise You and we thank You for implanting in our spirits the urge to seek You, to know You, and to worship You. Grant us humility. Let our hearts be consumed with wonder for Your Creation. Please open Your Book of Love that brings us a never ending parade of opportunities to co-create with You and with one another. May these gracious moments of creative acts bring Glory to You. Transform us into strings of dormant filaments waiting for a burst of Your Light to animate our lives with Your Goodness. We ask for the gift of awe. May our eyes be opened to Your Beauty and Your Order at work in all things, and at all times. Father mold us into Your image. Jesus give us minds full of Your Wisdom and bodies in Communion with Your ministry of Service. Spirit relieve us of our willful ways and fill us with Your Peace. Holy Trinity bring us deeper and deeper into Your Holy Mysteries. We love You, adore You and exalt You. AMEN
Word/Image: Encircle
Father of Everyone, Jesus King of Mercy, and Holy Spirit the Bond of Love between Everything, build Your Mystical Body into vibrant communities of faith. All too often we feel isolated. Our meager prayers are like the voice of a squeaky mouse desperate for food. We know You hear our voices yet, we desire to bring you a thundering chorus of fervent prayers. Assemble us into cenacles of active disciples who place all of their trust in You. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts to see Your Perfect Will at work through the enacting expression of people’s gifts, talents, experiences, and perspectives. Father please encircle us with a shield of Hope in our imperishable Life with You in heaven. Jesus enrobe us in Your tunic of Humility and crown us with Your Righteous Goodness. And Beautiful Spirit connect us with each other in endless tender, gentle, caring acts of love. “Hear our cries, O God; listen to our prayer. From the ends of the earth we call to You, we call as our hearts grow faint; lead us to the rock that is higher than You.”* AMEN
*Psalm 61: 1-2
Word/Image: Promise
Father of the Covenant, Jesus, the Fulfillment of the Word, and Holy Spirit, Spreader of Love, draw us into Your eternal Embrace. Teach us how to live in agreement with Your Holy Decrees. Stoke our faith and trust in You with passionate gratitude for all Your Life giving Promises. No matter what obstacles and challenges we find on our paths, please help us to never stop running towards the Hope we have in You. May our hearts and spirits echo our Blessed Mother’s great, “YES” to all You ask of us. Father consume us in Your Joy. Jesus, though our eyes cannot behold You yet, we cling to Your Patient assurances and Gracious signs that You are with always. Beautiful Spirit of Comfort, we rest in the Peace that cannot be taken from us. Oh God, wash us in the blood of the Lamb. Transform us into Your agencies of encouragement for others. With all the heavenly hosts we give praise and glory to You now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Gaze
Almighty Father, Jesus Shepherd of our Hearts, and Eternal Fiery Light of the Spirit, give us courage to turn away from everything that distracts us from setting our eyes only on You. Why do we find it so hard to look at you? Vanquish our powerless unworthiness with Your Sword of Humility. Help us Lord to let go of our litany of vapid excuses. We want to learn how to love You with the same Love you never stop showing us no matter how far we stray from You. Melt the wax encumbering the eyes of our heart so that we might see You more clearly. We long to be with You. Grant us the Joy of feeling known and cherished. Father we await the gift of every eternal moment You offer us. Jesus please let us receive Your Loving gaze and return it with our vow to serve You. Holy Spirit illuminate the space of our sins that sits between Jesus and us with Your Love and Mercy. Pray for us Holy Mother of God that we might be granted every grace we need to bathe in intimate gaze of Your Son, Our God, Lord and King. AMEN
Painting by Akiana Kramik – https://akiane.com/
Word/Image: Stronghold
Father our Rock and Refuge, Jesus the Captain of our souls, and Righteous Spirit of Holy Fury arm us for battle. Steady our anxious hearts. Equip us with every grace we need to face the onslaught of Your enemies. Ready us to meet our challenges, fears, and doubts with faith and trust in You. Illuminate our minds with the Light of Your Wisdom and “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,”* May we find unsurpassing Joy in Your Word and Law of Love to give us comfort. Father please grant us access to the Eternal Stronghold of Your Love. Jesus, please shepherd us to Your Father through the indwelling of Your Spirit. Beautiful Spirit, rest in the tabernacles of our heart and souls filling us with meekness, gentleness and patience to endure all things with confidence and hope. Make us strong in our reliance on You and in finding You working through the agency of our brothers and sisters. Thank You for hearing and answering our prayer. AMEN
