God our Creator, we pray: for new mothers, coming to terms with new responsibility ; for expectant mothers, wondering and waiting; for those who are tired, stressed or depressed; for those who struggle to balance the tasks of work and family; for those who are unable to feed their children… Continue reading
PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN IRELAND God of our fathers, renew us in the faith which is our life and salvation, the hope which promises forgiveness and interior renewal, the charity which purifies and opens our hearts to love you, and in you, each of our brothers and sisters. Lord… Continue reading
Gracious God, We thank you for adopting us into your family through the miracle of your grace, and for calling us to be brothers and sisters to each other. Today, loving God, we pray for our mothers: who cared for us when we were helpless who comforted us when we… Continue reading
ECUMENICAL SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE AUGUSTINIAN YEAR OF UNITY INTRODUCTION: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen This morning the theme of our prayer service is UNITY. This year is the year of unity in our Augustinian schools. We are celebrating this year of… Continue reading
Loving God, we thank you for the love of the mothers you have given us, whose love is so precious that it can never be measured, whose patience seems to have no end. May we see your loving hand behind them and guiding them. We pray for those mothers who… Continue reading
A SPRING PRAYER Opening Music Drawn upward by some hidden power, Life is cracking the crust of earth And bursting forth from limb and stem. Your aroma, O Life-giver, Is upon the springtime wind, And I feel its power stirring deep within me.Green is your color, O God, The… Continue reading
but we can be together and not meet we can live in the same house day after day sit at the same table kneel at the same pew read the same books but never meet we can kiss gestures of love apparent tenderness but never meet a meeting is a… Continue reading
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me: I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your… Continue reading
Lord that I may see in your face the love that moves the universe, the plan of God hidden for all ages and now revealed in you, God’s creative Word made flesh. Lord that I may see clearly. Lord that I may see your face in every face, in every… Continue reading
Dearest Jesus, teach me to be generous; teach me to love and serve You as You deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not to look for no reward… Continue reading
