Today’s Blessing Prayer: Sunday greetings and blessings to all! I hope your Sunday is starting off well. We had a little rain during the night, but they say we are to have a nice Sunday and also a nice Memorial Day. I always have a little more energy when the days are so beautiful, I hope the same is true for you!
In a few moments I will leave for the 7:30 am mass at St. John and St. Mary Parish in Chappaqua, NY so as I pause for my Sunday morning prayer, I call upon a little saying that I have always liked, “Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.” So my prayer of blessing for all of us this Memorial Day Sunday morning is to simply say a little prayer that we will be ready for all the things we face today and that whatever we encounter will be a blessing from God that will enliven, energize and gift our day! If we are traveling today, may we travel safe; if we are relaxing and enjoying this Memorial Day weekend let us do it with energy and enthusiasm, and if we are encountering struggles and difficulties today remember we are not alone God always walks with us! Have a great Sunday everyone and remember amid your Memorial Day weekend fun to give God a little time today! Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul
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Today’s Prayer: Lord, grant that I may always allow myself to be guided by you, always follow your plans, and perfectly accomplish your holy will. Grant that in all things, great and small, today and all the days of my life, I may do whatever you require of me. Help me respond to the slightest prompting of your grace, so that I may be your trustworthy instrument for your honor. May your will be done in time and eternity by me, in me, and through me. Amen! (Prayer by St. Teresa of Avila)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Saturday greetings and blessings to all! I hope your Memorial Day weekend has started off well. It looks to be a sunny morning here in the New York area and they say we will have sun for most of the long weekend. I hope you are looking forward to the same kind of weather.
My prayer of blessing today is that God will bless this first day of our long weekend, so that we may find some rest and relaxation and so that we will be gifted with many smiles, friendly people and the loving presence of God throughout our day. May this Saturday be rich in all that makes a day, life giving and life sustaining for us. Have a great Saturday and a great Memorial Day weekend everyone. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Christ…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Loving God make us instruments of your love, compassion and forgiveness. When we are hated, help us not to lash out with hate. When we are persecuted by word or action, help us not to sling mud back. When we are not respected or made fun of, help us not to be disrespectful and arrogant. When the way people talk about us or report about us does not seem fair, help us to be your faithful, humble and meek servants who bring your presence to the world. For if we are compassionate and loving people we will keep alive your Good News and help all to know just how much you love the world. Amen!
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Friday greetings and blessings to everyone! Yes, we have made it through another week and we can take a deep breath and say, “Thank God it is Friday!” I hope you have had a good week and that your Memorial Day weekend will be a reward for all your hard work this week. If not, if this week has not gone so well or the weekend means no rest and more work just hang in there, better days are ahead!
It looks to be a beautiful day weather wise. The sun is out only a few clouds in the sky and the temperature is comfortable. Yes, it is a beautiful morning and I hope this will be true for the remainder of the day. I also hope it is true by you today too! I pray your day has started off well and that you are enjoying the colors, sun and warmth of spring and that you are ready to enter into the gift of a long Memorial Day weekend and the gift of summer. My prayer of blessing today is that all of us will encounter God’s grace and blessing wherever we are and in whatever we are doing. May we be blessed with the thought and reality that rest and relaxation is the order of our weekend and that we will get through today with a sense of accomplishment that our week has been a good one. May out day be graced with the presence of good people and may God gift us always with his joy and love! Peace in the Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer:
Most high and glorious God, Enlighten the darkness of our hearts, Give us correct faith, certain hope and perfect charity. Give us insight and wisdom So, we may always discern your holy and true command. (Adapted from the Prayer Before the Crucifix, by St. Francis of Assisi) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Thursday greetings and blessings to all! I hope this finds you well and having a good day. It is a rainy morning here in the New York area. I am unsure whether the rain will be with us all day. I hope that where you are the weather today is life-giving.
I ran across a little saying some time ago, “Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.” So, my prayer of blessing today is that God will bless our day with warmth, sun, good people, smiling faces, kind words, safe travels, easy decisions, productive meetings and much love. May God enliven our day with his loving presence, newness of life, grace and joy. Peace in Christ’s Passion and Joy in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: O God of Great Love, open our hearts to the gift of your love this day and always. Help us to see your image and likeness in ourselves and in everyone we meet. Grace us with the wisdom to learn, to listen, to discuss, to discern and to grow. Enable us to move beyond what stifles growth so that your joy will always be within us and that our joy will always be complete through the hope of a world made new. Amen!
Holy Saint of those in need, Saint Rita, so humble, pure and patient, whose pleadings with Jesus are irresistible, obtain for me from your Crucified Christ my request (mention it here). Be kind to me, for the greater glory of God, and I promise to honor you and to sing your praises forever.
Oh glorious St. Rita, you miraculously participate in the sorrowful Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, obtain for me the grace to suffer with resignation the troubles of this life, and protect me in all my needs. Amen Today’s Blessing Prayer: Wednesday greetings and blessings to all. I hope your day has started off well. It was another beautiful day yesterday here in the New York area and we expect more of the same today. I pray the weather by you is life-giving too!
Today is the feast of Saint Rita of Cascia and so I would like to remember my mother today. St. Rita is known as the saint of lost and impossible causes. My prayer for all of us today is that we will have a great day, one filled with many blessings. May God bless our work, our travel, our encounters with others, may God’s blessings be upon those whom we love and upon us! May God bless us so that we can get over any “hump” today in peace and joy! Peace in Christ’s Passion and Hope in the Risen Lord…Fr. Paul |
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