A Christian prayer in union with creation (Mondays)

Father, we praise you with all your creatures. They came

forth from your all-powerful hand; they are yours, filled with
your presence and your tender love. Praise be to you!

Son of God, Jesus, through you all things were made. You
were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother, you became
part of this earth, and you gazed upon this world with
human eyes. Today you are alive in every creature in your
risen glory. Praise be to you! Holy Spirit, by your light you
guide this world towards the Father’s love and accompany
creation as it groans in travail. You also dwell in our hearts
and you inspire us to do what is good. Praise be to you!

Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love, teach us

to contemplate you in the beauty of the universe, for all
things speak of you. Awaken our praise and thankfulness for
every being that you have made. Give us the grace to feel
profoundly joined to everything that is. God of love, show us
our place in this world as channels of your love for all the
creatures of this earth, for not one of them is forgotten in
your sight. Enlighten those who possess power and money
that they may avoid the sin of indifference, that they may
love the common good, advance the weak, and care for this
world in which we live. The poor and the earth are crying
out. O Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to
protect all life, to prepare for a better future, for the coming
of your Kingdom of justice, peace, love and beauty. Praise be
to you! Amen.

* Pope Francis published this prayer in his Laudato Si’ encyclical, and is meant for sharing with all
who believe in a God who is the all-powerful Creator.
 A Prayer for our Earth (Tuesdays)

All-powerful God, you are present in the

whole universe and in the smallest of your
creatures. You embrace with your tenderness
all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of
your love, that we may protect life and
beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one. O
God of the poor, help us to rescue the
abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so
precious in your eyes. Bring healing to our
lives, that we may protect the world and not
prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not
pollution and destruction. Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain at the expense
of the poor and the earth. Teach us to
discover the worth of each thing, to be filled
with awe and contemplation, to recognize
that we are profoundly united with every
creature as we journey towards your infinite
light. We thank you for being with us each
day. Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.
* Pope Francis published this prayer in his Laudato Si’ encyclical, and is meant for sharing with all
who believe in a God who is the all-powerful Creator.
 A Prayer for Peace (Wednesdays)

Lord Jesus, we come to you in our need. Create in us

an awareness of the massive forces of conflict that
threaten our world today. And grant us a sense of
urgency to activate the forces of goodness, of justice, of
love and of peace.

Where there is armed conflict, let us stretch out our

arms to our brothers and sisters. Where there is
abundance, let there be simple lifestyle and sharing.
Where there is poverty, let there be dignified living and
constant striving for just structures. Where there is
selfish ambition, let there be humble service. Where
there is injustice, let there be atonement. Where there
is despair, let there be hope in the Good News. Where
there are wounds of division, let there be unity and
wholeness.

Help us to be committed to the building of your

kingdom, not seeking to be cared for but to care; not
expecting to be served but to place ourselves in the
service of others; not aspiring to be materially secure
but to place our security in your love.
Teach us your spirit, for it is only in loving imitation of
you, Lord, that we can discover the healing springs of
life that will bring about new birth to the earth and
hope for the world. Amen.

Our Lady, Queen of Peace. Pray for us.

 A Prayer for the Priests (Thursdays)
O Almighty Eternal God, look upon the face of Thy
Son, and for the love of Him who is the eternal High
Priest, have pity on Thy priests. Remember, O most
compassionate God, that they are but weak and frail
human beings. Stir up in them the grace of their
vocation which is in them by the imposition of the
bishop's hands. Keep them close to Thee, lest the
enemy prevail against them, so that they may never do
anything in the slightest degree unworthy of their
sublime vocation.
O Jesus, I pray Thee for Thy faithful and fervent
priests; for Thy unfaithful and tepid priests; for Thy
priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission
fields; for Thy tempted priests; for Thy lonely priests;
for Thy dying priests; for the souls of Thy priests in
purgatory. But above all I commend to Thee the priests
dearest to me; the priest who baptized me; the priests
who absolved me from my sins; the priests at whose
Masses I assisted, and who gave me Thy Body and
Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who taught and
instructed me, or helped and encouraged me; all the
priests to whom I am indebted in any other way,
particularly N. O Jesus, keep them all close to Thy
Heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in
eternity. Amen.
 Prayer for Faith (Fridays)

Lord, I believe: I wish to believe in Thee.

Lord, let my faith be full and unreserved,
and let it penetrate my thought, my way
of judging Divine things and human
things. Lord, let my faith be joyful and
give peace and gladness to my spirit, and
dispose it for prayer with God and
conversation with men, so that the inner
bliss of its fortunate possession may
shine forth in sacred and secular
conversation. Lord, let my faith be
humble and not presume
to be based on the experience of my
thought and of my feeling; but let it
surrender to the testimony of the Holy
Spirit, and not have any better guarantee
than in docility to Tradition and to the
authority of the magisterium of the Holy
Church. Amen.
POPE PAUL VI
 Prayer for the Family (Saturdays)
Heavenly Father, you bless us with the gifts of life and
love so powerfully present in our midst through
families. In praise of your gifts, we offer you in return
our commitment to love and care for one another as
family-as our own family, as church family and as part
of the great human family. In whatever state of life we
find ourselves, whether married or single, widowed or
divorced, clergy or religious, young or elderly or in
complicated situations, may your love be real and
deeply felt. Bestow your blessings on mothers and
fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers. Bless
brothers and sisters. Embrace those who are alone
and feel that they are abandoned. Make us one family
for you are Our Father, and we your children. Make
our home a dwelling place of love, respect,
understanding, forgiveness and support. In sickness
and in health, in poverty and plenty, in joy and in
sorrow, may we never give up on each other, may we
never give up on our families, extraordinary gift of
family life. We ask the intercession of Mary, our
mother and Joseph, her spouse, who cared for Jesus
in Nazareth who is our Lord, for ever and ever. Amen.