God, I offer myself to you, to build with me and to do with me

Today Lord, let thy will not mine be done. as you wish. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may
+ better do your will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over
Father, may everything I do begin with your inspiration and them may bear witness to those I would help, of your power,
continue with your saving help. Let my work always find its your love, and your way of life. May I do your will always!
origin in you and through you reach completion. Amen Amen
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O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my Gracious God, we are your people embraced by your love. We
prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the thank you for your presence throughout time. Liberate us from
intentions of your sacred heart, in union with the Holy that which keeps us from you. Enable us to recreate our world
Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for and restore justice. Heal us from every form of sin and
my sins, for the intentions of all our associates, and in violence. Transform us to live your Word more profoundly,
particular for the intention recommended by the Holy Father reconcile us so enemies become friends. Awaken us to the
for this month. Amen sacred, nurture our relationship; enliven our parishes; reunite
+ our families. Fill us with joy to celebrate the fullness of life.
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my Empower us to be a community of love growing in your
understanding, my whole will. All that I am and all that I likeness. Amen
possess you have given me. I surrender it all to you, to be +
disposed of according to your will. Give me only your love and God has created me to do him some definite service: he has
your grace, with these I will be rich enough and will desire committed some work to me which he has not committed to
nothing more. Amen 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
Father and maker of all, you adorn all creation with splendor of connection between persons. He has not created me for
and beauty, and fashion human lives in your image and naught. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my
likeness. Awaken in every heart reverence for the work of place, even while not intending it, if I do but keep his
your hands, and renew among your people a readiness to commandments. Therefore, I will trust him wherever I am. I
nurture and sustain your precious gift of life. Grant this can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns may serve him; in sorrow, my sorrow may serve him and in
with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. perplexity, my perplexity may serve him. He does nothing in
Amen vain. He knows what he is about. My friends may leave me, I
+ may be thrown among stranger, I may feel desolate, my spirit
may sink, and my future may be hidden from me. Still he
knows what he is about. Amen
+ sinner to the ineffable banquet where you with your Son and
Loving Father, I pray for my family, living or dead, for all their
needs. I pray for their health and for their peace of mind in
their work and their lives. Especially, I pray for those who are
ill: in body, mind or spirit. I pray also for those who are
pregnant. I pray that all may guide their children and young
people around them, with the example of Catholic living. May
they avail themselves of the many gifts the Lord has given
them through the Church! Amen
+ world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting he will make all
God, our Father, shepherd and guide, look with love on Francis
your servant, the pastor of your Church. May his word and
example inspire and guide the Church; and May he, and all
those entrusted to his care, come to the joy of everlasting life.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives
and reign with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and
ever. Amen
+ following your will does not mean I am doing so, but I believe
I thank you, O holy Lord, Almighty Father, and Eternal God,
who has decided, not through any merit of mine. But out of the
condescension of your goodness, to nourish me a sinner, your
unworthy servant with the precious Body and Blood of your
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this Holy Communion
be not a condemnation to punishment for me, but a saving plea
for forgiveness, may it be the emptying out of my vices and the
extinction of all lustful desires; an increase of charity and
patience, of humility and obedience; of all the virtues, a strong
defense against the snare of all my enemies, visible and
invisible, the perfect quieting of all my evil impulses of flesh
and spirit, binding me firmly to you, the One True God; and a
happy ending of my life. I pray too that you will bring me a
the Holy Spirit, are to your saints true light, fulfillment of
desires, eternal joy, unalloyed gladness and perfect bliss,
through the same Christ our Lord. Amen
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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know
the difference; living one day at a time accepting hardship as
the pathway to peace. Let me take, as Jesus did, this sinful
things right if I surrender to his will. May I be reasonable
happy in this life and supremely happy with him forever in the
next. Amen
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My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going, I do not see
the road ahead of me; I cannot know for certain where it will
end nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am
the desire to please you does in fact please you, in all that I am
doing and that I will never do anything apart from that desire,
and I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road
though I know nothing about it. Therefore, I will trust you
always though I seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I
will have no fear, for you are ever with me and you will never
leave me to face my perils alone. Amen
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it
known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your
help or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired
with this confidence, I fly unto you, O virgin of virgins, and
my mother, to you I come, before you I stand, sinful and
sorrowful; O mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my
petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen
+ many, but the Church honors and invokes you universally as
Loving Father, I pray for all those who have asked for my
prayers, for those for whom I have promised to pray and for all
who are in need of my prayers. I pray for peace, reconciliation
and tranquility in my family and parish communities,
especially for (here make intention). Blessed Mother intercede
for me to your Son! Amen
+ that I may praise God with you and all the elect for ever, I
O God, who will not the death of a sinner but rather that he be
converted and live, grant we beseech you through the
intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever virgin, St. Joseph her
spouse, St. Junipero Serra and all the saints, an increase of
laborers for your Church, fellow laborers with Christ to spend
and consume themselves for souls, through the same Jesus,
your Son, who lives with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God forever and ever. Amen
+ streamed to your confessional. O great Saint John, inspire all
Lord, make me an instrument 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 Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be
consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to
be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in
pardoning that we are pardoned and in dying that we are born
to eternal life. Amen
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Most holy Apostle Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus,
the name of the traitor who delivered your beloved Master into
the hands of his enemies, has caused you to be forgotten by
the patron of hopeless cases, of things almost despaired of.
Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone, make use I implore
you of that particular privilege given to you, to bring visible
and speedy help where help is in great need, that I may receive
the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities,
tribulations and sufferings, particularly (mention petition) and
promise, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great
favor, to always honor you as my special powerful patron and
gratefully encourage devotion to you . Amen
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Saintly pastor of Ars, and splendid model of all servants of
souls, you were considered not very bright, but you possessed
the wisdom of the saints. You were a true pontifex, a bridge
builder between God and his people, as countless penitents
priests to be dedicated mediators between God and his people.
Amen
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Eternal rest, grant unto (mention names of deceased) and for all
my deceased family, friends; may their souls and all the souls
of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen
Today, Lord, let thy will not mine be done.