Prayer for Monday

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down,
but a kind word cheers him up.
~ Proverbs 12:25

Father, we are grateful for the kindness and generosity you show us every day and we ask that you help us to see those around us in the same way you do – as loved and treasured people. Conform our hearts to be like yours and activate our hands by your Spirit at work within us so as to participate with you in showing kindness and generosity to others today.

(Unknown)

This Week’s Affirmation:

“I transcend all limitations. I live in a limitless world.”

(For more on Affirmations, go to my Affirmations Page.)

Prayer for Saturday (Suijin Matsuri)

Today is the Shinto festival of Suijin Matsuri, honoring the Kami of Water.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
~ St. Ambrose (340-397)

Prayer for Sister Water

We praise and thank You, Lord,
for the gift of living water.
Guide us to use it wisely,
learn from its humility,
consume it sparingly,
and protect its purity,
so that with St. Francis,
we may truly enjoy water.
Amen.

(Br. Cathal Duddy, OFM)

This Week’s Affirmation:

“I am One with God and all creation.”

(For more on Affirmations, go to my Affirmations Page.)

Prayer for Friday

Miracles are not contrary to nature,
but only contrary to what we know about nature.
~ St. Augustine

Too late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient, O Beauty so new. Too late have I loved you! You were within me but I was outside myself, and there I sought you! In my weakness I ran after the beauty of the things you have made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The things you have made kept me from you – the things which would have no being unless they existed in you! You have called, you have cried, and you have pierced my deafness. You have radiated forth, you have shined out brightly, and you have dispelled my blindness. You have sent forth your fragrance, and I have breathed it in, and I long for you. I have tasted you, and I hunger and thirst for you. You have touched me, and I ardently desire your peace.

(St. Augustine, Confessions, X, 27, 38)

This Week’s Affirmation:

“I am One with God and all creation.”

(For more on Affirmations, go to my Affirmations Page.)