A CATHOLIC PRAYER

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  • raven81
    raven81 Member Posts: 142
    edited June 2004
    My Mom gave me this prayer to St. Peregrine, patron of those with cancer. I keep it on my nightstand, for those evenings when the fear is getting the better of me.

    Dear Saint Peregrine,

    I need your help, I feel so uncertain of my life right now. This serious illness makes me long for a sign of God's love. Help me to imitate your enduring faith as when you faced the ugliness of cancer. Allow me to trust our Savior the way you did in your hour of distress. I want to be cured. But right now I ask God for the strength to bear this cross. I seek the power to proclaim His presence in my life, despite the hardship, anguish, and fear I'm experiencing. O glorious Saint Peregrine, be an inspiration to me and a petitioner of these needed graces from our loving Heavenly Father. Amen
  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited June 2004

    Patti and Raven (Eileen) Thank you so much for the beautiful prayers.I can never get enough of them.I print them out and put them into my bible.And I send them to my Mom and Aunt's.Thanks for everything you all do..I appreciate it very much...........hugs and lol LuAnn

  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited June 2004
    Pat,Raven and Lu hugs back....Here is a prayer to St. Anne mother of Mary......I found this prayer this morning...I was thinking about our friend Ann and found this special prayer..I am praying that our friend Ann is comfortable and peaceful and not suffering....xoxo,Patti
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    Prayer to St. Anne
    To Saint Anne

    Prayer to St. Anne
    Glorious St. Anne, filled with compassion for those who invoke you and with love for those who suffer, heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take the present affair which I recommend to you under your special protection. Vouchsafe to recommend it to your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy issue. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. (Here ask for favor you wish to obtain.) Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day beholding my God face to face, and with You and Mary and all the saints, praising and blessing Him through all eternity. Amen.

    Good St. Anne, mother of her who is our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray to her for us and obtain our request. (Three times).

    My prayer is that our friend Ann is not suffering...I also pray for her dear family and ask that they find strength and comfort in each other...Compassionate ST. Anne mother of Mary please hear my prayer...xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited June 2004
    Novena Prayer

    Lord Jesus, your Sacred Heart is always open in love to each of us, and especially when we are suffering. To all who come to you seeking your help, you show your compassion and your healing power. You .care for us when we are lost, sympathize with us in loneliness and comfort us in mourning. You are closest to us when we are weakest. You reach out your hand to us when we stumble and have most need of your help. I ask you to listen to my prayer during this novena, and grant what I ask (make your request silently). But if what I ask is not for my own good and that of
    others, grant me always what is best, that I may build up your Kingdom of love in our world. Amen.
    xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited June 2004

    Bringing this to the top for Geech..

  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2004
    Dear Lord,
    Today was a very sad but uplifting day for me.
    Today my friend Duane was laid to rest and I know that you have your arms around him.
    Please Lord, look out for him and my friend Tink that has also joined you.Give them the comfort that they were seeking and the joy in their heart of having peace.It has been hard to see so many of my family and friends join you so quickly but I know that I must learn from this.They are at rest now and I must turn this sadness into joy.They have come home..
  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2004

    Dear Lord, I am so sorry that I did not know that there are 3 angels with you right now.PL may you also rest in peace and have the comfort that you so needed.So Duane, look out for the ladies up there.You know how you are with the ladies, their names are PL and Tink.Take good care of each other.You all have made it home..

  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2004
    Dear Lord..
    Please watch over all the BC.ORG women this Holiday weekend.Please relieve the pains and suffering.Give these women the peace and joy they so much look for and need.Let this be a happy time for family and friends to join together.Thank you Jesus.

    I hope you all have a safe and wonderful 4th of July.......
    hugs and lol LuAnn
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited July 2004

    Amen..Thanks Lu have a wonderful 4th..Off the boards for a few days..Enjoy ladies..xoxo,Patti

  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited July 2004
    O Christ Jesus,
    when all is darkness
    and we feel our weakness and helplessness,
    give us the sense of Your presence,
    Your love, and Your strength.
    Help us to have perfect trust
    in Your protecting love
    and strengthening power,
    so that nothing may frighten or worry us,
    for, living close to You,
    we shall see Your hand,
    Your purpose, Your will through all things.

