Category Archives: Prayers

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Prayers, Vocation

Prayer for Vocations

Father we ask You to call from our midst
servants of the Gospel and Eucharist 
who will praise You and serve Your people well.

Inspire those whom You call to respond
with commitment and generosity.

Give us the wisdom to recognize those called to the priesthood and to encourage them in their vocation. 

Strengthen our seminarians; fill them with knowledge and love.

Bless the work of our priests and Bishopo that they may perservere in making Your Word present among us. May a vigorous priestly ministry in this Diocese lead us all to greater charity, to greater service, to constant praise of You. 

We make this prayer through Your Christ with Whom we worship You in the Holy Spirit forever and ever.

Amen

Holy Spirit, Mercy, Prayers

Prayer for Our Nation

God our Father, Give of life,
we entrust the United States of America to Your loving care.

You are the rock on which this nation was founded.
You alone are the true source of our cherished rights to live,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Reclaim this land for Your glory and dwell among Your people.

Send Your Holy Spirit to touch the hearts of our nation’s leaders.
Open their minds to the great worth of human life
and the responsibilities that accompany human freedom.

Remind Your people that true happiness
is rooted in seeking and doing Your will.

Through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, Patroness of our land, grant us the courage to reject the “culture of death.”

Lead us into a new millennium of life.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord.

Amen

A beautiful prayer found at St. John Neumann Church, Berlin, MD.

Deliverance, Prayers, Protection, Spiritual Warfare

Saint Patrick’s Lorica for Protection

SAINT PATRICK’S LORICA FOR PROTECTION
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In the predictions of prophets,
In the preaching of apostles,
In the faith of confessors,
In the innocence of holy virgins,
In the deeds of righteous men.

I arise today, through
The strength of heaven,
The light of the sun,
The radiance of the moon,
The splendor of fire,
The speed of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of the sea,
The stability of the earth,
The firmness of rock.

I arise today, through
God’s strength to pilot me,
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptation of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
afar and near.

I summon today
All these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel and merciless power
that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul;
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me an abundance of reward.

Christ 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 when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.