Word/Image: Feast of rich food and choice wines
On this mountain the LORD of hosts
will provide for all peoples
A feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
Isaiah 25: 6
Father Master of the Feast of Heaven and Earth, Jesus our Living Bread and Wine of Hope and Salvation, and Holy Spirit, Love’s Echoes of Glorious hymns, bring us to Your Holy Mountain. We are ravished. We subsist on paltry rations of food that will never satisfy or nourish us. We accept Your invitation. Do we have a choice? Keep us safe from burning in the Light of Your Love by self-banishing ourselves from Your Goodness and obstructing Your Will. We choose to be bathed in the Perfect Light of Your Sublime Radiance. We want to dance with joyous praise and abandonment at the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. Teach us how to participate in Your Divine Will and its Endless Expressions of Love. This is our inheritance. Sanctify us with Your Grace. Feed with Your Mercy and help us to grow in faith, hope, and trust in You. May our growing Life in You, now and forever, attract other souls to Your Feast. Father, thank you for Loving us. Jesus thank You for walking with us. And Beautiful Spirit thank You for lavishing us with the rich foods and choice wines of Love. “I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.”* AMEN
Psalm 63:5
Word/Image: Fraternal
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3: 16-18
Father Master of the Vineyard, Jesus the Wine of Love, and Holy Spirit, Harvester of the Fruits, send us into Your Fields to be Your willing servants. We praise and thank you for filling the cups of our hearts and spirits with Your Love. Unite us in the Living Sacrifice of Your Body and Blood. Lord, please show us how to follow Your example. Help us die to ourselves so that we can be of service to our brothers and sisters, and give Glory to You. Let us be Your blessings to one another. We believe, that You at work in us, through us, and between us, will build Your Kingdom. Consecrate our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies to Your Sacred Heart of Love and Mercy. Imbue our words, actions, intentions, and prayers with Your Truth and Goodness. Magnify our sacred imagination to see others with Your Eyes of Compassion and hear the needs of our brothers and sisters with the ears of Your Tender Heart. Father, make us One in You. Jesus, grant us Communion with You. And Beautiful Spirit, fill our empty earthen vessels with Your Radiant Love. “Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.”* AMEN
* Psalm 117: 1-2
Word/Image: Keep my Name Holy
My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me—holy is his name.
Luke 1: 47-49
Father of Might and Wonder, Jesus Prince of Peace and King of Love, and Holy Spirit, Healing Water and Fire of Life, open the windows of our spirits to let in Your Light. Your Name Oh Lord is Holy and cannot be spoken. Grant us the grace of eager hearts full of Your Word. Sculpt our precious lives with Your Chisel of Righteousness, and help us always grow in humility. Transform our lives into an eternal, “Yes” to Your Divine Will. We want to keep Your Name Holy by serving You. Use us to further Your Kingdom of Love in how we share the gifts, and blessings You have bestowed on us, with our brothers and sisters. May we join the chorus of angels and saints singing songs of eternal praise and adoration. Father, we thank you for letting us glorify Your Goodness and Greatness. Jesus be the Shepherd of hearts, and keep us always safe from every snare and trap of sin. And Beautiful Spirit, cover us in waves of Prayers, Peace and Love. “Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”* AMEN
*Psalm 105: 3-4
Word/Image: “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21)
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
Father of Light, Jesus our Way, and Holy Spirit creator of Paths rich in Holiness, strengthen our resolve to answer Your Call. We want to follow You. Quicken the steps of our hearts, and illuminate our minds with Your Wisdom to find our way. Show us how to move in every direction that captures and intensifies Your Light through the mirrors of our souls. Help us to drop everything that encumbers us and keeps us from walking to You. We seek Your Face of Compassion and Hands of Mercy. Grant us an increase in Grace to experience and embrace more and more of Your Love. Let Your Love pass through us, and flow between all of Your children, to give You Glory. Father, thank you for the eternal Joy of being agencies of Your Love. Jesus, shepherd us to New Life and grant us authority in Your Name to be instruments of Peace. And Beautiful Spirit, bless the fruits of our walk in Love. “I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you. For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.”* AMEN
* Psalm 56: 12-13
Word/Image: Foundry
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
1 Corinthians 3: 11-15
Father Creator Blest, Jesus King of Creation, and Holy Spirit, Fire of Love giving Meaning to all things, finish Your work of smelting our hearts and spirits into the mold of Your Image. Cast us into Your purifying Fire of Unconditional Love. Soften our iron, cold, stiff ways. Turn our weapon like dispositions into ploughshares for planting Your seeds of Peace, Hope and Joy. Lay the raw potential and gifts You have Graced us with on Your Anvil. Hammer away at us to shape us according to Your Will. We long to be humble children fit for Your Kingdom. Fashion our lives into prayers in motion that serve the needs of others and give endless Glory to Your Name. Grant us the passion to trust every twist and turn on our journeys, even those that burn us and leave us with more questions than answers. Father, Your Ways no matter how incomprehensible and difficult they may seem in the moment, lead us to a greater experience of You and Your unfathomable Love. Jesus You are with us in every firestorm of life with Your Perfect Peace. And Beautiful Spirit, we delight in Your delicious Wisdom, Poetry, Songs, and Stories that surprise us. “Create in [us] a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within [us]. Do not cast [us] from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from [us]. Restore to [us] the joy of your salvation and grant [us] a willing spirit, to sustain [us].”* AMEN
* Psalm 51: 10-12
Word/Image: Vindication
The Lord will vindicate his people
and relent concerning his servants
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free
Deuteronomy 32:36
Father, King of Justice, Jesus our Judge and Ruler, and Holy Spirit, ointment of Love that seeks to soothe every open wound infected by sin, have pity on us. We are surrounded on all sides by our broken ways. We crush each other’s spirits. We oppress the freedom and dignity of our brothers and sisters. We seek to dominate others to assert our worth. We cannot find any shelter from the rising tides of our wicked ways. Forgive us for unknowingly goading each other into habits of spiritual violence and division. Our efforts are in vain. Please grant us a path to holiness paved with Your tender Graces. Come quickly and fill us with Your Strength and Purpose. If You dwell within us, we know, nothing will disturb Your Peace in us. Your swift Hand of Compassion, Mercy and Fiery Love is our vindication. Father thank you for hearing our prayer. Jesus we place our trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit move our human history into an age of Peace when all things will be rightly Ordered by the Power of Your Wisdom and Love. “Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.”* AMEN
* Psalm 26:1
Word/Image: Cry Out
A voice says, “Cry out!”
I answer, “What shall I cry out?”
“All flesh is grass,
and all their glory like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower wilts,
when the breath of the LORD blows upon it.
So then, the people is the grass.
Though the grass withers and the flower wilts,
the word of our God stands forever.”
Isaiah 40: 6-8
Father of Silence, Jesus our Great Alleluia, and Holy Spirit, Breath of every Song of Love, open the ears of our hearts and spirits to encounter the sights, sounds, and sensations of Your incarnation. Open the gates of salvation history. Help us discover in deeper and deeper ways the wonders of Your Grace working throughout all of time. You sit outside of time always ready to receive us. Lord grant us entrance into Your Sanctuary of the Eternal Now. Hear our cry. Without Your Mercy and Love we are sure to wither, fade, and perish. We lift up our voices to you, and enjoin ourselves to the prayers of every soul hungering for Your Peace and Justice. Renew the Earth and set every captive free. Bless us in the Power, Might, and Glory of Your Word. Father, call us by name and we will answer You. Jesus, place Your Words in the mouths of our hearts and spirits. And Beautiful Spirit, carry our cry, and the cries of all our brothers and sisters to Heaven. “Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.”* AMEN
*Psalm 102: 1-2
Word/Image: Handmaid of the Lord
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Luke 1:38
Father of the Word, Jesus our Mustard Seed of salvation, and Holy Spirit impregnating Life with endless Love, receive us as your expectant brides. We beg for Your Mercy and Grace to participate in our Blessed Mother’s great, “Yes.” Let all things be done, and all things unfold according to Your will. Banish pride from our hearts and adorn our spirits with humility. Still our racing minds with all of their plans and schemes. Help us take all things coming from You to heart. Bring us into Your Sacred Silence. Teach us how to hearken to Your voice. Free us from selfish impulses and grant us a disposition of service. May the needs and concerns of others You place along our paths, become opportunities to give Glory to Your Name. Father, we await the surprises You have in store for us with vigilant prayers. Jesus, we thank you for entrusting us with the riches of each other’s souls and talents. And Beautiful Spirit anoint us with the Authority to accomplish great acts of Love. “I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.”* AMEN
Psalm 45:17
Word/Image: Flagrant
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”
Mathew 2: 16-18
Father Giver of Life, Jesus Fount of Living Water sourced from Your Pierced, Sacred Heart, and Holy Spirit the storm of Love in the face of every death and sin, hear the cries of Your children. Senseless sorrow thrusts its ugly face upon us before the Glorias celebrating Your incarnation can be finished. Oh Lord, this dark episode foreshadowed what we were to become. How did the evil of Herod grow in heinous proportions? Our sins against life are flagrant, prideful, willful blasphemies against Your Divine Law. We beg You to change the hearts of those hell bent on abusing their power to deny the life of Your precious innocent souls. Hear our prayers. Have mercy on us. Gather Your believers into humble but mighty cenacles of prayer. Grant us the authority to lift up atoning cries for help that bring Your Healing to all ensnared in this cesspool of death. Father, forgive us for any ways we are complicit in not protecting Your Creation. Jesus, we long for the fulfillment of Your Kingdom please send us Your Blessed Mother to guide us into the Sanctuary of Your Sacred Heart. And Beautiful Spirit shower us with the Fire of Your Light. “Lord, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord. Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.”* AMEN
* Psalm 35: 22-23
Word/Image: The way of the just
For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.
Psalm 1:6
Father Maker of every path that leads to You, Jesus the Way, and Holy Spirit the fullness of Love in each Sacred Moment, shine Your Light on the map of our Journey into You. Open the coffers of our hearts, minds, spirits, and bodies to discover the sacred gifts You have bestowed on us to do Your Will. To walk in the way of the just is to do all that You want of us. Please make this the focus of our lives. Your designs and plans for us glorify Your Name through our participating and celebrating in the furthering of Your Infinite, Great, and Passionate Love. Lord, bring our lives into Communion with You and each other. Knit together all of Your children into an endless tapestry of infinite colors and patterns. Let us walk humbly with You. Grant us freedom from all wickedness and sin. Father draw us into the Goodness of Your ordering of all things. Jesus, thank You for shepherding us along prosperous paths flowering with Your Fruits. And Beautiful Spirit, help us discern with Your Wisdom and Love how we are being asked to serve. “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”* AMEN
* Psalm 139:14
Word/Image: Wonders of His Love
Show me the wonders of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Psalm 17:7
Father, Curator of Wonders, Jesus, Wonder Child and God, and Holy Spirit, the formless Embodiment of God’s Glory, feed our sacred imaginations with Your Divine Stories. Drown out the flashing attractions of senseless sights and sounds with Your Awesome Waves of Love. Pull us into streams of Heavenly Glorias with Your angels and saints. How can we possibly give homage to the endless tides of Your Love? Your Goodness flows between the rocky events littering the shifty, sandy beaches of our lives. Help us catch more glimpses of Your Poetic Work blessing us. Lord, You draw all things that have ever been, and all things that ever will be, into Mighty Oceans of Your Tender Mercy and Love. Tumble us in waves of Joy and Peace that carry us away from our foes. Prepare us to experience You in the gifts You have planned for us. Father, thank you for calling us by Name. Jesus, You are the Greatest and most Perfect Gift of Love, please be the Shepherd of our hearts. And Beautiful Spirit, we delight in anticipating Your surprises in casting Light on every Wonder. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. To him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.”* AMEN
* Psalm 136: 3-4
Word/Image: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of the Angels and Mother of the Americas.
We fly to you today as your beloved children.
We ask you to intercede for us with your Son, as you did at the wedding in Cana.
Pray for us, loving Mother,
and gain for our nation and world,
and for all our families and loved ones,
the protection of your holy angels,
that we may be spared the worst of this illness.
For those already afflicted,
we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance.
Hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful,
wipe away their tears and help them to trust.
In this time of trial and testing,
teach all of us in the Church to love one another and to be patient and kind.
Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to our hearts.
We come to you with confidence,
knowing that you truly are our compassionate mother,
health of the sick and cause of our joy.
Shelter us under the mantle of your protection,
keep us in the embrace of your arms,
help us always to know the love of your Son, Jesus. Amen.
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Word/Image: Staff
Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4
Father of our everlasting Pastures, Jesus Shepherd of our Hearts and Prince of Light, and Holy Spirit our Advocate for Wisdom and Love, steady our walk in darkness. Lord, we are unsure of our footing. Lead us through our uncertainties, our doubts, our confusions, our perplexities, and our failures to desire Your Love and Goodness above all other things. Banish evil from our path. Protect us from being lured away from You. Guide us in examining our hearts to uncover every obstacle we place between ourselves and You. Grant us the grace of an insatiable hunger for Your Tender Mercies. Your Rod of Justice and Your Staff of Compassion will be our constant companions. We praise and thank you for never abandoning us. Father, the Faith You give us now will let us persevere until we step into the Fullness of Your Unseen Glory. Jesus, You are the Good News, of our life in Your resurrection that is our unshakeable source of Hope and Joy. And Beautiful Spirit, paint Your resplendent colors of Love to cover canvases of our lives. “Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”* AMEN
* Psalm 23:6
Word/Image: Dark Night of the Soul
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
Psalm 22: 1-2
Father of Holy Silence behind the Veil, Jesus our cry of desperation and anguish, and Holy Spirit Vindicator of Love waiting in ambush, remain with us. Lord, we are afraid we will perish if Your touch leaves us for even a moment. We know we cannot fathom the steady stream of Your Healing Light and Tender Love that carries us, and sustains us. Help us become more aware of how Your Graces are lifting us up. Strengthen the muscles of our hearts to store the spiritual memories of Your Love. When we face darker moments let us recall Your Goodness. Draw us deeper into the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We thank you now in this prayerful for granting us trials, and opportunities and allowing us to enter into an infinitesimal experience of Jesus’ suffering. May any perceived absence of Your Presence achieve Your Will for us to grow in our trust and relationship with You. Father, we beg You for an increase in Faith. Jesus, we love and adore you, for by Your cross and resurrection You have set us free. And Beautiful Spirit, surround us with Your Loving Protection when our souls are consumed with darkness. “You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return.”* AMEN
* Lamentations 5: 19-21
Word/Image: Just One
You heavens above, rain down my righteousness;
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.
Isaiah 45:8
Father who reigns over all, Jesus the gift of Salvation, and Holy Spirit, bringer of waters of Rebirth and Love, renew the face of the Earth. We submit our struggles to You. Hear our pleas for a reprieve from the principalities of this world. Soften our hearts and increase the capacity of our compassionate sacred imaginations to stand in the shoes of brothers and sisters who suffer and are subject to the hands of injustices. Help us recognize how we are complicit in empowering forces of evil that trample on the lowly. Please instill in us a desire to surrender our lives to You. Grant us the grace of faith, and every grace we need to pursue lives of holiness and righteousness. Father, share the Gift of the Just One with Your people, we are hungry for His Bread of Life. Jesus, we place our trust in You, grant us an era of Peace in which Your narrow way will be the norm. And Beautiful Spirit, inflame our hearts with a burning Love for Truth and Goodness. “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.”* AMEN
Psalm 89: 14-15
Word/Image: Take me back
“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
Isaiah 54: 7-8
Father of Infinite Mercy, Jesus our Compassionate Teacher, and Holy Spirit, Fountain of Possibilities and Love, awaken our spirits to Your call. Forgive us for becoming weary. Our sins and failures hang on us like unbreakable chains. Though we try to progress in our faith, we stumble and trip over ourselves. We cannot get anywhere without You. When you leave us for even a moment to grow in our awareness of Your Word working within us, we become disheartened. We are quick to think You may have abandoned since we know we are not worthy of Your Great Love and Mercy. Even if we deny You Lord, please bring us back to You. In Your everlasting Kindness grant us Communion with You. Let us be drawn to You like bees to the sweet nectar of flowers. Father, feed us with Your Goodness. Jesus, show us how to put our lives in Your Father’s Hands. And Beautiful Spirit guide us with the Light of Your Love. “Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.”* AMEN
* Psalm 80:3
Word/Image: Fullness of Peace
For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
He will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for precious is their blood in his sight.
Psalm 72: 12-14
Father Creator Blest, Jesus Price of Peace, and Holy Spirit, Messenger of Life and Love form us into Your People. Where we live in brokenness, bring Your Wholeness. Where we instigate strife, quiet our tensions with respect for others and obedience for Your Laws. Where we are quick to oppress, show us how to free others by prayerfully placing you at the center of all our affairs. Give us a distaste for Power, and fill our hearts with humility. Grant us a hunger to serve You and our brothers and sisters. Strip us of attitudes riddled with entitlement. May Your Love and Grace fill us with an abundance of Goodness that gives constant Glory to Your Great Name. We want to find our satisfaction in You. We know there is no end to the Joy and mysteries of Your Ways. Allow us to participate in being Your agencies of Peace that connect heaven to earth through the enactment of Your Will in all that we think, say, intend, and do. Father, guide us Home into Your welcoming arms. Jesus, reign in our hearts so that Your Peace might radiate in every direction. And Beautiful Spirit, bring us Your Fire of Love and draw us into Communion. “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”* AMEN
Psalm 16:11
Word/Image: Rod of Jesse
In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
Isaiah 11:10
Father Weaver of our Salvation Story, Jesus Son of David have pity on us, and Holy Spirit, Light of Love and Truth, germinate the seeds of our faith. Reveal the Wisdom of Your Will working throughout the generations. Graft us into the branches of Jesse’s Tree. Not even a petrified dead stump can halt Your Mighty Hand oh God from bringing forth Life. The eyes of our hearts are filled with Your Wonder. A fragile shoot springs forth to bring us the Promise of everlasting Life in You and with You. Lord, Your Roots are deep and impenetrable; withstanding the test of time and the sins of all our generations. We gaze with adoration and hope as Your Living Waters fill the wells of our drought stricken cisterns. Your branch is transformed into the Cross uniting heaven and earth. We desire the fruits of this branch and beg for the grace to follow Jesus to defy death and sin through His Precious Blood. Father, let all the nations Praise You. Jesus, meek and humble we want to follow You. And Beautiful Spirit, grant us Wisdom and Understanding. “He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.”* AMEN
Psalm 11: 4-5
Word/Image: Sweet Music
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.
Psalm 40:3
Father Maker of Heavenly Music, Jesus the Sweet Melody of our souls, and Holy Spirit the harmony of Love infusing Life, caress the ears of our hearts with Peace. Lord, we are in awe of Your Beauty. And in our present state and form we know we haven’t experienced anything yet. A note of Your Song is like a raindrop encasing an infinite package of colors that splash on earth’s canvas painting a lovely picture. Draw us into Your Concert Halls of prayer. Help us attend to the delicious sounds and sights of Your hand massaging our hearts and spirits. Beckon us to follow the verses of Your lyrics that teach us, and delight us. Blend our voices with all of the angelic and earthly chorus of voices praising You. In Your Presence we are kissed by the moment and carried away by its tender, electrifying Goodness. Father, orchestrate our lives according to Your Will. Jesus, thank you for sharing Your Word, Your Body, and Precious Blood with us. And Beautiful Spirit, transform us into Living Hymns that give Glory to God. “I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.”* AMEN
* Psalm 101:1
Word/Image: Anticipation
But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
Micah 7:7
Father of Eternal Patience, Jesus God’s Perfect Gift of Love, and Holy Spirit Breath of Life, ready the way that we may abide with You. Thank you for inviting us into this season of Your Word that anticipates and celebrates Your incarnation. Allow our sacred imaginations to mine for new storied gems that anoint us with hope and wonder. Temper our eagerness for Your coming with an appreciation of Your Timeless Presence. We embrace the Holy Mystery of Your Unseen Hands of Love touching every facet and dimension of our lives. Through the grace of faith You give us, help us to seek Your Face. Let our prayers penetrate the Veil that separates us from You. Hear our cries and unspoken pleas for Your Guidance. Teach us how to find the veins of Your Love surging with an abundance of blessings to navigate the diversity of people and situations we encounter. Father, grant us consolations during our waiting with sweet intimations of our heavenly inheritance. Jesus we love and adore You. And Beautiful Spirit, renew us with fiery Trust and Gentle Peace. Therefore, return to your God, observe kindness and justice, and wait for your God continually.”* AMEN
* Hosea 12:6
Word/Image: Vulnerable
For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.
2 Corinthians 13:4
Father of All Majesty and Power, Jesus, Son of God - lowly Babe - Lamb of God, and Holy Spirit, the Communion of Life Consummated in the Divine Word and Law of Love, bring us to our knees in everlasting adoration. Lord, we stand in awe as we try to contemplate Your Life of Perfect Humility. You descended into our world of chaos giving up all Your Glory. We meet You as a vulnerable Baby. Blessed is Mary among all women whom You anointed as Your humble maiden to minister to You in all of our human fragility. What is this mystery Lord? You make Yourself completely dependent on others. Then despite our unworthiness, You entrust us with Your Gospel. You ask us to be the agencies of Your Grace and Power in building the Kingdom of God. Even in Your Trinitarian Glory You descend to be with us at every celebration of the Holy Mass. You invite us to receive the Food of Heaven that saves us and then you ask us to go forth as Your temples of Light and Love. Father, sanctify our participation in this Truth. Jesus grant us every grace we need to follow You and trust you without question or hesitation. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with the Freeing Power of Love. “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.”*
*Psalm 86:11-12
Word/Image: Exult
The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will exult over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
Father of Joy, Jesus our Emmanuel, and Holy Spirit our advocate of Love and Wisdom, magnify the Glory of Your Life in our souls. Let’s lift up our voices in praise of our God. Out of nothingness arises the Fullness of His Perfect, Unconditional Love that emblazes the temples of our hearts. May we be like boisterous children unabashed in our zeal; playing in the folds of our Lord’s tunic of ever gifting stories. Fashion us into instruments of Your Will that delight You with expressions of love and peace. We stand firm in our desire to seek You, know You, and Love You with all of our heart, mind, souls, and strength. You cover us with Your mercy. We will seek Your counsel in all matters. Teach us how to center our lives in Your Compassion and Wisdom. Father we exult You – thank You for finding favor in us. Jesus may every beat of our hearts be one with You – thank you for saving us. And Beautiful Spirit unite the Human Family in the Blood of Christ – thank You for the Breath of Life. “My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you - I whom you have delivered.”* AMEN
* Psalm 71:23
Word/Image: Fuller’s Lye
But who will endure the day of his coming?
And who can stand when he appears?
For he is like the refiner’s fire,
or like the fuller’s lye.
Malachi 3:3
Father, Master of the House of Prayers, Jesus, our High Priest who presents our prayers, and Holy Spirit, Advocate for our intentions, open the coffers of our hearts to receive Your Answers. We await Your coming with anxious ecstasy. We do not dare think ourselves worthy of Your Gift but we know that when You say the Word, we are healed. The Brilliance of Your Gracious Light penetrates the dense darkness of our world. Our soiled spirits are drenched in damp, lukewarm pools of repentant waters. Scrub us against the boards of Your Humble Truth, and Compassionate Mercy. May the irresistible bleaching agency of Your Fuller’s Lye cleanse us with Your Enduring Love. Let no stain or careless thought, word, action, inaction, or intention, past, present, or future resist Your Purifying Love. Grant us a place in Your Kingdom where we can stand with the elect. Through our Communion with You, may the gifts You have granted us give Glory to You forever. Father, thank you for withholding nothing from us including Your very Self. Jesus, we entrust every part of our life to You let us serve You and all our brothers and sisters. And Beautiful Spirit, help us to grow in Wisdom and Love. “Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”* AMEN
2 Corinthians 7:1
From Opera written by Maestro Theodore Gargiulo, libretto by Terrence Gargiulo
I Gabriel come from the Father
To bring thee tidings of peace and good will
For blessed are we that this night the father has made holy
This evening so special shines forth with God’s luminous grace
This evening so sacred flows with God’s abounding law
To the Alpha and Omega all praise and glory be
Fear not my friends by the father of our sky I’ve been sent
Tremble not, His love for you is great
Lift your head and eyes
In order you may know and understand my special message
I am Gabriel sent by the Father
The star you gaze at and reverently adore is a sign and symbol of God’s gift to you
The start’s light tells of God’s new covenant with the world
Sin and ignominy shall be washed away
The prophets of old foretold of a King to come in glory
They said he would descend
From the throne of the right hand of God
Unto thee Oh Jerusalem and the gates of Zion
His cup of blessing will be passed
So that all men may come to know the joys, of eternal salvation
Gloria In Excelsis
Recording of aria from Soledad Mission (Theodore Gargiulo piano, Terrence Gargiulo vocals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0rsIwT6S0c
Word/Image: the Last Hour
Children, it is the last hour;
and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming,
so now many antichrists have appeared.
Thus we know this is the last hour.
They went out from us, but they were not really of our number;
if they had been, they would have remained with us.
Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number.
But you have the anointing that comes from the Holy One,
and you all have knowledge.
I write to you not because you do not know the truth
but because you do, and because every lie is alien to the truth.
