Prayers by Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA

An End to Violence

Almighty God, we worship You, our Father!  We pray for an end to violence in our cities and for the conversion of those involved in racism, street gangs and organized crime.  Help them, O Lord, to recognize the dignity of every human person and to remember that we will all have to render an account to You who are the just Judge, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.  Restore peace to our streets and bring an end to the cycle of poverty and violence.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Atheists and Agnostics

O Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth, we worship You!  We pray for those who either do not believe or who believe wrongly.   Enlighten their minds with Your light and enflame their hearts with Your love!  Give the gift of the faith to atheists and agnostics.  Humble their  pride and inspire their souls with Your grace.  Burst through their blindness with Your radiance and use us as an instrument of salvation for many.  Amen.

Caregivers of the Sick

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we adore You!  You have first loved us and through Your Son You have taught us the excellence of self-giving love.  Give to those who are caregivers of a sick parent or child, brother or sister, the assistance of your holy angles.  Lessen their burden and give them great joy in practicing a work of mercy.  And since charity is never forgotten by You, reveal to them their heavenly reward.  Through Jesus Christ or Lord.  Amen.

Children in Unhappy Homes

Almighty God, we thank You that each one of us is fearfully wonderfully made! You are our Father and we are Your children.  We pray for children who have not experienced Your love in their homes. Console them, Lord!  We pray for those whose parents are separated.  Comfort them, Lord.  We pray for those who have no one to turn to.  Be their refuge, Lord.  Grant all children the security of a happy home and assist those who now suffer.  Through Christ Our Lord. Amen

Christian Freedom

Almighty and ever-living God, we worship You who reigns over all!  There are many places in the world where Christianity is persecuted or outlawed.  Many Christians throughout the world practice their faith in hiding with fear of imprisonment, torture or death.  Grant them freedom, Lord, to follow you.  Protect them from their oppressors and use EWTN to bring them hope and encouragement.  Turn the hearts of their persecutors so that they, too, may experience the joy of salvation in Jesus Christ. Amen.

Christians in Iraq

Lord Jesus, You told Your disciples that they would suffer persecution just as You did.  We pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq who are enduring persecution.  Send Your Holy Angels to protect them from all harm.  Console them in their afflictions and support them in their daily hardships and anxieties.  Grant freedom to Your Church and give strength and joy to the Iraq martyrs in their sufferings.  You who live and reign forever.  Amen.

Conversion of Sinners

O most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we adore You!  We thank You for inviting us into Your Kingdom and calling us out of darkness into Your marvelous light.  Let us be an instrument for the conversion of sinners.  Soften the hardened of heart; melt those indifferent to Your goodness; and enflame those who are without love.  Together with Jesus, we offer our prayers, sufferings, and sacrifices this day for their conversion.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Corona Virus

O Holy Spirit, we thank you for the advancements that have led to improving the health of so many.  We beg you to inspire new breakthroughs in overcoming the corona virus and all serious flu viruses.  Protect, we pray, health care professionals from the illnesses they are treating and make then instruments of your healing.  Amen.

Deceased

Heavenly Father, the lasting hope of all who believe, we trust in Your goodness!  We pray for our loved ones who have died.  We pray, also, for all those who helped us during our lives: our friends, our teachers, clergy, religious, and all of our benefactors who have died.  Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.  May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed though Your mercy, rest in peace.  Amen.

Elderly

Almighty God and Father, we adore You from whom all life has come and to Whom all life returns!  Give to those who are suffering under the burden of years of hope and joy.  Fill them with gratitude for their many years and make them rich in love.  As they grow older on the outside make them younger on the inside through the work of the Holy Spirit.  Use this time to prepare them, Lord, for the joys of eternal life.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Farmers

Creator of Heaven and Earth, we praise You for the goodness of Your creation reveals something of You, the source of all goodness!  We ask you to bless those who farm and make their living off the land.  They know of their dependence on You and look to You to make their crops and livestock fertile an fruitful.  Bless them, Lord, with strong faith, healthy bodies, generous hearts, and an abundance for good works.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Fathers

