PRAYERS TO GOD
THE FATHER
Prayer to God the Father
I believe that, in Your infinite goodness, You make everything to the advantage of those who love You; even under the hands of those who strike me I kiss Your hand which heals! I believe, but increase in me faith, hope and love! Teach me always to see Your love as my guide in every event of my life. Teach me to surrender myself to You like a baby in its mother’s arms.
Father, You know everything, You see everything, you know me better than I know myself; You can do everything, and You love me! My Father, since it is Your wish that we should always turn to You, I come with confidence to ask You, together with Jesus and Mary... (here request the favour that you desire). For this intention, and uniting myself to their Most Sacred Hearts, I offer You all my prayers, my sacrifices and mortifications, all my actions, and greater faithfulness to my duties.
Give me the light, the grace and the power of the Holy Spirit! Strengthen me in this Spirit, that I may never lose Him, never sadden Him and never allow Him to become weaker in me. My Father, I ask this in the name of Jesus, Your Son! And You, Jesus, open Your Heart and place in it my own, and, together with Mary’s, offer it to our divine Father! Obtain for me the grace that I need!
Divine Father, call all men to Yourself. Let all the world proclaim Your fatherly goodness and Your divine mercy! Be a tender Father to me and protect me wherever I am, like the apple of Your eye. Make me always a worthy son/daughter; have mercy on me! Divine Father, sweet hope of our souls, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men! Divine Father, infinite goodness poured out on all peoples, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men! Divine Father, beneficent dew of humanity, may You be known, honoured and loved by all men!
Partial Indulgence + Monsignor Girard, Apostolic Vicar of Cairo, 9th October 1935 + Cardinal Jean Verdier, Archbishop of Paris, 8th May 1936.
(If this prayer it to be recited as a novena, add: “I promise to be more generous, especially during these 9 days, in a given circumstance, to such and such a person...”)
Consecration Prayer
My Dearest Father, please accept this offering of myself, my body, my mind and my soul: I praise You for Your creation, all Your works and wonders. I thank You for giving me life and for all that You have done for me. I offer up to You all that You have so generously given to me.
I am sincerely sorry for not knowing, loving, serving and honouring You as I should. I embrace my inheritance as Your child, both the joy and responsibilities. I give You my Yes so that I may be an instrument of Your Will.
I pledge my fidelity and I ask for the grace of steadfastness and perseverance in my faith. Most loving caring and merciful of Fathers in Your Divine Presence I sincerely proclaim my love for You; I give myself and my family to you; and I solemnly consecrate myself and my family to You now and forever.
Dearest Father as Your child I ask that You send Mary to guide me to Jesus and that Jesus sends me the Holy Spirit so that they may all bring me to You. That You dwell with me and in me a living temple prepared by Mary, dedicated by Jesus and purified by Your Holy Spirit, and may I always be with You and in You.
That You permit me as Your child to be Your true and intimate friend, one who loves You above all things, and that You come for me when I die to bring me home to You. I further ask You Father, for the sake of all mankind to have mercy on all Your children past, present and future. To bring peace to the world and to gather all Your children to Yourself, and that Your Kingdom comes & Your Will is done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen, Fiat.
I love you my Father and I give myself to you, my Dad, please help me to do your work on earth and bring many souls with me to Heaven. As you Our Father tell us, love pays for everything and LOVE - LOVES us all.
Catholic Saints
St. Ambrose of Milan
(AD 339-397)
O Lord, who has mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of Your Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore You, a heart to delight in You, to follow and to enjoy You, for Christ's sake. Amen
St. Augustine of Hippo
(AD 354-430)
Almighty Father, come into our hearts, and so fill us with Thy love that forsaking all evil desires, we may embrace Thee, our only good. Show us, O Lord our God, what Thou are to us. Say to our souls, I am your salvation, speak so that we may hear.
Our hearts are before Thee; open our ears; let us hasten after Thy voice. Hide not Thy Face from us, we beseech Thee, O Lord. Open our hearts so that Thou may enter in. Repair the ruined mansions, that Thou may dwell therein.
Hear us, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Thy only Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen
St. Thomas Aquinas (AD 1225-1274)
Prayer after receiving communion
Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank you, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, you have fed me with the precious Body and Blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this holy communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation.
May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the one true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with you.
And I pray that you will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with your Son and Holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen
