Prayers for the Moment

By Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.

50 prayers to touch your heart and revive your fervor:

- A collection of rare spiritual gems unearthed by Magnificat's beloved Editor-in-Chief, Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
- Fifty prayers chosen for their insight and spiritual depth, expressing the heart's desire to draw closer to God
- Perfect for the moments your heart is open but your words are few
- A powerful addition to your Magnificat

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781941709146

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FIFTY PRAYERS

PRAYER FOR THE MORNING

My God, I offer to you all that I do today for the intentions and the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

I want to sanctify every beat of my heart, my thoughts and my simplest works by uniting them to his infinite merits. I want to make reparation for my faults by casting them into the furnace of his merciful love.

O my God! I ask you for myself and those dear to me the grace to fulfill perfectly your holy will and to accept for love of you the joys and sorrows of this passing life so that one day we may be reunited in heaven for all eternity. Amen.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

MORNING OFFERING TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

O most blessed and sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God, filled with all tenderness, Daughter of the most high King, Lady of the angels, Mother of all the faithful. On this day and all the days of my life, I entrust to your merciful heart my body and my soul, all my acts, thoughts, choices, desires, words, deeds, my entire life and death, so that, with your assistance, all may be ordered to the good according to the will of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Be to me, my most holy Lady, a comforter and an ally against the stratagems and traps of the ancient enemy and of all those who harbor ill intentions against me. From your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, request for me the grace to resist firmly the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and a constant resolve to sin no more, and to persevere in your service, and the service of your beloved Son. My most holy Lady, I also beseech you to obtain for me true obedience and true humility of heart so that I may recognize myself truly as a sinner—wretched and weak—and powerless, without the grace and help of my Creator and without your holy prayers, to do any kind of good work or even to resist the unrelenting assaults of evil.

Procure for me also, O my most sweet Lady, perpetual purity of mind and body, so that with a pure heart and chaste body I may be strengthened to serve you and your beloved Son. From him, obtain for me a spirit of poverty willingly accepted with patience and tranquility of mind, so that I will have the strength to work for my own salvation and that of my neighbors. Obtain for me as well, O most sweet Lady, true charity with which from the depths of my heart I may love your most holy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and, after him, love you above all other things, and love my neighbor in God and because of God. Thereby may I rejoice in his goodness, sorrow over his evils, despise no one, never judge rashly, and never in my heart exalt myself over anyone.

Grant, O Queen of Heaven, that ever in my heart I may fear and love alike your most sweet Son; that I may always give thanks for the many blessings bestowed upon me not for my merits but by his kindness; and that I may ever make a pure and sincere confession, and do true penance for my sins, in order that I might deserve to obtain his mercy and grace.

I pray also that, at the end of my life, you, Mother without compare, gate of heaven, and advocate of sinners, will not allow me, your unworthy servant, to stray from the holy Catholic faith, but that you will protect me with your great piety and mercy, defend me from evil spirits, and obtain for me, through the blessed and glorious Passion of your Son and through your own intercession, received in hope, the forgiveness of all my sins. When I die in your love and his love, may you direct me into the way of salvation and blessedness.

Saint Thomas Aquinas

PRAYER TO EMBRACE GOD IN LOVE

I am desperate for your love, Lord. My heart is aflame with fervent passion. When I remember the good things you have done, my heart burns with desire to embrace you. I thirst for you, I hunger for you. I long for you, I sigh for you. I am jealous for your love.

What shall I say to you? What can I do for you? Where shall I seek you? I am sick for your love.

The joy of my heart turns to dust. My happy laughter is reduced to ashes. I want you. I hope for you. My soul is like a widow, bereft of you. Turn to me, and see my tears. I will weep until you come to me. Come now, Lord, and I will be comforted. Show me your face, and I shall be saved. Enter my room, and I shall be satisfied. Reveal your beauty, and my joy will be complete.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury

PRAYER FOR SELF-FORGETFULNESS

O my God, Trinity whom I adore, let me entirely forget myself, that I may abide in you, still and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. Let nothing disturb my peace nor separate me from you, O my unchanging God, but that each moment may take me further into the depths of your mystery!

Pacify my soul! Make it your heaven, your beloved home and place of your repose. Let me never leave you there alone, but may I be ever attentive, ever alert in my faith, ever adoring and all given up to your creative action.

O my beloved Christ, crucified for love, would that I might be for you a spouse of your heart! I would anoint you with glory, I would love you—even unto death! Yet I sense my frailty and ask you to adorn me with yourself. Identify my soul with all the movements of your soul, submerge me, overwhelm me, substitute yourself in me, that my life may become but a reflection of your life. Come into me as Adorer, Redeemer, and Savior.

O Eternal Word, Word of my God, would that I might spend my life listening to you, would that I might be fully receptive to learn all from you. In all darkness, all loneliness, all weakness, may I ever keep my eyes fixed on you and abide under your great light. O my Beloved Star, fascinate me so that I may never be able to leave your radiance.

O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, descend into my soul and make all in me as an incarnation of the Word, that I may be to him a super-added humanity wherein he renews his mystery. And you, O Father, bestow yourself and bend down to your little creature, seeing in her only your beloved Son in whom you are well pleased.

O my Three, my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in whom I lose myself, I give myself to you as a prey to be consumed. Enclose yourself in me that I may be absorbed in you so as to contemplate in your light the abyss of your greatness!

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

PRAYER FOR PERFECT HAPPINESS

O heavenly Father,

you have created us

for perfect happiness.

In all humility I pray,

lead me to it, as you please,

through deep chasms

and bitter cold.

Everywhere I will follow you:

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