his page has been created for those who are in need of spiritual help be it for Healing, Hope, searching for answers to difficult questions or just getting through the difficult times . May these collection of prayers help you in your hour of need.
More will be added as I find or write them…..
Prayer for Healing from Stress and Anxiety
Jesus, please help me deal with stress in my life. People are willing to help me, but I am confused and don’t know what to do. Help me to let go of what is unimportant. Provide me with moments of solitude to relax and refresh my body, mind, and soul. I get tired, anxious, and stressed. Jesus, rescue me. Help me to slow down and take one day at a time. I have become a lamb lost in the brambles of life. Hold me in Your loving arms. Restore me to peace and hope.
Amen
Prayer To St. Peregrine For Healing of The Sick
O grest St. Peregrine, you have been called “The Mighty” ” The Wonder-Worker,” because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fibre of our being, and had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from his Cross to heal your affliction. Ask God and Our Lady the cure of the sick for whom we entrust to you. (Pause here and silently recall the names of the sick for whom you are praying.)
Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now and for all eternity, a song of gratitude for his great goodness and mercy.
Amen.
Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
Prayer To Cope With Worry
Jesus, You know I am a worrier. I don’t want to be. I believe God, our Father, will take care of me, but sometimes I question the strength of my faith. Many times, I give my worries to You, and then take them back. Hlep me to take control of those worries I can do something about and let go of the worries that are out of my hands. I fret about many thing, yet from experience, I know that You take care of my needs. No matter what happens, I can count on You to be by my side. Still at times I am weak, questioning my own abilities, and before I know it, again I am worrying. You are my hope, Jesus and I trust You. Heal me of this weakness, Jesus. Give me peace of mind. Help me direct my energy to action, not worry.
Amen.
Prayer For Those Grieving the Death Of A Loved One
Lord, Iam hurting. Everywhere I turn, I find memories of (name of loved one), who died of _______. I long to hear that voice again. I am lonely and at times find myself asking, how can I go on? Help me to find joy and meaning in my life again.
I know, Lord that (name) is with You in eternal life and that we will someday be reunited. But right now, I ask You to heal the hurt caused by his/her death. Jesus, come to me and dry my tears.
Take away my pain. Let my memories bring me sweetness and love, not sorrow and tears. Give me smiles and laughter. Help me to participate in life again.
I believe, Jesus, that You will bring me hope. Help me to see You in friends and family members who are reaching out to me. Help me hear Your voice in their words. Helo me to say “Yes” to You.
Amen.
Prayer For Deeper Faith
In this time of difficulty, increase my faith in You, my God. I believe in You and in all your promises. Yet it can be difficult at times to see Your way. Sometimes I drift away from You. But then Iam reminded of Your gifts to me, especially the gift of life. Strenghten my faith, God, so that I may recognize the fullness in all You give me. Help me choose You and to stand steadfast in my belief in You. In accepting Your love I can find true comfort.
Amen.
Prayer For A Loved One With Cancer
Jesus, come and lay Your healing hands upon (name), who is suffering with cancer. I ask also, Jesus, that You shower your compassion on all of us who love him/her. We share with (name) much anger,fear,frustration, and worry. This cancer that has invaded our lives has the power to damage, destroy, our relationships. Inspired by Your love, however we can use this situation to strenghten the bonds among us. Give us the strength to be compassionate and loving with one another. Enable us to walk together hand-in-hand with (name), supporting each other as we do battle with this disease and the suffering it brings not only to the one afflicted but to all who love him/her.
Amen.
Rosary Confraternity Prayer
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary and Mother of us all, we come to you for help in our sorrows, trials and necessities. Sin leaves us weak and helpless but Divine Grace heals and strengthens.
We ask for the grace to love Jesus as you loved Him, to believe as you believed, to hope as you hoped; we ask to share your purity of mind and heart. Give us true sorrow for sin and make us love people as you and Jesus loved them. Obtain for us the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we may be wise with your wisdom, understand with your understanding, know with your knowledge, prudent with your prudence, patient with your patience, courageous with your fortitude and desire justice ardently for everyone with the all consuming desire of the Sacred Heart of Jesus your Son.
Open our minds that as we pray the Rosary we will understand the teachings of the Gospel contained in its mysteries.
We pray especially for the members of the Rosary Confraternity whom we love. Help them wherever they may be; guide them, watch over them and make them strong in their trials and suffering. We are drawn together by a common bond of great charity for you and for each other; keep us faithful to your Son and to your Rosary till death.
