Today’s Blessing Prayer: Happy Easter Wednesday everyone! I hope you are continuing to navigate through these Easter days with a sense of hope and some joy in your life!
Once again as we journey through this Easter time, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All 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. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) Once again, I ask your prayers as I battle two leaks in our house. Please offer a prayer that I can finally get these leaks stopped with as little inconvenience to the other men in the house as possible. Thanks in advance for your prayer. 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
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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 early Easter days with faith and hope.
Once again as we journey through this Easter week, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All 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. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) Friends I am asking for your prayers today. As you may know I am responsible for our residence house here in New Rochelle and I am currently dealing with two problems involving the care of the house. One problem a leak in the roof that I thought I has solved last fall and a new leak in one of the bathrooms that will require tsking up a new floor in order to get at the leak and the person who uses the bathroom is non too pleased. I am not the best at dealing with this fix it stuff so could you say a little prayer for me so that I don’t go off the deep end! – Thanks in advance. 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 days! Happy Easter once again as we journey through the octave of Easter.
Once again, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All 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. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) My blessing prayer today is simply that your Easter Monday will be filled with the 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)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Happy Easter Sunday to all! I hope this finds you enjoying your Easter Sunday morning.
As we celebrate Easter, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All 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. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) My prayer of blessing today is that all of you will be touch by the joy of Easter and the joy of God’s love. On this most holy feast of Easter, having journeyed with Jesus through his Passion, Death to this day of Resurrection may our Good and Gracious God bless us and protect us from the struggles and perils of life. May the God who so loves us that he gave us his only Son touch us with that love today and always. And through the joyous grace of Christ may God lead us to the banquet of lasting joy. Amen – Alleluia! Enjoy your day and I hope you will give God a little time today and get to celebrate this wonder feast of Easter in some way! Peace in Christ's Passion - Joy in the Risen Lord...Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Loving God, you gift us today with Easter hope. We thank you for the journey that you made from Bethlehem to Calvary. We thank you for all that you have shared with us, taught us and lived for us. Grace us now with an Easter faith that looks into an empty tomb and believes. Enliven our heart to be on fire with the hope that your love is everlasting. May the Easter mystery make us proclaimers of your Word and carriers of your Light. May we truly be joy filled Easter people today and always! Amen!
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Holy Saturday greetings and blessings to all! I hope you had a blessed and holy Good Friday. I hope you got to spend a little time in prayer.
Once again as we journey through these most holy days, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All 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. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) Today, Holy Saturday, is a time of waiting. It is a time between the death of Jesus and his resurrection. This past year has been a time of waiting for us. The women and the disciples waited three days. We are still waiting for the virus, the violence, the war to pass. I pray that our time of waiting will end soon. That we will be able to rise to a new life! My prayer of blessing today is that our Holy Saturday may be rich in the warmth of the sun, that it may be a day when we can hope for all the goodness that Easter is and for an end to the Covid virus, the violence, the war that seems to be a part of our everyday life. May we be blessed soon with a new life of joy that will enliven the journey of our life in new and faith filled ways! Blessings on our Holy Saturday journey and please know that all of you are in my prayers throughout this day and always! Peace in Christ's Passion...Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Loving God as we wait today make ready our hearts that they may be inflamed with your presence. Enkindle in them the fire of your love. Grace our souls with the song of your hope, a song, and a tune that will never stop. Strengthen us with patience, strengthen us with energy, gift us with wisdom and enliven us with joy. We make this prayer as your faith filled people embraced by your love and dancing to the rhythm of the song of hope! Amen!
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