O Merciful Father, because I have recognized my weaknesses and the misdeeds that have flowed from those weaknesses, I beg Your help. I know that I have, at times, enjoyed fleeting pleasures and found my treasure in the things of … Continue reading
Category Archives: A Prayer A Day for The Great Fast
O Compassionate Father, as I prepare to venerate Your Son’s Cross, help me to understand the great love that is expressed by it. Your Son voluntarily endured suffering and death because You know that we humans fear these to life … Continue reading
Help me, O my most loving God, to understand this prayer that the Church offers to You: Into an evil land I have wandered, prodigal that I am. The wealth You gave me, O compassionate Father, I have squandered in … Continue reading
Almighty Lord, I know that it was through penance and mortification that your holy martyrs overcame the disorder of their burning passions and that during their lifetime they received Your help because they opened their hearts and minds to Your … Continue reading
Heavenly Father, as I begin this third week of the Fast, I beg the spiritual strength to sing hymns of praise to You so that I might complete this Fast in the spirit of joy. Help me to master my … Continue reading
O Christ our God, in the beginning of this holy fast, grant me the tears of regret to wash away the stain of my passions, so that I may come to truly see your love for me. Help me to … Continue reading
O Gracious God, help me, while fasting bodily, to also fast in spirit. Help me to see where I need to make Your love and kindness present in my world. Drive out from my heart all self-centeredness and help me … Continue reading
O Merciful God, I truly believe that You have called me to be a living icon of Your presence in the world. I know that I have frequently failed to represent you to my world. I ask You to help … Continue reading
O Good One, I bow in worship before Your most pure image, truly begging forgiveness for my stumblings. I truly believe that You chose of Your own free will to ascend upon the cross in the flesh in order to … Continue reading
O Master, Who are infinite in Your divine nature, You condescended in these latter days to become incarnate and finite. In assuming a body like mine, You accepted the limitations of mankind and showed me that it is possible to … Continue reading