READ AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BEFORE BREAKFAST
“Your Word says that You will never leave me, but right now I feel all alone. I am afraid of what lies before me. Help me to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that You are with me. You are my Good Shepherd. With You by my side, I need not fear. Fill me with Your presence and Your courage as I greet this day.” –Donna Maltese
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and will never leave me to face my perils alone.” –Thomas Merton
“Do not allow my foot to stumble, Lord. Eliminate the obstacles of worry and fear that line the path before me. Give me hope and courage to face my future. Give me a clear mind to make the right decisions. And, at the end of this day, give me the peace of sweet slumber as I lie down within Your mighty arms.” –Donna Maltese
READ AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BEFORE WORK
“When all is said and done, it simply comes down to this, Lord: In whom do I trust? If I allow messages from the devil to fill my mind, I will be defeated. You have overcome this world, You have overcome the evil one. Plant Your Word in my mind so that there is no room for the fears that threaten to consume me. Help me to remember that I need never fear, for You are with me.” –Donna Maltese
“Dear Jesus, I feel so many things all at the same time. I’m furious and sad, exhausted and frustrated, confused and relieved. Some days I don’t feel anything at all, only numbness. Other days I’m filled with anxiety about the future. And then there are the days when I can’t stop crying. Thank You that whatever I’m feeling, You’re always there with me. You understand me even when I don’t understand myself.” –Ellyn Sanna
“Loving God, You promise that You do note hate me when others accuse me. You will not hide Your face from me. You will hear my cries. (Psalm 22:24). Let me rely on You. Plead my cause. Deliver me from this crisis. Be my rock of refuge, my strong fortress in the midst of all this. Go before me and fight this battle on my behalf.” –Ellyn Sanna
“May Christ shield me today. Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit, Christ when I stand, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. Amen.” –St. Patrick’s Prayer
READ AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BEFORE LUNCH
“O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to You, we shall see Your hand, Your purpose, Your will through all things.” –St. Ignatius of Loyola
“God grant me the 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 the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it:
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.”
“Lord, rid me of the fears that are plaguing me as I come to You. Calm my racing heart. Fill me with Your strength and courage. The storms, the trials feel as if they are going to overcome me, but You have overcome the world and will not let me be brought down. You have given me the spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. I praise Your name.” –Donna Maltese
READ AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BEFORE BEDTIME
“Eternal God, I try to run my life my own way. I wonder why things aren't going the way I want them to go. I forget to let go and give you control. I forget to stop and ask what you want. Help me to give you control. Help me to realize that what I desire may not be what is meant for me, or what is best for me. Help me to be thankful for what you give me, to trust you, and to be open to who and what you want me to be. Give me strength, faith and hope, and most of all, give me guidance each and every day. In Jesus name, Amen.”
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen.” Prayer of St. Francis
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