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A Prayer to Help You Start the Day

This is a prayer to help you get started every day. Inspired by St. Patrick. 

Recite this prayer in the morning and you are ready to face the world. I arise today through the power of God: God’s might to comfort me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to lead me, God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s Heavenly Host to save me from the snares of the devil, from temptations to sin, from all who wish me...

Introduction to the Assumption of Mary:

Celebrated every year on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay–a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin’s passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a Holy Day of Obligation. Quick Facts: Date: August 15. Type of Feast: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation. (For more details, see Is Assumption a Holy Day of Obligation? Readings: Revelation 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab; Psalm...

Prayer for Mercy

PRAYER FOR MERCY Be mercy O Lord, Be mercy O Jesus Be mercy O Holy Spirit Be mercy O Jesus, Son of David Be mercy upon me, a sinner Alleluia! Be mercy upon the house where I live Be mercy upon my family Be mercy upon my parent Be mercy upon my brothers and sisters Be mercy upon my children Be mercy upon my husband Be mercy upon my wife Be mercy upon my relatives Be mercy upon my friends Be mercy upon families of my neighborers Be mercy O Lord, Be mercy O Jesus Be mercy O Holy Spirit...