    St. Ignatius of Loyola
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    xoxo,Patti
  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited August 2004
    May today there be peace within.
    May you trust your highest power that
    you are exactly where you were ment to be.
    May you not forget the infinite possebilities
    that are born of faith.May you use those gifts
    that you have received and pass on the love that
    has been given to you.
    May you be content knowing you are a child
    of God.Let this pressence settle into our
    bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing,
    praise and love.
    It is there for each and everyone of you.
    Amen
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited August 2004
    Prayer by Thomas Aquinas
    Give us, O Lord,
    steadfast hearts, which no unworthy thought can drag downwards;

    unconquered hearts, which no tribulation can wear out,

    upright hearts, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside.

    Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God,

    understanding to know Thee,

    diligence to seek Thee,

    wisdom to find Thee,

    and a faithfulness that may finally embrace Thee.
  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited September 2004
    Bringing this to the top...
    this is for you Veronica....
    prayers to you...
    lol
    LuAnn
  • veronica6963
    veronica6963 Member Posts: 1
    edited September 2004
    LuAnn,
    Thank you so much for your prayer, May God continue to strenghten us and show us His way as we fight together. Amen
    Love, Veronica
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    When asked how she still appears young despite her difficult lifestyle, Mother Teresa replied, "Sometimes a good feeling from inside is worth much more than a beautician."



    ""DO IT ANYWAY !""--By Mother Teresa



    People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;

    Forgive them anyway.



    If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

    Be kind anyway.



    If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;

    Succeed anyway.



    If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

    Be honest and frank anyway.



    What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

    Build anyway.



    If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

    Be happy anyway.



    The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

    Do good anyway.



    Give the world your best and it may never be enough;

    Give the world your best anyway.



    You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;

    It was never between you and them anyway
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    " Ô my mother, in your heart

    I placed all my anguish of my heart

    and it is there that I gain strength and

    courage."

    Sainte Bernadette Personal Notebookp.28

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    PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES



    Mary, you showed yourself to Bernadette

    in the crevice of the rock.

    In the cold and grey of winter,

    you brought the warmth, light and beauty

    of your presence,

    In the often obscure depths of our lives,

    in the depth of the world where evil is so powerful,

    bring hope,

    return our confidence!



    You are the Immaculate Conception,

    come to our aid, sinners that we are.

    Give us the humility to have a change of heart,

    the courage to do penance.

    Teach us to pray for all people.



    Guide us to the source of true life.

    Make us pilgrims going forward with your Church,

    whet our appetite for the Eucharist,

    the bread for the journey, the bread of life.



    The Spirit brought about wonders in you, O Mary :

    by his power, he has placed you near the Father,

    in the glory of your eternal Son.

    Look with kindness

    on our miserable bodies and hearts.

    Shine forth for us, like a gentle light,

    at the hour of our death.



    Together with Bernadette, we pray to you, O Mary,

    as your poor children.

    May we enter, like her, into the spirit of the Beatitudes.

    Then, we will be able, here below,

    begin to know the joy of the Kingdom of Heaven

    and sing together with you :

    Magnificent !



    Glory to you, Virgin Mary,

    blessed servant of the Lord,

    Mother of God,

    dwelling place of the Holy Spirit!



    Amen.



    xoxo,Patti





















  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    Angel of God
    Angel of God,my Guardian dear,
    to whom His love commits me here,
    ever this day (or night) be at my side,
    to light and guard, to rule and guide.
    Amen.
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    xoxo,Patti
  • Fighter_Lu
    Fighter_Lu Member Posts: 78
    edited November 2004
    Patti..this is the prayer that my grandmother used to make us say before we went to bed at night.That was 40 years ago and I never forgot that prayer...thanks
    LuAnn
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    Lu welcome Home...We missed you...Glad I made you think of your granny..xoxo,Patti

    O Lord, grant me to greet the coming day in peace, help me in all things to rely upon your holy will. In every hour of the day reveal your will to me. Bless my dealings with all who surround me. Teach me to treat all that comes to throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm conviction that your will governs all. In all my deeds and words, guide my thoughts and feelings. In unforeseen events, let me not forget that all are sent by you. Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others. Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. Direct my will, teach me to pray. And you, yourself, pray in me. Amen.


