Birthday Prayers Devotion

God our Father,
the birth of your Son Jesus Christ
brought great joy to Mary and Joseph.
We give thanks to you for [name here] whose birthday we celebrate today.
May he/she ever grow in your faith, hope, and love.
We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Act of Adoration #5

I adore Thee, Lord and creator,
hidden in the Blessed Sacrament.

I adore Thee for all the works of Thy hands,
that reveal to me so much wisdom,
goodness and mercy, O Lord.

Thou hast spread so much beauty over the earth,
and it tells me about Thy beauty, even though these beautiful things are but a faint reflection of Thine Incomprehensible Beauty.

And although Thy hast hidden Thyself
and concealed Thy Beauty,
my eye, enlightened by faith, reaches Thee,
and my soul recognizes its Creator,
its Highest Good;
and my heart is completely immersed in prayer of adoration.

Amen.

Creativity in Prayer

Lord, I long to be in Your presence throughout my day. I long to see You and to love You always. 

Help me to pray to You, in the midst of my activity, so that I may always be in Your company. Jesus, I trust in You.

Often times, our days are filled with activity. Families are often occupied with one event or another. Chores and work can pile up and we may find, at the end of the day, that we have had little time to pray to God in solitude. But solitude and prayer can happen at times throughout our busy day. Though it's important to look for moments when we can be alone with God, giving Him our full attention, we should also look for opportunities to pray, interiorly, in the midst of our busy lives.

Do you find that your life is full of activity? 

Do you find that you are often too busy to get away and pray? 

Though this is not the ideal, it can be remedied by looking for opportunities within your busyness. 

At a school event, while driving, while cooking or cleaning, we always have the opportunity to raise our minds and hearts to God in prayer. 

Remind yourself, this day, that you can pray during most moments of the day. 

Praying continually, this way, may provide the solitude you so desperately need.

Act of Adoration and Praise after Communion Devotion

O Lord Jesus, sweetest Guest,
mayest Thou have come happily to me, Thy poor and humble servant.
Mayest Thou have entered in blessing under this mean and lowly roof.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the highest, for that Thou hast come into my heart, Thou Day-spring from on high.

O King of peace,
drive from my heart all vain and idle thoughts,
that my soul may imitate and love Thee only,
the Author of peace.
For what beside Thee, O Thou peace,
Thou calm and sweetness of my heart,
should my soul seek for or desire?

Amen.

Act of Charity Devotion

O my God, I love you above all things with my whole heart and soul because you
are all good and worthy of all my love.

I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you.

I forgive all who have injured me and ask pardon of all whom I have injured. 

Amen.

Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Jesus, divine saviour, deign to cast a look of mercy upon your children, who assemble in the same spirit of faith, reparation, and love, and come to deplore their own infidelities, and those of all poor sinners, their brethren.

May we touch your divine heart by the unanimous and solemn promises we are about to make and obtain mercy for ourselves, for the world, and for all who are so unhappy as not to love you. We all promise that for the future:

For the forgetfulness and ingratitude of men, we will console you, O Lord.

For the way you are deserted in your holy tabernacle, we will console you, O Lord.

For the crimes of sinners, we will console you, O Lord.

For the hatred of the impious, we will console you, O Lord.

For the blasphemies uttered against you, we will console you, O Lord.

For the sacrileges that profane your sacrament of love, we will console you, O Lord.

For the outrages against your divinity, we will console you, O Lord.

For the injuries of which you are the adorable victim, we will console you, O Lord.

For the coldness of the greater part of your children, we will console you, O Lord.

For the contempt of your loving invitation, we will console you, O Lord.

For the infidelity of those who called themselves your friends, we will console you, O Lord.

For the abuse of your grace, we will console you, O Lord.

For our own unfaithfulness, we will console you, O Lord.

For the incomprehensible hardness of our hearts, we will console you, O Lord.

For our long delay in loving you, we will console you, O Lord.

For our tepidity in your holy service, we will console you, O Lord.

For your bitter sadness at the loss of souls, we will console you, O Lord.

For your long waiting at the door of our hearts, we will console you, O Lord.

For the heartless scorn that grieves you, we will console you, O Lord.

For your loving sighs, we will console you, O Lord.

For your loving tears, we will console you, O Lord.

For your loving imprisonment, we will console you, O Lord.

For your loving death, we will console you, O Lord.

Let us pray: O Jesus!  divine savior, from whose heart comes forth this bitter complaint, "I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found none," graciously accept the feeble consolation we offer you, and aid us so powerfully by your grace, that we may, for the time to come, shun more and more all that can displease you, and prove ourselves in everything, and everywhere, and forever your most faithful and devoted servants.  We ask it through your sacred heart, O Lord, who live and reign with the father and the Holy Spirit one God, world without end. 

 Amen.

Act of Adoration #3

Act of Adoration #3

Jesus, my God, I adore You, here present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar, where You wait day and night to be our comfort while we await Your unveiled presence in heaven.

Jesus, my God, I adore You in all places where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved and where sins are committed against this Sacrament of Love.

Jesus, my God, I adore You for all time, past, present and future, for every soul that ever was, is or shall be created.

Jesus, my God, who for us has endured hunger and cold, labour and fatigue, I adore You.

Jesus, my God, who for my sake has deigned to subject Yourself to the humiliation of temptation, to the perfidy and defection of friends, to the scorn of Your enemies, I adore You.

Jesus, my God, who for us has endured the buffeting of Your passion, the scourging, the crowning with thorns, the heavy weight of the cross, I adore You.

Jesus, my God, who, for my salvation and that of all mankind, was cruelly nailed to the cross and hung there for three long hours in bitter agony, I adore You.

Jesus, My God, who for love of us did institute this Blessed Sacrament and offer Yourself daily for the sins of men, I adore You.

Jesus, my God, who in Holy Communion became the food of my soul, I adore You.

Jesus, for You I live. Jesus, for You I die. Jesus, I am Yours in life and death.

Amen.