My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You were already there, I embrace You and unite myself wholly to You; permit…

The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with…

Thank you, dear Jesus,for all you have given me,for all you have taken away from me,for all you have left me.

O My God! Source of all mercy! I acknowledge Your sovereign power. While recalling the wasted years that are past, I believe that You, Lord, can in an instant turn this loss to gain. Miserable as I am, yet I firmly believe that You can do all things. Please restore to me the time lost,…

With all my heart I seek You; let me not stray from Your commands…Open my eyes, that I may considerthe wonders of Your law. I am a wayfarer of earth;hide not Your commands from me…Make me understand the way of Your precepts,and I will meditate on Your wondrous deeds…Your compassion is great, O Lord… O…

O Lord,we ask for a boundless confidenceand trust in Your divine mercy,and the courage to acceptthe crosses and sufferingswhich bring immense goodnessto our souls and that of Your Church. Help us to love Youwith a pure and contrite heart,and to humble ourselves beneath Your cross,as we climb the mountain of holiness,carrying our cross that leads…

Almighty Father,you endowed John of the Crosswith a spirit of self-denialand a love of the Cross. By following his example,may we come to the eternal vision of your glory.We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your perpetual help. If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children, how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me? Grant then to me, I implore you, your perpetual help in all my necessities, in…

O Lord Jesus Christ, when you were about to suffer, you prayed for your disciples that they might all be one, as you are in the Father and the Father in you. Look down in pity on the many divisions among those who profess your faith. Heal the wounds which the pride of man and…

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…