Today’s Blessing Prayer: Tuesday greetings and blessings to everyone! I hope and pray you are navigating through this last day of April with faith and a sense of hopefulness. Perhaps we should focus on Jesus’ words in the Gospel today, “Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”
As we begin our Tuesday, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All People, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) My prayer of blessing this morning is that our day will be blessed with the presence of God. May all that we do today, all that we encounter, all of our work, all of our interactions be touched with the grace of God and may our living of life today bring us a little closer to the peace Jesus promises. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul
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Today’s Prayer: Lord, make us instruments of your peace, where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen. (Adapted from the Prayer known as the Prayer of St. Francis) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Monday greetings and blessings to all! I hope you are navigating through these April Easter Season days with faith and hopefulness that God is present with us and in us!
As we begin our Monday, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All People, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) As we draw April to a close, we remember the great Dominican doctor of the Church Saint Catherine of Siena. At age 6 she experienced a vision and dedicated her life to God. She is especially remembered for her spiritual reflections, The Dialogue. Like St. Catherine let us our prayer and our actions to the service of God this day and always. My prayer of blessing today is that God’s grace, blessing and presence will abound in us today. May our day be blessed with the richness of God’s peace, hope, joy and love. May we find the energy to make a joyful noise for God with our life today! Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Grant us today, Lord, the wisdom to know what is worth knowing, to love what is worth loving, to praise what delights you most, to value what is precious in your sight, to walk away from what is not of you. Do not let us judge by what we see, nor pass judgment by what we hear, but help us to choose rightly between things that differ and above all to search out and do what pleases you. Help us to make this day and our life about praising you. Amen!
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Sunday greetings and blessings to all. I hope you are navigating through these April Easter Season days with faith and hopefulness.
As we begin our Sunday, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All People, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) My prayer of blessing today is that God will bless you with an enjoyable Sunday especially if you are among family and/or friends. Through God’s love may your day offer you some rest and relaxation so that you might be ready to live a new week by sharing God’s love! I will leave you with this thought from Thomas Merton, “Love is the guarantee that the life of the Spirit is growing in us. Love is the sign of the Holy Spirit at work in the Church and in the world.” So, may God bless you with much love today and may you love much today. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Help us, O God, to be a good and true friends, to be loyal and never to let our friends down: never to talk about them behind their backs in a way that we would not do to their faces; never to betray a confidence or talk about things we should be silent about; always to be ready to share everything we have; to be as true to our friends as we would wish them to be to us. This we ask through the vine who is the greatest and truest of all friends, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by William Barclay)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Saturday greeting and blessings to all! I hope you are navigating through these April Easter Season days with faith and a sense of hopefulness!
As we begin our Saturday, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All People, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) Thank you for your prayers yesterday our first May Taping Day went smoothly and I believe was a success. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. My prayer of blessing as we enter our day is that our life and our day will be blessed with the Spirit of God’s presence in the things we do today, in the people we encounter by phone, the internet or in person and, in the gifts and blessings this day. May we come to know God today through the living of life and may our living of life today be filled with joy like Paul and Barnabas in our first reading today. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: God of all blessings, source of all life, giver of all good gifts, we thank you for the gift of life - for the breath that sustains us, for the food that nurtures us and for the love of family and friends without which there would be no life.
We thank you for the mystery of creation - for the beauty that the eye can see, for the joy that the ear may hear, for the unknown that we cannot behold because it fills the universe with wonder, for the expanse of space that draws us beyond the definitions of our selves. We thank you for setting us in communities - for families who nurture our becoming, for friends who love us by choice, for companions at work, who share our burdens and daily tasks, for strangers who welcome us into their midst, for people from other lands who call us to grow in understanding, for children who lighten our moments with delight, for the unborn, who offer us hope for the future. We thank you for this day - for life, for one more day to love, for the opportunity to work one more day for justice and peace, for neighbors, for one more person to love and by whom be loved, for your grace and one more experience of your presence, for your promise to be with us, to be our God, and to give salvation. For these and all blessings, we give you thanks, loving God. Amen. (Adapted from Prayer of Thanksgiving on beliefnet.com) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Friday greetings and blessings this morning. I hope you are navigating through these April Easter Season days with faith and a sense of hopefulness. Perhaps, we should draw strength for Jesus’ words in the Gospel today, “Let not our hearts be troubled, but let us have faith in God and faith in Jesus!”
As we begin our Friday, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All People, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) I ask your prayers today because we have our second April Taping Day for the Sunday Mass today, so I ask your prayers for the Sunday Mass Ministry Team and Production Team today that things will go smoothly! Your prayers will be greatly appreciated. My prayer of blessing is that God will bless all of us this day with the Spirit of knowing the way and throughout this day our hearts will not be troubled because we have faith in God and in Jesus always. May God’s blessings be upon our Friday, and upon our journey through this day and upon all the things, experience and people that try to bring trouble into our hearts. May we all have a productive, peaceful, safe, healthy and Spirit filled day. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Gracious God, who made the covenant promise with our ancestors, we begin this day a rebellious people. We want to act out your intentions for us, but we keep getting mixed up by all the glitter of the world around us. You tell us to honor creation, and we use other people, animals and plant life only to meet our wants. You offer daily bread to every living creature, and we steal that bread from our sisters and brothers in the name of greed. You promise us new life, and we shrink back from it is fear. Heal us, God, lest we destroy ourselves. We need your presence among us. Amen. (Adapted from the United Nations Environmental Sabbath Prayer)
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