PRAYER FOR LENTEN SIMPLICITY

 

✝️Prayer for Lenten Simplicity:

Free me, Lord Jesus, from anything that obstructs my way to you. Clear away the clutter of petty grudges.

Remove smudges of resentment and bitterness. Cleanse me of thoughts filled with anger, envy, or self-pity.

Create space in my life for more kindness and less spitefulness, greater generosity and few self-centered needs, stronger compassion and weakened judgement of others.

Enlarge my heart with a spirit of gratitude this Lent, so that I recognize the simple gifts that lay in abundance all around me.

In your sacred name, I pray.

Amen

St.Therese of Lisieux's Daily Offering Prayer

Thérèse of Lisieux, born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin, also known as Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in modern times. Wikipedia

Born: January 2, 1873, Alençon, France

Died: September 30, 1897, Lisieux, France

Full name: Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin

Canonized: 17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI

Siblings: Sister Geneviève of the Holy Face, Léonie Martin, Joseph Jean-Baptiste, More

Parents: Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin, Louis Martin

Therese of Lisieux, also known as the Little Flower lived her life in childlike simplicity… By surrendering herself completely to the everlasting love of God, she learned to do all things – no matter if big or small, with great love.

St.Therese of Lisieux's 

Daily Offering Prayer

Oh my God! I offer You all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to His infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them in the furnace of His merciful love.

Oh my God! I ask of You for myself and for those dear to me the grace to fulfil perfectly Your holy will, to accept for love of You the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all eternity.

Amen.

Lesson from the Gospel today March 6,2022

Verse Before the Gospel

Mt 4:4b

One does not live on bread alone,

but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.




Gospel

Lk 4:1-13

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan

and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days,

to be tempted by the devil.

He ate nothing during those days,

and when they were over he was hungry.

The devil said to him,

“If you are the Son of God,

command this stone to become bread.”

Jesus answered him,

“It is written, One does not live on bread alone.”

Then he took him up and showed him

all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant.

The devil said to him,

“I shall give to you all this power and glory;

for it has been handed over to me,

and I may give it to whomever I wish.

All this will be yours, if you worship me.”

Jesus said to him in reply,

“It is written

You shall worship the Lord, your God,

and him alone shall you serve.”

Then he led him to Jerusalem,

made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him,

“If you are the Son of God,

throw yourself down from here, for it is written:

He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,

and:

With their hands they will support you,

lest you dash your foot against a stone.”

Jesus said to him in reply,

“It also says,

You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.”

When the devil had finished every temptation,

he departed from him for a time.

THE SIX FATIMA PRAYERS WE ALL CAN PRAY DAILY

 

Our Lady of Fátima, is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. Wikipedia

Dates: May 13, 1917 – Sep 13, 1917

Feast day: 13 May

Shrine: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, Cova da Iria, Fátima, Portugal

Witness: Lúcia dos Santos; Francisco and Jacinta Marto

Patronage: Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima; East Timor

1) The Rosary Decade Prayer :

" Oh My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. Amen. "

2) The Pardon Prayer :

“ My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee. Amen. ”

3) The Angel’s Prayer :

“ Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifferences whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners. Amen. ”

4) The Eucharistic Prayer :

“ Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Amen. ”

5) The Sacrifice Prayer :

" Oh my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen. "

6) O Most Holy Virgin Mary, 

Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message. We implore you, inspire in our hearts a fervent love for the recitation of the Rosary. By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption that are recalled therein may we obtain the graces and virtues that we ask, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer.

🙏 The Litany of Humility 🙏

 

THE LITANY OF HUMILITY

O Jesus! Meek and humble of heart, Hear me.


From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being preferred to others, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being consulted, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the desire of being approved, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being humiliated, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being despised, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of suffering rebukes, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being forgotten, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being ridiculed, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being wronged, Deliver me, Jesus.


From the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, Jesus.


That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.


That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.


That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.


That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.


That others may be praised and I unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.


That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.


That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. Amen.