1 John 2: 18-21
Father, Speaker of the Word, Jesus the Word made Flesh, and Holy Spirit, Gift of Light and Love, singe the tassels our meager prayers and draw us closer to You. Help us take stock of this moment. The sands of sacred time are dropping like the dew of mana from heaven on our parched hungry souls. Grant us the grace to discern Truth from falsehood. Protect us from deceptions. Keep us away from enticing distractions. Guide us in our conversations, prayers, and worship with each other to invoke Your True and Eternal Spirit. Call back every wayward heart that has lost You as its sole focus and real Joy. Let all things begin and flow from Your Goodness, Peace, and Love. Let us detest everything that does not come from You. May we be agencies of Your encouragement and strength to all of our brothers and sisters. Father, thank you for our inheritance. Jesus teach us how to seize each moment to know, love and serve You more dearly. And Beautiful Spirit grant us opportunities now to feast on Heavenly Crumbs from the Bread of Life. “The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.”* AMEN
* 1 Peter 4:7
Word/Image: Zeal
Look down from heaven and see,
from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
Psalm 63:15
Father of Glory, Jesus of Compassion, and Holy Spirit of Love, enkindle a blazing fire in us to seek You, know You, and love You with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength. You are the Alpha and the Omega – the beginning and the end of everything. Help us to lock onto the beacon call of Your Divine Law of Love. Draw us into the mysteries of Creation’s Purpose and grant us a clear discernment of how we are to serve You as co-creators within Your Perfect Will. Oh, Lord fill us with Your burning Joy that comes from participating in magnifying Your Goodness and Glory that resides in our souls. We praise You, and we thank You for ordering all things according to the Tenderness, Compassion, and Power of Your Love. Father may we be consumed with a zeal for Your House.* Jesus give us the strength to stand our ground against every spiritual assault. And Beautiful Spirit transform our zeal into acts of mercy and love that imitate the life of Jesus. To You Oh God we lift up our souls.** AMEN.
* Psalm 69:9 & John 2:17
** Psalm 25: 1
Word/Image: All Souls Day
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
Matthew 16: 26-27
Father the Craftsman of our souls, Jesus King of our souls, and Holy Spirit the Animator of our souls, instill in us a deep sensitivity to the needs of our eternal vessels that one day soon will return to You for our judgment. Help us align our life and mission to the cultivation and preservation of our souls. Thank you for lavishing our souls with Your endless blessings of Mercy and Love. Grant us a sense of urgency in being watchers, keepers, and encouragers of each other’s souls. We ask You to bless the souls of the faithful departed. Hear our prayers for all the members of our family, especially for those through whom You have brought us into being. By the Power of the Precious Blood of Christ, we ask forgiveness for family, friends, and members of our community who are waiting to see You face to face. Father, You are our deepest longing. Jesus, please take us by the hand and leads us to heaven. And Beautiful Spirit, flood our souls with everlasting Light and Love. “Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.”* AMEN
* Psalm 103:1
Word/Image: Particular Judgment
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
2 Timothy 4: 7-8
Father Keeper of the Book of Life, Jesus our Judge and King, and Holy Spirit the Law of Love, help us take account of our failings. Show us how to embrace the mystery of death as the door to our eternal life. Please shine the Light of Your Truth on us. Let us see how and where we are falling short of growing in Your Love. Despite how it feels at times, we recognize that our run in this race is very short. We thank you for the gift of each moment to surrender in faith to the healing touch of Your Merciful Hands. Increase our desire to repent of any ways that are keeping us from knowing You. Father count us among Your elect. Jesus please give us the strength to follow You no matter what the cost. And Beautiful Spirit, grant us Communion with everlasting Peace, Joy and Love. “The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.”*
* Psalm 9:7
Word/Image: Garden
For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.
Isaiah 61:11
Father Creator of All, Jesus the Door from death to Life, and Holy Spirit Mover of our hearts and shaker of our spirits, sow Your seeds of Love in us. Enrich the soil of our lives with the fertilizer of Your Wisdom. Water us with Your Kindness and Patience. Activate our potential with bright warm crisscrossing beams of Your Son. Cultivate every spurt of our growth into flowers rich with engaging compassion. May the roots of our blossoming create a network of growth in faith and hope that result in a profusion of Your Sweet Truth. Let the voices of Your Children ring with thanksgiving and praise throughout the land. Lord, set the earth on Holy Fire with Your Precious Blood spilled in the Garden. Father we embrace Your Divine Law of the Garden of no sin and Endless Beginnings. Jesus walk with us in the Garden and help us to hear and heed Your Voice. And Beautiful Spirit gather us into fragrant imperishable bouquets to share with each other. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”*
* Psalm 73:26
A favorite hymn about gardens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aIhta9exts
Word/Image: Friendship
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15: 12-15
Father Master of Heaven, Jesus Servant of Love and Prince of Peace, and Holy Spirit, Blessed Adjudicator of every relationship, infuse our hearts with the sweetness of Sacred Friendships. Draw us to all the people You have selected to walk in faith with us. Teach us how to be instruments of Your Love. Instill in us an unquenchable desire to serve every person You place on our paths. Show us how to be Your blessing to others. Please grant us gentle spirits full of kindness, gentleness, patience, and compassion. Protect our precious relationships from envy, judgment, and selfishness. When Your word of correction must be spoken, please provide us with a disposition of humility, and give us what we are to say. Grace us with opportunities for fellowship and prayer with other brothers and sisters seeking Your Face. Father, we want to embody Your Command of Love to become agencies of Your Will. Jesus, we cannot wait to accept Your welcoming embrace into Your Kingdom. And Beautiful Spirit we thank You for lavishing us with Gifts of Love. “For the Lord is Good and His Love endures forever; His Faithfulness continues through all generations.”* AMEN
* Psalm 100:5
Word/Image: The Great AHA
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12: 2-3
Father of Glory, Jesus Pioneer of Truth and Glory, and Holy Spirit, Light of Glory in Action, open our eyes to see Your Door of Mercy waiting for us. Let us not delay in accepting, embracing, and thanking you for the Power, Might, and Wonders of Your Love. Brandish Your Name on the hearts of our souls. We await the glorious day when in Your Mercy every person on Earth whether they have confessed You as the Lord, God, and Savior or not, will see Your Endless Love and Glory on the cross. Soften our human wills propped up by facades of pride. Let every person melt with eager repentance and adopt the angels’ songs of praise and joy. Father, we know You will keep moving Your Human Creatures closer and closer to the bosom of Your Heart. Jesus, we bend our knees in adoration at the sight of Your Radiant Holy Cross stained with Your Precious Blood. And Beautiful Spirit we inhale the Fire of Your Love to be united in Communion with the Great AHA. “Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”*
* Psalm 143: 7-8
Word/Image: “Do not be afraid”
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4: 4-7
Father of Infinite Comfort, Jesus our Steady Hand in all things and at all times, and Holy Spirit Bringer of timely gifts and graces, free us from fear. Help us grow in faith. You work sign after sign in our lives and yet we are quick to forget. Why do doubts follow us like shadows permanently attached to our weak hearts? Grant us vigorous grace and reckless hope in You. May Your silent Hand of Poetry and Story touching our lives become our constant spiritual food of vitality. May our treasure chest full of memories of Your Kindness and Goodness blessing our lives be our Light of Truth in our darker moments. Stare down every fear that seeks to devour us. Replace our fears with Your Peace. Father, help us give everything to You without pause, and without question, no matter how impossible or difficult things may become. Precious Jesus, we place our trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit, multiple the fruits of our life carried on Your Wings of Love. “The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?”* AMEN
*Psalm 27:1
Word/Image: Defile
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
Father of All Goodness, Jesus Pure Man and Pure God, and Holy Spirit Cleansing, Consuming Fire of Love, purge us of habits of mind, body and spirit that dishonor You. Help us to take careful inventory of the things we say, the things we think, the things we intend, the things we do, and all the things that occupy the secret recesses of our hearts. Lord shower us in Your Mercy. Lengthen the gaze of our spirits’ eyes that we might see with greater acuity the Wonders of Your Goodness and Love working in all things. Bless us with humility. Show us how to embrace our poorness in spirit to be ready to enter into Your Kingdom. Give us the desire to be obedient to Your Word and Your Divine Law of Love. Fill the temples of our hearts and spirits with Your Joy. Father strengthen us in Faith that we might be free of unbelief. Jesus take possession of us and transform us into undefiled temples of Your Love. And Beautiful Spirit protect us with Your Wisdom and Light. “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”* AMEN
* Psalm 51:10
Word/Image: Fall
The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
Psalm 37: 23-24
Father Your Arms are our Guardrails, Jesus You Fall for us over and over again, and Holy Spirit You bring the Winds of Mercy to soften our falls, please hear our prayers. Oh God, You have been leading us on a salvation journey of falls. We understand our relationship with You as a series of falls and reconcillations. We fell in Paradise. Under the weighty Glory of Your Perfect Love the powerful and haughty fall. It’s nothing for You to topple great, earthly kingdoms when they become full of pride and idolatry. We know we will rise again in Christ Jesus to be with You forever but, how many falls will it take for us to come into complete Communion with You? Please do not grow impatient with us. Turn our falls into blessings and grant us contrite hearts. We are not afraid of our falls and failings because, we trust in You. Father pick us up when we fall. Jesus keep us on the path that leads straight to You. And Beautiful Spirit lavish us with Wisdom and Joy. “Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.”* AMEN
* Micah 7:8
Word/Image: Test
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
James 1: 2-3
Father our Potter, Jesus the Joy of Living Water moistening the clay of our souls, and Holy Spirit the Spinning Motion that brings form and function to our lives, we entrust ourselves to You. We thank you for our trials. Soften our resistance to difficult things. When we are in the throes of feeling lost and hopeless from the anxiety of intractable situations and difficult decisions, help us to remember all the wonderful ways and times You have lifted us up. Please strengthen and purify the gift of Faith that You have planted within us. Teach us how to align our darker and insecure moments of anguish with the sufferings of Jesus Christ. Stretch us to our limits, and grant us the Grace to accept our trials with a willing spirit. We believe ever test You allow or send us, prepares us to give Glory to You forever as citizens of heaven. Father the fruition of thy Will always results in greater expressions of Love. Jesus we praise You for submitting Yourself with obedience to every test of Your Love and Divinity. And Beautiful Spirit free us from every bond of fear. “Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.”* AMEN
* Psalm 26: 2-3
Word/Image: This beautiful scripture/poetry on Wisdom
In Wisdom is a spirit
intelligent, holy, unique,
Manifold, subtle, agile,
clear, unstained, certain,
Not baneful, loving the good, keen,
unhampered, beneficent, kindly,
Firm, secure, tranquil,
all-powerful, all-seeing,
And pervading all spirits,
though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.
For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion,
and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity.
For she is an aura of the might of God
and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty;
therefore nought that is sullied enters into her.
For she is the refulgence of eternal light,
the spotless mirror of the power of God,
the image of his goodness.
And she, who is one, can do all things,
and renews everything while herself perduring;
And passing into holy souls from age to age,
she produces friends of God and prophets.
For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom.
For she is fairer than the sun
and surpasses every constellation of the stars.
Compared to light, she takes precedence;
for that, indeed, night supplants,
but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom.
Indeed, she reaches from end to end mightily
and governs all things well.
Wisdom 7: 22-8:1
Word/Image: Declare the Word of the Lord
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4: 12-13
Father of the Word, Jesus the fulfillment of the Word, and Holy Spirit, the mover of the Word through our human hearts, minds, spirits, and bodies, grab hold of our sacred imaginations. We praise and thank you for the gift of Your Voice of Wisdom working and teaching us throughout the ages. Your Words Lord are Spirit and Life. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we might order our lives according to Your statues. Grant us Your Joy in breaking open Your Word. Help us enter into the stories and lives of those who have gone before us. May Your Word lead us to pursue lives of growing in Holiness. Help us to share Your Word and Love in concrete ways that give Glory to Your Compassion and Mercy. Father, Your Word is sweeter than honey and sheds Perfect Light on all our earthly affairs. Jesus, every Word You have spoken to us will not return empty. We place our hope in Your Word that we know will bring us to eternal Life. And Beautiful Spirit You animate the Word of Truth with Poetry, Song, and Lyrical Joy. “Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119:89
Word/Image: Pray Always
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18
Father of All Prayers, Jesus the voice of our prayers, and Holy Spirit, Advocate of our prayers, open the portals of Heaven and hear our petitions. We lift up our voices. You know our every thought and need before we voice them. Thank you for giving us minds to formulate our prayers. Thank you for giving us hearts to fill our prayers with emotions, hopes, and fears. Thank you for giving us souls to bind our prayers with our eternal connection to You. Sanctify our relationship with You through fruitful, earnest prayers made in Christ Jesus. Let our prayers rise before You like incense. May our prayers never cease to bring blessings to ourselves and others. Grant us lives of prayers rich in charity. Teach us how to turn our lives into an endless prayer with a 1001 different shapes and forms. Grant us humble dispositions that desire Your Presence and Love above all other things. Father accept our offerings of prayers. Jesus help us to follow Your example of prayer. And Beautiful Spirit translate our prayers into the Love music of heaven that gives Glory to God. “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.”* AMEN
Psalm 145: 18-19
Word/Image: Watch & Wait
Keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
Matthew 24:42
Father the Writer of Salvation History, Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and Holy Spirit, Agency of Love, reset our broken relationships with You. We join all of creation moaning for Your Healing Touch to restore us. Your Holy Silence can be deafening. Grant us the graces of vigilance and patience. We watch, wait, and hope but it often feels like nothing is happening. We are easily discouraged. We allow the world with all of its alluring attractions to distract us. Help us fix our gaze on You. Grant us more opportunities to notice and experience Your Word working in our lives. Transform us into obedient servants always ready to receive You with praise, thanksgiving, joy, and love. Deepen our sensitivities to the signs of the time while we occupy and redeem each precious moment You give to us. Father, ready the way for the fullness of Your redemption. Jesus, we are Your eager, expectant bride. And Beautiful Spirit dress in wedding garments washed in Mercy. “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning.” AMEN
* Psalm 130: 5-6
Word/Image: Anchor
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6: 19-20
Father Commander of the Seas of Mercy, Jesus Captain of our Souls, and Holy Spirit Chain of never ending Love, bring stability and stillness to our tempestuous hearts. Lord, how can we navigate that which we cannot see and which is beyond our power to control? Give us prayerful resolve to ride out the seething waters intent on capsizing our fragile ships of faith. Oh, Lord only You can anchor us. Even in the still waters we are adrift. Lower Yourself into the depths of our souls. Grab hold of our silty bottoms and hook us with Your Goodness. Bring us to a resting place on top of Baptismal Waters that cleanse us of our fallen natures. Make us new creations in Christ Jesus. Father we put our life in Your Hands. Jesus You are our High Priest of the most Perfect and Sanctifying sacrifice that sets us free. And Beautiful Spirit You suffuse us with Wisdom, Joy, and Love. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”* AMEN
*Isaiah 26:3
Word/Image: Proud Hearted
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
Proverbs 21:4
Father of Perfect Humility, Jesus meek and humble of Heart, and Holy Spirit our Great Never Ending Amen, cast out the demons of pride that tempt us. We are nothing and can be nothing and can do no good without the Life Line of Your Love. Oh Gracious God, whether we accept Your Love or not, it is always working within us, calling us to participate in greater and fuller expressions of Your Goodness and Glory. Dispel every myth that aggrandizes our importance, or power in this world. We ask for Your Grace to embrace our smallness and vulnerability. Lead us into the Sacred of Jesus who humbled Himself to become one with us; taking on the fullness of our sins. Surround us with the prayers of the angels, saints, and faithful departed who are in Your Presence. Father replace our stony hearts of flesh with gentle, tender, humble, hearts full of Your Spirit. Jesus transform our prideful broken ways into Your Resurrection of New Life. And Beautiful Spirit fill us with the Joy of Eternal Love. “My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.”* AMEN
* Psalm 131:1
Word/Image: Stand Firm
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:38
Father our Mighty Fortress, Jesus our Light of the world, and Holy Spirit our Ethereal Sanctuary of Love and Wisdom, root us with unshakeable faith. Establish us as bastions against the nefarious powers and municipalities of this age. Grab hold of our spirits. Safeguard us from launching vain assaults. If we must endure the most infinitesimal drop of Your Passion, embolden our hearts. Keep us fixed on Your Law that elevates all life to its fullness. We know Your Word obliterates anything that profanes You and the fruition of Your Love. Grant us every Grace we need to joyful do the work of Building Your Kingdom. We praise and thank you for allowing us to be agencies of Your Will. May we be blessings to others and strengthen them in their resolve to know, love, and seek, You with all of their hearts, minds, and souls. Father, we find our strength in You. Jesus, we seek Your Tender Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, we rely on Your Power of Love to radiate the Glory of God in our spirits. “Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.”* AMEN
Psalm 93:5
Word/Image: Water from the Temple
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.
Revelation 22: 1-2
Father Builder of Temples, Jesus Living Water, and Holy Spirit the bond of Love connecting all things, we celebrate the gift of everlasting Life with You. Restore us in the Sacred Heart of Jesus as Your imperishable children. We await with eager prayers to behold Your Heavenly City of Jerusalem. Prepare Your Church to take its place as Your bride. Protect our participation in the Holy Sacrifice of Mass. Wash us in the Blood of the Lamb. Help us avoid making any assumptions as to what might be asked of us. Grant us supple and willing spirits. Help us surrender everything to You. We know we cannot fathom Your Ways. We trust, that all of Your Ways, will prepare and stretch the capacities of our hearts, minds, and souls to embody more of Your Love. Thank you for the guidance and prayers of our Blessed Mother, guardian angels, and all of the angels and saints. Father, sanctify us through the Precious Blood of Your Son. Jesus transform our unworthy hearts and spirits into Your Temples. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with the Fruits and Life of Perfect Love. “With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”* AMEN
* Isaiah 12:3
Word/Image: Indelible Plan
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
Father Master of our Destiny, Jesus, our Shepherd through unchartered lands, and Holy Spirit, our Guiding Light of Love, unroll the scrolls of our lives in Christ. Help us realize we are blank slates waiting for You to Write Your name on our hearts. We thank you for our minds and use them to imagine possibilities. Lord, we are quick to conceive grand plans to map out our destinies. We marshal our wills in governing the gifts of Your resources to move towards our goals and desires. What is the value of our plans if you are not at center of them? How can ever fathom the infinite possibilities that arise from the Divine Blueprints of Your Love. Your plans cannot be confined to a map with boundaries or directions. Lavish us with humility to surrender our wills completely to Your indelible plans for us. Father give us hearts and spirits that will never be satisfied with anything less than always seeking Your Will. Jesus grant us Your Inner Light to find our way home. And Beautiful Spirit consume us with the Holy Fire of God’s Glory of Endless Love. “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”* AMEN
* Psalm 143:8
Word/Image: Flood of Sorrow
I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 7: 9-11
Father Builder of the Ark of the Covenant, Jesus the Wood of the Ark, and Holy Spirit mover of Living Waters, lead us into seas of sorrow. We are under siege. Currents of shame and indifference threaten to sweep us away. Save us from our guilt. Grant us contrite hearts. Keep us safe in the storms of our wrong doings, limitations, and social constraints. Help us rise from the depths of despair, pain, and broken relationships. Show us how to stay afloat on floods of sorrow. Remove the vile viruses of rage from our weakened spirits. Turn our guilt into Godly sorrow and expunge our hearts of anger, and selfish regrets. Fill us with the peace of humble prayers. Invigorate our sacred imaginations in finding fresh tributaries swelling with salvific repentance. Father, we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus by Your Passion, Death, and Resurrection save us from death. And Beautiful Spirit, shower us with the Son’s Light of Mercy and Joy. “My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119:28
Word/Image: Christ the King
“My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
John 18:36
Father Maker of the Heavenly Courts of Eternal Glory, Jesus Christ our Lord and King, and Holy Spirit the Bond of Love bringing Dominion and Communion to all of Creation, receive us today into Your Kingdom. Help us go deeper into the mystery of Christ’s Kingship. Lord, how can the ugly, despicable, shameful, misery of the cross be the door to Your Kingdom? You have turned every possible notion we have of what constitutes power and might upside down. We beg you to grant us the grace to be released from the principalities of this world that lust for human power to destroy life and wreak chaos. Teach us how to embrace the Perfect Humility of Your Passionate, Selfless, Unconditional Love. May the Peace and Light of Your Kingdom reign. Father we love and adore Your Son. Jesus be the King of our hearts and spirit. And Beautiful Spirit wash away our iniquities and cleanse us of our sin. “To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever amen!”* AMEN
* Revelation 1: 5-6
Word/Image: Kingdom of Kingdoms
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Matthew 19: 14
Father thy Kingdom come thy Will be done, Jesus Perfect Love incarnate and Prince of Peace, and Holy Spirit of Fire, Wisdom and Light, receive Your children. Please tell us what this Kingdom will be. Illuminate our hearts with the sweetness of Your Word that we might enter more deeply into the mystery that awaits us. Lord, You turn everything upside down. Your Kingdom of Kingdoms looks nothing like anything we could ever build or govern on our own. Goodness crumbles without Your Glue of Righteous and Love to hold everything together. Knit us into tapestries woven into the Mystical Body of Christ to bring your Wisdom and Justice to all of our affairs. Initiate Your Kingdom in the chambers of our heart. Puncture a hole in our heart that enjoins us with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Father, we seek Your Kingdom of Infinite Mercy. Jesus, take Your place as King of our hearts and spirits. And Beautiful Spirit of God, lavish us in the Truth of Love in endless Creative Motion. “Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.”* AMEN
* 1 Chronicles 29: 11
Word/Image: Nowhere to rest
“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Matthew 8:20
Father of Refuge, Jesus Son of Man, and Holy Spirit working in each moment, grant us every grace we need to answer Your summons. Help us to take up Your Great Commission and become faithful followers of Your way, Truth, and Life. Embolden us to let go of anything that stands between us and You. Enliven our hearts with an insatiable desire to please You and be Your agencies of Love in the world. Guide every step of our journey among people, places, and situations that are not are open to Your Peace. Lord, You are tireless in Your Compassion and Mercy. Take possession of us so that everywhere we go we may radiate Your Healing Light to others. Strengthen our resolve to live out Your unique callings for each one of us. Father, in Heaven we will find our rest. Jesus, thank you for knowing us, living with us, and feeling every embattled cry. And Beautiful Spirit, transform our iterant wanderings into sacred songs of praise and love. “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.”* AMEN
* Psalm 62: 1
Word/Image: Crown of Life
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12
Father King and Source of All Life, Jesus True God and True Man, and Holy Spirit one in Being with the Father and the Son, help us to face everything You ask of us. Grant us clear vision through the obstacles placed in front of us. Gird our hearts with a burning devotion to You. Shield our spirits from every principality that seeks to lead us astray. Equip us with Your Sword of Truth and dress us in the armor of Your Peace. Lord, we require Your gifts of endurance, resilience, vigilance, patience and absolute trust in Your Goodness. May we never forget that we are precious in Your sight. We are Your children and we know nothing can separate us from Your Perfect, Passionate, Selfless, Unconditional Love. Write Your Name on our hearts. When we are under the duress of trials and tribulations, may we experience Your Presence and Compassion. Father, we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus, we praise and thank you for enduring the crown of thorns piercing You with our sins. And Beautiful Spirit, consume us with Your Burning Love that we might be granted the Crown of Life. Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.”* AMEN
*Psalm 103: 1-2,4
Word/Image: Tender
Father, Song of Every Age, Jesus, Living Water, and Holy Spirit of Comfort and Peace, restore us in You. Take pity on us. We are frightened lambs lost and thrashing about in meadows that bewilder us. May our helpless bleats fall upon the Ears of Your Sacred Heart. Turn our inconsolable quivers into deep calm breaths intonated with intimate vulnerable prayers. We praise and thank you for receiving each of us with Divine Tenderness. We lower our heads to drink the Living Water You have cupped in Your Hands to refresh our drooping spirits. Father, show us the way through the Narrow Gate into the Heart of Your Son. Jesus, You are Everything to us, please grant us every Grace we need to burn with unquenchable desire to seek You above all things. And Beautiful Spirit, transport our fragile human vessels into new pastures of wonder and awe. “Lord we lift you up, Hallelujah You are Worthy, Hallelujah we praise Your Name,” now and forever.”* AMEN
* I was listening to this song when I wrote this prayer - Hallelujah You're Worthy
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Word/Image: Tattered
Father our Creator and Corrector, Jesus of Mercy and Justice, and Spirit of Breath and Fire grab hold of the tattered fabric of our lives. We give Glory to the Union of Your Trinitarian Majesty. All things in You are Ordered for the Good of All. Help us contemplate the Power and Flow of Your perfect, Passionate, Fierce Love that is the Glue that holds all things together. Help us seek You at the center of all our relationships. We humble ask You to move us past treating each other as objects of our limited visions, needs, and desires. Sew us back together. Bring healing to the rips we create in our relationship with You, with each other, and all of Your beautiful Creation. Father, we hunger for Your Endless Light. Jesus, we want to rest in Your Healing Peace that consummates Your Mystical Body into an agency of Glory for Your Father. And Beautiful Spirit, we yearn to be swept into Your Sublime Winds of Sacred Imagination leading to New Life. Oh, Holy Trinity, “may we come to rest where angels sing.”* AMEN
* Lyrics from song by Dan Schutte, Beyond the Moon and Stars,
Word/Image: Forbearance
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
Lamentations 3: 25-27
Father of Justice, Jesus Perfectly Enduring our sorrow, and Holy Spirit, fuel of Love’s Victory, give us strength. We feel abandoned on barren landscapes that have become scarce with Your Flowing Goodness. Come and “reign” down on the parched crusts of our hearts and souls. We have shown, “contempt for the riches of [Your] kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that [Your] kindness is intended to lead [us] to repentance.”* Increase the intensity of our Hope in the promise of Your Salvation. Stir all of our brothers and sisters to become relentless seekers of You. Show us how to accompany each other on our run through trials and tribulations. Father we wait for Your Story to unfold. Jesus we are confident You will come with swift vindication to establish Your Will and a new era of Peace in our land. Beautiful Spirit grant us Your fruits of, “love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” ** We lift up our souls to You seeking Your Mercy and forgiveness. AMEN
* Romans 2:4
** Galatians 5: 22-23
Word/Image: Bury
"Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
Luke 9:60
Father of Ceaseless Life, Jesus the Resurrection and the Life, and Holy Spirit the Binding Love of Life cast away our attachments. Leads us into Your Kingdom. Draw us back to the Tree of Life and graft our withering limbs to its shoots of Wisdom. Help us take stock of all of our dead branches; all of the things, people, and situations that pull the gaze of our hearts and spirits away from You. We despise our culture of death. We praise and thank You for giving us Everlasting Life. Lord, we trust that death and things not of You will decay and bury themselves. We choose You and we choose Life. How can we be of better service to You in proclaiming the Kingdom of God? Father, begin to reveal more of Your hidden Plans and Glory. Jesus, You are our God and King and we have no path to Life except through You. And Beautiful Spirit, embolden us with robust voices and actions that give testimony to the Awesome Love of God. We make our prayer in Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. AMEN
Word/Image: Train Tracks
Father of Movement and Change, Jesus One with the Will of the Father, and Beautiful Spirit of Wisdom and Love in Motion, grant us a ticket on the train to Salvation. Help us not take for granted or waste a single moment of this precious, short life on Earth. May we become more aware of how to work in the details of our lives to speak to You, to Know You, and to discern how You want us to express and celebrate Your Presence in the world. Align the genesis of our actions to Your Divine Law of Love. Set us straight on the narrow tracks that accelerate the growth of our hearts and spirit into Your Everlasting Light. Father, we thank you for lavishing us with Your Graces and Mercies to fuel our journey. Jesus, we adore You and praise You for being our Conductor with a map of our journey. And Holy Spirit we submit to Your Fire of Love that gives energy and purpose to all of our sacred efforts. “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.” AMEN
Word/Image: Fairness
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.