Heavenly Father, we adore You!  All fatherhood has its source in You.  Strengthen fatherhood in our land.  Give men hearts of courage to defend and protect what is good.  Help them in their sacrifices to provide for their families and console them with good friends.  Bless our fathers, reward them for their sacrificial love and grant eternal rest to those who have died.  Let men and women who never knew the support of a loving father come to know that of St. Joseph.  Amen

Gifts of Prayer

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we adore You, who are a perfect community of persons!  In the superabundance of Your goodness You invite us to share in Your life and love now and forever.  We ask You to grant us new gifts of prayer so that we may grow in union with You.  O God, You are our God, for You we long, for You our souls are thirsting, like a dry weary land without water.  Quench our thirst!  Give us Yourself.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

God’s Blessing Upon Our Work

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of David, we praise You!  You taught us the value of human labor through Your own work as a carpenter.  Bless our labors and bring success to the work of our hands.  Bring success to the work of our hands.  May everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your saving help.  Let our work always find its origin in You and through You reach its completion.  Amen.

Grandparents 

Lord Jesus, Son of Mary and Grandson of Joachim and Ann, we praise You!  We pray for Your blessing upon all grandparents today, so that they may be a source of strength and support for their children and grandchildren.  Help them to be models of faith leading their descendants closer to You by word and example.  Let these years be a very fruitful time for their own souls and those of their family members.  Continue to use them, dear Jesus, to plant, to build up, and to restore.  Amen.

Greater Modesty 

Most Blessed Virgin Mary, we honor You, the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ!  You are a model for all women of every time.  Blessed are You among women!  Teach Your daughters the virtue of modesty so that they may come to understand what is truly beautiful and so in accord with their dignity.  Help them, dear mother, to adorn themselves with the beauty of the virtues and to live with a purity of soul like unto yours.  Most sweet Mother, pray for us who have recourse to you.  Amen.

Growth of the Culture of Life

Heavenly Father, lover of all life, we thank You for loving the thought of us and creating us!  You do not delight in the destruction of the living but rather that all may live and prosper.  We thank You for showing us the way to life and love, the way to happiness and joy.  Help us to build the culture of life and the civilization of love.  Bring to naught the designs of those who seek to destroy life.  Save us by your power!  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Holy Purity

Most holy and pure Virgin Mary, we honor You, the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of us!  We ask you to turn now to your Son, so that we may have his help in the age of growing immorality.  Beg Him to turn the water of human passions into the wine of Holy Purity and self-giving love.  Dear Mother, Pray that we may have a purity of heart and mind and body like unto yours and may always have protection from the many temptations which surround us.  Amen.

Holy Spirit Gifts of Healing

Holy Spirit, Lord of Life, from the clear celestial height, Thy pure beaming radiance give!  Heal our wounds, our strength renew!  On our dryness, pour thy dew!  Wash the stains of guilt away!  Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen, warm the chill, guide the steps that go astray!  Give us comfort when we die, give us life with Thee on high, give us joys that never end!  Come, Holy Spirit, come.  Amen.

Homeless

Lord Jesus, we praise You who have taught us how to live and how to love!   You promised to welcome into Your eternal joy those who fed You, clothed You, visited You, and welcomed You in the least of Your brothers.  Help the homeless to find employment and decent housing and console them in their need.  Inspire government leaders and the faithful with ways to truly help the homeless to make their way and to meet their own basic needs.  Stir up a new charity and wisdom in the hearts of all!  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.
 

In Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Bread of Life, we adore You!  For in a profound way in the Sacred Host, You are with us always until the end of the world.  O Glorious and Majestic Son!  Shine upon us and draw us out of the darkness into Your marvelous light.  Warm us in Your grace and cast Your light into the darkness of our hearts.  Give us right faith, certain hope, and perfect charity that we may carry out Your will in all things.  Amen.