    St. Philaret of Moscow
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    When I was hungry, you gave me food.
    When I was thirsty you gave me drink.
    Whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to Me.
    When I was a stranger, you opened your doors.
    When I was naked, you gave me clothes.
    When I was tired, you gave me peace.
    When I was frightened, you calmed me down.
    When I was lonely, you gave me your love.
    When I was sick or wounded, you took care of me.
    Looking for friendship, you gave me your hand.
    When I was old, you smiled at me.
    When I couldn't find peace, you brought it to me.
    You were on my side in times of despair, and in the hour of joy, we were together. Amen

    THE SIMPLE PATH

    The fruit of silence is PRAYER.

    The fruit of prayer is FAITH.

    The fruit of faith is LOVE.

    The fruit of love is SERVICE.

    The fruit of service is PEACE.

    Sending prayers


    Thank you for this day Lord......xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.”
    Paul McCartney

    Mother Mary mother of the universe we pray...

    Holy Mary,
    help those in need,
    give strength to the weak,
    comfort the sorrowful,
    pray for God's people,
    assist the clergy,
    intercede for religious.

    Mary all who seek your help
    experience your unfailing protection.
    Amen.

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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    God looked at everything He had made, and He found it very good." – Genesis 1: 31----Praying that we find good in everything that we encounter today...Patti

    Jesus told his disciples..."pray and never give up." (Luke 18) Praying for faith today...xoxo,Patti

    Prayer to St. Dymphna - Faith
    Dear St. Dymphna, you gave us an example in your own life of firm faith. Neither flattery, earthly rewards nor the threat of death caused you to waver in your fidelity to God. Please help us then, amid the uncertainties of life, to imitate your wholehearted dedication to Christ. Be good enough to come to our aid in our need, and pray for us to God. Amen
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    “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.”
    Paul McCartney

    Mother Mary mother of the universe we pray to you for courage,faith and hope...xoxo,Patti

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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    A Prayer to St. Peregrine for Sick Relatives and Friends

    O great St. Peregrine, you have been called "The Mighty", "The Wonder Worker" because
    of the numerous miracles which you obtained from God for those who have turned to you in
    their need. For so many years, you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys
    the very fiber of our being.

    You turned to God when the power of human beings could do no more, and you were favored
    with the vision of Jesus coming down from His cross to heal your affliction. I now ask God to
    heal these sick persons whom I entrust to you:

    (here mention their names)

    Aided by your powerful intercession, I shall sing with Mary a hymn of gratitude
    to God for His great goodness and mercy. Amen.

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    A Prayer to St. Peregrine for One Suffering from Cancer

    Dear St. Peregrine, I need your help. I feel so uncertain of my life right now.
    This serious illness makes me long for a sign of God's love.
    Help me to imitate your enduring faith when you faced the ugliness of cancer and surgery.
    Allow me to trust the Lord the way you did in this moment of distress.

    I want to be cured, but right now I ask God for the strength to bear the cross in my life.
    I seek the power to proclaim God's presence in my life despite the hardship,
    anguish and fear I now experience.

    O Glorious St. Peregrine, be an inspiration to me and petitioner of those needed
    graces from our loving Father. Amen.


    xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited November 2004
    Prayer to Padre Pio

    Padre Pio the saint of the sick, who God gave the power to perform miracles to those people who need healing in their body, in their mind and in their spirit. A beloved priest who suffered for a long time of his wounds and yet the love in God did'nt live him. Here I am, I come to thee my beloved priest and I beseech thee to intercede for me to our Lord Jesus Christ, to grant my prayers and to help me to love God more and feel his presence in my everyday of life. image



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



    You know how easily I abandon You.



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



    Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life, and without You, I am without fervor.



    Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light, and without You, I am in darkness.



    Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.



    Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.



    Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much, and always be in Your company.



    Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.



    Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.



    Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes; death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!



    Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all it’s dangers. I need You.



    Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.



    Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You, if not by communion, at least by grace and love.



    Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it, but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!



    Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.



