Lord Jesus, You said, "I have come to set the captives free." We are captive and need your healing touch. Free us, Lord, from our addictions, so that we will be:
...free from the cares and worries that stifle our happiness;
...free from sins that cling to us, and to which we cling;
...free from all compulsive behavior that prevents us from becoming what you, Lord, have planned for us. Bring us, loving Savior, to the experience of abundant life which you promised. Amen.
82. SERENITY PRAYER
O God, grant me to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the diffrence. Amen.
83. PRAYER OF SPOUSES FOR EACH OTHER
Lord Jesus, grant that my spouse and I may have a true and understanding love for each other. Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust. Give us the grace to live with each other in peace and harmony. May we always bear with one another's weakness and grow from each other's failings and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness and the spirit of placing the well-being of one another ahead of itself.
May the love that brought us together grow and mature with each passing year. Bring us both ever closer to You through our love for each other. Let our love grow to perfection. Amen.
84. PRAYER OF ST. TERESA OF AVILA
Let nothing disturb you,
Nothing frighten you.
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patient endurance
attains all things.
Whoever possesses God
lacks nothing-
God alone is sufficient.
85. PRAYER OF ST. PATRICK
Christ be with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ where I lie,
Christ where I arise,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me,
In the name of
86. REFLECTION ON PRAYER
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve;
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health that, I might do great things;
I was given sickness, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy;
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power to have the praise of others;
I was given weakness, to feel the need for God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life;
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
I receive nothing I asked for - but everything I hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayer was answered;
I am, among all people, most richly blessed.
87. PRAYER OF ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA
Lord Jesus, teach me to be generous,
to serve You as You deserve:
to give without counting the cost,
to fight needless of the wounds,
to work and not seek for rest,
to toil and not seek for reward,
save the reward of knowing I am doing Your will. Amen.
88. PRAYER OF ABANDONEMENT
Father, I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me whatever You will.
Wghatever You may do, I thank You.
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O lord.
Into Your hands I commend my spirit;
I offer it to You, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and with boundless confidence,
For You are my Father. Amen.
89. PRAYER OF AFFIRMATION
I am loved by God;
I am made by God;
I am forgiven by God;
I am accepted by God unconditionally;
I am a child of God;
I am sustained by God;
I am important to God;
I am used by God;
I am enabled by God;
I am destined for God. Amen.
90. PRAYER OF ST. JOHN NEUMANN
O Jesus, who on earth commanded and practiced a hidden life, grant that in these our days of pride and outward display the example of your servant John Neumann may lead us to follow your humble ways. Grant, O Lord, that like your holy bishop we may do all our works with the pure intention of pleasing You, and let not our deeds be done to win the favor of others but to give glory to our Father in heaven.
WE thank you that our fellow citizen and devoted missionary bishop is recognized among the saints of Your Church in Heaven, and we beseech You, O Lord, to glorify him on earth by granting the favors we ask through his intercession. Amen.