In Thanksgiving for the Mass
Most High and Glorious God we stand in awe of Your generous love!  For You devised a way to speak to us and to unite us poor creatures with Yourself in the Holy Eucharist.  Sanctify us through the Holy Sacrifice!  Reveal Yourself to us through Your Word!  Unite us more and more with Yourself through Holy Communion!  We praise You, we glorify You, and we thank You for the gift of the Holy Mass which has nourished multitudes throughout the ages.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Marriage

Almighty God and Father, we adore you.  You are the author of marriage and have made it a covenant of faithful, exclusive and enduring love between one man and one woman.  Protect this sacred institution from those who are working to deform it.  Bring to conversion those who cohabitate and restore the dignity of marriage and family life to our land.  Strengthen those who are struggling in their marriages and protect our children from neglect and divorce.  We ask this through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Mothers

Heavenly Father, we worship You our creator!  You have revealed Your tender love for us through the love of our mothers.  Bless our mothers and reward them for their sacrificial love.  Grant consolation and strength to mothers who are exhausted, those struggling to hold their families together, and those in difficult marriages.  Bless our mothers, Lord, and grant eternal rest to those who have died.  Let men and women who never knew a mother’s love come to know that of Mary, Your mother.  Amen.

Our Nation

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we love you!  We thank you for our nation and the many blessings we enjoy in our earthly homeland.  Protect us from those who plot evil against our country and use us to build a civilization of love.  Let obedience to Your commandments be our way of life so that we may have peace throughout our land, I our cities, our homes, and on our hearts.  Lead us all to our lasting homeland of Heaven.  Amen.

Ourselves

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I adore You!  You have brought me into existence. You support me throughout my life and you invite me to share in your life forever.  How good you ae to me!  Protect me from moral and physical harm.  Give me Your Spirit to inspire, guide, and transform me.  Use me for Your glory and the good of others and never let me be separated from You, my God and my all!  Amen.

Our Pastor

Lord Jesus, Eternal High Priest, we worship You, our Head!  We thank You for our pastor who shares in Your One Priesthood, who acts in Your stead, and who is the instrument of bringing Your presence to us.  Strengthen him, Lord, I time of trial; be his consolation in times of loneliness and give him the joy of seeing the fruits of his labors.  I will pray for him and assist him as I am able, for You bring many graces and blessings to me through him.  Amen.

Our Siblings

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we love You!  You have revealed your inner life as a communion of persons and so we pray today in thanksgiving for our brothers and sisters with whom we have shared our lives.  Grant us reconciliation with those who are estranged from us and help those who have fallen on hard times to rise up once again.  Bless, O Lord, all of my brothers and sisters and reunite us one day in Heaven.  Amen.

Peace

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Mary, we praise and thank You!  You have taught us that peace is Your gift to us and have forbidden us to be troubled and afraid.  Free us from anxiety, Lord.  Dispel fear from our hearts and give us a deep trust in Your abiding Presence and in Your Promises.  Manifest Your providential care for us by meeting our needs this day and let us tangibly experience Your love.  Jesus, we trust in Your promises!  Amen.

Peace in the Middle East

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Messiah, we glorify Your Holy Name!  You lived and traveled in the Middle East when You walked upon this earth.  Bring Your peace to these lands and an end to the continual conflicts that ravage them.  Let them know the peace that You came to bring.  Let all come to recognize the dignity of all so that everyone may enjoy a good livelihood, security, and peace.  Let them come to know You, Who are the Way and the Truth and the Life.  Amen.

Peace in the World

Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, we need you!  The world is filled with strife and violence and this fills us with fear.  You told your disciples that peace was Your gift to them.  Give us Your peace to bring us calm in the midst of the storm!  Instill Your gift of peace into the hearts of all men that they may seek reconciliation and understanding.  Quiet the sounds of war and hatred and raise up a chorus of harmony and peace.  Amen.

Poor and the Hungry

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we thank you for this day, which is your gift to us.  Let us live it in a way that is pleasing to You.  We thank You for saving us from sin and death.  Make us virtuous and holy.  We thank You for a place being prepared for us in Your House for ever.  Do not let us be separated from You.  We thank you for the many things we take for granted.  Help us delight in Your goodness.  Amen.

