O Almighty God, You have come so many times to me and found no resting place. Forgive me for my overcrowded life, my vain haste and preoccupation with self. Come again, O Lord, and though my heart is a jumble … Continue reading
Category Archives: A Prayer A Day for St. Philip’s Fast
O Heavenly Father, let me be eager and celebrate before its time the Nativity of Christ and Your manifestation as my Triune God. Let me lift up my mind and heart to Bethlehem and imagine the Virgin on her way … Continue reading
O Lord, have mercy on all my friends and relatives, on all my benefactors, on all who pray for me, and on all who have asked me to pray for them. Give them a spirit of fruitful penance and make … Continue reading
O Merciful Father, as I prepare to celebrate Your birth and manifestation to Your world in the Person of Your Son Jesus, give me the great gift of inward peace. Command the winds and storms of my unruly passions. Subdue … Continue reading
O Heavenly Father, teach me that, as Your child, worry has no place in my life. I know that it helps nothing. I know that worry overcomes no difficulty. Often in the past, O Lord, I have come to You … Continue reading
For Pondering and Reflection What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly but does not take place within myself? What good is it to me if Mary is full of grace … Continue reading
O Gracious and Loving Father, unto Whom all hearts are open, unto Whom all wills do speak and from Whom no secret thing is hidden, I beseech You to cleanse the purpose of my heart with the unutterable gift of … Continue reading
Almighty God, help me, as I prepare to celebrate Your birth as a human and Your revelation as our Triune God during the Baptism of Jesus by John, to realize that my life is a gift from You, given, not … Continue reading
O Heavenly Father, help me to prepare myself to celebrate the coming theophanic feasts that herald Your Incarnation in the Person of Jesus. In these feasts You truly revealed Yourself as Trinity and Your great love for humankind. Open my … Continue reading
Almighty God, help me to sincerely prepare myself to celebrate the coming Winter Feasts. I join with my sisters and brothers in offering this prayer as we begin this fast: Rejoice O Bethlehem and be ready O Ephrata! Behold, the … Continue reading