Acts 17:31
Father of Justice, Jesus our Truth and Judge, and Holy Spirit Arbitrator of Love prepare us to come before You. Oh, Lord please do not look upon as we are but, as You Know us and as You have made us. Find favor in Your design, and grant us contrite hearts and willing spirits full of humility. How can we understand what is fair when we stumble in accepting Your Love? Open our minds to seek the Wisdom of Your Ways. Lord, we struggle to seek forgiveness because we struggle to let go of trespasses committed against us. Give us the strength to relinquish our prides and forgive ourselves as the first step in seeking Your Mercy and Love. Oh Father, “righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; Love and Faithfulness go before you.”* Jesus, “may the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.”** Beautiful Spirit consume us with the Holy Purifying Fire of Heaven. AMEN
* Psalm 89:14
** Psalm 67:4
Word/Image: Frivolity
Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.
(Psalm 126:2)
Father of Joy and Giver of Laughter, Jesus our constant Companion, and Beautiful Spirit full of Surprises and Delight, refresh our weary hearts and spirits. Tickle us with a deeper awareness of the infinite shades and hues of Your Love at work in all of Creation. We long for fellowship with You, and with all of our brothers and sisters. Grant us special opportunities to relish the sweetness of Your Company. Thank You for always being available and ready to sit with us. Teach us how to bring You everything and please increase in us a sense of wonder. With Your Grace let us discover new ways to share more with You than just our needs, and petitions. Let us laugh, sing, and speak with You about the Goodness of Life. Oh, Father there is no end to Your Majesty in all of It’s Shapes and Forms. Jesus laugh with us and increase the appetite of our hearts to be nourished by the Delicious Food of Your Presence. Holy Spirit lift us up with Your Light and Giggles. Our Joy is Complete in Jesus our Lord and Savior, our God and King, who reigns in us and with us now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Bamboozle
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
Colossians 2:8
Father Foundry of Truth, Jesus our Way, Truth and Life, and Holy Spirit Promoter of Truth and Love, protects us from the assaults of deception. We often feel like puppets whose strings are being perpetually pulled in self-destructive directions that take us away from You. We face a barrage of tantalizing offers; one better than the next. Lord, sometimes it feels like everyone around us has found what they need to be on top of the world while we stumble along perplexed by the challenges of living our faith. Through our Guardian Angels, and every possible agency of Grace, amplify the Voice of Your Wisdom to help us discern the choices we need to make. We beg for the courage and resilience to keep our eyes on the Cross. Father, help us to grow into Your adopted sons and daughters with hearts full of hope and trust in You. Jesus, thank you for teaching us, “where [our] treasure is [our] heart will also be.”* Beautiful Spirit sustains with heart felt visions of our inheritance. “Save [us], Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.”** AMEN
* Matthew 6:21
** Psalm 120:2
Word/Image: Dead Serious
Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you?
But I have been watching! declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:11
Father Holy and Immortal, Jesus Son of God, and Spirit of Divine Providence, bring renewed order to our Earthly affairs. Lord, we want to be at one with Your Will at all times and in all ways. We have turned the temples of our spirits into soulless places. Unite us in prayer to You, and through You with each other, to ignite our darkened world with the Light of Your Peace, Joy and Love. Drive out the thieves that seek to rob us of our desire to seek You and serve You with all of our heart, mind, and strength. Father despite our sins against You and one another we vow to honor the House of Your Creation. Jesus fill us with a zeal for Your Father’s Creation. And Beautiful Spirit, transform the violence of our hearts and spirits into prayers and actions that give Glory to God. May we become like the children of the temple praising You, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”* AMEN
* Matthew 21:14
Word/Image: Wisdom
My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:2-3
Father Source of All Knowledge, Jesus, Keeper of the Treasures of Wisdom, and Beautiful Spirit, Creator of Sacred experiences, immerse us in opportunities to grow. Expose our foolishness. Help us to recognize how we stumble when we remove You from the center of our lives. Lavish us with Your Grace that in our vulnerability we might discover the strength of Your Hand. Please work in the details and challenges of our lives to clear an unexpected path that leads to an encounter with Your Love. We know, “the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”* Father thank You for giving us Your only Son to guide us. Jesus, please take possession of our minds, hearts, spirits, and bodies that we might become Your Living Bread of Wisdom, Mercy, Peace, and Love for each other. And Holy Spirit, sanctify us with Your Breath of Life and Fire of Glory. “Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil.” AMEN
* James 3:17
Word/Image: Cry
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21: 3-4
Father of Divine Love, Jesus Lamb of God, and Holy Spirit of Comfort, grant us Peace. Our world is shaking with anguish. We feel tears from Heaven falling upon us. What is this mystery of Your Heart that soars above ours and yet is like ours in experiencing the dregs of sadness? Nothing can touch Your Joy but why must we continually pierce Your Goodness and Love with our careless, selfish ways? May we grieve with You and may our tears, united with Yours, bring a flood of renewing strength to the face of the Earth. Grant Your adopted Sons and Daughters a change in heart. Help us to soar in Your Sacred Imagination to our time and place with You in Your Holy City. Make this our passionate desire and fix the eyes of our hearts and spirits upon it. Father, thank You for never forsaking us. Jesus, turn our tears into Joy. And Beautiful Spirit, unleash a Song of Praise and Dance in our bodies. “As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.” AMEN
Word/Image: “The one who is righteous by faith will live.” (Romans 1:17)
Father of Righteousness, Jesus Source of our Faith, and Holy Spirit, Instigator of our sacred connections, set us on a path of holiness. Transform our desires for goodness and virtue into lives of humility. Lord, we know we cannot earn righteousness. You have taught us that, “no one is good – except God alone.”* Help us to gaze with the eyes of our hearts and spirits into the unseen reality of our Life in You. Grant us the disposition of a child. Fill us with hearts full of wonder as we imagine, “what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no mind has conceived”** for those that love You. Father, please give us the gift of Faith. Jesus, show us how to turn our faith into ceaseless prayers and good actions. And Beautiful Spirit, multiple the fruits of our faith into righteousness that gives glory to Your Eternal Love forever. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord, and Savior. AMEN
* Mark 10:18
** 1 Corinthians 2:9
Word/Image: Pitiless
I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
Psalm 13:11
Father our Just Judge, Jesus our Cup of Mercy, and Holy Spirit our Intercessor, empty the dregs of our pride. What must we do to avert Your Wrath? We have fallen deep into the pits of our self-centered, self-aggrandizing, self-made horrors. It is not You who will punish us but ourselves. We are experiencing the crushing gravity of rejecting Your Love. Help us return to the ways of Fraternity and selfless care for one another. Show us how to look for, and how to see the Face of Your Son Jesus Christ in every person and situation. We have become consumed with our desire to be arbitrators and makers of our own order and goodness. Deliver us from our pitiless ways. How can we expect Your Mercy when we are eager to lash out against our brothers and sisters? Free us from the snares of self-love that have trapped us in their vicious grips of arrogance. Father, grant us a hunger to seek Your Will. Jesus, gather our broken perishing bodies in Your arms and refresh our souls. And beautiful Spirit, lavish us in the Fire of Your Love. We come to you with our desperate petition made in the Name of Jesus Christ and through the Power of His Precious Blood. Have Mercy on us! AMEN
Word/Image: Delight
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalm 16:11
Father, Fount of All Life, Jesus King of Love, and Beautiful Spirit our Song of Joy, make room for us in Your Celestial Home. Strengthen the eyes of our hearts to let in more and more of Your Endless Light. Prepare the coffers of our spirits to be filled with Your Treasures of Joy. We want to delight forever in the Majesty of Your Love. Grant us today breadcrumbs from Heaven rich in Your consolations that offer us a glimpse of Your Beauty and Order Working All in All. Plant us like ever fruiting trees along the River of Living Waters that flow from Your Temple. Oh Holy and Great Father, we praise you and thank you for granting us an inheritance in Your Kingdom. Jesus we consecrate ourselves to You – without You we have nothing. And Holy Spirit, take possession of our hearts and spirits with the Body, Mind, and Heart of Jesus. “To do your will, O God, is [our] delight, and your law is within [our] heart[s].”* AMEN
* Psalm 40:8
Word/Image: Lightening
See how he scatters his lightning about him,
bathing the depths of the sea.
This is the way he governs the nations
and provides food in abundance.
He fills his hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.
Job 36: 30-32
Father of Mighty Justice, Jesus our Redeemer and King, and Holy Spirit, Consuming Burst of Love, thunder with Your Righteous Storm. Insert Yourself in our affairs. We have forgotten how to count our blessings. Command the natural and spiritual elements to hearken to Your Will. Shake us with Your claps of thunderous Mercy and Your flashes of Wrathing Love. If there is anything malignant in our soul strike it with full force. Breathe into us a life of prayer, devotion, and service to the Gospel. By the Power of Your Grace eradicate our sinful ways. Father stop us from transmitting the ills of our hearts to others. Jesus, embrace us with Your Tenderness and nurture in us humble and contrite hearts. And Holy Spirit extinguish our toxic fires of self-worhsip and light in us Holy Fires of Love. “Show us your unfailing Love, Lord, and grant us your salvation.” * AMEN
Psalm 85:7
Word/Image: Tavern
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:18
Father of Compassion, Jesus of Mercy, Holy Spirit of Love fill us with a longing for You. Watch over us as we make our way on dusty paths. Too often Lord we have little to no idea of where we are going and how we will find You. Place taverns along the roads less traveled where we can find rest and refreshment. Grant us quiet moments with You punctuated with sparks of Your Consolations and Wisdom. Take the seat next to us. We want to tell You our story. Please be patient with us as we recount every detail. Plant one of Your heart opening questions deep into our spirits. Lord, You always opens us up to new possibilities and bless us with peace even in the throes of our confusions and passions. Turn the lonely tavern into a fertile byway so others may also be brought into the Grace of Your Loving Presence. Father, be our refuge. Jesus, let us peer into the infinite depths of Your Eyes and experience Your Endless Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, inflame us with Your unquenchable Love. “We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.* AMEN
* Psalm 33:20
Word/Image: Fulfill
“This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Luke 24:44
Father of our Now and Forever, Jesus our Trusted Guide into the Kingdom, and Holy Spirit our nurturance of Love and Wisdom, usher in the final Triumph of Your Promises. Lord, we hold fragments of Your Story in our hearts, minds, and bodies. We stare at the pieces of Your Sacred Puzzle and beseech You to work with our limited capacities to make sense of Your Never Ending Story. Help us assemble a convicting picture that serves as a prayerful map for our imaginings. Let us marvel in the details and intricacies of how You bring all things into Order. May our hearts burst with gratitude as we get a peek into the Awesome way You guide the flow of our human and personal histories into an Ocean of Mercy and Salvation. Father, before anything even existed You knew You would give us Your only begotten Son. Jesus, through Your human remembering and Divine Kingship, You open the scriptures and break the bread. And Beautiful Spirit, in Communion with the Father and Son You fulfill the Word by anointing us. Oh, Holy Trinity, grant us lives that participate in actualizing Your Reality of Eternal Perfect Love. AMEN
Word/Image: Entrust
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:2
Father of Infinite Promises, Jesus Lamb of God, and Holy Spirit Transporter of our hearts and spirits, gather us from all corners of the Earth. We ask You to consecrate our lives to the service of Your Laws and Gospel. Deepen our participation in Your Word. May the Sweetness of Your statues illuminate the eyes of our hearts. Show us how we can move in the world as Your faithful witnesses. Coalesce our disparate experiences and scattered understandings into cenacles of prayers that stretch Your Holy Hands into the locked chambers of every human spirit resisting You. Please make us earnest, tireless disciples of Your Way, Truth, and Life. Let us shout Your Goodness and Greatness from the house tops with the conviction of our lives radiant in Your Joy, Peace, and Hope. Father, You have entrusted us with being vocal witnesses of Your Love. Jesus, You send us out among wolves to be the arms that gather Your lambs. And Beautiful Spirit, You cover us with Your Breath of Purpose, Love, and Protection to discern and do the Will of the Father. Jesus we place our trust in You. AMEN
Word/Image: Butterfly
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3: 17-18
Father of Winged Freedom, Jesus of Beauty and Transformation, and Holy Spirit Wind of Sacred Movements let the ripples of Your Grace help us take flight to You. Unveil the Glory of all the Works of Your Hands made Perfect and Imperishable by Your Everlasting Love. Let the Majesty of Your ceaseless Miracles of Creation pierce the empty space around us with Your Holy Delights. Soften our hearts and open the gateways of our spirits. Lord, we want to completely entrust ourselves to You. Please take possession of us. May our hearts be consumed by Your Sacred Heart. Use the details of our lives to manifest Your Wisdom, Compassion and Mercy. Send us forth into the darkness as sparkles of Your Hope. Father, call every soul Home to You. Jesus we love You and adore You, grant us a taste this moment of our Communion with You. And Beautiful Spirit, howl with fierce Winds of Your Passionate Love to knock down every house not built on the Word of God. For now is the time of Your Kingdom. AMEN
Image/Word: Stay Awake!
You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
1 Thessalonians: 5-8
Father ready the Way, Jesus equip us to greet You, and Beautiful Spirit grab our attentions. Lord in our waiting for You keep us from distractions. Carve the blocks of our time and talents into works of faith that give witness to Your Goodness and Greatness. Show us how to be good and faithful servants. We ask for every Grace we need to redeem and occupy our time to produce the Fruits of Your Will. As commotions and distractions grow around us grant gifts of discernment. May we be strengthened in our endurance and grow in our life of prayer with you and for each other. Father, lavish us with Your Light to keep the eyes of our heart on You. Jesus be our greatest desire. And Holy Spirit, infuse our minds with unshakeable hope, and feed our heart’s anticipation of Eternal Joy. We make all our prayers in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. AMEN
Word/Image: Sanctuary
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
1 Corinthians 3: 16-17
Father Creator Blest, Jesus Son of Man and King of kings, and Holy Spirit, Bonding Ointment of Love, all Glory and Honor be Yours now and forever. Holy, Holy, Holy is Your Name and Lovely is Your Sanctuary. Abide in us that we may become a part of Your infinite Fabric of Unity and Love. Grant us humility, trust, and unshakeable faith. While we are not worthy, we know we belong to You. Grant us Communion in the Mystical Body of Christ. Transform every earthen vessel into resplendent temples sanctified with the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Speak Your Word in us, and we will become Your Holy of Holies. Protect us from all evil. Instill in our hearts a distaste for anything that might damage or destroy your temple in us. Father, we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus, light the Fire of Your Love in the sanctuary of our spirits. And Beautiful Spirit, lift our earnest prayers of praise, worship, and petitions to the throne of God. “May these words of [our] mouth[s] and this meditation of [our] heart[s] be pleasing in your sight, Lord, [our] Rock and [our] Redeemer.”*
* Psalm 19:14
Word/Image: Marvelous Deeds
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Psalm 96: 3-6
Father of Majesty, Jesus who calls us by name and touches us daily, Beautiful Spirit, Whirl Wind of Love in Holy Motion we sing Your praise. How can we ever see all the ways You are intersecting our lives with Your Saving Grace? Are You Shy Lord, or is Your Hand of Mercy and Joy too swift for us to notice? Great and marvelous are all of Your Deeds! Grant the eyes of our spirits opportunities to revel in Your Sweet Goodness. Help us to be more attuned to the Poetry of Your Gracious Heart. We place our trust in thy Will. We believe You are ushering in the Promises of Your Word; Your Peace that will reign on earth as it does in Heaven. Until we may be with You in heaven, enjoin us with each other in chains of humble, love that begin to mirror the Order and Ways of Eternal Life. Father, we rely on Your Hands to move all the unmovable things in our lives. Jesus, bring us Your Mind of Wisdom and Your Heart of Compassion. Holy Spirit, anoint our failings and imperfections through our prayers and openness to Christ dwelling in each one of us. Through the Love and Glory of Jesus Christ our Lord and King we make our pray. AMEN
Word/Image: Fathom
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3: 14-19
Father of Burning Love, Jesus, Heart and Soul of Creation, and Beautiful Spirit, Unifying Power of Light and Love satiate our hunger to be with You. How will we ever fathom the depths of Your Love for us? We praise and thank you for keeping nothing from us. In Jesus Christ we experience You perpetually giving Yourself to us. We hear, see and taste Your Goodness. In our desire to plumb the mysteries of Your Love grant us a spirit of surrender. Fix the Light of Your Joy and Peace in the tabernacles of our hearts. Show us how to make our lives one with the City of God You are building in our midst. Father, grant us opportunities to be Your Comfort and Strength to the poor in spirit. Jesus, quiet our anxieties, and steady our trembling and faltering steps in faith with Your Healing Touch. Holy Spirit, orchestrate Sacred Creative Moments for us to co-participate in bringing to fruition the Will of God. For thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and Glory now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Son of David
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied. Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”
Luke 18: 35-42
Father of Vision, Jesus our living Miracle of Mercy and Healing, and Holy Spirit anointing balm of possibilities have pity on us. Like Bartimeous we sit in the dust of our blind lives groveling for purpose and meaning. Give us voice to call out to You. May we be consumed with a burning desire to seek Your Healing. Replace our doubts and fears with pleas for greater faith and trust in You. Embolden us in our assertions with others of Your Truth and Goodness. Grant us the graces of courage and implant in us steadfast hearts locked on You. Father, we submit to you. Mold us and fashion us into Your Vision. Jesus, heal the eyes of our hearts and spirits that we may behold You. And Beautiful Spirit stir in us a fervor of praise, Joy, and Love. “Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.”* AMEN
* Psalm 17:14
Image/Word: Pardon
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
Matthew 6:14
Father of Compassion, Jesus, King of Love, and Holy Spirit, Comforter of the oppressed and afflicted, transport us to the Sea of Your Mercy. We are redeemed by Your Heart of Forgiveness. Despite the number of times and ways we fall, You are always standing by to pick us up, encourage us, and set us back on a path of salvation. We have hope, because if we acknowledge and repent of our ways, You do not hold our offenses against us. You lead us into the Light of Eternal Day. Through the Power of Jesus Christ dwelling within us, may we learn to imitate Your Ways. As You pardon our trespasses against You, give us the wisdom, grace, and love to pardon those that hurt us. Father, nurture us with Your Compassion. Jesus, teach us how to use the gifts of our human faculties to create lives steeped in Compassion. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with opportunities to express Your Love by being Your fountains of gentle understanding, patience, and Compassion. “Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil.” AMEN
Word/Image: Lamp
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5: 14-16
Father of All Light, Jesus the Lamp of Eternal Life in us, and Holy Spirit, infuser of Sweet Fragrant Oil of Love, ignite sacred fires in us. Brandish our fears to standout and shine with clear devotion to You. Let us become bold, clear proclamations of Your Goodness. We want to become better witnesses of Your Mercy, Compassion, and Love. Lord, teach us how to be examples of Your Burning Desire to be in Communion with every soul. Make Your Presence felt through our words, actions, inactions, and prayers. May people be drawn to You through how we share our time, treasure, and talents. Father, may everything we do give glory to You. Jesus peel back the layers of our defenses that are diffusing or preventing your Light from shining forth into the world. And Beautiful Spirit, may Your Love Light enchant the hearts, minds, and souls of all our brothers and sisters. Oh Holy Trinity, “Your Word is a lamp for [our] feet, a light on [our] path.”* AMEN
Psalm: 119:105
Word/Image: Flute
And you will sing
as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;
your hearts will rejoice
as when people playing pipes go up
to the mountain of the Lord,
to the Rock of Israel.
Isaiah 30:29
Father of the Law, Jesus our Redeemer, and Beautiful Spirit of Dance orchestrate our lyrical passage to New Life. Teach us to trust and obey Your Ways. We watch the seasons of our lives and the epics of our human history move through the markers of time. We thank you for the milestones of festivals and seasons to remind us of Your watchful Heart always lavishing us with new opportunities to know and love you more dearly. Adorn Your children with new spirits cleansed by the Blood of Christ. Help us to climb to the top of Your Holy Mountain so we can play our flutes and raise our voices in endless songs of praise. Father, we rejoice in Your Creation. Jesus, we take shelter in Your Sacred Heart to be set free by the Precious Blood of Your Glorious Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, we exalt in the chorus of Joy and Love You have created with all of the angels and saints. We join with them in exclaiming, “Hosanna in the Highest!” AMEN
Word/Image: Rain
Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth.
Hosea 6: 3-5
Father Creator Blest, Jesus the Sweetness of Love appearing and living among us, and Holy Spirit of Sanctification, unfurl the details of our lives. Please bless the good in us and expel anything that is keeping us from serving You. The thirsty mouths of our hearts are wide open awaiting the outpouring of Your Amazing Grace. We keep running on the path You set before us. Lengthen our stride and quicken our pace. No matter how steep the climb may become, or how tired we may feel, give us what we need to press forward. Lord, we invite You into all the dry, and parched areas of our souls. Fall upon us with torrents of Your Wisdom, Teaching, and Love. Father harken us to Your Voice. Jesus open the floodgates of Your Living Waters that we may be perpetually baptized in Your Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, transform our souls into verdant, fertile fields rich with the fruits of God’s Endless Glory. In Joy we belong to You now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Contrite
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
Psalm 51:17
Father with Open Arms, Jesus our High Priest, and Holy Spirit full of Radiant Light, initiate us into the depths of Your Love. Help us to see what we fail to see in ourselves that keeps us from encountering You. Lord, our hearts are buttressed with justifications, careless wanton desires, and empty visions of our self-importance. Melt the coldness of our heart’s self-reliance. Fill the abscesses of coldness in our hearts with the ineffable warmth of Love’s unfailing Ways and Truth. Lord, when we come face to face with the shambles of our broken spirits have pity on us. How can we bring You anything worthy of Your Great Love? We offer back to You the Grace of self-knowledge You give to us. We vow not to hide, or disguise our brokenness and desperate need for You. Father welcome us Home. Jesus take possession of our crushed spirits. And Beautiful Spirit lift up a pleasing sacrifice of our contrite hearts. We have Hope because, “the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”* AMEN
* Psalm 34: 18
Word/Image: Leaven
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
Matthew 13:33
Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Corinthians 5: 6-8
Father, who art in heaven, Jesus Bread of Life, and Holy Spirit exciter of growth, prepare us to rise. We submit our ingredients to the constant care of Your Masterful artisanship. Take the water of the events unfolding in our lives. Mix it with the flour of our relationships, experiences, and dispositions into a dough eager to be fermented. Activate the infinite possibilities of Your Kingdom in us by introducing the active leaven of Your Love. We see hidden all around us dough waiting to be kneaded. Please mold us and work us into loaves of bread that feed others with Your Hope. Father, begin to build Your Kingdom here and now as a growing reflection of Your Will at work in heaven. Jesus, You are the Leaven we need to be One with You and in You. And Beautiful Spirit, unleash the hidden latent power of Your Love in our lives and in our world. Oh, God, may we join the celestial realms in giving endless Glory to You. AMEN
Word Image: Shema Israel
“Shema Yisrael ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad”; “Hear, O Israel! ADONAI is our God, ADONAI is One”.
“You shall love ADONAI your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign upon your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead; inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates”.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
“If, then you obey the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, loving ADONAI your God and serving God will all your heart and soul, I will grant the rain for your land in season, the early rain and the late. You shall gather in your new grain and wine and oil I will also provide grass in the fields for your cattle and thus you shall eat your fill. Take care not to be lured away to serve other gods and bow to them. For ADONAI’s anger will flare up against you, and ADONAI will shut up the skies so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good and that ADONAI is giving you. AMEN
Translation source of Jewish Prayer: https://www.artazia.com/shema-yisrael-prayer/
Musical Chant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxO09BUrkMk
September Prayers
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 Sweetness of our Hopes, and Spirit Kiss of Peace, we long for our eternal Union with You. Open every jammed 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 Beloveds 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
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
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
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 to serve 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)
August Prayers
Father Source of Love, Jesus Shepherd of our hearts, and Beautiful Spirit Inciter of Love receive our humble prayers of gratitude. We eagerly await our callings to step into the situations you will allow and present to us to be conveyers of your Goodness.