Prisoners

Lord Jesus, we praise you for revealing Your love for prisoners, for you said that when we visit them, we visit you.  Sanctify this time of imprisonment for all prisoners.  Bring the grace of conversion to hardened criminals.  Give the joy of salvation to those who never knew a loving family and grant freedom to those unjustly imprisoned.  Teach our brothers and sisters in prison how to pray and let them find hope in Your words of forgiveness to the thief who died next to You.  Amen.

Protection in Time of Pandemic

O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope.  We entrust ourselves to you.  Health of the sick, who, at the cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining steadfast in faith. O loving mother, you know what we need, and we are confident that you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee.  Intercede for us with your son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died.  Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure.  Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the cross, to the glory of the Resurrection.  Amen.

Refugees

O Child Jesus, born of Mary, with the Magi, we give You homage!  You and Your family knew the plight of being refugees in Your flight into Egypt.  Please come to the aid of those who have been driven from their homelands because of persecution, hunger, or turmoil in their native lands.  Protect the children and help those families to find their way to security and peace.  O Little Child Jesus, do not let their hopes for a better life be disappointed, but bring them the joy of Your help.  Amen.

Terrorists

Heavenly Father, we come to You with tears and sorrow as witness the senseless killing of the innocent by terrorism.  We know that you do not delight in the destruction of the living and have commanded us not to kill.  You are the Father of all who walk this earth.  Speak to the hearts of those who are plotting evil.  Infuse into them love and respect for the dignity of every human person.  Send Your holy angles to safeguard those in danger.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen

Thanksgiving

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we thank You for this day, which is Your gift to us! Let us live it in a way that is pleasing to You.  We thank You for saving us from sin and death.  Make us virtuous and Holy.  We thank You for a place being prepared for us in Your House forever.  Do not let us be separated from You.  We thank You for the many things we take for granted.  Help us to delight in Your goodness.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

The Church in Africa
Almighty God and Father, we adore You and thank You for the growth of the Church in Africa!  We pray for those who suffer and are persecuted for their Christian faith.  Strengthen them Lord!  We pray for those who are starving.  Give them their daily bread, Lord!  We pray for those who are seeking.  Draw them to Yourself and to Your Church, O Lord!  Bless the Church in Africa and help it to grow and to bear much fruit for the Kingdom of God.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

The Church in the Americas

Almighty God and Father, we thank You for the Christian faith of the Americas!  Our Lady of Guadalupe is as the center of North and South America and we place ourselves under her patronage.  Let the Christian faith flourish in these countries and states.  Protect us from those who wish to remove You from our governments, our schools, and our lives.  We believe and always wish to be lands rich in faith and fervent in our love of You who have made all things.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

The Church in Asia

Almighty God and Father, we praise You for Your marvelous works!  The Church of Asia is small but fervent and we pray that You protect them and bless them.  Let a new Pentecost enliven the entire continent of Asia.  Do not let them be deprived of the treasures of the Gospel, but bring them into the Church where they may find life and salvation.  Let none of them be lost, O Lord, but send missionaries and use EWTN to bring them the hope of the Gospel.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

The Church in Australia and Oceania

Almighty God and Father, we worship You who have given all things their place and time!  We ask You to bless the continent of Australia and the islands of Oceania.  Enrich these lands with an abundance of Heavenly graces to prepare souls for the Gospel.  Let the transmission of EWTN  bring many to faith and conversion so that they may have life and have it to the full in Jesus Christ Your Son.  Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.  Amen.

The Church in Europe

Almighty God and Father, we worship You and thank You for the Christian heritage of Europe!  Grant to the faithful there perseverance in faith and virtue.  Bring back to the Fold, those who have left the practice of their faith.  Protect Europe from those who seek to renounce its Christian roots. Enkindle anew the fire of Your love there, raise up new saints, and let a spiritual renewal rise up and cover the land.  Let Europe  be, once again, a Christian land rich in faith.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen

The Pope

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Mary, we praise You!  Before ascending into Heaven, You, the Good Shepherd , entrusted the care of Your sheep to Peter to tend and feed them.  Send the Holy Spirit to our Holy Father, the Pope.  Enlighten his mind, enflame his heart,  and strengthen his will so that he may fulfill Your Holy Will toward us.  Console him in his trials, assist him in his labors, and make him a Saint. Amen.

