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Most Holy Mother of God and our Mother, we approach you with great confidence and trust, mindful that you are called Omnipotent by Grace. We come to venerate you under the title of Our Lady of Ossining. Your beautiful image in the Church of St. Augustine recalls for us your willingness to give to the world your Divine Son. You hold the Infant Jesus in such a way that He joyfully extends His arms, ready, in His infinite mercy, to embrace each one of us and to embrace the whole world.
To Our Lady of Ossining
In time of trial and tribulation it is you to whom we turn, O Mother, confident that you will present our petitions to the Almighty, and that you will intercede with your Divine Son to ensure that we may receive from Him whatever graces we need (here express your petition).
O Mother of Divine Love, Queen of Heaven, give us strength to follow your example during our earthly pilgrimage, so that one day we may come to contemplate you in heaven, and there kiss the hand that you have always kept open to us, your children.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Amen.
Composed by Rev. Msgr. H. C. Franco,
Former Pastor
Church of St. Augustine, Ossining, NY
Prayer In Defense Of Marriage
God our Father, we give you thanks for the gift of marriage: the bond of life and love, and the font of the family.
The love of husband and wife enriches your Church with children, fills the world with a multitude of spiritual fruitfulness and service, and is the sign of the love of your Son, Jesus Christ, for his Church.
The grace of Jesus flowed forth at Cana at the request of the Blessed Mother. May your Son,
through the intercession of Mary, pour out upon us a new measure of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
as we join with all people of good will to promote and protect the unique beauty of marriage.
May your Holy Spirit enlighten our society to treasure the heroic love of husband and wife,
and guide our leaders to sustain and protect the singular place of mothers and fathers
in the lives of their children.
Father, we ask that our prayers be joined to those of the Virgin Mary,
that your Word may transform our service so as to safeguard the incomparable splendor of marriage.
We ask all these things through Christ our Lord,
Amen.
Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us.
En Español:
Dios Padre nuestro, te damos gracias por el don del matrimonio: vínculo de vida y amor, y fuente de la familia.
El amor de marido y mujer enriquece a tu Iglesia con hijos, llena el mundo con una abundancia de fecundidad espiritual y servicio, y es signo del amor de tu Hijo, Jesucristo, por su Iglesia.
La gracia de Jesús brotó en Caná a petición de su Santa Madre. Concédenos que tu Hijo, por la intercesión de la Virgen María, derrame sobre nosotros una nueva medida de los Dones del Espritu Santo al unirnos con toda persona de buena voluntad para promover y proteger
la belleza única del matrimonio.
Concede que tu Santo Espritu ilumine a nuestra sociedad para que atesore el amor heroico de marido y mujer, y gue a nuestros líderes para que sostengan y protejan el puesto singular de padres y madres en la vida de sus niños.
Padre, te pedimos que nuestras oraciones se unan con las de la Santsima Virgen María para que tu Verbo Divino transforme nuestro esfuerzo por salvaguardar el incomparable esplendor del matrimonio.
Te pedimos todas estas cosas por Cristo nuestro Señor,
Amén.
San Joaquín y Santa Ana, rueguen por nosotros.
Prayer for Vocations
O God, You sent Your Son, Jesus, to bring eternal life to those who believe. I join Him in praying for laborers for Your harvest. May Your Holy Spirit inspire men and women to continue his mission through Your priesthood, diaconate, religious life and lay ministry. May this same Spirit make known Your will for my life.Eternal God... Bless your Church with holy and faithful priests, deacons, brothers and sisters.
Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the world, we humbly beg of Thee to revive in Thy Church that spirit which Thou didst so abundantly bestow on the Apostles. Call, we pray Thee, very many to Thy priesthood and to the religious life. And may zeal for Thy glory and the salvation of souls inflame those whom Thou hast chosen, may they be saints in Thy likeness, and may Thy Spirit strengthen them. O Jesus, give us priests and religious after Thine own Heart!
Mother Teresa's Prayer for Priests
Mary, Mother of Jesus, throw your mantle of purity over our priests.Protect them, guide them, and keep them in your heart.Be a Mother to them, especially in times of discouragement and loneliness.Love them and keep them belonging completely to Jesus.Like Jesus, they, too, are your sons,so keep their hearts pure and virginal.Keep their minds filled with Jesus,and put Jesus always on their lips,so that he is the one they offer to sinner and to all they meet.Mary, Mother of Jesus, be their Mother,loving them and bring them joy.Take special care of sick and dying priests,and the ones most tempted.Remember how they spent their youth and old age,their entire lives serving and giving all to Jesus.Mary, bless them and keep a special place for them in your heart.Give them a piece of your heart,so beautiful and pure and immaculate,so full of love and humility,so that they, too, can grow in the likeness of Christ.Dear Mary, make them humble like you, and holy like Jesus.Amen.
