Monday, March 3, 2014

Preparing for Lent



If you are accustomed to send money to the missions you have surely received many religious articles; from holy cards to rosaries and medals. This time a booklet of prayers slipped out of the mission request envelope.  Here are a couple of prayers you may never have heard before. They go beyond the prayers we all know so well:

Litany of the Lost

Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

(The response for the following petitions is:
St. Anthony, pray for us)

For those of us who have lost . . . 

our health
our peace of mind
our housing
our financial security
a loved one,
our dreams,
our talents,
our initial zeal,
our sobriety,
our faith,
our self-respect,
our innocence,
our independence,
peace with our families,
civil peace,
our trust in others,
our virtue,
our home,
(add your own personal loss),



Lamb of God,
You take away the sins of the world,
                        have mercy on  us.

Let us pray:
All loving God, you have given us St. Anthony, the patron of the lost, as an intercessor of those who are in need of your mercy, Listen to his voice as he calls out to You on our behalf, and grant those things which will help us grow in Your love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen


Prayer before a Crucifix

Most High, Glorious God,
Enlighten the darkness of my heart.
Give me, Lord, a correct faith,
A certain hope, a perfect charity, sense and knowledge,
so that I may carry out Your holy and true command.


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