Daily Prayer Archive

O Jesus, You are the beauty
Of Angel worlds above!
Your Name is music to the heart,
Enchanting it with love!

Celestial sweetness pure and complete!
Who eat Your hunger still,
Who drink of You still feel a void
Which none but You can fill!

O my sweet Jesus! hear the sighs
Which I send to You!
To You my spirit cries,
My being's hope and end!

Stay with us, Lord, and with Your light
Illuminate my soul;
Scatter the darkness of our night
And fill the world with bliss.

O Jesus spotless Virgin flower!
Our life and joy! to You
Be praise, blessings and power,
Through all eternity!

Amen.

O Almighty God,
you gave us the commandment 
to honor our father and mother.
In your loving kindness 
hear my prayer for my parents.
Give them long lives 
and keep them well in body and spirit.
Bless their labors;
keep them always in your care.
Bless them generously for their loving care for me.
Grant that, through your grace,
I may always be their support
and comfort, and that,
after our life together on earth,
we may experience the joy together praising you forever.

Amen.

Father in heaven,
all creation rightly gives you praise,
for all life and all holiness come from you.
In the plan of your wisdom
she who bore the Christ in her womb
was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven.
May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness
and join in her hymn of endless love and praise.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

O holy Mary,
my Mistress into your blessed trust and special keeping,
into the bosom of your tender mercy,
this day, every day of my life
and at the hour of my death,
I commend my soul and body;
to you I entrust all my hopes and consolations,
all my trials and miseries,
my life and the end of my life,
that through your most holy intercession,
all my actions may be ordered
and disposed according to your will
and that of your divine Son.

Amen.

Our eyes are fixed on you in admiration, immaculate Virgin; 
you who are loved by the Heavenly Father above all others! 
O Virgin Spouse of the Holy Spirit! 
Tender Mother of Jesus! 
Obtain for us from your Divine Son 
the grace to reflect your sublime virtues in our conduct. 

Grant that we may be spotless and pure 
in our thoughts and in our behavior; 
gentle, affectionate, 
and sympathetic companions to our spouses; 
to our children solicitous, 
vigilant and wise; 
exemplary citizens of our dear country; 
faithful sons and daughters of the Church, 
ever ready to allow ourselves to be guided 
by her in thought and deed. 

O eternal God and Ruler of all creation, 
You have allowed me to reach this hour. 
Forgive the sins I have committed this day by word, 
deed or thought. 
Purify me, O Lord, 
from every spiritual and physical stain. 
Grant that I may rise from this sleep to glorify You 
by my deeds throughout my entire lifetime, 
and that I be victorious over every spiritual 
and physical enemy. 
Deliver me, O Lord, 
from all vain thoughts and from evil desires, 
for yours is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 
now and ever, and forever. 

Amen.