June 5, 2020
We have many problems and difficulties
that make us fearful at this time.
Lord, help us to have trust in your loving presence.
With that confidence no evil force can overcome us.
We remember the words in the psalm,
“Taste and see how good the Lord is,
Happy the one who takes refuge in him.”
Lord you are our refuge and our strength.
Amen.
– By a Columban Missionary
June 4, 2020
O Almighty and Eternal God,
look upon the Face of Your Son Jesus.
We present It to You with confidence
to implore Your pardon.
The All-Merciful Advocate opens His mouth
to plead our cause; listen to His cries,
behold His tears, O God,
and through His infinite merits
hearken to Him when He intercedes
for us poor miserable sinners.
Amen.
June 3, 2020
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Heart of my Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe,
I unite to your purity,
your sanctity, your zeal and your love,
all my thoughts, words, acts,
and sufferings this day,
that there may be nothing in me
that does not become through you,
a pleasure to Jesus, a gain to souls,
and an act of reparation
for the offenses against your Heart.
June 2, 2020
Blessed Apostle Peter,
to whom God has given the keys of the kingdom of Heaven,
and the power to bind and loose,
grant that we may be delivered through the help
of your intercession from the bonds of our sins.
O, Holy Shepherd, Prince of the Apostles,
pray for us that we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
June 1, 2020
God our Father,
may we always profit by the prayers
of the Virgin Mother Mary,
for You bring us life and salvation
through Jesus Christ her Son
Who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
May 31, 2020
“This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad.”
Sometimes it is difficult to pray that wonderful prayer.
That may be true for many of us during this time
of isolation and fear of the virus.
Yet I know, Lord, that you have a special purpose for me today.
Give me the peaceful confidence
that everything works together for my good.
Despite problems today, there is a gift that I can share in some way.
Amen.
– By a Columban Missionary
May 30, 2020
Help us to see, in our ordinary difficulties and duties,
in the trials and temptations of every day,
the best opportunity of making up for past infidelities.
Every day we are so often reminded in field and wood,
in sky and stream, of Your own boundless generosity to us.
Help us to realize that You are never outdone in generosity,
and that the least thing we do for You will be rewarded,
full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and flowing over.
Then we shall see, in our own souls,
how the desert can blossom,
and the dry and wasted land can bring forth the rich,
useful fruit that was expected of it from the beginning.
Amen.
May 29, 2020
Lord show me how to be strong and patient
in this time of difficulty.
We have been challenged to live
separated from our loved ones.
We are asked to sacrifice our freedom
to move around as we might like.
We remember that in Your time of trial
You were separated from Your loved ones.
But You showed what it means to love
during a time of trial.
Help us to accept this time of separation
that we might come closer to our loved ones.
May we love as You loved on Your lonely way to Calvary.
Amen.
– By a Columban Missionary
May 28, 2020
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 not that I should ever be separated from You.
May 27, 2020
O Lord our God, who by your Son Jesus Christ called your Apostles
and sent them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations:
We bless Your holy name for Your servant Augustine,
first Archbishop of Canterbury,
whose labors in propagating Your Church
among the English people we commemorate today.
And we pray that all whom you call and send
may do Your will, and bide your time,
and see your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
May 26, 2020
Mary, I love you.
Mary, make me live in God,
with God, and for God.
Draw me after you, Holy Mother.
O Mary, may your children persevere in loving you.
Mary, Mother of God and mother of mercy,
pray for me and for the departed.
Mary, Holy Mother of God,
be our helper.
In every difficulty and distress,
come to our aid, O Mary.
O Queen of Heaven,
lead us to eternal life with God.
Mother of God, remember me,
and help me always to remember you.
O Mary, conceived without sin,
pray for us who have recourse to you.
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we
may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray to Jesus for me.
May 25, 2020
O God, who glorified Your Church
by the learning of blessed Bede,
Your Confessor and Doctor,
mercifully grant to Your servants
to be enlightened by his wisdom,
and helped by his merits.
Through Lord Jesus Christ,
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
world without end.
Amen.
May 24, 2020
O my God,
relying on your almighty power
and infinite mercy and promises,
I hope to obtain pardon of my sins,
the help of your grace,
and life everlasting
through the merits of Jesus Christ,
my Lord and Redeemer.
May 23, 2020
The seeds we plant seem dry and dead,
but with the combined wonders of rain and sun,
and the powers of the earth,
they rise from their death-like sleep
and grow green and beautiful in our fields.
The trees, too, that stood so stark and lifeless
through the winter are now bright with living green.
Lord, as we celebrate Your rising from the dead.
We are happy that You have been victor over death.
We look around us at the green fields,
filled with new life,
and are everywhere reminded of You.
May 22, 2020
O God, who to St. Rita you gave
the great grace to love her enemies
in very truth, and both in her heart
and on her brow to bear the stigmata
of Your Passion, have regard, we ask You,
to her merits and her prayers,
and grant that we may wisely
show mercy to our enemies,
and so meditate on the pains of Your Passion
as to make our own the blessedness promised
to those who are meek
and to those who mourn.
Amen.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.
We go in the name of the Church to announce, by deed and word, the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Missionary Society of St. Columban
1902 N. Calhoun
St. Columbans, NE 68056
Phone: 877-299-1920
Fax: 402-291-4984
email: mission@columban.org
