Prayer

Jesus Prayer

Jesus Prayer

Dear Jesus, Help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go.Flood my soul with Your spirit and life.Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly,that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come incontact with...

St John Henry Newman Prayers

St John Henry Newman Prayers

Mission of my Life God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of...

Prayer for Choosing a State of Life (Ignatian)

Prayer for Choosing a State of Life (Ignatian)

From all eternity, O Lord, you planned my very existence and my destiny. You wrapped me in your love in baptism and gave me the faith to lead me to an eternal life of happiness with you. You have showered me with your graces and you have been always ready with your...

Pope Benedict reflects on his vocation

Pope Benedict reflects on his vocation

' …and clearer to me that there is more to the priestly vocation than enjoying theology, indeed, that work in the parish can often lead very far away from that and make completely different demands...The Yes to the priesthood meant that I had to say Yes to the whole...

Prayer to Our Lady for Vocations

Prayer to Our Lady for Vocations

Most holy Virgin, who without hesitation offered yourself to the Almighty for the carrying out of his plan of salvation, pour trust into the hearts of young people so that there may always be zealous pastors who are able to guide the Christian people on the way of...

Prayer for Discernment

Prayer for Discernment

God our Father, You have a plan for each one of us, You hold out to us a future full of hope. Give us the wisdom of your Spirit so that we can see the shape of your plan in the gifts you have given us, and in the circumstances of our daily lives. Give us the freedom...

Prayer for Vocations

Prayer for Vocations

O Lord, my God, teach my heart where and how to seek you, where and how to find you. Teach me to seek you, and as I seek you, show yourself to me, for I cannot seek you unless you show me how, and I will never find you unless you show yourself to me. Let me seek you...

Pope Francis on Wonder

Pope Francis on Wonder

Paul Corcoran, Sacred Heart Messenger, August 2021 In a homily earlier this year, Pope Francis said: “Wonder is the essential religious state of mind. It is a receptivity to the mysterious presence of God in our lives and a movement towards that mystery. Jesus is the...

St. Mother Teresa’s Prayer

St. Mother Teresa’s Prayer

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends, and some genuine enemies. Succeed...

St Francis of Assisi

St Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an channel of your peace Where there is hatred, let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light And where there is sadness, joy O Master, grant that I may Not so much...