*2 Corinthians 10:5
Word/Image: Servant
Father of Infinite Humility, Jesus, Perfect Man and Perfect God, and Holy Spirit enacting Power of Faithful Love in motion, show us how to serve. Help us to be quick to show our devotion to Your Holy Way through our acts of mercy, justice, and compassion. May we be attuned to all the little ways You ask us to forget ourselves and make the needs of others first. Fill us with Your Gracious Compassion. Grant us complete confidence in Your Providential Love and Support to provide for all of our needs. Please transform us into instruments of Your peace through our readiness to share Your gifts of Charity and Concern with all our brothers and sisters. We praise and thank you for humbling Yourself and taking on our humanity and limitations in the form of an obedient slave. You stop at nothing to embrace our imperfect weakness with acts of humble Love. Father pour down Your Living Waters from the Right Side of Your Heavenly temple. Jesus wash our feet. Holy Spirit purify our hearts into Heavenly Golden Tabernacles of Eternal Light. “Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from all evil.” AMEN
Word/Image: Bruised
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. Matthew 12:20
Father of Tears, Jesus derided, defiled, and rejected, Spirit our Hope against hopelessness help us renounce our assaults against You and each other. Have pity on or pitiless ways. Help us to abandon our instincts to assault ourselves and others when we become fearful. Instill in us Your Tenderness and Patience. Our hearts are pock marked with deep abscesses. Spread the salve of your anointing Love on our exposed hurts and vulnerabilities. Father please strengthen our resolve to honor the passion of Your Son and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus say the Word and we know we will be united in Communion with the bruising thorns piercing Your Precious head so that one day we might wear a crown of eternal righteousness. Beautiful Spirit turn horror and ugliness into Sacred Life free of death and sin. “With angel hosts we adore you and tremble as we gaze.”*
* Adapted from Bernard of Clairvaux lyrics Sacred Head Surrounded – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBAZPImnbuA
Word/Image: Forge
Father Crafter of Creation, Jesus, Anvil for our Souls, and Holy Spirit, Fire of Life, we submit to Your forming Graces. Hammer away at our selfish tendencies. Submit our raw gifts and talents to the purifying flames of Your Love. Forge us into Holy Swords at the command of Your Will. Shape the hilt of our hearts to protect us from all coldness and hardness. Help us purge our minds of any thoughts that might turn into actions that pierce Jesus’ Sacred Heart. Quicken our instincts to seek You as the center of every moment of our life. Father prepare us for Holy Battle to radiate Your Love to everyone we meet. Jesus we are Your Sword, please equip us with a sheath of tender, compassion that we might always be Your Ministers of Mercy. And Holy Spirit guide us to every person and situation ordained by Heaven. Oh, God thank you for our, “helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”* AMEN
* Ephesians 6:17
Word/Image: Prey
Their roar is like that of the lion,
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.
(Isaiah 5: 29)
Father, the Lion of Judah, Jesus, Lamb of God, and Holy Spirit Vapor of Indelible Graces, shield us from all our carnal and spiritual enemies. The world beckons us at every turn to leave the shelter of Your Wings. Often it’s too late when we realize we are exposed and in grave danger. Sometimes we assume we are invincible through our reliance on ourselves. Dispel our eagerness to forget our necessary vulnerability. Teach us how to embrace our dependency on You. Let our trust in You become our sweet, burning spiritual sensation of our life being lived in You and for You. Fill our hearts with prayers for not only our protection but for the protection of all our brothers and sisters. Father, Keeper of Divine Order do not delay establishing Your Law on Earth. Jesus shed Your Light of Truth on every heinous wolf hiding in lamb’s skin. And Beautiful Spirit help us to treasure every Grace seen and unseen that keeps us safe. AMEN
Word/Image: Folly
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.
