SYMBOLS
[℣] Leader [℟] Response [Ⱥ] All together
SIGN OF THE CROSS
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
TO OUR LOVING FATHER
Eternal Loving Father, how comforting it is to know that YOU are my Father and that I am YOUR child. 1 When the sky of my soul is cloudy and my cross weighs heavily upon me, I cry out to YOU: ‘Father, I believe in YOUR love for me!’ Yes, YOU are my Father every moment of my life, and I am YOUR child! I firmly believe that YOUR love for me is never ending! 2 I firmly believe that YOU are watching over me night and day 3 and that not a hair shall fall from my head without YOUR permission! 4 I firmly believe that in YOUR ageless wisdom YOU know, better than I do, what is truly good for me. 5 I firmly believe that by YOUR infinite power, YOU can bring good even out of evil. 6 I firmly believe that in YOUR infinite goodness, YOU do everything for the benefit of those who love and trust YOU; 7 even when I am suffering under the hands the oppressor, I kiss YOUR hand which heals! 8
Eternal Loving Father, I believe, so help me persevere to grow in faith and hope! Help me to persevere, to grow in my desire to love YOU with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with all my mind. Help me likewise to persevere to love my neighbor. 9
Hallelujah! . . .
Eternal and Loving Father, sweet hope of my soul, may YOU be known, honored, and loved by all mankind! 10
Eternal and Loving Father, infinite goodness poured out on all peoples, may YOU be known, honored, and loved by all mankind! 11
Eternal and Loving Father, source of light for humanity, may YOU be known, honored, and loved by all mankind! 12
Hallelujah! . . .
Eternal and Loving Father YOU are the light of the world, shower YOUR heavenly blessing upon me. May the radiance of YOUR light illumine my heart and brighten my home with the spirit of faith and love. Let the light of YOUR PRESENCE guide me, for in YOUR light I dispel the darkness in my sinful life. 13 Pour out YOUR Holy Spirit on me so that HIS light, HIS grace, and HIS power may always be present in my life. And pour out YOUR Holy Spirit on the whole world, so that love, and peace may prevail over YOUR creation. 14 I ask this in the Holy Name of YOUR Son, Our Lord Jesus. 15 Amen.
Hallelujah! . . .
TO OUR LOVING SAVIOR
Dear Jesus, Loving Savior, by faith in YOUR merits, I now take YOUR Precious Blood and sprinkle it 16 over myself, right from the crown of my head to the very soles of my feet. I plead for complete protection for my life. Sweet Jesus, deliver me from every evil: sin, temptation, and demonic attack. Sweet Jesus, protect me from torments arising out of fears, worries, doubts, and anger. Sweet Jesus, heal me from all my known and unknown sicknesses, diseases, disorders, and unnatural desires. Sweet Jesus, save me from all that is not of YOUR Kingdom. 17 Amen.
Jesus, I trust in you! . . .
Dear Jesus, Loving Savior, without YOU I can do nothing. 18 Fill me with YOUR Holy Spirit and grant me the gift of wisdom, knowledge, understanding and discernment 19 so that I live today, like a little child, in YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE by doing all that YOU have commanded. 20 All this I ask in YOUR Name. 21 Amen.
Jesus, I trust in you! . . .
TO OUR LOVING FRIEND
Holy Spirit, Loving Friend, YOU make me know and see everything, and YOU show me the way to reach my ideals. I believe YOU are there with me in every moment of my life. I want to thank YOU for everything and affirm that I never want to be separated from YOU no matter how great the material desire may be. 22 I want to be with YOU and my loved ones in YOUR PERPETUAL GLORY.
Holy Spirit give me the divine gift of forgiveness against all the wrongs done to me and fill my heart with true repentance for the sins I have committed. I Thank YOU, Holy Spirit for the love YOU shower on me and my family. Amen.
Come Holy Spirit fill me with your fire! . . .
PETITITION PRAYER
ASK GOD FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED
Make this prayer short and meaningful, clearly asking for the ‘showers of blessing’ that you need and believe that you have received it. (Jesus says in Mark 11:24: “When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for.”). You can say more than one petition prayer at the same time.
INTERCESSION OF OUR LOVING MOTHER
Mother of Perpetual Help, you have been blessed and favored by God. 23 You are the Mother of the Redeemer, as well as the Mother of the redeemed. 24
Dearest Mother, I come to you today as your loving child. Watch over me and take care of me always, especially during this difficult time. As you held the Child Jesus in your loving arms, so take me in your arms. Be my Mother ready at every moment to help me. For God who is mighty has done great things for you, and God’s mercy is from age to age on those who love God.
Intercede for me, dear Mother, in my petitions, in obtaining pardon for my sins, to increase my desire to love Jesus, and for the grace of final perseverance. Let my love for you always prompt me to call upon you, O Mother of Perpetual Help. Amen.
LORD’S PRAYER
[℣] Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your WILL be done on earth, as it is in Heaven. [℟] Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
HAIL MARY (3x)
[℣] Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. [℟] Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
GLORIA
[℣] Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. [℟] As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
[℣] May the divine assistance remain always with us, [℟] and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. [Ⱥ] Amen.
SIGN OF THE CROSS
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
A great blessing the Lord gives us is HIS peace. With HIS peace we can focus more on God and HIS promises to those who trust HIM, and less on our problems. Spend some time contemplating the showers of blessing you have prayed for as you listen to this beautiful song.
LIVING PRAYER
Jesus says in Matthew 24:42,44: “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
Contemplate on how you would spend your day today if you knew that Jesus would come tomorrow.
Living Prayer is about being ready. It is about being ready with Faith, Hope and Love, and the greatest of these is Love.
Bible References
- 1John 3:1a [See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God’s children—and so, in fact, we are.] — ↩
- Psalm 136:26 [Give thanks to the God of heaven; his love is eternal.] — ↩
- Psalm 121:8 [The Lord protects you as you come and go, now and forever.] — ↩
- Luke 21:18 [And yet, not a hair of your head will perish.] — ↩
- Jeremiah 29:11 [For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.] — ↩
- Genesis 50:20 [You plotted evil against me. But God turned it into good, so that he might exalt me, just as you now see, and so that he might save many people.] — ↩
- Psalm 37:4-5 [Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart. Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.] — ↩
- Acts 4:30 [“And now, O Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants that they may speak your word with all confidence, by extending your hand in cures and signs and miracles, to be done through the name of your holy Son, Jesus.”] — ↩
- Luke 10:27 [Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and love your neighbor as yourself. — ↩
- Nahum 1:7 [The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of trouble, and he knows those who hope in him.] — ↩
- 1 Timothy 6:17-19 [Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy, and to do good, to become rich in good works, to donate readily, to share, to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life.] — ↩
- 1 John 1:5 [This is the message which we have heard from him, and which we declare to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.] — ↩
- 1 John 1:5-7 [If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.] — ↩
- Luke 11:13 [If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?] — ↩
- John 16:23 [Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.] — ↩
- 1 Peter 1:2 [You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by his Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: may grace and peace be yours in full measure.] — ↩
- 2 Timothy 4 [The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.] — ↩
- John 15:5 [“I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.] — ↩
- Isaiah 11:1-2 [A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD] — ↩
- Luke 10:27 [Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and love your neighbor as yourself.] — ↩
- John 14:14 [You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.] — ↩
- Romans 8:26-27 [In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.] — ↩
- Luke 1:27b-28 [The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”] — ↩
- Luke 31[… behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.] and John 19:26-27 [When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.] — ↩