O my God, now I see very clearly that I have not given You
the service that I owe You for so many reasons.
I have abused Your wonderful gifts,
using them to offend You who are so good and so lovable.
I sinned even in Your presence.
I saddened Your Heart at the very moment
when You were looking on me with perfect love.
February 15, 2020
February 14, 2020
Dear God, Loving Essence of all there is.
Please fill me with your sacred presence.
I ask for your Love and Guidance and for your blessings
as I explore the deep reaches of my heart I ask for your assistance
in releasing that which stands in the way of true love.
My heart is pure; my intentions clear.
Please bring to me my most perfect partner.
February 13, 2020
O Blessed Virgin Mary, you are the mother
and queen of every Christian family.
When you conceived and gave birth to Jesus,
human motherhood reached its greatest achievement.
From the time of the Annunciation
you were the living chalice of the Son of God made man.
You are the queen of the home.
As a woman of faith, you inspire all mothers
February 12, 2020
Being a stranger in a foreign land wasn’t always easy, in terms of learning and adopting their respective culture and of course the same goes with the dialect that they speak. That was what came to my mind even before I landed in Fiji.
February 12, 2020
Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage;
We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves
a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.
Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners.
Save us from violence, discord, and confusion,
from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.
February 11, 2020
O Immaculate Virgin Mary,
Mother of Mercy,
you are the refuge of sinners,
the health of the sick,
and the comfort of the afflicted.
You know my wants,
my troubles, my sufferings.
By your appearance at the Grotto of Lourdes
you made it a privileged sanctuary
where your favors are given to people
streaming to it from the whole world.
February 10, 2020
O God, to show us where innocence leads,
you made the soul of your virgin Saint Scholastica
soar to heaven like a dove in flight.
Grant through her merits and her prayers
that we may so live in innocence
as to attain to joys everlasting.
This we ask through our Lord.
February 10, 2020
Over recent decades Irish society has been transformed by the number of people who have come from all over the world to make their lives here. They have brought with them a rich diversity of cultures and a diversity of faith communities. The 2016 census showed a large increase in the number of Hindus and Muslims, as well as members of the Romanian Orthodox and various Pentecostal Churches.
February 9, 2020
Mary, Mother of Jesus,
give me your heart so beautiful,
so pure, so immaculate,
so full of love and humility
that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life,
love Him as You loved Him and serve Him
as You served Him in the distressing disguise of the poorest of the poor.
Amen.
February 8, 2020
O Mary, in the presence of all the heavenly court
I choose thee this day,
for my Mother and Mistress.
I deliver and consecrate to you,
as your slave, my body and soul,
my goods, both interior and exterior,
and even the value of all my good actions,
past, present and future;
leaving to you the entire
and full right of disposing of me,
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.