Stoke in us new fires of fervent devotion. Give us your eyes Jesus that pierces the emptiness of every earthen vessel. Fill the awaiting thirsty receptacles of our lives with your transformative healing waters.
Jesus allow your wisdom to seize the moments on our paths.
Father exchange the moments of hurt, the stumbles of our weaknesses, the cries for help, the agonies of our quiet despair, and the crippling bondage of our confusions into opportunities for your Love to seize souls desperate for you.
Holy Spirit in concert with all the angles and saints grant us courage in advancing our Lord’s Love with every thought, word, action, intention, and inaction.
Lord please grant us the Grace we need to be your torches of fire. Fill them with the endless abundance of your Sacred Oil that we might cast Your burning Light of Hope into the darkest and most impossible places. Then Lord, help us to humbly recognize where and when you have used your Fire in our hearts and spirits to do your work. Give us shouts of praise, adoration, and gratitude that reach to the heavenlies to give Honor to your Endless Glory of Love. In Christ’s name we pray. AMEN.
The Word/Image: Lesions
Father, Molder of our lives, Jesus, Healer of every hurt, and Spirit, Breath of our body fill us with your Goodness. We bring You our festering wounds. From the brokenness we invite into our lives by turning our back on You, to the physical ills plaguing our world, we are desperate for your touch. Jesus, please draw us to You like the faithful leper. Encourage us to outstretch our hands to You in faith. Grant us trust to abandon ourselves completely to You. Father conform every disorder disrupting the flow of Your Love. Send forth your Spirit to shake the foundations of our hearts. May the tabernacles of our hearts for Your Son burst with riches of healing prayers, words and actions to be Your agencies of Hope for others. Show us how to be the hands that bind the wounds, and salve to soothe the pains of our brothers and sisters with Your Peace. Thank you for attending to our needs and hearing our cries for help. We love You, we adore You, and we praise Your name for ever. AMEN
The Word/Image: Dove & Peace
Father who hides us in the shadow of your wings, Christ who frees us from every snare, and Holy Spirit who brings us gusts of Love to lift us up, take pity on our discord. We are drowning in a ruckus of alienating accusations. We have become blinded by rage with the splinters in others’ eyes while failing to see the wood beams in our own. Please fuse our serpent like split tongues that are quick to spew toxic words. Beautiful Trinity consume us with heavenly Grace. Melt every frozen, hardened heart with your everlasting Light. Grant us Your Peace and let us become like pure white doves spreading your Good News to every soul prepared to make room for you. AMEN
The Word/Image: Shattered House
Father Builder of our World, Jesus Architect of our hearts, and Holy Spirit decorator of our souls, excavate the shattered shambles of our dwellings. Find all of the raw materials to rebuild us into new creations. Strengthen our foundations with the sweetness and Truth of Your Word. Give us pause to bring You anything that threatens the stability of our Life in You. We lift up our Brothers and Sisters who are struggling to live in the rubble created by our callous and selfish ways. We ask for Your Mercy. Ask Your angels and the Communion of Saints to pour out their libations of prayers to give us the resolve to rebuild our shattered houses. May new windows bring a flood of Your Brilliant Light to shine Your Wisdom on all of our affairs. We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. AMEN
The Word/Image: Baptism
Father Fount of All Love, Jesus Living Water, and Spirit of Tender Mercy gather your children together. We are born stained with ancient blemishes of pride and selfishness. Grant us the Gift of your cleansing Word. Call us by name, and please remind us that our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies belong to You and only You. Your Church’s Mystical Body delights in every soul added to it. Show us how to confirm and keep each other on the path that leads to You. We lift up our voices with Alleluias to enforce the chorus of heavenly protectors covering us in prayers for our journey. Grant us our daily Bread of desire to nourish our souls with Your Son’s Endless Mercy. Dress us this day and every day in white robes and with Your Holy Spirit anoint our foreheads with Fragrant oil to calm our nervous hearts. We commend these hopes to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN
The Word/Image: Memorial of the Queenship of Mary
Note to our Christian brothers and sisters: Mary was born without original sin in order to be the tabernacle of the incarnation of God in the Trinitarian expression of Jesus Christ. When she dies, Mary is assumed into heaven and is immediately granted the full beatific vision (coming into the Presence of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in their full Glory). Her body, without original sin is granted immediate immortality just as we will all receive after the final judgment at the end of time. Her crown of Glory is our precursor – paving the way and showing us the fulfillment of God’s Word in scripture that we will one day be washed perfectly clean and made imperishable in the Blood of the Lamb.
Father of Might, Jesus, King of Glory, and Spirit of Flowing Love, thank you for choosing Mary to be your servant of your incarnation. Help us to become more like Mary; ready and willing to humbly say, “Yes,” to all you ask of us. Blessed Mother you are the purveyor of Your Son’s Kingdom. You wish every heart, mind, soul, and body to seek Jesus' Love and Mercy above all other things. Cast your Mantle of sweet prayers over your children. Guide us to become citizens of heaven by entering the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We gather around your feet to deepen our life of prayer and humble service to one another. You have tasted and seen the Infinite Glory of the Holy Trinity. Along with all the angels and saints, invoke your privilege of clemency to safeguard our journey into the mystery of Jesus Christ. The pace of our run is quickening and we need every heavenly prayer we can get. Thank you for hearing us, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. AMEN
The Word/Image: Be Still
Father of Divine Silence, Jesus Master of our Storms, and Spirit Refuge of Peace, teach us how to enter into your Holy Presence. Please quiet our racing minds and anxious hearts. Help us to step with confidence into the quiet space of Holy Listening. Suspend our self-directed plans, untangle our attachments to anything that distracts us from You, assuage our fears, and guide us in discerning Your Will. Show us how to settle the distracting movements of our hearts, minds, and spirits. Please grant us stillness to enter into Your Presence. Fortify us with humility that we might always be prepared to be surprised by the Mystery of how you wish to speak to us and teach us in the Ways of Your Truth and Life. Be our All in All so that every discordant noise in our lives dissolves into a Glorious Symphony of Your Silent Love. We seek this space of prayerful stillness full of awe, and wonder of your Infinite Beauty. In Christ we are Yours. AMEN
The Word/Image: Give Glory
Our Father in Heaven, Jesus King of Glory, and Spirit of Praise take possession of our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies. Open the eternal gates that veil You from our world. Give us the opportunity to raise our voices in thunderous praise and let it rise like infinite incense to Your Throne. We wish to commit our lives to You. Empty us of everything that impedes Jesus’ Spirit from dwelling in us. Make us new creations in Christ that we might become better reflections of Your Endless Love. We wish to sing and dance with boundless joy like Miriam* in the freedom of living as Your adopted sons and daughters. To God be praise and Glory. Let Your Son’s Spirit in us create Sacred Fires of souls united in one purpose: to Love and Serve You, and each other, in all we think, say, and do both now and forever. For thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory forever. AMEN
*20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. 21 Miriam sang…
(Exodus 15: 20-21)
The Word/Image: Perpetual
Father Keeper of All Things in Motion, Jesus our Tireless Shepherd, and Holy Spirit Animator of Life please give us the desire to live lives of perpetual prayer. Corral the movements of our wayward minds, and the desires of our voracious appetites, into ever new expressions of prayer directed at seeking You and serving You. Help us Father to faithfully entrust Jesus as the Conductor of our locomotion and embrace Your Spirit as the Orchestrator of all our thoughts, words, and actions. Whether we are conscious of it or not, gently rework the patterns of our habits into ones that are aligned with You and Your Will for us. Lord we believe that with You at the center of all our comings and goings we can embody the prayers you engrave on our hearts and spirits. We praise and thank you for Your Seal of Goodness and place all our Trust in You. In Christ we pray. AMEN
The Word/Image: Bond
Father our Creator and Connector, Jesus our Purpose and Wisdom, and Spirit our Imagination and Compassion, bind us to You. Loosen our dependency on things that take our eyes off You. Remove every diversion and distraction that is not in harmony with Your Plans for us. Grant us every Grace we need to recognize our failings. We place all of our liabilities in Your Hands. We are confident that You will transform our failings into new blessings. We lift up our hearts in prayers of praise and gratitude. Please yank away our carefully constructed facades that try to cover our soul’s magnetic draw to You. Father, through the Power and Movement of Your Spirit, please increase our desire to enter more deeply into the Sacred Heart of Jesus. May our bond in Christ be the source of our goodness, and the impetus for all of our actions. Show us to how to connect to one another, and serve each through, our Communion in the Body of Christ. All Glory and Power are Yours now and Forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Capture
Father Sea of Love, Jesus Fisher of Men, and Spirit Creator of Unity and Peace, cull the tempestuous waters of our lives. Let not one of us slip through Your clasping Arms. Capture the pleasing intimations of ours hearts and turn these humble, meek potentialities into prayers and actions that bring great blessings and graces to our brothers and sisters. We are One in Your Body as we are One in the Lord. Fill us with Your brimming bursting Hope. Oh, Father please enmesh us in the fabric of your nets. Jesus multiply our efforts to hook others onto Your Mercy and Joy. And Holy Spirit show us how to grow in wonder of Your Shiny, Shimmering, Glory reflecting off of all the people in our catch. We invoke the Sacred Heart of our Blessed Mother to join us in amplifying our prayers for Mercy for each other and for all the hardships our brothers and sisters are facing during these times. We join the angels in lifting up ceaseless songs of praise from our hearts. We ask all these things with great love and confidence in the Name Above all other Names. AMEN
Word/Image: Rise
Father of Might, Jesus Leaven of our Souls, and Spirit Agency of Mercy, we place ourselves in Your Hands. Help us to become supple and submit ourselves to Your kneading work. Shape and form us in ways that conform to Your mold of Love. We feel the gravity of our choices that hold us back from knowing You. We acknowledge the limits of our strength. We surrender our wills to Your Divine Law. Father, we place our hope in rising from sin and death to New Life. Lavish us in the Peace of Jesus, and send forth Your Spirit to grant us a taste of eternal Joy. As we grow in Your Graces, may we become better good and loyal servants intent on multiplying the sweetness of Your Word made flesh in us, with all of our brothers and sisters. We make these prayers in the Name of Jesus, who we know we will rise with, on the last day. AMEN
Word/Image: Foggy
Father Keeper of the Plan, Jesus the Eye of our Storms, and Holy Spirit, Mediator of Our Exigencies, hear our cries for help. The coastal banks of our challenges are shrouded in thick marine fog. We are struggling to see our path forward and the damp, whipping air around us is causing us to lose our footing. Even when we succeed in ducking inside some temporary shelter we are left with the hazy uncertainty of our minds stuck in self-defeating loops of despair. Redirect our dirges of self-pity into rousing hymns of trust. Grant us clear compassionate prayers of charity for our brothers and sisters that face intense trials and tribulations barreling down into the center of their lives. Please focus the intents of our hearts. Father, guide us in being Your consolations to others. Jesus, fill us with Your Wisdom. And Beautiful Spirit, inspire our sacred creative imaginations to become the actions of Your Prayers. We unite ourselves in You, confident of Your Eternal Refuge. AMEN
Word/Image: Fertile
Father Sower of Life, Jesus King of the Harvest, and Spirit Fruits of Love’s Labor, survey the fields of our lives. Plant Your Seeds of Wisdom in our fallow hearts. Teach us to use the gifts of our minds to weed out all those things that might rob us of your Son’s Light. Grant us a steady hand on our plough as we prepare our lives to receive more of You. Father we are ripe for the fertilizer of Your Mercy. Show us how to make more room for Jesus in our daily routines. Send forth Your Spirit to increase the urgency and volume of our soul’s inhalations. You promise Your laborer’s rest and rewards. Make our desire to please You and the Grace of Your Will to do so. Please produce a bounty of blessings that create a Feast of Your Love. Oh Holy Trinity, make every soul You have created burst forth with infinite life in a ceaseless harvest of eternal Glory. For as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. AMEN
Word/Image: Send Forth – Dandelion
Father, of our Garden, Jesus, the Rose in our hearts, and Spirit, Sweet Fragrance of Possibilities center us on our callings. We celebrate the Beauty of the Order You create all around us. Draw us deeper into hidden mysteries of Your Love at work in the smallest details. We know that we are like whimsical, fragile, and stubborn dandelion weeds yet, You treat us like Your Son; a Royal Majestic Rose. Keep us from hindering and interrupting the growth of all Your flowering things. Father, we thank you for seeing past our incomplete natures and beholding us as righteous adopted children of Your Kingdom. Jesus, please come to our sides and bring the Breath of Your Spirit. Send aloft our dandelion flowers to impregnate barren fields. May what we germinate from our imperfect state be eventually transformed into Your Perfect Heavenly Vision. Oh God, see everything You have made as imbued with Your Goodness and let nothing be lost. We give Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit now and forever. AMEN
Word/Image: Consecrated disciple
Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock
of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers,
in which you tend the Church of God
that he acquired with his own Blood.
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you,
and they will not spare the flock.
And from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth
to draw the disciples away after them.
Acts 20: 28-30
Father, Nurturer of all Your consecrated children, Jesus Rabbi and Shepherd of Your Disciples, and Holy Spirit, the Glorious endless Song of Love’s music seeking the ears of every heart and spirit of all God’s adopted sons and daughters, protect us from all evil. Draw us together into prayerful flocks. Send forth Your Spirit to watch over us. Bind us into Your covenant of Unconditional Love. As we taste and see the goodness of Your abundant blessings, may we never forget to lift up our voices with praise and gratitude. Keep Your Way, Truth and Life always in front of us. Whatever confusions, doubts, and moments of anguish that show up on our paths, help us to hold onto the peace and hope You always offer us. We belong to You, and we belong with You in Heaven. In the throes of chaos and whatever perversions seek control of our hearts, minds, spirits, and bodies keep us secure in the joys of our faith and trust in You. Father, build Your Church. Jesus, feed Your Mystical Body. And Beautiful Spirit, shine Your Light of Love into every corner of our lives now and forever. “Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.”* AMEN
*Psalm 112: 4
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Word/Image: Blessing
To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3: 9
Father of Perfect Goodness, Jesus, the Father’s gift of incarnate Compassion, Wisdom, Understanding and Mercy, and Holy Spirit, Fount of Life baptizing everything with Love, engage us as agencies of Your Blessings. Set our spirits on fire with the Truth of Your Presence, and actions at work in our lives. Let us not keep score of the harmful words spoken to us, insults hurled at us, or any of the hurts You allow us to experience. Let us thank you for the gift of these mini crosses, as much as we thank you for the consolations you bestow on us. Wash the hands of our perpetrators with Your forgiveness. As we are loved unconditionally, grant us an ever greater participation in the awesome mystery of Your Perfect Love. Quicken our sacred imaginations to step into the shoes of our brothers and sisters, and grant us clear discernment of how we can be a blessing to others in every situation. Father, we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus, make us one with You, and may the Light of Your Sacred Heart bring Healing and Peace to our broken world. And Beautiful Spirt, lavish the gifts given to us with Love that they may produce every blessing and fruit that gives Glory to God. “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”* AMEN
* Psalm 34:8
Word/Image: hearts take comfort
Love the LORD, all you his faithful ones!
The LORD keeps those who are constant,
but more than requites those who act proudly.
Psalm 31: 24
Father of Infinite Light, Jesus the sublime Sacred Heart of Life, full of Peace and Eternal Joy, and Holy Spirit fabric of connective Love covering all things, keep us always safe in the refuge of Your Wings. Oh Lord, please bolster our faith. Let us become like eager children open and receptive to the Goodness and Warmth of every glance and touch You share with us. Keep us committed to seeking You every moment. We invite Your Wisdom and Love to be at work in every conversation we have, in every thought we hold, every intention that rises within us, and every action we take. Make us One with Your Divine Will. We choose You above all other possible things. Grant us the spiritual gift of discernment. Turn our lives into living prayers of praise and adoration. Our hearts cry out for You; our only source of Truth and comfort. Sanctify us through our Communion with You in the Eucharist and with each other. Father, we hand You our hearts so that You will mold them into temples of Your that host a flicker of Your Glory. Jesus we invite You to take possession of our hearts. And Beautiful Spirit, consume our hearts with the Holy Fire of Your Endless Love. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”* AMEN
*Psalm 73: 26
Word/Image: Remembrance
This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11: 25-26
Father, Maker of the Cup of Salvation, Jesus the Blood of Salvation, and Holy Spirit the Love sanctifying the perfect Sacrifice of Salvation, inebriate us with eternal Joy. Gather Your children in front of the Your heavenly altar. Let us be the fruit of Your Vine that presents itself at every Eucharist ready for Your Priestly Blessing in the line of Melchizedek. Open our eyes to the mystery of the ordinary, and simple, becoming One with You. Activate our sacred creative imaginations in remembrance of Your selfless Love. We want to experience Your Holy Fire setting us free. We embrace Your covenant, and stand ready to surrender ourselves. Wipe away our offenses and give us our daily bread to strengthen us in our resolve to repent of habits of thoughts and actions that put distance between You, and us. Increase our faith and trust in you, as we yield more and more to Your Love. May Your Blood course through our body and give us a new life in Communion with Your Light and Peace. Father, we bless and praise Your Holy Name now and forever. Jesus, we accept Your Cup of Life, and unite ourselves with Your cross as the door to Your Heart and our eternal inheritance. And Beautiful Spirit transform our souls into temples of Unconditional Love. “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.”* AMEN
*Revelation 12: 11
Word/Image: Healing
Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”
At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.” Then the man got up and went home. When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.
Father of Wonder and Mystery, Jesus Healing Light of the World, and Holy Spirit the flame of unconditional Love igniting souls, obliterate the refracting, distorting distractions that keep us from seeking Your Presence. Be pleased to use us as living testimonies of Your Way, Truth, and Life. Allow us to mirror Your Gentleness, Compassion, Peace and Goodness in the world. Receive us as humble beggars in desperate need of Your healing. Take our physical, emotional, and mental ailments that You have either allowed, or given to us as sanctifying crosses, and show us how to prayerfully work with You to use these exigencies to draw us deeper into Your Sacred Heart. Illuminate every dark and grey space hiding from Your infinite Merciful Teaching. Grant us clean hearts eager to be shaped by Your Healing Hands. Shower us with every Grace we need to abandon our dense understandings, and limited capacities so that we may participate in Your endless Love. Command us to rise and come to You. We will run with boundless trust and faith in Your Divine Will. Father, we lift up our souls to You. Jesus, bathe us in the Living Waters of Healing Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with Your Love and anoint us with the sweet aromatic perfumes of Joy, Wisdom and Peace. “Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.”* AMEN
* Psalm 6: 2-4
Word/Image: Home
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20
Father enthroned in the clouds of eternal Glory, Jesus the King and Steward of our hearts’ and souls’ prayerful heavenly citizenship, and Holy Spirit the bond of Love connecting and flowing through all things, guide us Home. You have given us a mission. May we approach our mission with humble, eager hearts intent on seeking You above all else. The twisting, turning details of our lives are like splashes of bright paint on expectant canvases. We praise and thank you for giving us earthly playgrounds potentiated with spiritual lessons ripe with people and situations created by You. Teach us how to seize each detail of our lives to become more like You. Ingratiate all of our subtle, and at times insidious forms of resistance to Your tireless tutelage. Mold us and fashion us to be Your servants. Let each moment be pregnant with the streaming possibilities of Your Unconditional Love. Quicken the reflexes of our hearts, minds, and spirits to abandon in trust every facet of our journey to Your Compassion, Healing, Peace, and Mercy. Father, we run to Your Arms. Jesus, we rest our heads on Your Heart listen to its endless beat of the Sacred Now. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with the Sweet Joys of Your Love. “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.”* AMEN
* Psalm 73: 25
Word/Image: Bridge
They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
Isaiah 61: 4
Father who enjoins every heart and spirit to His infinite Fabric of Love, Jesus the Architect, Landscape, and Artist of the Cities of God, and Holy Spirit the Breath of Sacred Creativity, show us Your blueprints for a Life free of evil. Lead us away from the ruins of our selfish ways. Vanquish every temptress that undermines Your Hands of Peace and Justice. Place in us an unquenchable desire to restore our connection with You and with each other. Transform us into pliable timbers that can be stretched across the expanses of water littered with vacuous idols that assault and dominant our sacred imaginations. Cobble us together into networks of bridges that lead us along a salvific path of abundant Graces. Let us become Your structures of Hope, and stewards of Your Compassion, Mercy, and Goodness. Enter our hearts and open our spirits that we may become connectors to Your Heavenly Kingdom. May Your radiant Light wash our soiled cities with Healing. Father build us into Your Bridges of Joy. Jesus cross our bridges to feed us with Your Wisdom. And Beautiful Spirit robe us with the eternal, delicious, delights of ecstatic Unconditional Love. “Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.”* AMEN
*Psalm 77: 19
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
1 John 3: 1-3
Father of endless Treasures, Jesus blessed Bread of Life, and Spirit of Life flowing through All in All, fill the coffers of our souls with every form of Goodness that gives Glory to You. We grasp filaments of Your Light to illumine our shadowed walk in this valley of darkness. Steady our steps on rocky paths. Help us dig our feet into the loose soil causing us to constantly slip and lose our way. Fill our empty canteens with refreshing waters of faith. Grant us an urgency in our travels to make our Life in You and for You the center of our earthly sojourn. May we be graced with a steady flow of brothers and sisters in Christ to share the questions, sorrows and joys of our Earthly time. Father, we praise You for lavishing us with Love that subsumes our limitedness into the Majesty of Your Limitlessness, Jesus, You are the source of our Hope by conquering sin and death to restore us as humble children of God the Most High, and beautiful Spirit, unveil the temples of our souls and transform us into consecrated altars overflowing with tender offerings of love. “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.”* AMEN
*Psalm 16: 6-7
So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
John 16: 22
Father Keeper of every relationship past, present, and future, Jesus, Consoler of broken hearts, and Holy Spirit Comforter in the storms of anguish, receive our drooping spirits. Dry the tears of our wrenching hearts. Fill the gaping voids threatening to consume us. Sit with us and our emptiness. Replace our sorrow with sweet memories. Protect us from despair and grant us smiles and laughs. Resurrect our precious lost connections in new ways. Rebuild the foundations of our crumbling houses rotting from the loss of irreplaceable people who have held life-changing roles in our lives. We praise you and thank you for all our priceless experiences; including the ones that at the time we may not have understood or appreciated. Transform our cycles of unpredictable emotions into streams of compassion and wisdom that bless others. Father, lift us up with our loved ones on Your Eagle Wings, Jesus wipe away our tears and transfigure our grief into hope, and Beautiful Spirit, fuse our hearts with the people we have lost into an eternal communion through the Precious Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. “For you have snatched me from death, kept my feet from stumbling, That I may walk before God in the light of the living.”* AMEN
*Psalm 56: 14
Word/Image: Kindle
Therefore, the Lord, the God of hosts, has this to say:
Because you have said these things,
my words will become a fire in your mouth,
and I will make this people like wood.
Jeremiah 5: 14
Father, the Fire of Life, Jesus, the igniter of human hearts, and Holy Spirit, the fuel that feeds the flames of eternal Love, emblaze the temples of our lives with the Glory of God. Light the splintered wooden scraps of our acts of goodness. Let the fire of Christ’s compassion working through us spark the logs of people and exigencies eager to feel the heat of God at work. Grant us a daily increase in faith. Build us into blazing fires that spread with a joyous fury. Be pleased to use Your Light in us to dispel darkness. Gather us around your Fires to share our testimonies. May our flames dance with brilliance and leap from one heart to the next creating an endless chain of volatile mercy. Stoke our humble fumbling into inextinguishable embers of trust in Your Gracious Goodness. Father, enkindle in us a fire to seek you with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength, Jesus arrange the details of our lives to engulf us in the Blazing Light of Your living presence, and Beautiful Spirit consume us with the flames of Love. “You have appointed the winds as your messengers and flames of fire as your ministers.”* AMEN
*Psalm 104:4
Word/Image: Kindness
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3: 12
Father of Beauty and Goodness, Jesus our Source of Compassion and Kindness, and Holy Spirit infinite Fountain of Unconditional Love make us students of Your Ways. Lord, we are forever grateful for Your Living example of how to embody Mercy and Love as the center of our lives. We are children of Your abundance wrapped in Your ceaseless embraces of Grace. There are no limits to the coffers overflowing with Your treasures of Tenderness. We are Your precious children called by name. Help us to see every brother and sister as a member of Your Mystical Body. Free us from empty gestures of kindness and empty concerns with appearances of goodness. Grant us the gift of humility. Transform us into stewards of Your Kindness and guide us with Your Spirit to be agencies of Your Gentleness, Patience, and Care for each other. Thank you for enfolding us into the fabric of Your Divine Will which we confess, and we believe, always produces fruits of ever great expressions of Love. Father, fortify our faith in You. Jesus, receive us as Holy citizens of Your Kingdom. And Beautiful Spirit of God, crown our unworthy heads with Your Jewels of Kindness and Love. “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”* AMEN
* 1 Peter 4: 8
Word/Image: Stewards of the mysteries
…that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2: 2-3
Father Keeper of Mysteries, Jesus the fullness of eternal Mysteries made manifest in our human souls, and Holy Spirit, Love’s doorway into endless Wisdom, Mercy, and Beauty of the Heavenly Kingdom, draw us into Your endless Light. Lord, the veil between here and You feels impenetrable. We feel overwhelmed when we cannot find the support of other brothers and sisters committed to the narrow road that leads to You. Fill in the holes of our discouragement with Your Grace. Knit Your children into a fabric of love that invites Jesus to be the center of all we think, say, intend, and do. Release us from our ego centered views. Help us grow in humility. Our understanding of Your Mysteries cannot be pursued by our minds even as You work with them to reveal more of Your Reality to us. Lead us by the Light of Your Truth to become co-participants in Your Wonders. Father, please take delight in sharing Your Awesome nature with us. Jesus, dive into the depths of our souls and awaken us to every treasure You want to give us. And Beautiful Spirit, bath us in the Fiery Living Waters of eternal Love. “O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!”* AMEN
* Psalm 68: 35
Word/Image: work of God
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”
So they said to him,
“What can we do to accomplish the works of God?”