Intercede for the souls in Purgatory, especially for the members of the Rosary Confraternity who have died. May they rest in peace. Finally we ask for grace of final perseverance for ourselves and for our loved ones that we may all be reunited in heaven forever.
Saint Dominic, you who received so much Grace and Strength from the Rosary, Pray for Us.
Imprimi Potest:
Thomas P. Raftery O.P., Lect. S.Th., J.C.D.
Provincial
Nihil Obstat:
+ Paul E. Waldschmidt CSC, D.D., S.T.D.
Imprimatur:
+ Cornelius M. Power, D.D., J.C.D.
Archbishop of Portland
Would You Like To Join The Confraternity of The Most Holy Rosary?
The Rosary Confraternity is a spiritual association (of the Catholic Church), the members of which strive to pray the entire Rosary during the course of each week. They form a union of countless hundreds of thousands of the faithful throughout the world who, along with their own intentions, include the intentions and needs of all its members, while they in turn pray for them.
Since the Holy Father has recently added the five luminous mysteries, we encourage members of the Confraternity to include that extra weekly Rosary. However, we have as yet received no official statement regarding this matter. Those who recite only the fifteen traditional mysteries will continue to share in the benefits of the Confraternity until some official source declares the contrary.
As Pope Leo XIII said in his encyclical on the Confraternity, “whenever a person fulfills his obligation of reciting the Rosary according to the rule of the Confraternity, he includes in his intentions all its members, and they in turn render him the same service many times over.”
Each member includes deceased fellow members as well; and thus he knows that in turn he will be included in the prayers of hundreds of thousands both now and hereafter. This led the Cure of Ars to say: “If anyone has the happiness of being in the Confraternity of the Rosary, he has in all corners of the world brothers and sisters who pray for him.” The deceased cannot be enrolled in the Confraternity.
Read the obligations, benefits, indulgences, and Fifteen Promises of the Blessed Virgin to Christians who faithfully pray the Rosary. There is also a Rosary Confraternity Prayer.
Those who pray the Rosary regularly would do well to be enrolled in the Confraternity to gain extra spiritual benefits for each Rosary they pray.
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Sacrament Of Reconciliation For Kids
By Julian & Frances
Introduction
Once, a boy stole some money from his father’s wallet, so that he could buy some chocolates which he loved eating. However after he bought them, he found he could not really enjoy them because he knew what he did was wrong. Over the next few days he was burdened with a heavy heart and was unhappy. He decided it was time to confess what he did to his father and that he would also make amends by offering to pay for the chocolates with his pocket money. He promised his father that he would never steal again and asked for an appropriate punishment. He expected his father to be angry but instead found him calm and even smiling. Because the son was totally honest with his confession combined with the promise of never to commit the sin again is the purest form of repentance. The confession restored his father’s faith in him and so hugged him with great affection. The son unburdened his conscience with his confession and by doing so reconciled with his father.
When we sin, we go against the commandments of God and alienate (turn away) ourselves from him. In the Sacrament of Reconciliation we reorientate ourselves and reunite ( together again)with God.
Let us now talk a little about sin and God’s commandments …
What is Sin?
Sin is the conscious act or deed we do against the teachings of the Church and God our heavenly father.
What are God’s Commandments?
Before we go into the commandments proper we should try to understand first what the commandments are all about.
One way of understanding the commandments is to think of the rules of a game. What happens when we break the rules? People get upset because no one plays the game correctly, we end up losing the joy and happiness the game would have brought us otherwise.
Another way to look at it is to think of the commandments as signposts from God, giving us direction to our destination to be with him. If we do not follow the signs, we start to lose our way and become bitter and sad when we cannot find our way back to him.
The Ten Commandments for Younger Kids
Ten Commmandments for Kids
(Exodus 20:1-17)
1. Have no other gods but God.
- Do not worship statues.
- Be careful with God’s name.
- Keep Sunday special.
- Honor your father and mother.
- Do not murder.
- Keep your marriage promises.
- Do not steal.
- Do not lie.
10. Do not covet. (To wish for longingly)
The Ten Commandments for Older Kids
The Ten Commandments
Exodus Chapter 20
Preface:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother
6. You shall not murder.
7.You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
10. You shall not covet
Mat 22:37-40 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
Is to reflect and find out your sins…
Here is an examination of conscience for children using the Lord’s Prayer as a guideline.
An Examination of Conscience for Children using The Lord’s Prayer.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name.
· Do I think about God every day?
· Do I say my prayers?
· Do I pay attention and participate at Mass?
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven.
· Am I kind to others?
· Do I do what Jesus wants me to do?
· Do I share with others?
· Am I helpful to my family?
