Prayer to Follow Jesus, the Good Shepherd

Gentle Jesus, compassionate and caring Good Shepherd, help me to follow You faithfully.  Strengthen me daily with Your Love, and guide me along life's paths.

Keep me free me from every evil, protect me from sickness and danger, and lead me to serve You with all my mind and heart and soul.

Hear my needs and grant my petitions, especially these intentions important to me at this time.  (Here mention)

Bless me each day with peace of mind and heart.

May I experience Your saving power in my daily life, as I await the fullness of life and joy with You forever.  Amen.

Prayer Before the Crucifix

Deat good and gentle Jesus, I come before You, asking You most earnestly to engrave upon my heart a deep and lively faith, hope and charity, true repentance for my sins, and a firm resolve to make amends.

As I reflect upon Your five most precious wounds of crucifixion, and comtemplate them with great love and tender pity, I recall the words said of You long ago, dear Jesus:

They have pierced my hands and feet; they have counted all my bones.

Permit me never to be separated from You, O Lord, and defend me from all that is harmful and evil.  Amen.

Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.

Body of Christ, save me.

Blood of Christ, inebriate me.

Water from the side of Christ, wash me.

Passion of Christ, strengthen me.

O good Jesus, hear me.

Within Your wounds, shelter me.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

From the evil one,

protect me.

In the hour of my death,

call me.

And bid me come to You.

That with Your saints I may praise You, forever and ever.  Amen

St. Ignatius Loyola

Prayer for Each Day

Gracious God, help me to know the joy and strength of Christ's love, that I may become more and more like Him each day, and share His love with others.  Amen.

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

Using Rosary beads, begin with:

Our Father..., Hail Mary..., the Apostles Creed.

On the large bead before each decade say:

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the ten small beads of each decade:

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

After the last decade, recite the following prayer three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

(From Divine Mercy in My Soul, the Diary of Sister Faustina, Note Book I, page 197.)

One of the favorite prayers of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church.

Irresistible Prayer to the Infant Jesus of Prague

O Jesus Who has said, "Ask and you shall recieve, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be open to you.  I ask, I seek, I knock, that my prayer be answered. (Mention your request).

O Jesus Who has said, "All that you ask of the Father in My name shall be granted to you," I humply and urgently ask that my prayer be answered. (Mention your request.)

O Jesus Who has said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away," I feel confident that my prayer shall be answered. (Mention your request.)

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.

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