​Today’s Blessing Prayer: Friday greetings and blessings to all! I hope you are continuing to navigate through these early Easter days with a sense of hopefulness.
 
My prayer for all of us today that we will once again be touched by the joy of Easter. May we be gifted with many life-giving experiences, with many encounters of God and a positive attitude to take us through the day. May we not see this day as a burden but as an opportunity to encounter the Risen Lord in unique ways. May we all be blessed with the gifts of joy and peace as you journey through this day! God's Easter blessings to all today! Peace in Christ's Passion and the Joy of the Risen Lord...Fr. Paul

​Today’s Prayer: Loving God, it is your desire that all should be saved. Great is your compassion and mercy because you gave us your only Son and Christ died for us all. Teach us to recognize you in all things and love you as you love us. Our prayer of deep faith today is that through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ you will send workers into the vineyards of life to proclaim the Good News. That through your Holy Spirit of hope you will enkindle in our hearts an ardent love that can help us to do all things, to be all things and to live in your love. Be for us the Good Shepherd today and guide us along the right road to your tender love! Amen!

​Today’s Blessing Prayer: Thursday greetings and blessing to all. I hope you are navigating through these early days of Easter with a sense of hope and joy!  
 
My prayer of blessing today is that we will have a blessed day rich in the grace of Easter. May the Risen Christ touch our lives with the joy of the first Easter. May we be touch by the newness of life as we make our way through this Easter time and may we honor the gift of life by living this day to the fullest as best we can. Peace in Christ's Passion and the Risen Lord...Fr. Paul

Today’s Prayer: Be with us today O God, be with us as we wake, be with us as we watch and live this day, be with us if we weep and morn, give your angels and saints charge over us when we sleep. Tend to us, O Lord, if we are sick today, help us if we are weary to find rest today, journey with us through the last steps of life today if you are calling us. Comfort us if we are suffering today, give compassion to us if we are afflicted today and celebrate with us as we live today in your joy. We ask all of this in the grace of your love and live this day for the sake of your love for us! Amen (Adapted from a prayer by St. Augustine of Hippo)

​Today’s Blessing Prayer: Happy Easter Wednesday everyone! I hope you are continuing to navigate through these April Easter days with a sense of hope and some joy in your life!  
 
I send Easter blessings to all of you today. As I always do at this time of the year, I thought about the movie Ground Hog Day, because for these eight days of the Easter Octave each day we celebrate Easter again each day. So Happy Easter and may God bless us today with the gift of Easter joy wherever we are and in whatever we are doing. May we be found rich today in the grace and presence of God and may we find creative ways to share our Easter joy with others who are part of our lives. May our hearts burn today with the presence and the spirit of the Risen Lord! Peace in Christ's Passion and the Risen Lord...Fr. Paul

Today’s Prayer: Jesus, we come before you at the beginning of this day. Take Lord and receive our hearts; the words of faith that we speak, the works of justice that we do, our joys and sufferings. When we come to the Eucharistic table of life, gather our offerings to your own for the life of the world. At the end of this day, place us with Mary, your mother, and for her sake take our hearts to your heart. Amen! (Adapted from a prayer by the Maryland Province of Jesuits)

​Today’s Blessing Prayer: Tuesday greetings and blessing to all! I hope you are once again navigating through these April Easter days with faith and hope.
 
My prayer of blessing for all of you is that your day will be filled with Easter joy as you make your own journey through these octave days. That Easter days give you the opportunity to pause and listen for Jesus to speak your name just has he did in our Gospel to Mary Magdalene. May all our lives today be touch by our joy filled God and that we will encounter God’s loving presence in many ways as you make your way through this day! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul

Today’s Prayer: Loving Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our hearts, and reign there as our peaceful God. Enlighten us with the splendor of faith and the love of your tender heart so that we will work for the good of all your people, especially those in need, impart on us your own spirit, a spirit of discipline, serenity and gentleness preserving the flame of enthusiasm always alight in our hearts. May this day be a day when you find a home at the center of our life and are borne on our shoulders as your joyful Easter people. Amen! (Adapted from a prayer by St. John XXIII)

​Today’s Blessing Prayer: Easter Monday greetings and blessings to all. I hope you are navigating well through these April Easter days! Happy Easter once again as we journey through the octave of Easter.
 
My blessing prayer today is simply that your Easter Monday will be filled with joy and grace. That you will encounter the Risen Christ in whatever you do today and that you will live this day not fearful but overjoyed. Many blessings on this Easter Monday to all! Pease know that you are in my prayers. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul

Today’s Prayer: Loving Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness, give us the sense of your presence, your mercy, your love and your strength. Help us to have complete trust in your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to you, we will see your hand, your purpose, your will in all things. Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Ignatius of Loyola)