· Do I show respect to my teachers and classmates?
Give us this day our daily bread
· Do I remember to say thank you?
· Am I sometimes greedy?
· Do I appreciate the good things I have in my life?
· Do I think of ways to help those who have no food?
· Do I take things that don’t belong to me?
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
· Do I say I’m sorry when I have been wrong?
· Do I forgive and forget when someone does something bad to me?
· Do I help solve problems between my friends or do I cause more trouble?
· Do I say bad things about people who have hurt me?
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
· Do I play fairly in sports and games?
· Do I cheat in school?
· Do I tell the truth?
· Do I set a good example by my kindness?
· Do I let other kids tempt me to do things I know I shouldn’t do?
Here is another way to examine your conscience by reflecting on your responsibilities.
Responsibilities to God:
Have I prayed every day?
Have I prayed my morning prayers and night prayers?
Have I prayed with my parents and family?
Have I been moody and rebellious about praying and going to
church on Sunday?
Have I asked the Holy Spirit to help me whenever I have been
tempted to sin? Have I asked the Holy Spirit to help me do
what is right?
Responsibilities to others:
Have I been obedient and respectful to my parents?
Have I lied or been deceitful to them or to others?
Have I been arrogant, stubborn or rebellious?
Have I talked back to parents, teachers or other adults?
Have I pouted and been moody?
Have I been selfish toward my parents, brothers,sisters and teachers, or my friends and schoolmates?
Have I gotten angry at them? Have I hit anyone?
Have I held grudges or not forgiven others?
Have I treated other children with respect or have I made fun of them and called them names?
Have I used bad language?
Have I stolen anything? Have I returned it?
Have I performed my responsibilities, such as homework and household chores?
Have I been helpful and affectionate toward my family? Have
I been kind and generous with my friends?
So What is the Sacrament of Reconciliation?
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is the process or steps we take in order to reunite ourselves with God. In essence it is:
“The invitation to the door of forgiveness, freedom of sin and of guilt and with that; Peace”
Before we open the door we prepare ourselves by reflection or examining our conscience and think about what we are going to do to stop doing the wrong doings. When we are ready, we open the door to face and talk to God through his disciple (the priest). We confess (in all honesty) our sins and tell him what we will do to make amends and how truly sorry we are by saying the act of contrition. When we are done we are given absolution (forgiveness) through the power of the Holy Spirit and are reunited with God.
Below is an illustration (picture)
A Step By Step Guide To Making Your Confession Through The Sacrament Of Reconciliation
· Prepare yourself by reflecting on your sins and what you are going to do to try and stop repeating the sin. Only when you are ready, do you proceed to the Confessional.
- Kneel, make the sign of the cross and say, “Bless me Father for I have sinned.”
- Tell the father how long it has been since you last confessed. Egs.” It has been 1 month since my last confession.” If it is your first time then just say “this is my first confession.”
- Tell the father your sins and how you have hurt God your loving father and when you have finished say “For these and all my sins, I am truly sorry.” Then tell the father how you are going to repent. (so as not to commit the sin again) egs. I will reflect on how Jesus died on the cross for me each time I am tempted to use bad words.
- Listen to the Father if he has any advice for you, after which he will give you absolution.
- Say the Act of Contrition.
- Listen to the words of the Father as he gives you absolution.
- Thank the Father out of politeness and respect and you might even say “Bless you Father”
- Go quietly
The Act Of Contrition (How Sorry You Are For Your Sins)
Here are a few different ones to choose from, only choose one to say. If you know how to and want to, you can say your own.
· Oh my God, I am so sorry that I have sinned against you. Because You are so good and with the help of your grace, I will not sin again.
· God our Father, I thank You for loving me. I am sorry for all my sins, for what I have done and for what I have failed to do. I will sincerely try to love You and others in everything I do and say. Help me walk in your light today and always.
· Father , I have sinned against you and am not worthy to be called your son/daughter. Be merciful to me, a sinner.
· Lord God, in your goodness have mercy on me, do not look on my sins but take away all my guilt. Create in me a clean heart and renew within me an upright spirit.
· O my God, I am heartily sorry for all my sins, because they offend You, who are infinitely good, and I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace not to sin again.
· Lord Jesus Christ, You are the Lamb of God; You take away the sins of the world. Through the grace of the Holy Spirit restore me to friendship with Your Father, cleanse me from every stain of sin in the blood you shed for me, for the glory of your name.
· Lord Jesus, You chose to be called the friend of sinners. By your saving death and resurrection free me from my sins. May your peace take root in my heart and bring forth a harvest of love.
AMEN.