Jesus answered and said to them,
“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
John 6: 27-29
Father, many and great are Your Blessings, Jesus, You are the Bread of Life, and Holy Spirit, Your radiant Love burns holes in our darkness, commission us to do Your Work. What is the labor of our hearts You ask of us? How will You harvest the fruits of our souls? When will we accomplish Your Will? Make known our purpose. Help us to live the unfolding details of our eternal sacred contract to be Your Holy Children. Settle the debts of our confusion that cripple us from drawing near to You. We are beholden to the daily transactions that color our lives. Lord, we know these things are not meant to be the focus of our lives. Give us the gift of faith. Deepen our trust in You. Let us confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. May our lives become testimonies of Jesus’ Mercy and Love. Father, let our work in Your kingdom to ignite the souls of others. Jesus, set our souls on Fire with Your Humility and Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, unfold the creases of our souls and lather them with Your Love. “Let Your work appear to Your servants and Your majesty to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; and confirm for us the work of our hands; yes, confirm the work of our hands.”* AMEN
* Psalm 90: 16-17
Word/Image: Show us the Father
“Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time
and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
John 14: 8-9
Father who is everywhere but remains hidden from our human sight, Jesus the fullness of the Father revealed in Word, Mercy, Goodness, and Signs, and Holy Spirit the unmistakable hidden shadow of Divine Love, open our eyes and allow us to experience Your Holy Presence. Let us embrace the Eternal Mystery present in the Sacred Now. Bring us into Communion with the Earthly expressions of Your Godhead. Our ears long to hear Your voice. Though You are always in front of us we struggle to discern Your Will. Silence our expectations, stretch our sacred imaginations, and surprise us with the delights of Your Love in motion. You are, and always will be, the Great I AM. Heighten our awareness and appreciation for the ways You are working in our lives. Thank You for sweeping us along in seas of revealing events. May every wave carry us closer and closer to Your outstretched Saving Hands. Help us to surrender our thoughts, and intentions to You. We want to make a perpetual offering of our lives with all of their purposes and actions, devoted to furthering Your Love, by always giving Glory to You. Father, into Your Hands we commend our spirits. Jesus, gather us into Your Sacred Hearts and show us Your eternal Treasures. And Beautiful Spirit, purify us in Your Fire of Love that we may enter the delights and Joys of Heaven. “Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.”* AMEN
* Psalm 97: 11-12
Word/Image: the Way
“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 10: 7-10
Father, the Craftsman of the Majestic Door to Everything, Jesus, the infinitely wide Door of endless Mercy, and Holy Spirit, the Key of Unconditional Love to the Door of eternal Joy, show us the Way. Cast away every false teacher, prophet, and apostatic assertion that might lead us astray. Make us deaf to any message that is contrary to Your Truth. Keep us immersed in Your Glorious Story. Draw us deeper into Your Sacred Heart. We will heed Your Voice and through Your Grace mend our lives. Your Way is rich in Wisdom and Love. Sanctify the relationships in our lives that they may become living signposts pointing to Your Way. Transform our mundane, simple, daily activities into sacred creative acts. Infuse Your gentle, sweet, tender Ways into our intentions. Let others look upon us, and see fountains showering them with Your Living Waters. With Your abundant Help, we will grow daily in faith, trust, hope, charity, and love. Father, open the gates of Your Glory before us and fill us with Your Light. Jesus, our Victory and Triumph over death belong to You. And Beautiful Spirit, clothe us in dazzling robes of Perfect Peace and Unconditional Love. “Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.”* AMEN
* Psalm 143: 7-8
Word/Image: Mother’s Day
Magnificat anima mea Dominum;
Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo,
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae; ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes.
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus,
Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam brachio suo;
Dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles.
Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes.
Sucepit Israel, puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae,
Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semeni ejus in saecula.
Luke 1: 46-55
Ave Maria, we seek the refuge of your immaculate heart. Mother with us, and for us, we are in great need of your prayers now, and at the hour of our death. Salve Regina, untie the knots of our lives. Untangle the twists blocking the flow of our love and devotion to your Son and our Lord. Hail Holy Queen, crush the evil and perversions of truth that seek our ruin. Wrap us in the mantle of your blessings, and fill our hearts with your imperishable hope. Blessed Mother, we flee to your tender embrace. Thank you for adopting each and every one of us as precious gifts for your Son. May we imitate your great, “Yes” to God. Pray that we might be emptied of every form of pride. Ask your Son to bestow upon us the graces of humility and obedience. Mother of Mercy, draw us into the mysteries of His Holy Will. Comfort us in our battles and accept our tears in communion with your sorrows. Guide us to the Gates of Heaven. Beg your Son to establish His kingdom of peace. We await the renewal of the earth and our inheritance of endless Joy and Love. AMEN
Word/Image: Condemn
I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words
has something to judge him: the word that I spoke,
it will condemn him on the last day,
because I did not speak on my own,
but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life.
John 12: 47-50
Father, Giver of eternal Life, Jesus our Savior, and Holy Spirit, mover and shaker of Love’s living Wisdom, bring us into Communion with Your Holiness. Guilt and shame follow us like unshakeable, dark shadows. In our self-directed efforts to break free of the bonds of our failures to live in Your Love, we point our fingers at others. We are quick to see others’ faults. Free us from the bonds of vitriolic accusations. Turn our condemning assertions into interior prayers. We promise to drop our struggles and failures at Your feet. Help us to see how You are always teaching us Your ways of gentleness, kindness, compassion, and goodness. We ask for the grace to make You the center of our lives. Draw us into the infinite folds of Your Heart. Lord, we desire Your Word. Without Your Word we are forsaken creatures trapped in wells of selfishness and self-condemnation. Let Your Word become the fullness of all that we are. We invite Your Word to fashion and mold us into heavenly sons and daughters of God the Most High. Father, we give glory and honor to You. Jesus, we bend our knees in adoration of Your Perfect Example, and Your obedience to the Will of the Father. And Beautiful Spirit, we drink up every drop of Love full of Mercy and Possibilities that You share with us. “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”* Alleluia AMEN
* John 3: 17
Word/Image: Surprise
They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Luke 5: 26
Father the Weaver of Love’s Fabric, Jesus the King of Love, and Holy Spirit golden threads of Divine Love’s enacting power, ready us to encounter Your Creative Order working in our lives. Your Sacred Imagination knows no limits. You take delight in watching us stumble into Your nets of blessings. Just when it seems like darkness will never end, or there is no hope, or healing feels impossible, or reconciliation with others is a lost cause, or we’ve exhausted every possible solution, that’s when You shake the entrapping cages of our minds, and situations, and bring us Your Surprises. Thank you Lord for always knowing what we are feeling. You lavish us with Your Tender Love. With a little nudge and push, You are quick to create unexpected opportunities to see Your Hands of Care and Compassion working. Lord, we are spoiled by Your surprises. May we become vigilant in waiting for the ambush of Your Surprises. Help us to store up these tokens of Your Love for times when You allow or ask us to suffer. Arm us with stronger faith and trust in You. Father, incite our confidence in Your endless Unconditional Love. Jesus, make us humble disciples; sends us out to be proclaimers of Your Wonders. And Beautiful Spirit, fill us with Christ’s Wisdom that we might be ever ready agencies of Your Love. “Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.”* AMEN
*Psalm 40: 5
Word/Image: bear fruit
“It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”
John 15: 16-17
Father, Master of the Vineyard, Jesus the fruit of the Vine and Wine of Mercy, and Holy Spirit, the Divine, Sacred, Living Blood of Love flowing in the Mystical Body of Christ, hire us to work in Your fields. Lord, why have you chosen us to be Your laborers? How can we in our smallness; in our limitedness, contribute to the building of Your Kingdom? As our God, King, Lord, and Master You do not treat us as slaves. Your have freed us from the bonds of sin. Thank you for calling us each by name. We cannot see or understand how our little works are precious in Your sight. We wish to be the fulfillment of Your Will. By the Light of Your Grace, every act of Your Love we enact in the details of our lives, brings Glory to Your Name. Your Goodness, and Sacred, Creative Imagination is furthered by each breath we devote to You. Instill in us a desire to please You thorough a stream of selfless, compassionate acts and prayers for our brothers and sisters. Father, we hand You the gifts You have given us; do with us what You Will. Jesus, give us Your Mind, and take possession of our hearts and souls. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us in the Joys of Eternal Love. “He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.”* AMEN
*Psalm 1: 3
Word/Image: I will come back
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me tell you,
‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’
John 14: 27-28
Father Your Ways are far above the ways of our world, Jesus You are the Peace we long for, and Holy Spirit Advocate of Prayer, Wisdom in Motion, and Joyous Love, strengthen our resolve to stay rooted in You. Lord, our world is rocking with war and violence. We have drifted far from You. Show us the way back to Your Arms of Mercy. Please do not let us become insensitive to the constant, subtle deluge of graces You shower us with every day. Even our crosses, pains, anguish, and confusion can all work in concert to prepare us to live more fully in Your eternal Love. Bring the authority of Your Name, Blood and Word to silence the principalities that seek to destroy Your beautiful creation with their chaos. We adore You Prince of Peace. Shield us with Your Healing Light. Lavish our troubled hearts with the sweet tender sound of Your reassuring Voice. Quench the thirst of our fears in Your Living Waters, and focus the sights of our spirit on the vision of Your return. Father, Your children want to come into Your Glorious Presence. Jesus, crown our hearts with the victorious thorns of Your sacrifice. And Beautiful Spirit, be our song of Hope and Love. Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me.”* AMEN
*Psalm 131: 2
Word/Image: Obedience
“Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.”
John 14: 23
Father, the Fullness of the Word ordered and enacted in Love, Jesus our Teacher and Savior, and Holy Spirit our Advocate for the Way, Truth and Life of eternal Unconditional Love, increase our resolve to be obedient. Lord, transform our fall into sin, into blessings of grace to seek Your Face of Mercy. Break open the wisdom of Your Word. Grant us earnest, clean hearts like those of children. Fill us with a sense of awe and wonder. Kindle in us a desire to know You, and love You, with all of our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies. Show us how to apply Your selfless, humble teachings in our relationships with one another. May every action we take, every intention we hold, and every word we speak, conform to the Goodness of Your Wisdom and Love. Increase our capacity for selfless acts that encourage, support, and lift up others. Father, bring us Home; reign in our lives as the True and Right power that pulls us to You. Jesus, embolden us to follow Your example of complete abandonment, trust, and obedience to the Will of the Father. And Beautiful Spirit tickle us with the sublime, delights, and Joys of Your never ending Love. “Sacrifice or oblation you wished not, but ears open to obedience you gave me.”* AMEN
*Psalm 40: 6
Word/Image: Splendor of God
The angel took me in spirit to a great, high mountain
and showed me the holy city Jerusalem
coming down out of heaven from God.
It gleamed with the splendor of God
Its radiance was like that of a precious stone,
like jasper, clear as crystal.
Revelation 21: 10-11
Father of Majesty and Glory, Jesus, Lamb of God making all things New, and Holy Spirit, the Perpetual Light of Radiant Love crowning all creation with Beauty and Joy, awaken our souls with anticipation. We await the City of God. Jesus, we know You are preparing a place for us. Strengthen our faith in what we cannot see or know yet with our physical senses. Enliven the sensitivities of our hearts. Show us how to work with You to co-create spaces of Holiness and Love that we can grow into through faith. Redeem our sacred imaginations from snares of brokenness, and limited self-centered aspirations. May we never forget that we are eternal children of the Most High God. Lord, we want to imitate Your selfless freedom, and ceaselessly imbibe the nectar of Your abundant Graces, and never ending Blessings. Even as we sit behind the veil, gather us into jubilant choruses proclaiming hymns of praise. Bring us into Your Sacred Now. May our prayers guide us into actions that place You at the center of our lives. Father, anoint us, and keep us safe in Your Divine Will. Jesus, lavish us with Your Mercy and Wisdom. And Beautiful Spirit enrapture us with the ecstasies of Heavenly Unconditional Love. “All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you. They tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might, so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.”* AMEN
* Psalm 145: 10-11
Word/Image: Spirit of Truth
I will send to you the Spirit of truth, says the Lord;
he will guide you to all truth.
John 16: 7, 13
Father all powerful, all knowing, all seeing, Jesus King of our Hearts and Souls, and Holy Spirit the Heat of Love’s Perfect ordered expressions, show us the eternal treasures of Your Wisdom and Truth. This blessed earthly journey taxes our faith with endless temptations. Where goodness, holiness, and righteous are concerned, we are like empty canisters. Fill us with Your Life Giving Water. Stir the dregs of our vulnerable and fallible souls. Remove every filter from our minds, born of pride that bends Your Light. Penetrate our limited, and dense thoughts. Lead us to new insights born from your healing Love. Help us to recognize, and uproot, patterns of destructive habits that distance us from You. Obliterate every sneaky, riddled, falsehood that traps us in webs of confusion, and vicious cycles of deceit. Lord, take possession of us: heart, mind, soul, and body. Send us your Spirit and make us new Creations in You. Father, strengthen us in our trust of Your Divine Plan. Jesus, be our Way, Truth, and Life. And Beautiful Spirit, shield us with the radiance of Your Truth and Love that we might give Glory to God. “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.”* AMEN
*Psalm 51: 10-11
Word/Image: All in All
He made from one the whole human race
to dwell on the entire surface of the earth,
and he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their regions,
so that people might seek God,
even perhaps grope for him and find him,
though indeed he is not far from any one of us.
For ‘In him we live and move and have our being,’
as even some of your poets have said,
‘For we too are his offspring.’
Acts 17: 25-28
Father of the Eternal Now that turns nothingness into Everything, Jesus our King and the High Priest of our souls’ temples, and Holy Spirit, the animating movement of Unconditional Love, permit us to participate in Your Divine Dance for all of creation. Awaken our sense of wonder. Attune the ears of our hearts to the sounds of Your Glories covering the earth. May our hunger to know You consume every cell of our body and every filament of our soul. Brandish our darkness with the Light of Your Being. Make us one with You, through our Communion in Your Mystical Body. Look with favor upon us, and despite our unworthiness, consecrate us as Your humble servants. Let us become tireless agencies of Your Divine Will. We thank You, and praise You, for giving us resurrection power. Teach us how to die to our flesh to give life to our spirit. We await with Hope the Joys of our Life in You and Your gift of our eternal imperishable bodies. Father, the Creator of All in All, we abandon ourselves into Your Arms. Jesus we live, move, and have our being in You. And Beautiful Spirit, bring us the Heart and Mind of Jesus to clothe us in eternal radiant robes of Love. “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created, and he established them for ever and ever—he issued a decree that will never pass away.”* AMEN
*Psalm 148: 5-6
Word/Image: Scattered
Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived
when each of you will be scattered to his own home
and you will leave me alone.
But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world.
John 16: 30-31
Father of the Eternal Moment entrusted to Your Son, Jesus the Key that unlocks the Gates of Heaven and the consummating flames of Holy Fire that melt the coldness in our hearts, and Holy Spirit, the Advocate of Unconditional Love in the flow of our life’s events, draw us into the mysteries of our purpose both now and forever. Lord, we know we will never be alone. Bolster our faith in Your Word. Guard the Peace You place in our spirits to carry Your Light into the world. Although, we may feel temporarily scattered, guide us to each moment when You are calling us serve as Your appointed agencies of Grace. Accept our witnessing and imperfect testimony of Your Good News. We thank you for this earthen journey. May we never become comfortable in seeking comfort in this world as an end in and of itself. Our home and treasure are crafted from Your Living Presence in our Hearts. Prepare us to enter Your Endless Kingdom of Life and Love. We will be Your beacons of hope in a troubled world hungry for You. Father, we are with You through our communion in the Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus, teach us Your Wisdom, and grant us the power of Your unsurpassing Peace. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with Love and sweeps us into the Arms of the Divine Will. “The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”* AMEN
*Psalm 121: 7-8
Word/Image: the hour
“Now my soul is troubled.
Yet what should I say:
‘Father, save me from this hour’?
No, it was for this
that I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name.”
John 12: 27
Father of the Eternal Word, Jesus perfect obedience to the Will of the Father, and Holy Spirit the Law of Infinite Renewing Love, grant us opportunities to approach this Holy Hour of our Salvation with reverent prayers of thanksgiving. Lord, You embraced Your Mission to announce the Kingdom of God with humility while accepting all of our human limitations, except for sin. Compassion, Mercy, and Love underscored every aspect of Your ministry. Show us how to follow Your example. You lived a simple and hidden life until the Father called You into action. From that hour, until the fateful hour of Your death, You never stopped pouring out Your Life for us. Our hunger for You fails to match our ability to digest Your Goodness. Without the consuming Fire of Your Spirit, we stumble to place our trust in You above all other things. Every breath draws us near to our final hour. Wash us in Your Precious Blood that we may take our place in Your Mystical Body and give Glory to You forever. Father, Your Glory is Love. Jesus, You embolden our lives with signs of Your Presence and Your gifts of Grace. And Beautiful Sprit, You enrobe us in Purity and Love. “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.”* AMEN
* Revelation 3: 10
Word/Image: Birthday
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37: 4-6
“God, you gave me a life that day I was born, and I hope I will spend all my life and do as much as I can to show you my love and gratitude! Through all these years, God, I feel your love and care. I hope that today you look at me and feel my love. I have become wiser, and now I know that was a part of a miracle done by you, God. Bless me and let me live happily, feeling your love and care. Glory to you, my Lord. Praise for all miracles you have shown in my life. On my birthday, I pray to you and ask you to forgive me all my sins. God, you have granted me health and happiness. Help me achieve all my goals in life. I dedicate all my wins to you, my Lord. Dear God, you have given me all I need: health, a sharp mind, and a happy family. Thank you, God! All years I have asked you, God, to stay close to me, take care of me and never forget about me. Please, God, protect me on all of life's paths; please let me be successful in my love to you. Amen!”*
* Source: https://www.legit.ng/1154380-inspirational-birthday-prayer-myself.html
Word/Image: Everything as loss
I consider everything as a loss
because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things
and I consider them so much rubbish,
that I may gain Christ and be found in him,
Philippians 3: 8-9
Father Source of All Goodness, Jesus the fullness of Life, and Holy Spirit Giver of Love, help us set our priorities straight. What do we have to gain if we do not have You? Steady our shaky hands of faith. Let us grab hold of You. Anything else other than You that we hold as dear or important, can only be an expression and extension of our Life with You and in You. You offer us the rich possibilities of life as a reflection of Your Love. May we treat all of our pursuits and goals as subservient to the one and true goal of being with You forever. Guide us in recognizing the things we need to let go of. Too many of these things are empty, and have no value to us, or to You in Your Kingdom. Intensify our passion for Your abundant Joy, and grant us opportunities to taste the heavenly blessings of breadcrumbs that You drop into our hungry mouths. Fashion our lives into an endless journey of wonder, awe and praise of the sublime sweetness of Your Love. Father, into Your Hands we commend our spirits. Jesus, free us from the bondage of our sins. And Beautiful Spirit, usher our hearts into the realms of endless Light and Glory. “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.”* AMEN
* Psalm 9: 1-2
Word/Image: Our cries…
“The LORD looked down from his holy height,
from heaven he beheld the earth,
To hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those doomed to die.”
Psalm 102: 20-21
Father of Compassion, Jesus who cries for us, and with us, and Holy Spirit of Comfort, have pity on us. We are trapped in our vices. Free us from the prisons of our minds, cold hearts, and habits that hold us back from You. Where You are always ready to shower us with Graces through the agencies of people, situations, and even our mistakes to draw us deeper into the Mystery of Your Love, we are chained in networks of actions, thoughts, intentions, and habits that attack Your relationship with us, and with one another. Have pity on us. Hear our cries for help. Grant us contrite hearts, and shower us with Your Mercy. May our desire to adore You with lives ordered by Your Divine Will of Love, keep us safe in our world ruled by principalities of chaos. We place our hope in You. Unlock our prisons cell with Your key to eternal Life, and Your destruction of death. Father, knit us into a people woven together through prayer, gentleness, and kindness. Jesus, be our constant Help; take our hands and never let us go. And Beautiful Spirit lift us up on Your Wings of Love. “O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you. Hide not your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.”* AMEN
* Psalm 102: 2-3
Word/Image: Remain in my Word
“If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8: 31
Father speak Your Word, Jesus be our Word, and Holy Spirit animate the Word, please help us become committed disciples of Your Way and Truth. Lord, You have the Words of Spirit and Life. Unite our hearts and spirits to the power of Your Word that accomplish all things through the endless Sacred Creative Fruits of Your Unconditional Love. How can we make Your Word our constant companion? Walk with us. Guide, each of our steps, so that we may move in concert with Your Divine Will. We can see the shadows and contours of Your Love as the center and originator of all that is Good and True. We hold onto the bits and pieces of Your Teachings that we understand with our rational minds but, while our spirits are willing, our flesh is weak. Grant us the Grace to Invite Your Mind and Wisdom to illuminate all of our decisions, thoughts, actions, and intentions that make up our earthly journey. Still our anxious and distracted hearts. Fill us with Your Peace especially when we must suffer or be completely powerless in whatever situation You allow to befall us. Father, Your Mercy is everything. Jesus, You are our Hope and we place all our trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit, kindle our imaginations of heavenly Joys that await us. “May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise; then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word. Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119: 41-43
Word/Image: Test the just
O Lord of hosts, you who test the just,
who probe mind and heart,
Let me witness the vengeance you take on them,
for to you I have entrusted my cause.
Jeremiah 20: 12
Father, the Glorious Victor of every test and trial bestowed upon us, Jesus our strength, courage, and wisdom in our battles of seeking the Way, and Holy Spirit, the Breath of Surrender that dissolves everything into the Light of Love, make us one in accord with Your Covenant of Eternal Life. Help us become more receptive to every obstacle, hardship, and test you place on our paths. While these tests may seem unfair, unwarranted, and almost always unwanted or unexpected from our limited points of view, we hold strong to the belief that You have already, or will, provide us with every Grace, experience, and insight to grow in Goodness and Holiness. Through the indwelling of Jesus’ Spirit of Wisdom grant us a greater portion of Your Love. Anoint us and our situations of injustice and suffering caused by our actions, the actions of others, and the heinous principalities of this world by vindicating everything that goes against Your Will with the wrath of Your Perfect Unconditional Love. Your Mercy and Justice are Holy Fires fueled with Your desire to pull us into Your sublime eternal Embrace. Father, we entrust our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies to Your Word. Jesus, grant us Communion in You, and let every test we encounter increase our humble Love of You and our ability to bring Your Love to others. And Beautiful Spirit, fuse our lives into the eternal firmament of Peace, Joy, and Love. “Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the Lord [b]without wavering. Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.”* AMEN
* Psalm 26: 1-2
Word/Image: stones will cry out
As he rode along,
the people were spreading their cloaks on the road;
and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of his disciples
began to praise God aloud with joy
for all the mighty deeds they had seen.
They proclaimed:
“Blessed is the king who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest.”
