Lord, keep me from becoming Too firmly attached to this earth That I should fall in love too deeply With material things. Make me understand that this journey Is only a temporary visit Then can I see all of life in its true perspective. Let me love those that will […] Read more »
A Catholic Prayers to Pray For and Devotions Category
Against Criticisms
Lord, forgive me for the times I have criticized other people In order to inflate my own importance. Believing everything I hear about others Judging my fellowmen with prejudice. I have condemned one often in his absence Defenseless of himself. I have exaggerated his faults When I should have kept […] Read more »
Emotional Brokenness
Lord Jesus, Your healing power Extends to the depths Of my mysterious being Release me, O Lord, From the burden of my emotional hurts Help me to understand myself Help others to understand me. In my agony of fear or anger, Confusion, withdrawal, loneliness May I find the grace to […] Read more »
Prayer For Love
Lord, as I now draw nearer to You I am aware of the poverty of my love I have been generous with my love for myself And things of this earth Yet miserly in my love for my neighbor Lord, transform my heart! I ask not merely to love those […] Read more »
For Humility
Lord, remind me That when life’s circumstance lifts me up This false sense of self- sufficiency Can just as easily be lost in conceit. Like an errant child I blame You with my every failure Even as I credit myself with every success. I raise myself above all else Posing […] Read more »
Prayer For Strength and Courage
Life seems full of stresses Lord My busy home, my harried work Sometimes I fear for myself Torn between one tension and another I lose my nerve and feel the need to get away Enfold me Lord Shield me from the frailty of my spirit Protect me from my own […] Read more »
Prayer For Patience
Lord, thank You for the stillness When I can relax before You And lay my impatience with other people Smooth the furrows from my brow The lines from my face, The frustrations from my heart The heavy loads from my mind The searing irritations from my soul. I ask for […] Read more »
Serenity Prayer
God grant me serenity To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can And wisdom to know the difference Living one day at a time Enjoying one moment at a time Accepting hardships as a pathway to peace Taking as Jesus did this sinful world […] Read more »