(1 Corinthians 1: 18-19)
Father, of Power and Might, Jesus, King of Meekness and Humility, Spirit, of Wisdom and Truth, set us on the right path. Lord, the world seeks to distort Your Story of Love as weakness and folly. Free us from encumbering burdens of the world that mock and jeer us for declaring You are God and King. Let not our spirits be mute in their response to vicious attacks on our faith. Help us to come to the aid of brothers and sisters who struggle in the face of disdain and ridicule to stand up for our faith. Embolden us in embracing the incomprehensible mystery of relinquishing everything in trust to Your Perfect Sacrificial Selfless Love. Father, we beg for an outpouring of Your Grace and Mercy on all who fail to adore the Cross of Your Son. Jesus, let us be fools in hopeless love with You for Your saving Sacrifice. And Beautiful Spirit, strengthen us in Holy Sacramental worship to unite all people in the Body of Christ. “For the sake of His sorrowful passion have Mercy on us and on all the whole world.”* AMEN
*From Divine Mercy Chaplet – Learn More
Word/Image: Fig
Father, of Infinite Beauty, Jesus, Light of the World, and Beautiful Spirit of Divine Love dwelling among us, feed our hungry hearts with Your Sweetness. Shake the foundation of Your Heavenly Trees. May the fruits of Your Creation reign upon our land. Split open the delicacies of Your Sacred Mysteries that we might taste and see the Goodness of our Lord. Grant us inquiring minds and supple hearts eager to experience the delicacies of Your Handiwork. Enflame our spirits with a flood of humble gratitude to exclaim and share with others the Fruits of Your Unconditional, Perfect, Selfless, Sacrificial Love. Father, please help us to become more sensitive to the whispers of Your Wonders that bring order, Peace and Joy to our lives. Jesus, we adore you, “for by your cross and Resurrection You have set us free.”* And Holy Spirit build the Kingdom of God through every one of our relationships. O Holy Trinity, set us free from everything that separates us from You. AMEN
* The Memorial Acclamation – Roman Rite of Mass 1969
Word/Image: Kindness
Father of Eternal Hugs, Jesus with Your Tender Healing Touch, and Beautiful Spirit of Sweet Surprises encircle us with the Light of Your Endless Blessings. When we are faced with isolation, when we are caught in cycles of denial, when we push others away, when we are ravaged by insecurity, when anger takes hold of our hearts, when we are blind with envy, when we are consumed with thoughts of judgment, when we are thrown off guard by others who seek to hurt us, when we fail to recognize the pain of others, when we fight for our limitations, when we fail to recognize the narrowness of our perspectives, when we cut down others to elevate ourselves, when we are tired, when we are shaken by anxiety, when fear imprisons our hearts and spirits… embrace us with Your Kindness. Father we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus let us look into Your Eyes and feel Your Mercy setting us free. Holy Spirit transform us into eager, humble adopted sons and daughters of God the Most High. In Christ we pray. AMEN
Word/Image: Sparrow
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
(Matthew 10: 29-30)
Father, Protector of All, Jesus, King of our Hearts, and Holy Spirit Fire of our Purpose and Hope fill us with confidence in Your Presence in our lives. Lord, we are blind to how You see us. As we seek to love You more with all of our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies increase our awareness of Your Loving gaze always upon us. Dispel our doubts. Wipe away our tears of self-pity. Help us to grow into the gifts and talents You have given us. Ignite our spirits with a passion to give Glory to You and a commitment toserve You and our brothers and sisters every moment of our lives. Father, thank you for creating us. Jesus, thank You for knowing us. Holy Spirit, thank you for filling us with Love. Oh, Holy Trinity, thank you for implanting in us an unquenchable desire for eternal Union with You. We surrender our lives to You. Please do with us what will create more of Your Light, Joy, and Peace. AMEN
Word/Image: Empty
I myself will be a wall of fire around it, declares the Lord, and I will be its glory within.