Father, the Immediacy of Love and Kindness in hearing and answering every one of our prayers, Jesus our King of Glory, and Holy Spirit the Fire of Truth manifest in every situation and our Advocate for bringing the Order of Divine Will into our lives, embolden our cries praise. Lord, Your signs and wonders fertilize the seed of our soul’s longing for You. Despite the parade of miracles in Your Story, and the delicate – at times even hidden – deluge of graces You bestow on us, we hesitate in abandoning ourselves completely to You. Free us of manifesting images of You that are limited, and suited to our needs and self-serving notions. Bestow on us childlike eagerness and openness to encounter the King of Love who will shepherd our hearts to new places. Unfold us like a flower thirsty for the morning dew, and the Son’s radiant Light. Even the soil and rocks recognize that You are our great, Humble Unconditional Selfless Haven of Love. Let all of creation be joined in One Chorus of Communion of perfect thanksgiving. Father, grant us hearts full of wonder. Jesus consecrate our sacred imaginations. And Beautiful Spirit intoxicate us with the delicious elixir of Your Love. “Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.”* AMEN
* Psalm 148: 1-4
Word/Image: Anoint His feet
Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany,
where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served,
while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil
made from genuine aromatic nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;
the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
John 12: 1-3
Father with infinite Arms full of Love’s embrace, Jesus our Lamb of perpetual Sacrifice, and Holy Spirit the fullness of Joy and Love saturating the Sacred Now, fill the jars of our hearts with fragrant oil and our spirits with continuous prayers of thanksgiving. Make us aware of the spiritual overtones of these special movements of grace blessing Holy Week. May we enter deeply into the Passion of Jesus. May we be moved to sit with Him. May we become an agency of comfort to His sorrowful Heart. Let us spare no expense of time, care, or love to accompany Him on His Way of the Cross. Empty us of any preconceived ideas of what our walk will entail. Prepare us to be surprised, and help us to listen deeply for what You want to share with us. Overwhelm us with tenderness that moistens the languishing feet of our Savior with tears of sorrow, tears of reparation, and tears of hope. Grant us opportunities to dry off the despair of our brothers and sisters who are struggling. Saturate the spaces of conflict with the sweetness of Your Peace. Father, make us one in accord with Your Will. Jesus we adore You, and we promise to bring You all of ourselves. And Beautiful Spirit, lift the veil of Heaven that we might experience the Joys of eternal Love. “Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.”* AMEN
* Psalm 22: 11
Word/Image: Created an Easter Prayer Card today share with friends and family
Christ, our triumphant King of Love, grant us the joy of our eternal inheritance. Seize our hearts, minds, and bodies with the Glorious mystery of Your victory over death and sin. Bring us into the refuge of Your Sacred Heart. Burst forth with Your Resurrection Light, and let us become Your Easter People. Grant us continuous Communion with You, and transform us into Earthen vessels overflowing with Your blessings. Make us one with each other through the movement of Your Spirit’s Love. Thank You for the network of Love You build in us, with us, and through us. We praise and bless You for letting us be Your agencies of Peace, and endless Creation now and forever. AMEN
Easter Celebration
Gargiulo-Quinn Families, 2022
Word/Image: Lord and Christ
On the day of Pentecost, Peter said to the Jewish people, “Let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Acts 2: 36
Father, Architect of Truth and Illuminator of salvation history, Jesus, Divine Human and Purifying Love incarnate, and Holy Spirit, Unifying Joy manifest in Wisdom’s Loving movements, permit us to enter with our sacred imaginations into the Kingdom of God. School us in the ways of faith. Take away our doubts that keep us from inviting You into every facet of our lives. Where there is coldness in our hearts towards others, bring Your warming healing touch of reconciliation. While we seek Your Face in the mundane, ordinary things, open our hearts to the extraordinary but often hidden to us, expressions of the Compassion, Tenderness, and Mercy of Your Love. Everything changes when we step into Your gift to grow into our eternal call to be Your adopted sons and daughters. Be the King of our spirits, and never let us be separated from Your Love. Make us heralds of Your Good News by engraving Your Word on our hearts. Father, thank You for your covenant and blessings. Jesus truly Your are the Christ, the Son of God – our Lord and Savior. And Beautiful Spirit, descend upon us with the full force of Your Love to embolden us with courage to surrender our lives to You. “From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth — he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.”* AMEN
* Psalm 33: 13-15
Word/Image: hearts burning
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Luke 24: 30-32
Father of the Living Word, Jesus incarnate, consuming Fire of Purifying Love, and Holy Spirit Orchestrator of sacred moments of Mercy and Love, open our eyes to recognize You. Come and walk with us. Crack the armor of our meaning making with the Grace of Your unfolding Story. Renew our minds. Bring us rich reflections full of connections that challenge us and take us deeper into Your mysteries. Unpack Your Word and triangulate it with the situations of our life waiting to be brandished with Your Truth to change us. May we burn with anticipation, eager to experience how You want to walk with us. Feed us precious, adorable Bread of Life with Your heavenly, imperishable, Mystical Body. Make us whole through the perpetual sacrificial offering of Your passion and death. Grant us opportunities to share and be Your Good News to a world broken and hungry for You. Father, grant the fulfillment of Your Son’s Kingdom. Jesus, help us overcome our doubts, strengthen our faith, and show us how to place our trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit, order our lives with the radiance of Love’s expression in seeking the Divine Will. “Open my eyes so that I can see the wonderful truths in your law. I’m a stranger on earth. Don’t hide your commands from me. My heart is filled with longing for your laws at all times.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119: 18-20
Word/Image: Cornerstone
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.
There is no salvation through anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to the human race by which we are to be saved.
Acts 4: 11-12
Father, Architect of Life, and Master Builder of Love, Jesus the Foundation and Catalyst of our salvation, and Holy Spirit, agitator of growth and change through Wisdom and Love, prepare the grounds of our souls for Your Life Giving work in us. We have gone astray. How easily we forget that we are Children of God the Most High. Take our hardened hearts and melt us into molten precious metal supple to Your sculpting influence of Holiness. Excavate the sordid, cluttered grounds of our spirits and drill a deep hole to accept Your Love. Dig a foundation based on Your Way, Truth, and Life that will withstand the forces and principalities of this world that seek our destruction. Bring the supplies of Your endless Mercy to build an artifice that will give Glory to Your Name forever. May we become welcoming archways for others to encounter Your Peace, Joy, Light, and Love. None of what we hope for, none of what we prayed for, none of what we worked for will be possible without our Cornerstone. Father, grant us every Grace we need to submit ourselves to Your Holy Will. Jesus make Your dwelling place in us. And Beautiful Spirit adorn our hearts and spirits with the Jewels of Christ’s Divine Love. “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.”* AMEN
* Psalm 118: 22-24
Beloved:
Clothe yourselves with humility
in your dealings with one another, for:
God opposes the proud
but bestows favor on the humble.
So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time.
Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.
Father, Sovereign Lord of Everything and intimate with All, Jesus Son of Man – our Master and Teacher crowned as Servant, and Holy Spirit the salve of tender Love eager to anoint every relationship, protect us from the perils of pride. Empty us of self-importance. Robe us in humility, and fasten it with a sash of vigilance. Open the eyes of our heart and focus our vision with Your gaze of self-forgetting care. Feed us with Your compassion. When we see people and situations, especially when we are feeling confused, threatened, hurt, or fearful help us turn to You for Wisdom, Mercy, and Love. We trust in the emerging possibilities born out of Your Divine Will’s Plan for us. Delight us with the sweet surprises of Your Healing touch. May we always be ready to be agencies of Your Love. We are eager to taste the Awesome Goodness of Your Wondrous Love at work in our lives. Father, we praise and thank You for giving us Life, and inviting us into Your eternal Kingdom of Love. Jesus, bring every fiber of our being into communion with Your Perfect but Meek and Humble Heart. And Beautiful Spirit, enrapture us with the Joys of Your Selfless, Unconditional Love. “He leads the humble in justice, and He teaches the humble His way.”* AMEN
* Psalm 25: 9
Word/Image: Tell the people everything
The high priest rose up and all his companions,
that is, the party of the Sadducees,
and, filled with jealousy,
laid hands upon the Apostles and put them in the public jail.
But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison,
led them out, and said,
“Go and take your place in the temple area,
and tell the people everything about this life.”
Acts 5: 17-20
Father of Infinite Possibilities, Jesus the Resurrection, Good News, and Life Eternal, and Holy Spirit, our overflowing cup of Joy and Love, embolden us to be witnesses of Your Truth. Send Your angels to bust open any prison doors that incarcerate us. Neither this world nor our failings to live in perfect relationship with You and Your Divine Will can silence our voices. We will sing out with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength Your praises. Let no barriers prevent our voices from reaching the hungry spirits of every person desperate to find their way Home to You. We embrace the mystery of our hope and trust in Your saving Power. Our destination is heaven. Our purpose is to be reborn in Your Light, Joy, and Peace of never ending Unconditional Love. Set us on fire as Your mouthpieces. Make us candles illuminated with the Fire of Jesus’ Mercy. Help us to accept our wounds and hurts as gracious openings for receiving the gifts of Your Compassionate Tenderness. Father, we wait with anticipation to see the place You have prepared for us. Jesus, breathe on us, and place our meager humble souls into the temple of Your Sacred Heart. And Beautiful Spirit, fashion us into new creations through the Creative Powers of Your delightful Love. “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.”* AMEN
* Psalm 89: 1-2
Word/Image: Threshold
On that day I will punish
all who avoid stepping on the threshold,
who fill the temple of their gods
with violence and deceit.
Zephaniah 1: 9
Father, Glory of the Celestial Realms, Jesus, Love Begotten not made and Perfected through humble, obedient human service, and Holy Spirit, the Ageless, Crystal, Clear, Living Waters of Love, put us on a path of righteousness. Lord we face a daily deluge of crossroads. Where every decision, intention, word and habit of thought threatens to devour us. Help us to choose You, seek Your Divine Will, and luxuriate in the Splendors of Your Love. Why are we so eager to pursue idols of comfort and selfish interests? Without the constant Grace of Your Mercy, we are prone to turn our Precious Spirits into temples built on shifty shores of sand. We sink into cycles of guilt, shame, and violence against ourselves, others and You. Bring us to the threshold of Your Heavenly Kingdom, and allow us to experience just an ounce of Your Awesome Creative Power. Father, fashion our hearts into infinite instruments tuned to Your Glory. Jesus, please take our hands and lead us every moment of our Lives into Your Peace and Joy. And Beautiful Sprit, purge us of our darkness with Your Light of Gorgeous Love. “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”* AMEN
*Psalm 19: 14
Word/Image: Lent
Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment.
Perhaps he will again relent
and leave behind him a blessing,
Offerings and libations
for the LORD, your God.
Joel 2: 12-13
Father Gracious and Perfectly Good, Jesus our Intimate Friend and Living Sacrifice, and Holy Spirit the movement of Love yielding fruits of Mercy and Joy, prepare us to enter into our Lenten journey. Lord, thank you for the gift of this change in season and heightened time of spiritual renewal. What do You desire to show us? How do You want us to encounter You in new ways? Where can our relationship with You, ourselves, and others experience healing? Grant us a shift in our daily habits that make more room for You to be the center of everything we think, say, intend, and do. Create in us clean hearts and willing spirits. Fill us with a hunger for You, and bless us with Your Loving Mercy. Please help us awaken to Your Wisdom that always brings waves of Love and Peace, even to the most difficult situations. Deepen our lives of prayer and offer us opportunities to serve You through our acts of charity. Father, please accept our humble love and praise as a pleasing sacrifice. Jesus let us walk with You and grow during these 40 days of Lent. And Beautiful Spirit shape the purpose of our lives to become the Joy and Love we are called to. “Give [us] back the joy of your salvation, and a willing spirit sustain in [us].”* AMEN
* Psalm 51: 14
Word/Image: Choose life
I call heaven and earth today to witness against you:
I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Choose life, then,
that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God,
heeding his voice, and holding fast to him.
Deuteronomy 30: 19-20
Father the Author of Life, Jesus the Editor of our Hearts and Spirits, and Holy Spirit the Publisher of Love’s enduring power to bring Sense and Meaning to all of our affairs, engrave the plates of our hearts with Your Words of Peace and Wisdom. Lord, we thank you for the gift of free will. You place in our hands the power of a steady stream of choices that come in all shapes and sizes. We confess that more often than not we do not understand the gravity of our choices. How can the smallest decisions we make, have such monumental consequences in Your Heart? What are Your mysterious Laws that are meant to guide the fraying threads of our wandering thoughts, words, intentions, and actions? You are Love. Can anything exist apart from the Glory of Your Magnificent Love? Impel us to make our hearts, minds, souls and bodies one with Your Love. Father, find delight in the Words You have written on our souls. Jesus, give voice to the book of our lives that we might be written in the Book of Life and be with You forever. And Beautiful Spirit, work in us and through us to share wide and far the stories of God’s Great Love. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”* AMEN
Proverbs 3: 5-6
Word/Image: Fasting
“Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Joel 2: 12-13
Father of Perfect Abundance, Jesus King of self-denial and sacrifice, and Holy Spirit the Strength of Wisdom and Love that helps us endure all things, sustain us on our journeys. Grant us every grace we need to curb our appetites and wanton desires. Help us let go of our impulses and instincts to pursue our pleasures and comforts first. Satisfy our hunger for Your Presence. Teach us how to live with less of what cannot feed our spirits, and mold us into obedient disciples. Guide us along paths of self-discipline, and orient the compasses of our hearts towards every passion, prayer, and practice that will lead us closer and closer to You. May we offer You an acceptable fast; pleasing and fruitful to make more room for You. Let our simple offering be full of goodness that increases our holiness. Open our minds to every lesson You wish to show us during our fasts. Protect us from pursuing our fasts with selfish motivations. Keep us free of rote gestures devoid of Your Grace. Father, we want to return to You with all of our hearts. Jesus, thank you for Your example and showering us with Compassion and Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit nourish us with the Joys of Eternal Love. “May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.”* AMEN
* Psalm 141: 2
Word/Image: Follow Me
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
1 Corinthians 11: 1
Father Architect of Heavenly Glories, Jesus the Pied Piper of our Souls, and Holy Spirit the Sweet Delicious Song of Love that inebriates our hearts with endless Joy, be the Source and Focus of our lives. Let us be attracted to all that is Good. Sweep our paths clear of evil thoughts, words, deeds, and intentions. Lengthen our stride, and hasten our run to You. Lord we want to make You our deepest, and truest desire. Teach us what it means to renounce our earthly lives to gain our eternal Life in You. Show us how to take up our crosses and follow You. Help us grow in trust of You, and all of Your Storied Poetic ways You are working in our lives. May the breadcrumbs of Love from Heaven You drop on us, give us peace and assurance in being grateful for whatever, trials, sorrows, and tribulations You allow on our paths. Father orchestrate our growth in faith by bringing us every person, situation and lesson that will make us experience more of You. Jesus, we are Your Sheep and You are our Shepherd bring us to verdant pastures of Rest in You. And Beautiful Spirit release us from ever obstruction that impeded the flow of Your Perfect Love. “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.”* AMEN
Psalm 25: 21
Word/Image: Firstfruits
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Romans 8: 22-25
Father of the Harvest, Jesus the Fruitsfruit of Love - one in being with the Father – and through whom all things have been made, and Holy Spirit the gift of Love present, moving, and growing in Creation, sanctify us. Wash us in the Blood of the Lamb and dress us in robes of righteousness. We praise You for fertilizing the soil of our lives with Mercy. Thank You for crafting spiritual thresholds for us to cross. Let every challenge and consolation You allow in our lives prepare us for our inheritance. Lord, we want to give You the fullest and best of ourselves with all of the gifts You have given us. Show us how to make You first in what we do, and how we bring Your purpose for us into fruition. Embolden us with an unshakeable faith and passionate hope. We believe that all that is broken in us, decaying, and perishable will be renewed in the Mystical Body of Christ. We await with joyful anticipation our adoptions as sons and daughters of God the Most High through Christ Jesus. Father, may we give You great glory as co-heirs of Your Kingdom of Love. Jesus, cultivate our hearts and fill us with Your Wisdom. And Beautiful Spirit on Your Wings of Love, lift us up as a pleasing offering to the Holy Throne of Heaven. “Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you.”* AMEN
* Psalm 86: 2
Word/Image: New heart
Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, says the LORD, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
Ezekiel 18: 31
Father Your Love is at the Heart of all things, Jesus You are the Heart of God: Lovely, Adorable and Pure, and Holy Spirit, Creator and Fashioner of Hearts enriched with Sacred Love and Imagination, receive us into Your Presence. Lord, we implore You, please give us new hearts. Crush our prides, purge of us our buried angers, wipe away our insecurities born from bitter resentments, and let us taste the sweetness of Your Mercy. We cannot recount or understand all the ways we willfully have offended You by denying Your Divine Will and Law of Love. We want to accept Your outstretched Hand. Animate our spirits with hearts vital and strong with Your Word written upon them. Center us with Your Graces of insights, honesty, and wisdom. Tenderize our consciences that we might make forthright confessions to the Ears of Your Sacred Heart. Unite our new hearts into Your Mystical Body and govern them with Your Love. We embrace Your Way, Truth, and Life, and will, with Your Help, usher in the fulfillment of Your Kingdom. Father, welcome us home we want to run into Your Arms. Jesus, we place all our trust and hope in You, please do not leave our side for even a moment. And Beautiful Spirit, dance in our new hearts with the delicious Harmony, and delirious Joy of Your Love. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”* AMEN
* Psalm 73: 26
Word/Image: Transfigure
Jesus took Peter, John, and James
and went up the mountain to pray.
While he was praying his face changed in appearance
and his clothing became dazzling white.
And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus
that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
Luke 9: 29-32
Father of Glory, Jesus Mediator of radiant Splendor, and Holy Spirit, the magnificence of Love’s Fullest Expression, we want to forever honor and praise to Your Holy Name. Lord, take us on a journey that leads to Your mountain of endless Light. Illuminate our lives of prayer with moments of bright clarity. Grant us the gracious privilege of insights that teach us more about the nature and workings of Your Love and Mercy operating in our lives. Show us how to discover Your purpose for us in Your unfolding Plan of salvation. Hold our fears in the palms of Your Hands, steady the beat of our anxious hearts, and deliver us from every evil. Unite us with the Communion of Saints and shower us with heavenly sparks. Magnify Your Presence in the temples of our hearts to send the rays of Your Spirit into the world. Father please reveal more and more of Yourself. Jesus ready us to participate in giving glory to the Father with all we think, intend, say and do. And Beautiful Spirit transform our lives into a sweet perpetual prayer of Peace, Joy, and Love. “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”* AMEN
* Revelation 4: 11
Word/Image: Be Merciful
Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments
Deuteronomy 7: 9
Father of Mercy, Jesus of Compassion, and Holy Spirit of Love, seal us in Your covenant. Lord, we are quick to judge. Why is it easier for us to look outside of ourselves? We are always ready to find fault in others. Faced with a difficult situation or one where our feelings, histories, and cherished self-created ideals are attacked, we strike out in self-defense. Will you help us turn to You to examine our hearts, minds, and spirits with circumspection and honesty? Guide us in recognizing the storied past and stretching event horizons of other people’s journeys to You. Let us not forget all the pits we have fallen in and that You continually deliver us from. Cure us of our desire to pursue self-defined ideas of perfection. Replace our tense, legalistic tendencies with habits of prayer, deep listening, humility, and gentleness. May we see all the ways and times You correct us with a nudging Hand of Grace. Fill us with Your wisdom, and deliver us from harshly judging others. Father, pour out Your Mercy upon us. Jesus, take possession of our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies. And Beautiful Spirit, shower us with the Joys of living in the Light of Unconditional Love. “The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.”* AMEN
* Psalm 145: 8-9
Word/Image: Saving power
Consider this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
and to the blameless I will show my salvation.
Psalm 50: 22-23
Father of Holy Promises True and Good, Jesus the Source of our strength and life, and Holy Spirit perfumed Ointment of Love for our Souls, rescue us. Keep us afloat in stormy waters by fixing our gaze on You. Let us not forget Your commandment to Love You with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength. Grant us every grace we need to surrender our lives into Your Hands. We acknowledge our need for Your Divine Will of Mercy and Love to order the details of our lives. May we be blessed with humble and contrite hearts. Enliven us with greater faith and trust in You. Make us like vessels burning with incense rising like sweet smoke of praise to Your Heavenly throne. With Your constant help we commit to becoming temples of thanksgiving. Father, show us the Way to Your Life and Salvation. Jesus, Your Perfect Sacrifice of Precious Blood lifts up our souls with Your Saving Power. And Beautiful Spirit, clothe us in sacred scintillating white robes of eternal Love sashed with Peace and Joy. “Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.”* AMEN
* Psalm 20: 6
Word/Image: Light of life
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8: 12
Father: God of Everlasting Light, Creativity, and Holiness, Jesus: God of Mercy, Compassion and Peace, and Holy Spirit: God of Wisdom, Joy, and Love, brighten the dark catacombs of our hungry spirits. Burrow Your way into the recesses of the twisting contours of our heart. Carry away and purify all of our tainted blood that might freeze the chambers of hearts from bitterness and anger. Anoint the abscesses of our festering wounds born of pride, selfishness, deceit, lusts, and disrespect. Illuminate our minds with wisdom, and imbue our thoughts with gentleness, and kindness. May our decisions be guided by Your Bright Leading Light. Lord, Your Light is Love. Protect us from every darkness. Draw us into Your Light and keeps on Your Path of Truth. We find our Life when are bound in the sweet embrace of Your Love; it is here we find our meaning. We know that Love begets love and turns us into earthen vessel fashioned by your Hands. Father, we are thankful to be called You adopted children. Jesus, thank You for washing us in Your Blood and taking us into Your Light. And Beautiful Spirit, thank you for making us One in the Body of Christ through Your Infinite Bonds of Love. “You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.”* AMEN
* Psalm 18: 28
Word/Image: Solemnity of St. Joseph
To you, O Blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our affliction, and having implored the help of your most holy spouse, we now, with hearts filled with confidence, earnestly beg you to take us under your protection. Through that sacred bond of charity which united you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you to look graciously upon the beloved inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by his blood, and to aid us in our necessities with your power and strength.
Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen children of Jesus Christ. Keep from us, O most loving father, all blight of error and corruption. Aid us from on high, most valiant defender, in this conflict with the powers of darkness. And just as you once saved the Child Jesus from mortal danger, so now defend God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity. Shield us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and strengthened by your help, we may be able to live a virtuous life, die a happy death, and obtain everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen.
Prayer Instituted by Pope Leo XIII
Word/Image: Living Water
“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
John 7: 37-39
Father of all Creation and the Originator of Living Water, Jesus the Temple of Living Water gushing with Mercy, and Holy Spirit the Mover of Salvation History to Perfect Love, revive our parched bodies. You have made us vessels in Your Image. Prime our porous leaky surfaces with brushes of Your Holding Glaze of Grace. Dry us in Your Kiln of Holiness and Righteousness. Pour Your Love into our thirsty hearts, minds, souls, and bodies. We clamor for Your Goodness – to feel the refreshing Hope of Your Presence. We have exhausted ourselves and all of our impotent schemes to satisfy our desires to stay afloat in our broken ways. Strike the stone of Massah and Meribahs in our innermost being. Quiet our quarrelling, challenging defiant cries and grant us postures of obedience. Renew our faith with Your Fire and Truth. Then let the Your Living Waters flow within us. We wish to share Your Waters of Mercy in cups of humble service with every brother and sister so that none would be without the crystal clear Living Waters of Your Passionate Love. Father we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus we trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit, fill us with the Joy of Love. “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”* AMEN
* Psalm 63: 1
Word/Image: Entitlement
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized him and started to choke him, demanding,
‘Pay back what you owe.’
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’
But he refused.
Instead, he had him put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Matthew 18: 27-30
Father Sculptor of our Souls, Jesus the Chisel of Mercy, and Holy Spirit our embodying Marble of Love, craft us into creatures worthy to give eternal Glory to You. We praise and thank you for Your great gift of forgiveness. There is nothing we can do to earn it. You immerse us in the cleaning baths of Your Love that welcome contrite and humble hearts. You forget our offenses, and embrace us with Your gentle, tender, patient, kindness. Lord, we struggle to extend forgiveness to others. We are quick to judge and hold ourselves over others with officious thoughts, word, intentions, and acts of pride. May we be freed of our attitudes of entitlement. Help us to approach each other with compassion. Let us encounter each other’s vulnerabilities with simplicity and prayers. When we feel enraged by how the failures or wrongs of others hurt our feelings, or compromise our sense of security, come quickly to our aid with the Love and Goodness of Your Sacred Heart. Father, forgive us for we often do not know or understand what we do. Jesus, be the King of our minds and hearts to advance Your Peace and Justice in the world. And Beautiful Spirit, fill us with Your Healing Love. “Do not let us be put to shame, but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy. Deliver us by your wonders, and bring glory to your name, O Lord.”* AMEN
* Daniel 3: 43-44
Word/Image: soldier of Christ
My child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And what you heard from me through many witnesses
entrust to faithful people
who will have the ability to teach others as well.
Bear your share of hardship along with me
like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2: 1-3
Father Guardian of the treasures of Holiness and Righteousness, Jesus our Protector of the Way, Truth, and Life, and Holy Spirit zeal of Perfect Love consuming every impurity that seeks to destroy us, enlist us in Your Army. Prepare us for battle. Condition our hearts, minds, and spirits to be in Communion with You. Arm us with an endless supply of Your Grace and shield us with Your Wisdom. Reveal Your battle plan to seize the terrain of our secularized world with Your acts of Mercy and Charity. Grant us the courage to follow Your example that we might offer up to You, pleasing prayers of sacrifice with the hardships and sufferings You allow us to experience. Quiet our fears so we can hear Your Voice guiding us. In the heat of Spiritual combat, fill us with Your Peace. Strong in You, make us quick to come to the aid of others in their fight with sin, and spirits hell bent on attacking their souls. Father, increase our Faith in You. Jesus, lead us from death into Life. And Beautiful Spirit, lift us out of the fray into our inheritance of Endless Light and Love. “Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid. Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to me, “I am your salvation.”* AMEN
* Psalm 35: 1-3
Word/Image: sign from heaven
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand?
