Today’s Blessing Prayer: Monday greetings to all! I hope this finds you well and that your Monday in starting off in a good way.
My prayer of blessing today is that God will bless all of us on this Monday. For some it is the beginning of a new school year, for others it is the beginning of a new work week, for others it may be the first or last week of vacation and for still others it might be the last day of this life. May God’s blessing be upon us wherever we find ourselves. May God bless us with the grace we need to live this day and in living this day may we bring God’s presence to all we meet! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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Today’s Prayer:
I arise today Through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the rock. I arise today Through God's strength to pilot me; God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, God's ear to hear me, God's word to speak for me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before me, God's shield to protect me, God's hosts to save me Afar and anear, Alone or in a mulitude. Christ shield me today Against wounding Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me. I arise today Through the mighty strength Of the Lord of creation. Amen! Today’s Blessing Prayer: Sunday blessings and greetings to all. I hope your Sunday has started off well and that you will get the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful day wherever you are. And I also hope you will be giving God a little time today? If you are traveling today please travel safe.
Whatever you are doing today, relaxing, working, traveling, vacationing or just being I pray that God’s blessing will be upon your Sunday filling it with the richness of joy, hope and the goodness of God’s presence. May today be filled with Spirit and life so that you will always strive to enter through the narrow gate and will be willing to proclaim to the world by the living of your life the Good News! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: I will love you, O Lord, my strength, my stony rock and my defense, my savior, my one desire and love. I will love you with all the power you have given me – not as much as you deserve to be loved, for that can never be, but as much as I am able to. The more power to love you that you give me, the more I will love you. Amen. (Prayer by St. Bernard of Clairvaux)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Saturday greetings and blessings to all! It looks to be the beginning of another nice day here in the New York area. I hope the same is true where you are!
My prayer of blessing for all of you today is that your weekend will be a restful and relaxing far from the busyness that life often heaps upon us. I pray you have had a good weekend whether you were working, vacationing or traveling. I also pray that your day will be blessed with people that will gift your life with laughter, smiles and fun. Don’t forget to give a little time to God this weekend. Remember one hour is not a lot of time and God will appreciate hearing from you! Enjoy your Saturday. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: O God, teach us to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fear of being wounded, to work without seeking rest and to spend ourselves without expecting any reward but the knowledge that we are doing your holy will. Amen (Adapted from a prayer by St. Ignatius of Loyola)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Friday greetings and blessings to all. I hope your Friday is starting off well. The humidity has broken here in the New York area. It is a cloudy, rainy morning so far. I hope the weather is a bit better by you!
My prayer of blessing today for us is that God will bless us with his love today. May God bless us with a love that challenges us to love God, love others and love ourselves! May our Friday not be too busy and may we be blessed with a beautiful, restful, relaxing weekend! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Loving God, teach us to love as you love. Help us to make our love unconditional, honest, and kind. Help us to ask nothing in return and to let our love encompass the whole of humankind.
Loving God, let us offer our love without speaking. Let it radiate as it shines forth from us. Let it be seen in our faces, in our eyes, and let it be simple, sincere, and shame free. Loving God, show us how to forgive as you forgive and help us to not burden another with guilt. Help us to not play the role of the martyr but to be a rock on which trust may be built. Loving God, let our love for you and others be greater by far than any love that is offered to us. Let our love be always led by the Spirit, inspired of you our God and as forgiving and free as Jesus’ love. Amen! (Adapted from a prayer by Virginia (Ginny) Ellis) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Thursday blessings and greetings to all. I hope your day has started well? I get the sense this morning that it is going to be another hot and very humid day here in New York. Hopefully the weather by you is a little nicer.
Today is the thirty-seventh anniversary of my religious profession of vows with the Passionists. Thirty-seven years ago, along with six other men, I made my first vows as a Passionist. It was a very hot humid day, but a wonderful day in my life. Thirty-seven years later there are three of us left as vowed Passionists and I have no regrets being one of them. One of the men who made vows that day thirty-seven years ago died recently, three others have taken different paths in life, but I would like to think they are still Passionist in their own way and three of us, Melvin, Chris and myself continue our journey as Passionists. I hope Tom is now with God and I ask God’s blessing on the rest of us wherever we are in life at this moment! A special shout out to Melvin and Chris – blessings to you both and I hope you will take a moment to celebrate at least a little today! My prayer of blessing today is adapted from the Irish tradition - May God bless all of you today so the road rises up to meet you and makes your journeys swift and easy. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. And if the rain has to fall may it be soft upon the fields and upon you. And may you be truly blessed by God holding you in the palm of his hand throughout this day and always! Have a great day everyone! May it truly be blessed with many wonderful experiences, may gifted and loving people and perhaps even a piece of chocolate or an ice cream treat! Oh, go ahead it is still summer you can work on those extra pounds in the fall! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Grant, O God, that we may never fall away in success or in failure; that we may not be prideful in prosperity nor dejected in adversity. Let us rejoice only in what unites us and sorrow only in what separates us. May we strive to please no one or fear to displease anyone except you, our God. May we see always the things that are eternal and never those that are only temporal. May we shun any joy that is without you and never seek any that is beside you. Loving God, may we delight in any work we do for you and tire of any rest that is apart from you. Gracious God, let us direct our hearts towards you, and in our failings, let us always seek forgiveness with the firm purpose of being better people. Amen! (Adapted from a prayer by St. Thomas Aquinas)
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