01. PRAYER TO BEGIN THE DAY

As Morning breaks I think of you, O Lord, and my desire is to serve You joyfully. With gladness, I consecrate this day to Your Sacred Heart, and offer whatever joys and sacrifices may come my way. Thank You for the graces You will send - all the love, all the beauty, and the ways You will answer my prayers.

Today, may I love my enemies, and treat others as I would ask to be treated; may I forgive seventy-times-seven and show mercy; may I welcome the prodigal, have compasion for the Samaritan; be a peace-maker and love my neighbor unconditionally. Take all my heart, and mind and strength, O Lord, that this day may be truly lived for Your greater honor and glory and for the salvation of souls. Amen.



02. MORNING OFFERING
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You all my prayers, works, and sufferings of this day. For all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart. In union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. In reparation for all my sins. For the intentions of all our associates, and, in particular, for the intention of our Holy Father for this month. Amen.



03. THE HAIL MARY
Hail, Mary! Full of grace,
The Lord is with thee;
Blessed are thou among women,
And blessed of the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.



04. MY DAILY PRAYER
O my God, I place my trust and confidence in You, Who will reward the good and punish the wicked. I believe in You and accept everything You have taught and revealed.

I believe that in one God there are three Divine Persons- God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

I believe that God became Man without ceasing to be God. He is Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, the Redeemer of human race. He died on the cross for my salvation and eternal happiness.

O my God, give me a strong faith. Help me to believe with lively faith.

O my God, all-good and all merciful, I sincerely hope to be saved. Help me to do all that is necessary to gaain eternal salvation.

I have committed many sins in my life, but now I turn away from them. I am sorry, truly sorry, for all of them, because I have offended You, my God, Who are all-good, all-perfect, all-holy and all-merciful.

I love You, O my God, with all my heart. Please forgive me for having offended You. I promise that, with Your help, I will never offend You again.

My God, have mercy on me. Amen.



05. MERCIFUL FATHER
Infinitely merciful Father, I offer You by the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary with St. Joseph, the nine choirs of Angels and all the Saints, the adorations, praises, love and infinite holiness of Your beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, His heart wounded and burning with love, all His blood shed for us, all His sacred wounds and in them my life and sufferings af all people, for my salvation and for the salvation of the whole world, the deliverance of all souls from Purgatory and the praise of Your merciful Father, I offer You the wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ for those in agony today. Amen.



06. THANKSGIVING FOR MARY, OUR MOTHER
O Jesus, Divine Master, I thank and bless Your most merciful Heart for having given us Mary most holy as our Mother, Teacher and Queen. From the cross You placed us all in her hands. You gave her a great heart, much wisdom and immense power. May all mankind know her, pray for her! May all permit themselves to be led by her to You, the Savior of mankind! I placed myself in her hands, as You placed Yourself. With this Mother I want to live now, in the hour of my death, and for all eternity. Amen.



07. PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH
O most powerful Patriarch, Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church which has always invoked you in anxieties and tribulations; from the lofty seat of your glory lovingly regard the Catholic world. Let it move your paternal heart to see the Mystical Spouse of Christ and His Vicar weakened by sorrow and persecuted by powerful enemies.

We bessech you, by the most bitter suffering you experienced on earth, to wipe away in mercy the tears of the revered Pontiff, to defend and liberate him, and to intercede with the Giver of peace and charity, that every hostile power being overcome and every error being destroyed, the whole Church may serve the God of all blessings in perfect liberty. Amen.



08. PRAYER TO THE INFANT OF PRAGUE
O Divine Child of Prague, and still the great omnipotent God, I implore through thy Most Holy Mother's most powerful intercession and through the boundless mercy of Thy omnipotence as God, for a favorable answer to the intention I so earnestly ask.

O Divine Child of Prague, hear my prayer and grant my petition. Amen.



09. HIS LOVE AND MERCY
Be merciful to us, O my God, and reject not our prayers, when amid our afflictions, we call on Your Name and seek with love and confidence Your adorable Face. Amen.



10. AN EVENING PRAYER
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of mercy, pray for me that I may be preserved this night all evil, whether of body or soul. Dear St. Joseph, all the saints and angels, and especially you, my guardian angel and my chosen patron, watch over me. I commend myself to your protection now and always. Amen.


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