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Prayer of Self-Dedication to Jesus Christ
by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) Lord Jesus Christ, take all my freedom, my memory, my understanding, and my will. All that…
Prayer of Thanksgiving After Holy Communion
My good Jesus, I pray you to bless me; keep me in your love; grant me the grace of final perseverance. Help…
Prayer of Thanksgiving for Priestly Ordination
Jesus, Eternal High Priest, bless in time and eternity my parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends, and benefactors, who by their prayers…
Prayer for Strength in Spiritual War
by Thomas a Kempis God, our Father, we are exceedingly frail and indisposed to every virtuous and gallant undertaking. Strengthen our weakness,…
Prayer of Trust in God’s Will
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) (Composed in a Nazi prison while awaiting his execution.) O God, early in the morning I cry to…
Prayer of Trust
by Thomas Merton (1915-1968) My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead…
Prayer to Seek Jesus’ Face
“by William of Saint Thierry (1085-1148) Lord, I will seek your face and continually search for your face as much as I…
Prayer on the Passion of the Lord
I beseech you, most sweet Lord Jesus Christ, grant that your Passion may be to me a power by which I may…
Prayer to Be a Worthy Priest
Almighty and merciful God, graciously attend to my humble prayers; and make me, your servant whom you have appointed to dispense your…
Prayer to Jesus Christ Crucified
My good and dear Jesus, I kneel before you, asking you most earnestly to engrave upon my heart a deep and lively…