    With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen



    Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pio of Pietrelcina



    Dear God, You generously blessed Your servant, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, with the gifts of the Spirit. You marked his body with the five wounds of Christ Crucified, as a powerful witness to the saving Passion and Death of Your Son. Endowed with the gift of discernment, St. Pio labored endlessly in the confessional for the salvation of souls. With reverence and intense devotion in the celebration of Mass, he invited countless men and women to a greater union with Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.



    Through the intercession of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, I confidently beseech You to grant me the grace of (here state your petition). Amen.



    Glory be to the Father... (three times).



    Efficacious Novena To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

    (This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked his prayers)



    O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.’ Behold, I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of...



    Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.



    II. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.’ Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of...



    Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.



    III. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.’ Encouraged by Your infallible words, I now ask for the grace of...



    Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.



    O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us poor sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate heart of Mary, Your tender mother and ours.



    Hail, Holy Queen... St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for

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    xoxo,Patti



    There are moments when one cannot weep, nor speak, nor pray, -- only be quiet before God.

    — The Slaveholder's Daughter (1900) by Belle Kearney (1863-1939), American writer, educator, lecturer
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited December 2004
    Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace - Saint Francis of Assisi

    Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
    Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
    where there is injury, pardon;
    where there is doubt, faith;
    where there is despair, hope;
    where there is darkness, light;
    where there is sadness, joy.

    O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so
    much seek to be consoled as to console;
    to be understood as to understand;
    to be loved as to love;
    For it is in giving that we receive;
    it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
    it is in dying that we are born again to
    eternal life.

    "Fear not, for I am with You; Be not dismayed, for I am Your God. I will strengthen You, Yes, I will help You, I will uphold You with My LOVING ARMS.."
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    Hugs and prayers...xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited December 2004

    ST.Francis Xavier's Prayer...Feast of ST. Francis Xavier 12-3-04
    Lord, help me to be a peacemaker.
    When people don't show respect,
    help me to show them your love.
    When people are hurt by others actions,
    help me to show them your forgiveness.
    When people don't trust in you,
    help me to show them that you are always there.
    When people are made to feel lost and alone,
    help me to brighten their day.
    When the world is dark,
    help me to be your light.
    When people are sad and lonely,
    help me to bring joy into their lives.

    Jesus, please help me to look after others,
    to understand how they feel, to love them like you love me.
    Help me to be generous to others with my time and talents.
    Teach me to forgive without counting the costs.

    Amen

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    Hugs.........xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited December 2004
    Our Father

    Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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    xoxoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited December 2004
    12-6-04 Feast of St. Nicholas
    God, Our Father, We pray that through the intercession of St. Nicholas you will protect our children. Keep them safe from harm and help them grow and become worthy of Your sight.

    Give them strength to keep their Faith in You, and to keep alive their joy in Your creation. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

    Amen.

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    xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited December 2004
    Feast of Immaculate conception 12-8-04
    Father, you prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy mother of your Son. You let her share beforehand in the salvation Christ would bring by his death, and kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception. Help us by her prayers to live in your presence without sin. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

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    HAIL MARY
    Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
    Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
    Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

    We turn to you for protection, holy Mother of God.
    Listen to our prayers and help us in our needs, glorious and blessed Virgin!

    xoxo,Patti
  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited December 2004
    "Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. The rest will be given."
    ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

    Lucy as a patron saint of the blind and those with eye-trouble.

    Prayer:
    Saint Lucy, you did not hide your light under a basket, but let it shine for the whole world, for all the centuries to see. We may not suffer torture in our lives the way you did, but we are still called to let the light of our Christianity illumine our daily lives. Please help us to have the courage to bring our Christianity into our work, our recreation, our relationships, our conversation -- every corner of our day. Amen

    Prayer to St. Lucy

    Feast Day: December 13

    Relying on Your goodness, O God, we humbly ask you, by the intercession of your servant, Saint Lucy, to give perfect vision to our eyes, that we may serve for your greater honor and glory. And we pray for the salvation of our souls in this world, that we may come to the enjoyment of the unfailing light of the Lamb of God in heaven.

    St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, hear our prayers and answer our petitions.

    Amen.

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