Those Grieving the Death of a Loved One

Jesus, You wept at the death of Your friend Lazarus.  Console those who are now grieving the loss of a loved one.  Let them be comforted in the remembrance of Your promises.  Give to those who mourn, peace, in the midst of their tears.  You are the resurrection and the life!  We know and believe this!   Let the despairing find hope and the brokenhearted receive the consolation of Your presence and Your love.  Amen

Those in Need of Employment

Our Provident Father in Heaven, Holy is Your name!  Many today are without employment and are struggling for themselves and their families.  “Give us, this day our daily bread.”  Reveal Your providential care and assist them in finding meaningful work.  Bring them closer to You in this time of trial and show them the way.  Let the door be opened to them for we are knocking.  Let them receive Your help, for we are asking.  Amen

Those in Nursing Homes

Heavenly Father, we worship You!  You loved the thought of each one of us and wanted us to exist and so You created us.   Never let the lonely forget that You desired them to be.  Shower your blessings upon those who are in nursing homes and make this time in their lives fruitful for eternity.  Reveal Your love to them.  Deepen their love for You and unite their prayers and sufferings to those of Jesus for the salvation of the world.  Amen .

Those Living with an Alcoholic

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we love You!  We pray for those who suffer with a parent, spouse, or child who is an alcoholic.  Give them wisdom Lord! Let them rise above their struggles and find consolation and light in prayer.  Show them the way to remedying their plight.  Speak to the heart of the one bringing distress into the home, showing them the path to conversion and freedom from alcoholism.  Amen.

Those Who Have Chronic Pain

Lord Jesus Christ, Suffering Servant Whose wounds have healed us, we give You glory and honor and praise!  You have given us a share in Your suffering and also a share in Your riches.  Help those who suffer with chronic pain to realize that they have been chosen to be saints and that, just as Your suffering was not meaningless nor useless, so neither is theirs.  Give them healing and consolation and peace, dear Lord, and use them for the good of many souls.  Amen.

Those Who Are Dying

Lord Jesus, Savior who suffered death so that we might live, be with those who are now dying.  Comfort those who are alone, console those who are suffering, renew the hope of those in despair and reveal yourself to those who do not believe.  Let Your Divine Mercy surround all those who are dying to bring them to the place that You have prepared for them in the Father’s House.  Let none of them be lost. Amen.

Those Who Govern Us

Lord Jesus Christ, we praise you who are King of kings and the Lord of lords!  For Your reign will never end.  We pray for all our government leaders.  Give us, O Lord, men and women after Your own heart.  Reverse the tide of immorality in our land and raise up Godly men and women to govern us.  Through our leaders protect life from its conception, safeguard marriage and family life, and grant us freedom of conscience.  Amen.

Those Who Have Left the Church

Lord Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd, we praise You!  You founded the Church on the foundation of the apostles and promised that the gates of Hell would never prevail against her.  Bring those who have left the faith back to Your Catholic Church.  Give them the grace of conversion from sin, stir into flame the gift of the Holy Spirit within them and restore to Your prodigal children their lost dignity.  Lord Jesus, have mercy. Amen.

Those Who Struggle with Eating Disorders

Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life, we glorify You!  We beg You to come with Your healing power and gifts to those who struggle with eating disorders.  Heal the wounds of the past, console them in the sorrows of the present, and restore their hope in Your goodness.  Be present to them and strengthen them in temperance that they may easily do what is good and prosper for their health and happiness.  Give them good friends, an abundance of love, and gifts of prayer.  Amen.

Those Who Suffer with Cancer

Lord Jesus Christ, Healer of souls and bodies, we praise You for this day of life.  We ask you to look upon all those who have been diagnosed with cancer.  We pray for those who are undergoing difficult cancer treatments and for those who have lost heart.  O Divine Physician, bring them healing in body and mind and soul.  Console them with Your presence and five them even joy in their suffering.  Amen.