Luke 11: 16-18
Father the Breath and Gift of All Existence, Jesus the Sign greater than Jonah, and Holy Spirit the Mediator of Grace and Love, open the eyes of our hearts to Your workings. We are lost. We reside in the habitats of our fantasies, projections, and demands born from our limited visions of You. Why can’t we see Your Divine Will of Mercy and Love moving through the details of our lives? Why do we resist the pressure of Your molding fingers shaping us into heavenly creatures ready to participate in lives of Joy and Glory with You. All too often, we look for the spectacular, and fail to see the miraculous whispers of Your gentle, tender Love transforming us. Open the coffers to Your pierced Sacred Heart, and the Great and Mysterious sign of the Cross. Lift the Cross high in our sacred imaginations to rock our souls with the defeat of sin and death. End every division within ourselves, and between our brothers and sisters, that create obstructions to the free flowing movement of Your Love and Forgiveness. Father, make us living signs of Your Goodness and Glory. Jesus, make us living signs of Your Peace and Joy. And Beautiful Spirit, make us living signs of Your Wisdom and Love. “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”* AMEN
Isaiah 61: 10
Word/Image: New Creation
Whoever is in Christ is a new creation
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
And all this is from God,
who has reconciled us to himself through Christ
and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting their trespasses against them
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5: 17-19
Father of Tenderness and Mercy, Jesus Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, and Holy Spirit transforming all things with the binding unity of Love, bring us into the fullness of Life in Christ. We have lived in darkness for too long. Forgive us for all the ways we attempt to extinguish the Light of Life that is at center of Your Creation. Free us from the slavery of sin; its strong sticky arms pull and tug at our spirits. End our dependency on empty, distracting, and selfish pursuits. We have become horrific networks of enablers reinforcing thoughts, words, actions, intentions, situations, and cultural norms that fly in the face of Your Divine Will which is Love and Mercy. Thank you for the Life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. You are inviting us to grab hold of our final and last victory. We say, “Yes” to your invitation. Death and sin are no more. You have brought us back into a Joyous harmonious relationship with You, and with each other. Father, forgive us our trespasses. Jesus help us become Your message of Hope and New Life. And Beautiful Spirit, surprise us with endless opportunities to co-create through Your Power of Love. “If you, O Lord, kept a record of our sins, O Lord, who could stand upright? But with you there is forgiveness so that you may be revered. I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word.”* AMEN
* Psalm 130: 3-5
Word/Image: Smitten
Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
Isaiah 53: 4-6
Father Endurer of our Sorrows and Architect of our Joy, Jesus who became sin to restore Life, and Holy Spirit the unbreakable bond of Love between the Father and the Son that bursts forth with eternal Mercy, heal us. Can Your shoulders bear the weight of our transgressions? We struggle to accept Your unconditional Love. From one moment to the next Your Grace continually falls on us, yet we succumb to our fears. You search for our hearts and souls to give them reprieve from the heaviness that sieges us every time we turn away from Your Face. You stop at nothing to enter into our human cycles of brokenness and self-perpetuating suffering. Despite Your ministry of Healing and Hope, we crown You with our selfish, destructive desires for power. We scourge You with our failures of violence in our hearts, minds, spirits, and bodies. Your self-referential Love fuels Your fierce passion to save our souls, made in Your image, from becoming eternally separated from You. Put us back on a path of righteousness. Father, we thank You for giving us all of Yourself. Jesus, You are our King – grant us greater faith, trust and humility to take up our crosses and follow You. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with heavenly breadcrumbs of Joy and Love. “My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to Your word. Remove the false way from me, and graciously grant me Your law.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119: 28-29
Word/Image: I will never forget you
Can a mother forget her infant,
be without tenderness for the child of her womb?
Even should she forget,
I will never forget you.
Isaiah 40: 15
Father You have always known me, Jesus You are constantly at my side, and Holy Spirit You punctuate all the exigencies of my life with Your Wisdom, impress upon my heart Your Love, and my soul Your Mercy. Though I walk in directions contrary to Your Word, You locate me and call me back. May I dare to marvel at the magnificence of Your Image reflected in my spirit? You have made me with a purpose that fulfills and glorifies the Beauty of Your Creation. Like the unique lines and marks of my palms You have given me a signature of charisms, talents, experiences, dispositions, and joys that You have designed just for me. Help me to contemplate Your pierced Hands as an everlasting testimony of Your Perfect, Passionate, Unconditional Love . Lord, when I stop to contemplate the mystery of Your Divinity and humanity, I realize, it’s as if I am one breath in You and with You. Grant me prayers of thanksgiving, and amplify the whispers of my gratitude into heavenly proportions that celebrate Your Goodness and Greatness. Father, I return to You with all of my heart, mind, soul, and strength. Jesus, I hunger for Your endless Light and Presence. And Beautiful Spirit, may my cup of blessing be over flow with Your Love. “Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.”* AMEN
* Psalm 71: 20-21
Word/Image: Open the door
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Revelation 3: 7-8
Father the Maker of Heaven’s Glory, Jesus the Key to Heaven’s Door, and Holy Spirit the Light of Love and Joy streaming into our hearts, keep us holy and true to Your Word. Through Christ Jesus, we desire to accept our royal inheritance in the line of David. Transform us into priestly people. We accept Your Mercy. Wash away the darkness from our failures to live in Your Love that threatens to consume our souls. Help us surrender our will to You. Open the doors of our heart and let us step into the flood of Eternal Radiant Light pouring out from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We vow to reverence the precious Name of Jesus all the days of our lives. May our offerings of praise, pry open the doors of other people’s hearts and souls that they may experience the Peace and joy of Your Presence. Your Majestic Beauty and Glorious Order will fill us with endless awe. Father, we say Yes to everything You want to share with us. Jesus, You will be our strength and refuge. And Beautiful Spirit, enlighten the eyes of our heart with the sublime mysteries of Your Love. “Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.”* AMEN
* Psalm 24: 7
Word/Image: Talitha koum
“Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around.
Mark 5: 39-42
Father of the Dance of Life, Jesus the Physician of our souls, and Holy Spirit the ointment of Love and Renewal, call us back from death into Life. Lord, take our pulse and pump vitality into our hearts. Speak Your Word and we shall be saved. Spread the warmth of Your Healing throughout our bodies and souls. Protect us from doubts and disdain. Cast aside the limits of our sacred imagination that keep us from thriving. Help us answer Your call to hope and trust in You. We long to answer Your summons. Bolster our faith that we may accept more and more of Your Mercy and Love. We accept Your Hand extending to us, and rely on Your strength to draw us out of darkness into Light. Lord, we know we will rise with you. Father, thank you for giving us souls. Jesus, we adore You and surrender everything in our lives to You. And Beautiful Spirit, recreate us into eternal human creatures imperishable in the Perfection of Love. “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”* AMEN
* Psalm 4: 8
Word/Image: a sign that will be contradicted
“Behold, this child is destined
for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be contradicted
--and you yourself a sword will pierce--
so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Luke 2: 34-35
Father of impossible Stories, Jesus the fullness of the Father’s Love, and Holy Spirit the Expiator of time’s hold on Life, redeem us from the damning grip of principalities controlling this world. How can Your Innocence be swallowed in Your Precious Blood? Before You could even declare the Word from Your human and Divine lips, blood soaked the land with the violence of our pride, greed, and thirst for power and importance. You laid aside Your Glory and subjected Yourself to our opposition to Your Healing and Love. Thank You for uniting Your cries with the downcast and downtrodden. You welcome everyone into Your Infinite Sacred Heart. Rise in our spirits that we may cross out the iniquities of our fallen natures. Teach us how to abandon ourselves to Your Will. Let each fall be an opportunity to be caught in the Arms of Your endless Mercy. Father grant us a small part as co-participants in accepting our inheritance from You. Jesus we adore You – thank You for setting us free. And Beautiful Spirit of God, deliver us from all evil and wrap us in blessings of Love. “Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.”* AMEN
* Psalm 86: 17
Word/Image: Veni Sanctus Spiritus (Come Holy Spirit)
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Romans 8: 26-27
Father, who breaks through every wall we erect between us, and the Divine Law of Love, Jesus the Will and Obedience of Love made incarnate, and Holy Spirit the mysterious Movement of God’s Love, breathe Life into our listless hearts and souls. Lord, there are times when it can be so hard to pray. We reach out to You but feel nothing. Our mouths are dry, and our minds are blank. We struggle to make any connection with You, others, and ourselves. Refresh our weary spirits with sacrifices of prayer that humble us while they bring us into Your Presence. Give voice to our wordless spiritual aches. Whether it be our heaviness, our doubts, our stumbling hopes, or our giving into apathy, we trust that it is only a temporary condition that You have allowed. May these tests make us more dependent upon You. Dig a well in us full of fresh prayers of praise and gratitude that rise from Your Spirit deep within us. Send forth Your Spirit and renew our passion to live in the sweet Truth of Your Perfect Will. Father hallowed be thy name. Jesus feed us heart, mind, soul, and body. And Beautiful Spirit, rouse our hearts to experience more of Your Love that continually makes all things new. “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”* AMEN
* Psalm 51: 10-12
Word/Image: blessed be my Rock
I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18: 1-2
Father our Mighty Fortress, Jesus the Defender of our Souls, and Holy Spirit the Sanctuary of Love always open, always moving and immune to any attack, deliver us from all evil. We accept Your invitation to love and become Your Love. Grant us a distaste for anything that is an affronting wound to Your Perfect Freedom encapsulated in the Fullness of Your Love. In You Oh God we find our solid ground. Steady our walk on the Path You place before us. Help us to secure the flags of our fragile identities and broken egos on the Rock of Your Mercy, Wisdom, and Love. Please teach us how to find shelter through our constant prayers and conversations with You. May we grow in the speed and confidence of our spiritual reflexes in bringing you every situation, question, doubt, concern, worry, and relationship that consumes our attention and thoughts. We place our trust and hope in You. Father we bless You. Jesus we surrender our lives to You. And Beautiful Spirit transform our lives into testimonies of Your Love. “My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge.”* AMEN
* Psalm 62: 7
Word/Image: Boast
It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus,
who became for us wisdom from God,
as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,
so that, as it is written,
Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1: 30-31
Father You are our All in All, Jesus You are our God and King with a human face, and Holy Spirit You are the Fire of Love that burns through every triviality of our lives to bring us into the Holy Presence of God the Most High, we will boast in You. Please come and make a home in our hearts and spirits. We are empty shells. No matter what we might achieve, how we succeed, or how “good” we are, we have nothing without You. Release us from pride, arrogance, and vanity. Help us to grow in humility. Pour the Wisdom of Your Love into our hearts. Redeem and sanctify us through the Blood of Christ. Jesus “although [You] existed in the form of God, [You] did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped.”* Father we will boast with our endless praise and thanksgiving for Your Goodness and Greatness. Jesus, pray that we might be granted every Grace we need to die to ourselves and live in You. And Beautiful Spirit ignite our souls with Your purifying Fire of Love. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”** AMEN
* Philippians 2: 6
** Galatians 6: 14
Word/Image: Hold fast to the Word
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3: 16-17
Father the Heart and Speaker of the Word, Jesus the Word made flesh, and Holy Spirit bringing the Word to Life through the Bond of Love, let us come into Your Holy Presence. Enlighten our minds with Your Great Wisdom. Plant Your Words of Love and Joy deep in our hearts. Let Your Word coarse through our veins oxygenating every intention, thought, word, and action so that we might always give Glory to You. Your Word is not idle. Your Word is not barren. Your Word is not deaf to the cries of pain, suffering, and injustice. Your Word is always True. And Your Word forever shows us how to step into the mystery of Your Perfect Love. Therefore Lord, we will always hold fast to Your Word. Shine the Light of Your Word on our experiences. Strengthen our faith and help us use Your gifts of intellect and reasoning to uncover nuggets of Grace that bring more of Your Love into the details of our lives. Father, we thank you for creating a beautiful, never ending, storied way for us to grow closer to You. Jesus take possession of us heart, mind, soul, and body that we might become a small piece of Your Word Incarnate. And Beautiful Spirit, inebriate us with the Word’s intimations of heavenly Love and Joy. “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119: 105
Word/Image: Dwelling Place
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Ephesians 2: 19-22
Father Beyond all space and time, Jesus the fullness of God at the Heart of all things, and Holy Spirit the bond of Love enjoining our spirit with the Sacred, we bow before the splendor of Life beyond our imagination. Take root in the simple moment by moment movements defining our lives. May the intersection of heaven and earth manifest itself with every humble prayer of praise and petition we present to you. Let no space of relationship, interaction, or meaning be devoid of our acknowledgement of Your constant Powerful and Loving Presence with us. Connect us heart to heart with You and with each other. Then pour in an overflowing portion of Your Grace and Mercy. We hand You the keys to our spirits to come and make Your everlasting dwelling place in us. Empower us to lock arms with each other to bring the fulfillment of Your Kingdom of Peace and Love to earth. Father, our true dwelling place is with You, the Son, and the Spirit in Heaven. Jesus, take Your rightful Throne of Love in our hearts. And Beautiful Spirit, feed us with the Sweetness of the Never Ending Creative Power of Love. “How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”*
*Psalm 84: 1-2
Word/Image: Honor
Honor and proclaim God's deeds,
and do not be slack in praising him.
A king's secret it is prudent to keep,
but the works of God are to be declared and made known.
Praise them with due honor.
Tobit 12: 6-7
Father deserving of all our praise and love, Jesus the Great Work, and Worker of God’s Creative Unifying Majesty, and Holy Spirit the Radiant Light of Love that shines in and between all things, come and live in our hearts today. Help us to notice the myriad of ways You are constantly blessing us. Lord, You are Love and You stop at nothing to shower us in as much of Your Love as we can hold. You are the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever. The Beat of Your Heart lifts all things higher and higher. Anoint us in Your Mercy. Draw us into the mysteries of Your Joys, and grant us every grace we need to participate more fully in Your Divine Will. Strengthen our voices of praise. Let us declare Your Great Works and Deeds with courage, passion, and faith. May the honor we pay You attract the hearts and souls of our brothers and sisters longing to know You but who feel lost. Father, we bow our head and offer songs of humble thanksgiving. Jesus we love You, adore You, and place our trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit, thank you for animating our lives with endless wonders of Love. “I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.”* AMEN
* Psalm 145: 1
Word/Image: Defile
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Mark 7: 14-16
Father of Truth and Purity, Jesus the Flesh and Blood of God’s Love restoring our souls, and Holy Spirit the Order of Love animating the Mystical Body of Christ, wipe away our offenses, cleanse of our sins. Lord, we are quick to become enamored with concrete practices and convoluted rules of holiness that can distract us from knowing You and doing Your Will. Draw us into Your Holy Presence without any of our selfish baggage. Even as we know that You are always the Same You, we are never able to know You fully. May our desire to seek You exceed any of the temporary strictures we adopt to steady our run to You. Dismantle any initially well-meaning habits that interfere with Your Graces. Fill us with tireless, fresh, humble prayers of silence as we wait for You to intensify Your Light of Mercy and Love. We want to find ourselves, by losing ourselves in the Sacred pathways of Your Pierced Heart. Send us help to guard our hearts, and minds from seething within from any of our wickedness or pains. Father mold us Your Image. Jesus please never leave our sides. And Beautiful Spirit may the taste of Your Delicious Love leave us with a burning faith that cannot be shaken. “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.”*
* Psalm 24: 3-4
Word/Image: Beloved Family
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3: 12-14
Father the Head and Font of our Heavenly Family, Jesus our Brother and King, and Holy Spirit the intricately woven tapestry of Love connecting us with each other, gather us around Your Table. Feed us with a desire for the sanctity and holiness that You want to give us. Show us how to cultivate every virtue that will bring more of You to all of our relationships. Grant us hearts full of Your Compassion. May our brothers and sisters experience Your gentleness, kindness, forgiveness and patience reflected in us. Let our time on Earth with all of its ups and downs, joys and sadness, successes and failures, prepare us to live our eternal lives with You in endless Joy and Peace. We chose to dedicate ourselves to living in Your Divine Will. We beg for the grace to reject anything that will cause unnecessary discord in our biological families, and community families. Father, we humbly accept Your gift of our inheritance. Jesus, unify us with one another through our Communion in Your Body and Blood. And Beautiful Spirit, spread Your Wings of Fiery Love over our hearts and spirits. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”* AMEN
* Psalm 133: 1
Word/Image: Overflowing torrent
For thus says the LORD:
Lo, I will spread prosperity over her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like
an overflowing torrent.
As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms,
and fondled in her lap;
As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
Isaiah 66: 12-13
Father, Heart of Justice and Blessings, Jesus our Life Boat on waters of uncertainty, and Holy Spirit, Abundance of Love flowing to bring us Peace and endless Possibilities, draw us into strong currents of prayers and praise. Lord, thank you for lavishing us with Gifts. Your Goodness is always manifesting new pathways of Blessings. Thank you for turning our vulnerabilities into openings to experience Your Grace working in our lives. Take our baby steps to walk in Your Ways, and turn them into leaps of faith. Let our actions and words be guided by You working at the center of lives. Your Love is swift. Your Compassion is ingratiating. Your Mercy is consuming. We seek to empty ourselves. Wrap us in the comfort of Your Joys. May the overflowing torrents set in motion by Your Love bring us to the eternal living waters of Your Glory. Father renew us in our dedication to make You the Heart of our lives. Jesus please teach us how to serve the Father with obedience, humility, and all our strength. And Beautiful Spirit bestow us with riches from Your Coffers of Wisdom and Love. “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”* AMEN
* 2 Corinthians 9: 8
Word/Image: Mouth of God
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Jeremiah 33: 3
Father speak to us, Jesus open the ears of our hearts, and Holy Spirit give us the wisdom to discern Your Voice of Love and Truth. Great are Your Ways. Whether we hear or heed Your Voice or not, we know our souls cry out to You every moment of our lives. Let the voice of our soul’s desire grow in strength and clarity so that our mind, heart, body, and spirit become one prayer of ceaseless longing. Still the noise around us. Show us how to enter more deeply into Your Word. Weave Your Word in and out of all the intricacies of our questions, doubts, challenges, and parade of relationships that form the tapestries of our lives. Help us to submit to You, that we might stretch in new directions. Father we are servants of Your Glory plant Your Word in us that we might bear Your Fruit. Jesus Your Words are Spirt and Life. And Beautiful Spirit break open the Word of Everlasting Joys and Love. “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119: 105
Word/Image: Blessed are the weeping
“Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21: 3-4
Father of Mercy and Comfort, Jesus Freedom from sin and our King, and Holy Spirit, Perfect Unblemished Love dwelling in and among all people and things, we place our trust in You. We pour out our hearts upon the pierced feet of Jesus. Nothing from this world can console us. When we realize how far we are from You, and how we are prone to falling down over and over again from the weight of our faults we easily lose heart. We do not seek perfection. We want to love you more nearly and dearly. Help us embrace Your statues of gentleness, kindness, compassion, humility, charity, modesty, hope, faith, tenderness, understanding, patience, and purity. May Your Seed of longing within our spirits sustain us in our stumbling run to You. Grant us the conviction to know that we are blessed by our brokenness, and that we are blessed by our tears. We imagine the day when Your Love is the complete Rule of our Hearts, Minds, Bodies, and Spirits. Father enfold us forever in the Embrace of Your Glorious endless Creation. Jesus show us the way into Your Sacred Heart. And Beautiful Spirit may the Delight of Your Love wipe away every tear from our hearts. “Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”* AMEN
* Psalm 30: 4-5
Word/Image: Trials & Tests
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters,
when you encounter various trials,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
And let perseverance be perfect,
so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1: 2-3
Father our Haven and Protector, Jesus our Healing Comfort and Strength, and Holy Spirit our Blanket of Perfect Love. May our trust in You vanquish every doubt and fear. Lord, sometimes we feel so feeble. We look to our right, we look to our left, we look in front of us, and we look behind us, and all we can see are calamities. It is easy to be discouraged by our trials, tests, and tribulations. Let us not forget that these are allowed by You. May each one bring us the joy of diving deeper into the mysteries of Your Divine Will. Replace the poverty in our spirits with the riches of Your Mercy. Through the Graces of Faith obtained through prayers and works, grant us perseverance. We invite Your Love to perpetually Order our lives with Your Goodness. Cast Your Inner Light in the darkest and coldest spots in our hearts. Father with Your Blessings we will embrace every situation with eagerness and hope. Jesus, please always instruct us, and even in Your silence grant us the Peace of Your constant Presence. And Beautiful Spirit we are confident that the burning Majesty of Your Wisdom and Love will triumph every time. “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.”* AMEN
Psalm 16: 5-6
Word/Image: birth to death
Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation,
for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life
that he promised to those who love him.
No one experiencing temptation should say,
“I am being tempted by God”;
for God is not subject to temptation to evil,
and he himself tempts no one.
Rather, each person is tempted when lured and enticed by his desire.
Then desire conceives and brings forth sin,
and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.
James 1: 12-15
Father Holder of the keys to Life and Death, Jesus our antidote to every temptation, and Holy Spirit Anointer of Mercy and Love, liberate us from the lures of sin. Lord when we rely on ourselves we forsake the gift of Your Freedom to us. Our weaknesses and inherent drive to be in control of what we do and seeking things to please us as ends in and of themselves gets us in a world of trouble. A shallow dip into self-destructing activities, selfish ways of being, or cultivating habits that are contrary to Your Ways can rapidly snowball into more serious things. Save us from the death of sin. Help us focus on You. Keep us safe from distractions of mind, heart, and imagination that grab us with empty, alluring promises of gratification. Please make the Sacred Kingdom of Your Eternal Love our burning desire and “Soul” purpose. Sustain us in our earthly run to You with the graces of an ever growing faith in You. “Father lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” Jesus pour Your Precious Blood on everything that offends You and weakens our relationship with You. And Beautiful Spirit anoint us with the Fire of Your Joy and Love that are meant to bring all things into Communion with one another. “I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”* AMEN
* Psalm 119: 10-11
Word/Image: slow to speak
Know this, my dear brothers and sisters:
everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
for anger does not accomplish
the righteousness of God.
Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess
and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you
and is able to save your souls.
James 1: 19-21
Father who gives Voice to Righteousness and Truth, Jesus our Heart of Perfect Listening, and Holy Spirit promoter of Words and Actions of Wisdom, Healing, and Love, make us instruments of Your Peace. Humble the rumblings of our minds. Uproot our thoughts that are selfish, mean spirited, judgmental, and contrary to Your Will. Soften our hearts with Your Compassion. Bring us a flood of Your Inner Light. Fill us with a desire to seek understanding. May we be quick to listen with all of our senses and weigh the value of Your Love in each word we speak. When we are inclined to react to people and situations we find upsetting, fill us with an abundance of Your Patience and Mercy. Absorb our hurts that trigger us and make us feel raw, so that we might be slow to anger and quick to respond with kindness and gentleness. We praise and thank you for making our souls a dwelling place of Your Goodness. Father, help us grow in our capacities to participate in Your eternally unfolding Plan of Love. Jesus, You model the Way and feed us with every Truth we need. And Beautiful Spirit, find us like hungry birds with mouths wide open waiting to be fed with Your Love. “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.”* AMEN
* Psalm 89: 1-2
Word/Image: Groanings
Brothers and sisters:
The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we ought,
but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.
And the one who searches hearts
knows what is the intention of the Spirit,
because he intercedes for the holy ones
according to God's will.
Romans 8: 26-27
Father Maker and Keeper of our Souls, Jesus our enduring Voice of Prayer, and Holy Spirit the Power of Love that can obliterate the darkest pits of despair, lift us from our sorrows with Your Peace and Joy. Lord, let prayer become the center of our lives. Until we are in complete Communion with You and each other in heaven, bless us with prayers that are pure in heart and spirit, so that we can come into Your Holy Presence. Move us beyond empty words, selfish petitions, and spiritless recitations. Show us how to adopt a habit of prayer in all of its shapes and forms. Conform the fruits of our life through our intentions and actions to be prayers that honor Your Divine Will. When we are weary and find it hard to pray, please send us Your Spirit to intercede for us. Part the clouds of our confusion and come and sit with us. Lift up our anguish as prayer sacrifices to console the sufferings of Jesus’ Heart. Father, Your Perfect Word is our prayer. Jesus, unroll the scroll of Your prayers in our spirits that with every breath we may draw closer and closer to You. And Beautiful Spirit, build up Christ’s Mystical Body into a Glorious prayer of Your Love. “Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.”* AMEN
Psalm 97: 11-12
Word/Image: Deny
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
Mark 8:34
Father Humble and all Giving, Jesus the Perfect Selfless Sacrifice of Obedience, and Holy Spirit, the Fruition and Perpetuation of Love’s Triumph, show us the way to our crosses. How can we become more self-forgetting? Lord, we love to craft grand plans for how we think our life should unfold. We forget our eternal mission. Our time here seems so much more pressing. As we busy ourselves with self-importance, the Glory of Your Kingdom fades. Please instill in us a deep life of prayer and works so that we might always be sensitized to making You and serving others are number one priority. Show us how to abandon our lives to You. Help us to see our disappointments, obstacles, and challenges as being allowed by You. Grant us the graces of faith to accept our hardships as opportunities to grow in our trust of You. May we thank You for all the crosses You provide, and be ready to accept whatever You ask of us. Father, stretch out Your Arms to protect us when we take up our crosses. Jesus, come into our hearts and grant us an unquenchable thirst to follow You. And Beautiful Spirit, anoint us as worthy disciples with Your Brandishing Love. “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.”* AMEN
*Psalm 51: 17
Word/Image: Living Hope
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading,
kept in heaven for you
who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith,
to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time.
