Be with us,
Lord, tonight.
Stay to adore and praise,
and give thanks for us while we sleep;
to draw down mercy and grace upon the world;
to give strength to the suffering souls
in purgatory in their long night of waiting.
June 30, 2019
June 29, 2019
Great convert and Apostle of the Gentiles,
you became Christlike
and knew only Christ Crucified.
Though extremely learned,
you relied completely on the Wisdom received
from the Spirit
and taught from the abundance of your heart.
Instruct modern priests and evangelists
those who preach Christ to others.
June 28, 2019
Sacred Heart of Jesus
today I wish to live in You,
in Your grace,
in which I desire at all costs to persevere.
Keep me from sin
and strengthen my will by helping me to keep watch over my senses,
my imagination, and my heart.
Help me to correct my faults which are the source of sin.
I beg You to do this,
O Jesus, through Mary,
June 27, 2019
Father, the bishop Cyril courageously taught
that Mary was the Mother of God.
May we who cherish this belief
receive salvation through the incarnation of Christ Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
June 26, 2019
God the Father unbegotten,
only-begotten Son,
and Holy Spirit, the Comforter;
holy and undivided Trinity,
with all our hearts we acknowledge You:
Glory to You forever.
June 25, 2019
Stay with us, O Lord,
to guard the innocent,
to sustain the tempted,
to raise the fallen,
to curb the power of the evil one,
to prevent sin.
O Good Shepherd,
stay with Your sheep,
Secure them against the perils that beset them.
Stay, above all,
with the suffering and dying.
Grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
June 24, 2019
Learning a new language is really difficult. One has to become a child again and enter an entirely new culture. The most frequent question that people ask about language studies is, "why learn a new language?"
June 24, 2019
O Good Shepherd,
stay with Your sheep,
Secure them against the perils that beset them.
Stay, above all,
with the suffering and dying.
Grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
Be our merciful Shepherd to the last,
that without fear we may appear before You as our Judge.
June 23, 2019
Blood of Christ, inebriate me!
Inebriate me with Your Love,
that I may be absorbed in Your interests and Your Will.
Absorbed so as to be unmindful of my ills and petty cares.
Unmindful of weariness and pain,
heartache, and disappointment.
Heedless of the lash of cruel words,
and patient under wrongs.
Amen.
June 22, 2019
Give me the grace to long for Your holy Sacraments,
and especially to rejoice in the presence of Your body,
sweet Saviour Christ,
in the Holy Sacrament of the altar.
Amen.
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.