(Zechariah 2:5)
Father of Fullness, Jesus, Humble Servant, and Spirit of Fierce Holy Fire, build a wall of unshakeable Hope around our cenacles of prayer. We offer You the earthen vessels of our lives. Pour out the dregs of our bitter tonics and make our cups over flow with Your Precious Blood of Mercy and Love. We entrust ourselves to Your Will. Grant the eyes of our hearts clear vision of Faith. We peer into the empty tomb. Your plan unfolds and the abandoned linens tell a story we stutter to share. Father, thank you for stopping at nothing to show us the endless depths of Your Love. Jesus, in obedience You emptied Your Precious Body of every drop of Blood to open the gates of Heaven for us. And Beautiful Spirit of God, You have unleashed the Glory of God to dwell among us and in us. O Holy Trinity, a covenant of Eternal Peace waits to take possession of our eager souls. In Communion with our Blessed Mother, and with all the angels and saints, we Praise You now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Jerusalem
At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the LORD, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
(Jeremiah 3:17)
Father of Infinite Patience, Jesus Light of the World, and Holy Spirit of Renewal, help us build the City of God. We thank you for Your covenants. Why do we carry them like they are burdens? Your Commandments are sweeter than honey. We spit them out in reckless, foolish defiance. Please forgive us. We often care more about the perishable human temple than the imperishable sacred Temple of our souls. Grant us Oh, Lord every grace we need to be co-participants and co-creators in fortifying Your City. Post vigilant sentries of prayers and entrain them to watch over us. Father comfort Your Son who weeps at the state of Your Holy City of Jerusalem. Jesus You taught us to pray, “thy Kingdom come, thy will be done.” And Beautiful Spirit fill us with Jesus’ Spirit that we might become His Bride bedecked and adorned with hearts radiant in obedience and love. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. AMEN
Word/Image: Treasure
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
(Matthew 6:21)
Father of Glory, Jesus, Shepherd of our Hearts, and Spirit of Purpose and Life, help us become more ardent seekers of Your Love. Grant us a peek into the Sublime depths of Your Goodness and Greatness. Please teach us how to discern where and how in each moment Your Riches are waiting for us to discover them. Let us be like miners striking the veins of gold in the caves of our hearts and spirits. We praise you and thank you for lifting us up from Your Treasure Chest of Creations as Your precious jewels. Lavish us with Your Spirit that Your Light of Glory might shine through every facet of our gifts and talents You have Graciously bestowed upon us. Father, there are no riches of this world that can compare to Your Humble Desire to be with us with forever. Jesus take possession of our hearts – You are our Life and Treasure. Beautiful Spirit fill us with the Sweetness of our everlasting Communion with the Holy Trinity. In joyful chorus with all the angels and saints we sing Hosanna to God in the Highest. AMEN
Word/Image: Circus
Father, Architect of the Divine Plan, Jesus, Tamer of our wanton free wills, and Holy Spirit Orchestrator of Divine Appointments, gather us under Your Holy Tent. We hear Your barker cries. Yet, we are drawn away from the three rings of Your Big Heavenly Tent. Why must the ears of our hearts be easily swayed by side shows staged by minions of the great Liar? We are ill equipped tight rope walkers struggling to balance our desire to love and know you with all of the alluring distractions around us. Forgive us for taking haughty pleasure in judging others as freaks to feel better about all of our imperfections. Thank you for Loving us Unconditionally with all of our imperfections. Grant us the grace to resist the temptation to hop on the ruckus bandwagon in pursuit of curiosities to entertain us. Father, keep us safe under the Refuge Tent of Your Word. Jesus, teach us how to keep our focus on Your Sacred Heart. Holy Spirit, be the Ringmaster of our walk in faith. El Shaddai* consecrate our lives that we might become heirs and co-participants in Your Endless Glory. AMEN
*El Shaddai: God Almighty (perhaps originally, God of the mountains)
