General Prayers

O Holy Paraskevia, you pledged your troth to the one faith and you inherited life. You poured your blood out like the finest wine for Christ your spouse. You pleased the angelic choirs in their songs, and vanquished the devil. O martyr name for Christ, from your heritage you bestow health, and you pray for […]

God Our Father we pray, That through the intercession of St. Nicholas, You will protect our children. Keep them safe from harm, And help them grow, And become worthy of Your sight. Give them strength, To keep their Faith in You, And to keep alive their joy, In Your creation. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You. Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often. Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life

Lord, increase my faith, bless my efforts and work, now and for evermore. Amen.

The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.

O Blessed Padre Pio, holy bearer of the Wounds of Christ, accept us this day as your spiritual sons and daughters and keep us always on the narrow path by your intercession. And do thou, O our Spiritual Father, stay there at the Gates of Heaven until all of your spiritual children have entered through,

O humble and beloved Padre Pio, Teach us, we ask you, humility of heart so we may be counted among the little ones of the Gospel, to whom the Father promised to reveal the mysteries of his Kingdom. Help us to pray without ceasing, certain that God knows what we need even before we ask

Heavenly Father, you have given us the model of life in the Holy Family of Nazareth. Help us, O Loving Father, to make our family another Nazareth where love, peace and joy reign. May it be deeply contemplative, intensely eucharistic, revived with joy. Help us to stay together in joy and sorrow in family prayer.