MEDITATION & PRAYER
Experience your inner transformation by reading and meditating the Holy Mass readings of today, from the Liturgy of the Word of the Catholic Church.
The Holy Rosary of our Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Christ-Centric and contemplative prayer, based on the scriptures. It begins with the Apostle Creed and it will help you meditate in the mysteries of salvation summarized
in the life of Jesus.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a Christian devotion to Divine Mercy, based on the Christological apparitions of Jesus reported by Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, known as the Apostle of Mercy.
Prayers
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer of Good Humor from St. Thomas More
Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi
O Holy Spirit,
Love of the Father and of the Son,
Always inspire me what I should think,
what I should say, how I should say it,
what I should keep silent, how I should act,
what I should do, for the glory of God,
the good of souls, and my own sanctification.
Enter into the depths of the soul,
divine light, and enrich us.
See the emptiness of man,
if you are lacking within;
see the power of sin,
when you do not send your breath..
Holy Spirit,
Give me acuity to understand,
capacity to retain,
method and faculty to learn,
subtlety to interpret,
grace and effectiveness to speak.
Give me success in beginning,
direction in progress,
and perfection in finishing.
Amen.
Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi
Prayer of Good Humor from St. Thomas More
Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi
Lord,
make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is offense, let me sow forgiveness;
where there is discord, let me sow unity;
where there is error, let me sow truth;
where there is doubt, let me sow faith;
where there is despair, let me sow hope;
where there is darkness, let me sow your light;
where there is sadness, let me sow joy.
O Master, may I not so much seek
to be comforted as to comfort,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For
in giving one receives,
in forgetting one finds,
in forgiving one is forgiven, and
in dying one is raised
to eternal life.
Amen
Prayer of Good Humor from St. Thomas More
Prayer of Good Humor from St. Thomas More
Prayer of Good Humor from St. Thomas More
Grant me, Lord,
a good digestion,
and also something to digest.
Grant me bodily health,
with the good humor necessary to maintain it.
Give me, Lord, a holy soul that knows how to take advantage of what is good and pure, so that it may not be frightened by sin, but may find a way to put things back in order.
Grant me a soul that does not know boredom, murmuring,
sighing, and complaining, and do not allow
it to suffer unduly from that overbearing being called ME.
Give me, Lord, a sense of humor.
Grant me the grace to understand jokes, so that I may know a little joy in life and be able
to share it with others.
So be it.
