Jesus is the Word made Flesh.Jesus is the Bread of Life.Jesus is the Victim offered for our sins on the Cross.Jesus is the Sacrifice at Holy Mass for the sins of the world and mine.Jesus is the Life – to be loved.Jesus is the Joy – to be shared.Jesus is the Hungry – to be…

If Lord, Thy love for me is strongAs this which binds me unto thee,What holds me from thee Lord so long,What holds thee Lord so long from me?O soul, what then desirest thou?Lord I would see thee, who thus choose thee. What fears can yet assail thee now?All that I fear is but lose thee.Love’s…

Mine are the heavens and mine is the earth. Mine are the nations, the just are mine, and mine the sinners. The angels are mine, and the Mother of God, and all things are mine; and God himself is mine and for me, because Christ is mine and all for me. What do you ask,…

Dear Lord, help me to spread your fragrance wherever I go.Flood my soul with your spirit and life.Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterlythat all my life may only be a radiance of yours.Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact withmay feel your presence in my…

O Lord, show Your mercy to meand gladden my heart.I am like the man on the way to Jerichowho was overtaken by robbers,wounded and left for dead.O Good Samaritan, come to my aid.I am like the sheep that went astray.O Good Shepherd, seek me outand bring me home in accord with Your will.Let me dwell…

O my crucified God, behold me at Your feet; do not cast me out, now that I appear before You as a sinner. I have offended You exceedingly in the past, my Jesus, but it shall be so no longer. Before You, O Lord, I place all my sins; I have now considered Your own…

O God,…we thank Thee for Thy Church, founded upon Thy Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon Thee… Help us to realize that man was created to shine like the stars and…

O God, who art everywhere present, bless this our home, and help us to remember that Jesus is always our unseen guest, and so help us never in this place to do or to say anything which would make him sad to see.

Let no temptation fall upon us greater than your help in us; but be stronger in us than the temptation you send, or allow to come upon us.

Lord, You know better than I myselfthat I am growing older and will someday be old.Keep me from the fatal habit of thinkingI must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving tostraighten out everybody’s affairs.Make me thoughtful but not moody;helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom,it…