Those Who Suffer with Parkinson’s Disease

Lord Jesus Christ, Consoler of the afflicted, You are our refuge!  We pray for those who are suffering the effects of Parkinson’s Disease.  As they lose their physical strength and abilities, increase their spiritual strength and abilities.  Renew their inner spirit day after day and their share in Your sufferings give the grace of conversion to sinners. In their weakness, reveal Your strength.  Give peace and joy to those who care for them.  Amen.

Those with Alzheimer’s Disease

Almighty God and Father, we thank You for the dignity You have given to all human life, even when it is marred by disease!  We pray for those with Alzheimer’s disease.  Grant them, in their confusion, the consolation of Your presence.  Give to their families strength, compassion, and patience and show them the way to perfect charity.  Help us all to trust that You bring good out of all things and that our suffering is nothing compared to the glory You have prepared for us.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen

Those With Autism

Our Father in Heaven, we worship you our creator who has given us the dignity of being Your sons and daughters!  We pray for those with autism.  Turn the challenges they face into great good for their souls and those of their families.  Help each one of them make progress each day in their physical and mental abilities and in their union with You. Bless them, O Lord, with help from on High out of the abundance of Your mercy.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Those With Autistic Children

Heavenly Father we adore You the father of us all!  We ask you to assist those families with an autistic child.   Five these parents wisdom and angelic help in their care for their children.  Help the child’s siblings to be patient and to grow self-giving love.  Grant these families Your special support and give them friends who understand and love them.  Most merciful Father, give light to scientists and doctors so that they may find the solution to autism.  Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Those With Epilepsi

Most Holy Trinity, we worship and trust in You who always hear the cry of the poor!  We beg you to bring physical healing to those who suffer with epilepsy, for this illness causes them much suffering and anguish.  We know that You turn all things to good.  Help them, even in their affliction, to have trust in You.  Bring them medical solutions to their problems and, through their pain, a deep union with You, who lives and reigns, God, forever and ever.  Amen.

Vocations to the Consecrated Life

Lord Jesus Christ, we praise You and wish to follow You wherever You lead us!  The world is a better place because of the contributions of those who have followed You in the Consecrated Life.  The poor have been fed; the sick have been comforted; the young have been educated; and prayers from monastic heats have brought us many graces.  Bless our times with more vocations to the Religious Life so that we too may enjoy the blessings of Your Presence with us.  Amen.

Vocations to the Priesthood

Almighty God, we worship You, our Father, and pray this day that You would not leave us without Priests to teach, to sanctify, and to govern us.  We are sheep in need of holy shepherds to help us in this life.  Send laborers into the rich harvest.  Inspire Your men, give them a zeal for souls and generous hearts like that of Your Son.  We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever.  Amen.

Women Considering Abortion

Heavenly Father, we worship You! You loved the thought of each one of us and wanted us to exist and so You knit each one of us in our mother’s wombs.  Share Your love with those mothers who are considering aborting their unborn children.   Dispel their fears, free them from pressuring boyfriends or parents and give them joy in their motherhood.  Spare them, Lord, from a life of regret so that they may enjoy the satisfaction of a motherhood lived in love. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we thank you for this day, which is your gift to us.  Let us live it in a way that is pleasing to You.  We thank You for saving us from sin and death.  Make us virtuous and holy.  We thank You for a place being prepared for us in Your House for ever.  Do not let us be separated from You.  We thank you for the many things we take for granted.  Help us delight in Your goodness.  Amen.

Pope Francis’ Prayer to the Mother of Divine Love

You, Salvation of Your People, know what we need.  We are certain that You will provide, so that, as You did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial.  Dear Heavenly Mother, help us to live these difficult days filled with hope, with renewed unity, with a true spirit of obedience to what is required of us with a certainty that after this trial we may arrive at the blessed and glorious hour of the Resurrection.  Amen.