1 Peter 1: 3-5
Father Architect of Every Plan and Blessing, Jesus our King of Glory, and Holy Spirit our fathomless Well of Never Ending Love, the Victory of Life over death is Yours. We bless and praise Your Holy Name. You have reversed the gravity of our selfish ways, and potentiated fresh seeds of care, charity, and faith in our spirits. Please fashion us into new creations through the Blood of Mercy poured as libations on our sins. We trust in You and know that death has no power over us. Help us cling to the Hope of our inheritance. You have made our Purpose in life clear, and You never stop inviting us to taste and see the goodness of Your Love. Show us how to find our way, by losing ourselves completely in the mystery, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Awaken our sacred imaginations to the wonders of being in Your Loving Presence with imperishable bodies cloaked in Your Glory. May our “Yes” to you and Your Gifts of Mercy and Salvation, light Holy Fires of Faith that spread from our hearts to everyone around us. Father, build Your Kingdom in our spirits. Jesus, open us to the Wisdom of Your Tenderness, Compassion, and Teachings. And Beautiful Spirit, Lavish us with refreshing, Lovely, Breezes of Joy. “I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!”* AMEN
* Psalm 27: 13-14
Word/Image: New Love
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
Father, our Heart of Creation, Jesus the Blood of Life, and Holy Spirit the Infinite Beat of Love coursing through our veins, come let us adore You. We stand at the threshold of a new year. Let every knee bend and every tongue confess You. Lord, we want more than anything, to make You, and our love for You at the heart of who and how we are. Please give us every opportunity to delve into the endless fathoms of Your Way, Divine Law, and Word. May our hearts, spirits, and minds encounter You speaking to us in personal and novel ways. Enliven us in Your Mystical Body. Stretch the strings of our faith, hope, and charity that we may make pleasing sounds that give glory to Your Name. Grant us an increase in faith and trust in You. Turn the moments of our lives into participatory offerings of Your grace touching every detail. May our prayers this year please you and be like the enamored blushes of a raptured bride full of anticipation. For whatever we may face this year implant tomorrow’s Alleluias in the lungs of our souls. Father Glory be to you. Jesus make Your Home in us. And Beautiful Spirit radiate Love’s Light in us. “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.”* AMEN
* Psalm 63:3
Word/Image: stewards of God’s Grace
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Titus 2: 11-14
Father of Everlasting Faith and Grace, Jesus God’s Gift of Love, and Holy Spirit the Bond of Light and Love between all things, teach us to be Your stewards. Take us under the refuge of Your Wings. We want to soar with the heavenly Graces You lavish on us. Equip us with the fruits of Your Grace – a life sustained by an unshakeable faith, great humility, and an unquenchable desire to always do Your Will. As You fortify us with Your Love, show us how to be generous stewards of Your Ways with others. Make us living testimonies of Your Truth and Goodness. Show us how to live with our imperfections, and the imperfections of others, in ways that open Your Gates of Mercy. May we become agencies of Your blessings to others, especially in their failures and struggles. Unite us in Your Compassion. We are confident that You will transform our hearts and souls into temples for the fulfillment of Your Gospel and the Building of Your Kingdom. Father, put us to work in Your vineyard. Jesus, draw us into Your Sacred Heart as Your faithful and good stewards. And Beautiful Spirit, sharpen our minds with Your Wisdom, and sweeten our hearts with Your Effusions of Love. “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”* AMEN
* Hebrews 4:16
Word/Image: at the Name of Jesus
God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 4: 9-11
Father of Glory, Jesus Son of Man, and Holy Spirit, Breath of the Almighty, speak the Truth of Your Ways and Love into our hearts. Thank You for laying down Your Glory to be with us. Oh Lord, You withhold none of Yourself from us. Help us to enter more deeply into the mystery of Your incarnation. Grant us a desire to be obedient. Teach us to entrust everything in our lives to Your Holy and Perfect Will. Instill in us Your Ways of self-forgetting and sacrifice. Tenderize us to the pains and needs of others. Let Your compassion and desire for our Joy to be complete in You reach others through our thoughts, words, actions, and intentions. Furnish our minds with gentleness and patience and keep us safe from judging others. May the Signature of Your Love engraved upon our hearts and spirit confess that Your are Lord and Savior. Father feed the souls of Your hungry children. Jesus show us how to imitate You. And Beautiful Spirit Brandish the hearts of every person with Your Burning Love. “I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me?”* AMEN
Psalm 101: 1-2
Word/Image: Satisfy
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish.
Mark 6: 41-43
Father of Bounty, Jesus Bread from Heaven, and Holy Spirit Bringer of every Gift, feed us with Your Love. Our hunger knows no end. Tame our appetites and quench our thirst with Your Presence. Let us linger in Your Peace and be nourished by Your Wisdom. We wait for Your Teaching to grab hold of our sacred imaginations. Instill in us an ardent desire to participate in Your Living Word. Grant us a deeper connection to You through Your endless Mercy and Love. Like the loaves of bread and fishes, multiply the Graces You shower upon our hearts. May the Peace You leave with us, and in us, become a web of Hope that attracts the souls of the neediest. Turn us into agencies of Your Blessings. Oh, Lord only You can satisfy our longing for Connection. Father, help us seek and love You with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength. Jesus bless us and break the chains of our slavery. Beautiful Spirit thank you for transforming our hunger for the Lord with Your Love. “Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.”* AMEN
Psalm 107: 8-9
Word/Image: Perfect Love
There is no fear in love,
but perfect love drives out fear
because fear has to do with punishment,
and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love
1 John 4:18
Father, who arts in the Kingdom of Perfect Love, Jesus our Crown of Joy and Glory, and Holy Spirit the Perfume of Sanctifying Love imbuing all of Creation, summon Your children to Your Throne of Mercy. We are sojourners in dark valleys. To our right, and to our left there are precipices of doubt, shame, guilt, and accusations. We fear ourselves and the judgments we are deserving of. Without You we are setup for failure. Enlighten the eyes of our heart to see the difference between fear and love. Lift us from the fray of our selfish actions. Grant us a deeper faith in You. Help us to entrust our lives to Your Ways and Goodness. We are in awe of Your Perfect Love. We choose the freedom that comes from desiring Your Love and making it the center of all our thoughts, words, intentions, and actions. Father, when we are confused help us to yield to Your Word. Jesus, take possession of our Hearts and Minds that we may die, and You Live in us. And Beautiful Spirit, sweep us up into the thermals of Your Sweet Love. “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.”* AMEN
* Psalm 34: 4-5
Word/Image: Burdensome
This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world.
1 John 5: 2-3
Father Enabler of All Things, Jesus Fulfiller of the Commandments, and Holy Spirit the Radiance of Love reflecting in our world, lighten our burdens. Thank you for calling us Your children. Help us to see every person as part of Your Heavenly Family. Grant us Grace, strength, and resolve to grow daily in our love for you. Show us how to seize each interaction with others as an opportunity to enact Your Love. We commit to embracing Your Commands as a natural expression of Your Love. Lord, we want to honor Your Commands. May they become magnifying glasses of Your Ways and mirrors of Your Mercy. In the Heart of Your Word: Your Truth, Your Beauty, and, Your Glory, shines through with rich examples that we can dive into and understand. Lord, there is nothing burdensome about following Your Commands and saying, “Yes” to Your Love. Father, thank You for lifting us up. Jesus, the outpouring of Your Blood redeems us. And Beautiful Spirit, our Baptism in Your Fire and Light brings us into Communion with You and with each other. “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”* AMEN
* Psalm 68:19
Word/Image: Water and Blood
This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ,
not by water alone, but by water and Blood.
The Spirit is the one who testifies,
and the Spirit is truth.
So there are three who testify,
the Spirit, the water, and the Blood,
and the three are of one accord.
1 John 5: 6-8
Father of the Endless Sacrifice, Jesus Son of God and Son of Man, and Holy Spirit of Testimony and Truth, wash us in the Blood of the Lamb. Lord, beckon us closer to Your Holy Cross. Help us enter more deeply into its pathos. How are you calling us to be enjoined with You in Your Passion and Death? Banish our fears and let the horror of our sins borne by Your human body convict us. Embolden our cries for Mercy. We rejoice in Your Love shown through Your human birth in water and blood. We are humbled by You transforming John’s baptism of repentance to one of forgiveness. We marry hope and joy with Your miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding feast. Sanctify our Eucharistic participation in the Mystery of Your Passover meal. We adore You for gracing us with Your Spirit. Make us one with You. Father, touched by Your Water, Blood, and Spirit let us become living testimonies of Your Goodness and Greatness. Jesus, let us die in You, and with You. And Beautiful Spirit, wrap us in Your infinite folds of Love. “How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”* AMEN
* Psalm 36: 7-9
Word/Image: More Jesus
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
Galatians 2: 20-21
Father of Abundance, Jesus Unconditional Love made flesh, and Holy Spirit the Fire and Breath of Life, wipe away our offenses. Lord, please help us to step away from our prideful ways. We are shackled by the weight of our desires for importance, power, and control. Grant us a complete distaste for these things. Usher us into new ways of being that will sustain life and elevate Your Love and Goodness for all to see. Help us shed our excess baggage of hurts, insecurities, and imperfect loving. Burn the putrid fat of our selfish instincts. We want to follow You and know You in the most intimate and complete way possible. Feed us on the Bread of Faith and Charity that we might become less of ourselves, and make more room for You to dwell within us. We submit to You. Impassion our hearts and spirits to entrust every facet of our life and being to Your Wisdom and Love. Father we put our lives in Your Hand. Jesus Shepherd us into the Center of Your Heart. And Beautiful Spirit cover us in prayers of ceaseless Love that lead us into a deeper devotion of the Sacred Mysteries. “He must increase; I must decrease.”* AMEN
* John 3:30
Word/Image: Bruised Reed
A bruised reed he shall not break,
and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
until he establishes justice on the earth;
the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
Isaiah 42: 3-4
Father of Justice, Jesus Liberator to the prisoners of despair and sin, and Holy Spirit Bearer of every Fruit of Love, fill the Earth with Your Goodness. Lord, who can stand erect in the face of Your Righteousness and Glory? Have pity on us, and seize our broken hearts. Mend them with Your Tenderness and Healing Word. Fill our spirits with Your Wisdom that we might better see and understand the sources of our ignorance. Lord, even in our brokenness You are always eager to cover us with Your Mercy and Love. More than anything else You long for our trust. You want us to accept and celebrate the Joy You offer as the infinite answer to our deepest longings. You offer us everything while asking little of us. We submit to Your strong hand. Please give us Your Grace to change anything that keeps us from You. Help us to become evangelizers of Your Good News of eternal life as co-heirs and co-creators in Your Victorious Reign of Everlasting Love. Father we lift up Your Name. Jesus plant Your Voice of Humble Prayer deep into our spirits. And Beautiful Spirit imbue us with Radiant Love. “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.”* AMEN
* Psalm 51:17
Word/Image: Time of fulfillment
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21
Father of Majesty, Jesus our Teacher and Guide, and Holy Spirit Messenger of Love and Wisdom, let thy Kingdom come and thy Will be done. Lord, when will Your time of fulfillment be here? We subsist on the Peace we find in Your Word and Precious Blood. We are thankful for Your gifts of Faith, Hope, and Love. We beg You to move us beyond our rudimentary understanding of Your Perfect Ways of Love. Please grow within our hearts the capacity for joy. Instill in us a passion for dying to ourselves and being reborn in You, that we might radiate the brilliance of Your Light. Help us to grow in our moment by moment discernment of how Your Spirit is seeking to lavish every situation with Your Love. We have seen over and over again how You can transform the darkest, most imperturbable obstacle into a blessing of healing and new possibilities. Let Your Grace of Humility flow in the veins of our hearts while quieting the clamoring’s of our minds’ constant demand for control. Father, let us become Your co-participants in the fulfillment of Your Kingdom. Jesus, draw us into sweet Communion with You forever. And Beautiful Spirit, brandish all things that keep us from living in the fullness of Love. “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.”* AMEN
* 1 Timothy 1:17
Word/Image: Authority
In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit;
he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are–the Holy One of God!”
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!”
Mark 1: 23-24
Father of Power and Might, Jesus the Voice and Hand of God, and Holy Spirit the endless flow of Love’s Authority, take possession of us heart, mind, soul, and body. We hear Your Voice Lord. Break open Your Word that it becomes our living story. Still our minds, bend the ears of hearts, and infuse our spirits with an unshakeable faith in You. Lock eyes with us that we may experience the fullness of Your Authority. We are possessed with demons of fear, anger, pride, doubt, greed, envy and a host of other broken spirits that we are continually facing. You have asked us to seek You and know you. This is our fiercest and truest passion. Lord, You are our God and King, take command of everything in our lives that keeps us from answering Your summons. We praise you, and we thank you, for giving us the Joy of being called by name; with every hair on our head intimately known by You. Father we run to You. Jesus grant us a hunger for Your Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit wrap us in ceaseless Sacred Petitions of Love. “For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”* AMEN
* Isaiah 14:27
Word/Image: “I do will it.”
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,
“If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
touched the leper, and said to him,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
Mark 1: 40-41
Father of All Possibilities, Jesus Heart of Compassion and Hand of Healing, and Holy Spirit, Fount of Love meet us at the center of our illnesses. We are afflicted with every form of disease that alienates us from You and each other. Grant us an inner disposition of need and humility. In facing the poverty of our souls, grant us an encounter with Your Perfect Desire for us to come into Your Infinite Embrace. We bow to Your Holy Will. Let our superficial emotional garments of self-sufficiency, and self-determination fall away. We stand before You needy, and hungry for Your Love and Mercy. Receive us as beggars at the gate of Your Heavenly Kingdom. Lord, Your Will Lord is for our wholeness. Activate our soul’s recognition of Your Presence and reap the fruits of the harvest You hold in Your Heart for each one of us. Father, You are Great and Good. Jesus we want to follow You. And Beautiful Spirit, douse us with the burning Sacred Fire of Wisdom and Faith to become servants of Love. “I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.”* AMEN
* Psalm 143: 6, 8
Word/Image: “Here I am”
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Isaiah 6: 6-8
Father of Providence, Jesus the Sanctifying Answer to every prayer, and Holy Spirit, the Sublime Cry of Joy, give us Your Charter to go forth as Your Servants of the Word. Cleanse us of our guilt and remove every stain of sin from our spirits. Renew our hearts with a vigor of gratitude and songs of wonder. Help us recognize Your voice and when You call quicken our answer. Guide our minds in discerning the paths You have chosen for us. Fill us with an eagerness to do all that You ask of us especially, when You need us to be an agency of Your Love for our brothers and sisters. May the blessings You infer on others through our words, actions, and intentions magnify the Glory of Your Spirit at work in all things at all times. Father order affairs according to the fulfillment of the Intelligence and Joy of Your Love. Jesus, grant us authority through the Power of Your Name, and Blood to minister in building Your Kingdom. And Beautiful Spirit, teach us how to co-create emerging, living testimonies of Love. “I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”* AMEN
* Psalm 40:8
Word/Image: “Grant their request”
We too must be like other nations,
with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfare
and fight our battles.”
When Samuel had listened to all the people had to say,
he repeated it to the LORD, who then said to him,
“Grant their request and appoint a king to rule them.”
1 Samuel 8: 19-22
Father Sovereign King and Lord of All, Jesus the Perfection of the Law made flesh, and Holy Spirit, Advocate and Counselor of Wisdom, govern our affairs. Lord, we praise You for the gift of free will. Is it an inseparable function of Your Perfect Love? Why do You let us stray so far from what You know is best for us? And What Lord is the nature of Your Righteous and Providence at the center of our lives? Help us develop the habit of taking our choices and decisions to You. Left to our own devices we are quick to make short sighted and shallow hearted decisions that may have devastating impacts upon our spirits, and the well-being of our brothers and sisters. Strengthen our devotion to Your Will. Teach us how to ask questions born of love. Please guide us in weighing our wants and desires against Your emerging patterns of Goodness unfolding before us. Father, increase our faith in You. Jesus, take possession of us hearts, minds, souls, and bodies. And Beautiful Spirit, anoint us with Heavenly Love. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” AMEN
*Proverbs 3: 5-6
Word/Image: Follow me
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
Father, calling us from the humble depths of Your Goodness, Greatness and everlasting Love, Jesus Prince of Peace and King of our hearts and souls, and Holy Spirit, the genesis of all things created from Perfect Love, strike an irresistible chord of longing in our souls. Crack open the doors of our circumstances and flaws to shine Your Light of Hope into our hearts. Brighten our doubts and hesitations with a greater awareness of Your Love and Will at work in our lives. Grant us large swaths of space and prayer to hear You calling us in the deepest and quietest parts of ourselves. Help us to suspend our notions of what seems attractive and right. Let us encourage each other to watch the day break of Your Light of Wisdom and Love illuminating our world with endless possibilities full of Your Blessings. Father, we want to run into Your open arms. Jesus, You are the fulfillment of our needs and desires. And Beautiful Spirit, we adore You for allowing us to be co-creators in a Kingdom of Love. “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”* AMEN
*Psalm 63:1
Word/Image: My Delight
For the LORD delights in you
and makes your land his spouse.
As a young man marries a virgin,
your Builder shall marry you;
and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride
so shall your God rejoice in you.
Isaiah 62:5
Father, Convener of the Wedding Feast of all Feasts, Jesus our Bridegroom, and Holy Spirit the sweetness of Love’s Ecstasy of Perfect Communion, awaken our desire to surrender ourselves to You. We praise you because we have been fearfully and wonderfully made.* You will never cast us aside. You have made each us in Your Image. In our lowliness, You have made us Precious in Your Sight. We marvel in how the tiniest yet absolutely important bit of Your Glory is to be achieved by our eternal existence. Let not one of Your brides be lost. We beg that every heart and soul might come to know how You look upon us with Perfect, Fierce, and Passionate Love. Is it not enough to behold us and grant us life? No Lord, that is not enough for Your Boundless Love. You desire to marry each one of us. Allow us to come into Communion with You through Your Son Jesus Christ our Lord and King. Father, thank you for rejoicing is us. Jesus, thank you for knowing us, and inviting us into the Mysteries of Your Sacred Heart. And Beautiful Spirit, thank you for lavishing us in boundless Love and Wisdom. “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”** AMEN
* Psalm 139:14
** Isaiah 61:10
Word/Image: Thoughts of the heart
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Matthew 5:8
Father Jeweler of our Hearts, Jesus Shepherd of our Hearts, and Holy Spirit, the Radiance of Love and Wisdom enlightening the eyes of our hearts, engrave Your Name on our spirits. Guide us in taking inventory of our thoughts. Help us cast aside thoughts that cause us to stray from you. Teach us how to bring Your Word and Sublime Divine Law of Love to how we approach every moment in our lives. Let us turn to You Your Love to bring healing, mercy, compassion, and possibilities to every situation we encounter. May Your Tenderness flow through our thoughts, saturate the words we speak, and animate all of our actions. We invite You to sit on the throne of our hearts. Embolden the sacred intelligence of our hearts, to co-create blessings, that are filled with Your Joy and Peace. Father, may our thoughts always rest in You. Jesus, we will run to You for wisdom and strength. And Beautiful Spirit, brush chambers of our hearts with the infinite Delights of Love. “But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.”* AMEN
* Psalm 13: 5-6
Word/Image: Stretch out your hand
“Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?”
But they remained silent.
Looking around at them with anger
and grieved at their hardness of heart,
Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
Mark 3: 4-5
Father of the Sabbath, Jesus the Heart of our inheritance, and Holy Spirit the power of Healing, Light, and Mercy contained in the bond of Love, restore us and make us whole. Grant us Your blessings of renewal. Keep us free from a faith built only with rules and laws that can hinder us from encountering You. Remove any hardness in our hearts. Grant us the fullness of spirit that comes from a stillness in You. Help us heed Your instructions to bring everything to You. We will stretch out our hands full of maladies of doubts, fears, and failures to become better agencies of Your Love. With our hand in the grip of Your Goodness, we will find strength and hope. Let us trust Your Creative Wisdom and Love to bring Peace and Harmony. Lord, allow us to become co-participants in sanctifying the gift of life. Father we will worship You with grateful hearts and spirts full of song. Jesus teach us how to be obedient and to give Glory to Your Father. And Beautiful Spirit, make Your Love the center of how we relate to all things. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”* AMEN
* Psalm 73: 26
Word/Image: Persevere in temptation
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
James 1: 13-15
Father our Stronghold of Fortitude and Goodness, Jesus our Guide through desolate deserts of perplexing temptations, and Holy Spirit, Perpetuator of Love’s surprising graces in the face of dangers, keep us from sinning against You. Lord, it’s easy for us to become distracted. We are inundated with selfish thoughts, careless words, and insensitive actions. A flicker of a doubt, or a perceived wrong, can send our hearts into dangerous tailspins of coldness. We are also besieged by a multitude of ways that our creativity warps our imaginings around self-centered wants and desires. Help us to discern these micro movements that can go from percolating possibilities to abject sins. Thank you for our guardian angels. May we listen intently to their guidance so that we may stay in the protective rays of Your Wisdom. Temptations are a part of our broken life but we are confident that You are always there to help us. Father for when we succumb to temptations, grant us Your Mercy. Jesus help us to persevere in the face of temptations. And Beautiful Spirit, infuse our hearts with a fierce and passionate Love that wants to honor God in all we think, say, intend, and do. “But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death. Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.”* AMEN
* Psalm 141: 8-9
Word/Image: Feed my lambs
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
John 21: 15
Father Curator of unseen Wonders, Jesus Shepherd of our Hearts, and Holy Spirit Treasure of Love entwined with infinite Joys, put us in the service of Your Glory. We are sorry for all the ways we deny You. Please do not let our fears betray our soul’s longing to bring our life into alignment with Your Word. Help us to grow from every betrayal. Lord, it is hard to always understand Your Ways. Why are we quick to forget all the times You have lavished us with an abundance of Your Love? We praise and thank you for the miracles of blessings moving in our lives. Make us instruments of Your Will. Show us how to pick up our brothers and sisters through acts of mercy and compassion. Be always on the lips of our mouths, in the intentions of our hearts, the swift movements of our actions, and in our prayers for the needs of others. Father, equip with every grace to serve You with bolder hearts and courageous spirits. Jesus, we love You and we promise to do our best to feed Your sheep. And Beautiful Spirit, feed us with the sweetness of Your Love and place in our hands the sword of Your Wisdom. “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.”* AMEN
* Psalm 95: 6-7
Word/Image: Remain in my love
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
John 15: 4
Father whose “coming Home” embrace sparks the hopes of our hearts, Jesus the Soul of Life that subsumes us, and Holy Spirit of Love that quenches our thirst, allow us to draw closer to You today. Lord, we know You are near. You promised to be with us always. Grant us the grace of compunction to reject anything that disrupts our relationship with You. We are Your branches. Let us bear every fruit You Will to bring forth. What do You want to accomplish with us and through us? Our actions are empty, even if they are good, if they are not, fruits of Your Sacred Heart and Imagination. Your fruits are lovely and delicious. With the Grace of Faith we know that if we remain in Your Love our lives will be ordered by Your Awesome Love. Thank you for making each day like a brand new symphony full of wondrous music. Father please water, fertilize, and prune the vines of our souls. Jesus magnify the radiance of Your Resurrection Light. And Beautiful Spirit transform the fruits of our lives into acts of Mercy in accordance with God’s Will that give Glory to Him. “Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.”* AMEN
* Psalm 80: 14-15
Word/Image: Rouse your power
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon,
spreading his clouds over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters
for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,
aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;
by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies became fair;
his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
Job 26: 7-14
4 He determines the number of the stars
and calls them each by name.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his understanding has no limit.
Psalm 147: 4-5
The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command.
Hebrews 1:13
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
Ephesians 3:20
Word/Image: Love one another
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.
John 15: 16-17
Father of Beauty and Majesty, Jesus the Living Sanctuary of our hearts, and Holy Spirit, Orchestrator of Love on Earth as it is in Heaven, sanctify us with Your Law. Thank you for creating us, giving us souls that reflect Your Glory, branding our hearts with Your Name, and lavishing us with Your Love. Nothing can exist apart from Your Perfect Love. We beseech You to draw us deeper and deeper into the mysteries of Your Sublime architecture of Life. Your Limitless Love begets fruitful expressions through our imperfect will and limited imagination. Lord, please teach us how to pray with every fiber and faculty of our being. Stretch the strings of our hearts. Transform them into heaven bound harps that when plucked by the Hand of Jesus and His Spirit of Wisdom, Mercy, and Compassion resound with melodious praise. Show us how to be blessings to our brothers and sisters. Father, strengthen us through Your Graces to be instruments of Your Love. Jesus increase our Trust in Your Ways. And Beautiful Spirit fill us with the Joys, Happiness, and Peace of Love ordering every moment of our lives. “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”* AMEN
* Psalm 143: 8
Word/Image: drink of one Spirit
Brothers and sisters:
As a body is one though it has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body,
so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,
and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12: 12-13
Father of All Differentiation and Unity, Jesus our Great Integrator, and Holy Spirit who binds all things together in Love, regale us with the Joys of heavenly purpose. Help us recognize the unique charisms and experiences You have given us. Grant us an eager, earnest heart that puts our gifts back into Your Hands. Weave us into Your tapestry of possibilities fueled by our precious differences. Let us do Your Will. Soften and dampen any of our selfish reactions of jealousy or insecurity that can prevent us from seeing the talents of others. We want to celebrate the contributions of our brothers and sisters as reflections of Your endless Glory. May we work together to actualize the Desires of Your Adorable Heart for the fruition of the greatest Good. Bless us with an ever growing capacity for discerning the right moment to come forward with our gifts as agencies of Your Living Grace. Father harvest the fruits of our Baptism. Jesus gather us together to drink from Your cup of salvation. And Beautiful Spirit fill us with the tender sweetness and sublime bliss of never ending Love. “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”* AMEN
* Colossians 3: 15
Word/Image: sincere faith
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3: 16-19
Father lavishing us with Your Wonders, “Jesus the Pioneer and Perfecter of Faith,”* and Holy Spirit the Fire of Love turning our faith into actions, fill us with praise and gratitude for all the riches you bestow on us. We beg you to increase our faith. Grant us hearts full of a sincere desire to grow in faith, hope, charity and love. Help us to see how “faith expressing itself through love”** brings us into Communion with You even while we are still here on earth. Please make Christ the Sovereign Lord of our souls. Let the radiance of Your Light shine through the temples of our hearts. Grant us the authority, through Your Great Name, to spread the blessings of Your Love. Tickle our sacred imaginations with the Glory and Majesty of Your Love that knows no end or bounds. Father, embrace us with Your Tenderness and Mystery. Jesus show us how to live with greater faith in Your perfect, obedient, selfless, sacrifice of Love. And Beautiful Spirit complete us with the Joy of living in Endless Love. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”*** AMEN
* Hebrews 12: 2
** Galatians 5: 6
*** Romans 15: 13
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