A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis

Lord, make us instruments of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon;

where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

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.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Forty Days of Prayer for the Church


Will you please join with me in praying for the church for 40 days.
I am beginning my prayer cycle today: Sunday, Sept.23 and will end it November 1st. If you join late, just add days at the end of this cycle. Share these prayers with others as you feel led. 

For the Church
Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.
Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, whose will it is that all should come to you through your Son Jesus Christ: Hear our prayers for Parish families and Dioceses and other organizations within your Body.
 O God, by your grace you have called people together in Parishes and Dioceses to  be a goodly fellowship of faith.  Grant that your Word may be truly preached and truly heard, your Sacraments faithfully administered and faithfully received. By your Spirit, fashion our lives according to the example of your Son, and  through Jesus Christ our Lord, grant that we may show the power of your love to all among whom we live.
Send down upon bishops, other clergy and laity and upon the congregations and dioceses committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing that they may truly please thee. Grant this, O Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. 
Bless  Bishop(s) and other clergy, and all our people. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within your holy Church; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, inspire our witness to him, that all may know the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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