Prayers

Please join us in our daily offerings of praise, petitions and blessings.

INTENTIONS

For our Fraternity Councilors as they gather this weekend to consider applications for permanent professions.

For our Members who are sick and for their families and caretakers.

For our Candidates on retreat in May preparing for their Professions.

For the special intentions of Pope Francis. For his safety as he travels, teaches and offers healing among world leaders.

For peace in Ukraine and all our world...

For our National, Regional and Local leaders, that they may be good and faithful servants of the Gospel.

For all like-minded people in the world who share the values of peace, justice and mutuality everywhere and in every human community.

For the healing of our planet and restoration of life-giving balance in all its geosystems.

For a successful Regional Retreat in July, 2023.

Blessing for Global Celebration of Young People

Good and gracious God,

we ask your blessing upon the young people of the world

and for all youth and young adults everywhere.

Bless and keep them,

so that they may be reassured that they are infinitely loved.

Give them newfound hope,

so that they may know your presence at every moment.

Strengthen them for their journeys.

May they grow in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.

Bless their endeavors and actions,

that they may be a blessing to their peers, community, and Church.

Accompany us, Lord, young and old,

as we accompany one another on this journey together.

Help all of us, also, to accompany these young men and women,

through the joys, struggles, and experiences of their everyday lives,

and grant us the humility to learn from and be inspired by the young.

We ask this blessing through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Amen

World Peace Prayer for Disarmament

Lead us from death to life, from falsehood to truth.

Lead us from despair to hope, from fear to trust.

Lead us from hate to love, from war to peace.

Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe.

The Praises To Be Said At All The Hours

(There are 10 verses. Follow each with the response in bold text.)

1) Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come:

Response: And let us praise and glorify Him forever.

2) O Lord our God, You are worthy to receive praise, glory and honor and blessing. (Response)

3) The Lamb Who was slain is worthy to receive power and divinity, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing. (Response)

4) Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit: (Response)

5) Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord. (Response)

6) Sing praise to our God, all you his servants and you who fear God, the small and the great. (Response)

7) Let heaven and earth praise Him Who is Glorious. (Response)

8) Every creature in heaven, on earth and under the earth; and in the sea and those which are in it. (Response)

9) Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, (Response)

10) As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. (Response)