Prayer for Vocations
Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the special graces that their lives require.
Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in him, with him and through him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere.
Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked his prayers.)
I. O my Jesus, You have said, 'Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be open to you.' Behold, I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of ...
Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
II. O my Jesus, You have said, 'Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.' Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of ...
Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
III. O my Jesus, You have said, 'Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.' Encouraged by Your infallible words, I now ask for the grace of ...
Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us poor sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your tender mother and ours.
Hail, Holy Queen ... St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer for Priests
LORD JESUS CHRIST,
eternal High Priest, you offered yourself to the
Father on the altar of the Cross and through the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit gave your priestly
people a share in your redeeming sacrifice.
Hear our prayer for the sanctification of our priests.
Grant that all who are ordained to the ministerial
priesthood may be ever more conformed to you,
the divine Master. May they preach the
Gospel with pure heart and clear conscience.
Let them be shepherds according to your own Heart,
single-minded in service to you and to the Church
and shining examples of a holy, simple and joyful life.
Through the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
your Mother and ours, draw all priests and the flocks
entrusted to their care to the fullness of eternal life where
you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
AMEN
BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer for Priests
(specially composed for Worldpriest)
Prayer for Priests
O Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of your Most Sacred Heart, where none can touch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch your Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips daily tinged with your Precious Blood. Keep pure and unworldly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. Let your Holy Love surround and protect them from the world’s contagion. Bless their labors with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here, and their everlasting crown in the hereafter. Amen.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Mary Immaculate
Patroness of Our Country
Pray for UsO GOD OUR CREATOR,
from your provident hand we have received
our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
You have called us as your people and given us
the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God,
and your Son, Jesus Christ.
Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit,
you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world,
bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel
to every corner of society.
We ask you to bless us
in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty.
Give us the strength of mind and heart
to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened;
give us courage in making our voices heard
on behalf of the rights of your Church
and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith.
Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father,
a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters
gathered in your Church
in this decisive hour in the history of our nation,
so that, with every trial withstood
and every danger overcome—
for the sake of our children, our grandchildren,
and all who come after us—
this great land will always be “one nation, under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Copyright © 2012, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Washington, DC. All rights reserved.
Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty
O God our Creator,
Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit,
you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world,
bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel
to every corner of society.
We ask you to bless us
in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty.
Give us the strength of mind and heart
to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened;
give us courage in making our voices heard
on behalf of the rights of your Church
and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith.
Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father,
a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters
gathered in your Church
in this decisive hour in the history of our nation,
so that, with every trial withstood
and every danger overcome--
for the sake of our children, our grandchildren,
and all who come after us--
this great land will always be "one nation, under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer for Religious Liberty
Almighty God, Father of all nations,
For freedom you have set us free in Christ Jesus (Gal 5:1).
We praise you and bless you for the gift of religious liberty,
the foundation of human rights, justice, and the common good.
Grant to our leaders the wisdom to protect and promote our liberties;
By your grace may we have the courage to defend them,
for ourselves and for all those who live in this blessed land.
We ask this through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, our patroness,
and in the name of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
with whom you live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
© 2012, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
Our Lord told St Gertrude the Great that the following prayer would release 1000 souls from Purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners as well:
"Eternal Father, I offer thee the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family.”
_________________________________________________________________________Prayer of Parents for Their Children
O Lord, omnipotent Father, we give you thanks for having given us children. They are our joy, and we accept with serenity the worries, fear and labors which bring us pain. Help us to love them sincerely. Through us you gave life to them; from eternity you knew them and loved them. Give us wisdom to guide them, patience to teach them, vigilance to accustom them to the good through our example.
Support our love so that we may receive them back when they have strayed and make them good. It is often so difficult to understand them, to be as they would want us to be, to help them to go on their way. Grant that they may always see our home as a haven in their time of need. Teach us and help us, O good Father, through the merits of Jesus, your Son and our Lord. Amen.
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Prayer to Christ the King
Christ Jesus, I acknowledge You King of the universe. All that has been created has been made for You. Make full use of Your rights over me.
I renew the promises I made in Baptism, when I renounced Satan and all his pomps and works, and I promise to live a good Christian life and to do all in my power to procure the triumph of the rights of God and Your Church.
Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you my efforts in order to obtain that all hearts may acknowledge your Sacred Royalty, and that thus the Kingdom of Your peace may be established throughout the universe.
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Pray the Rosary
for Peace,
Vocations,
Right to Life
and
Religious Freedom(Click above for How to Pray the Rosary--several languages available)
Prayer for Our Troops
Heavenly Father, we place our troops in Your loving hands. Guide and protect them always ~ especially during this time of the year when they are so far from their loved ones ~ keep their families in your loving care, bless them for their sacrifice in protecting us and our nation. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.