Posted on 01/14/2013 9:41:31 AM PST by Mad Dawg
Back in September I took the liberty of starting a thread inviting all to pray for the election.
Well, that didn't work out so well, maybe.
But I am am still asking us to consider ADDING something to our daily prayers. I know you all are busy and I suspect many of you spend a good deal of time in prayer anyway. I do not seek to bind burdens on anyone's back. Though prayer sometimes involves teeth-gritting, that should not be the main theme! The main themes should always be hope, joy, and gratitude, IMHO.
But the prayer of a just man avails much, and we are justified in Jesus! So let us pray! Please consider adding ONE thing -- an act of charity and mercy, a little extra time in prayer and/or with Scripture, maybe a little fast -- or a even little extra physical exercise! But add just one thing to the Glory of our loving God and with a petition that He do HIS will in the coming election.
[Boring technical stuff for non-Catholics. The term "novena" refers to a period of prayer. It derives from, so to speak, riffing on the nine days of prayer between the Ascension and the Pentecost. Hence the name, which pretty much means "niney-thing" -- Mad Dawg translation.
["Perpetual Novena" just means we mean to keep on praying in a committed and regular way until something happens.]
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
| Lord, have mercy; | Lord, have mercy. |
| Christ, have mercy; | Christ, have mercy. |
| Lord, have mercy; | Lord, have mercy. |
| Jesus, victor over sin and death… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, source of light and hope… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, fullness of truth and mystery… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, teacher of seeking hearts… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, healer of body and soul… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, bringer of mercy and justice… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, who humble the heart and mind… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, release of captives… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, voice against violence… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, courage for the lowly/downtrodden… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, origin of all authority and power… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, true lawgiver… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, unity of order and passion… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, freedom of the Spirit… | Free our hearts. |
| Jesus, obedient Son of the Father… | Free our hearts. |
| For the freedom to love… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to believe… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to hope… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to worship… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to serve in charity… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to care for the suffering… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to comfort the sick… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to feed the hungry… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to shelter the homeless… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to proclaim the Gospel… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to walk in chastity… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to live in peace… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to work in good conscience… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to stand in solidarity… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to seek justice… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to reject sin… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to reject coercion… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to reject falsehood… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to reject evil temptations… | Give us your grace. |
| For the freedom to reject injustice… | Give us your grace. |
O God, who gave one origin to all peoples
and willed to gather from them one family for yourself,
fill all hearts, we pray, with the fire of your love
and kindle in them a desire
for the just advancement of their neighbor,
that, through the good things which you richly bestow upon all,
each human person may be brought to perfection,
every division may be removed,
and equity and justice may be established in human society.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.
Amen.
Gang: I’m praying this daily at least through Ash Wednesday
I really need to post an article about the Holy Face. Our Lord said that communism could be destroyed through devotion to His holy face.
Thank you!!
“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”
“Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God’s heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.”
Padre Pio Quotes!
Thanks...will do the best I can.
Sure, good idea. Even if the country does remain enslaved and more, all according to God’s will and His purpose, we will still be free.
Sure, good idea. Even if the country does remain enslaved and more, all according to God’s will and His purpose, we will still be free.
This is great. I will also type in the prayer for our nation that I talked about. Prayers cards are free for it by contacting someone in Louisianna. It’s her ministry.
I’ll have to bring it up to my computer to do it.
Nevertheless — this is wonderful — thank you for the thread.
(I once loved a girl from Bronxville. She fell for a guy far classier than I.)
My advice to those who come to me for advice on prayer is that the FIRST thing is to make a rule you can keep, and then keep it.
So if you could say this litany, for example, once a week, say on Sunday, that would be good.
We want to FIND the edge, the limit of what we can do, and ONLY THEN inch forward. 5 pushups this week, 6 pushups next week.
At the same time, we try to remember, as we patrol the aisles at the Piggly-Wiggly, that God is right there with us and we can shop and think and pray in his company.
Prudence and Temperance are still virtues, or they were the last time I looked. So do not take up prayer as a crushing burden, but as gently and simply as you can, live in God's company, a little more and again a little more.
MY holy father, St. Dominic, abhorred the idea of a rule of prayer becoming an occasion of guilt and despair. So if you are not keeping your rule, make it easier until you can keep it. ONLY then should you try to move forward.