Spiritual Resources

“Take heart, it is I” Grant me the grace to hear this

Grant me the grace to hear these words when I am in troubled waters in the sea of life or when I feel abandoned and helpless with no one beside me.

We pray for those who deny the divine and human Jesus

We pray for those who deny the fully divine and fully human Jesus that they may understand deep within that they must be grateful for such a God who understands our tears and fears.

Enable us Lord not to complain against you in our want

Enable us Lord not to complain against you in our want being always aware of the many blessings you have showered on us by leading us on the right path even if it is through the desert and instill in us a firm trust in you that you will provide us

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us

We may ever strive to find God in all things to do everything for the greater glory of God and to give without counting cost and to make decisions in the manner of discernment of spirits and to fight against the forces of the evil one under the standard of Christ.

Enable the humankind, O God, to understand your Son

Enable the humankind, O God, to understand your Son and accept his kingdom vision to make this earth a humane home for all the people to live in love and joy being true to your Fatherhood that enfolds all people as your children created in your image and likeness.

Help us Lord to welcome people with a good heart

Help us Lord to welcome people with a good heart especially in situations where people are looked upon with suspicion on the basis of their origin and identity.

May the sufferings of Alphonsa intercede for us

May the sufferings of Alphonsa intercede for us with Jesus to strengthen us to carry our cross with courage and conviction that whatever may be the adversities and opposition we may ever move forward like Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Clare for the greater glory of God.

Lord, make our heart a tent of meeting with you

Lord, make our heart a tent of meeting with you to tell you our heart’s yearnings and groaning to live assured of your consolation and comfort which we need when we move out of our works and worries.

May the parents of Mary inspire to value every daughter

May the parents of Mary inspire people of India and all the patriarchic cultures to value and treasure every daughter and every girl child that infused with the thought that every daughter and girl child is also created in the image.

Bestow God loving care on the grandparents and elderly

Bestow God loving care on the grandparents and elderly that they may never feel abandoned and unwanted by their near ones and the nations in which they live through healthy social values.

Make us Jesus vigilant against the enemy

Make us Jesus vigilant against the enemy who will sow the weeds of perverted and inhuman thoughts in our minds and lands to suffocate and kill all the good thoughts

Let all proclaim that our God brings us out of slavery

Let all proclaim that our God brings us out of slavery to lead us to freedom being with His grace in front of us asking us to encounter every form of social, political and economic slavery in our nation

May women be on the forefront to proclaim Jesus

Woman was the first one to announce that Jesus is living with abundance of life as he promised.

May your words grow in us to produce hundredfold

May your words grow in us to produce hundredfold in spite of the weeds of words from evil forces all around us

Save us from the Pharaohs of our times, Lord

Save us from the Pharaohs of our times, Lord, as they pursue us with their army of destruction and devastation that your command.

Let us pray for the Church of Australia

Let us pray for the Church of Australia that the Catholics of this continent nation may grow in faith and charity to live a faith that does justice especially to the indigenous people and to all the marginalized people and the migrants.

Help O God, shepherds of the Church to cross all barriers

Help O God, shepherds of the Church to cross all barriers and reach out to all the people in poverty and need looking at all of them beyond their identities and prejudiced branding.

Lord, strengthen those who work among the indigenous

Lord, strengthen those who work among the indigenous people of India

Mother of Mount Carmel, pray for us

Mother of Mount Carmel, pray for us we who follow your son and his teachings which are threatened today in various surreptitious and sinister ways.

Help our mind Jesus to make its journey to you

Help our mind Jesus to make its journey to you according to your will and design that it may find its journey a graceful means to reach the goal you have set for each one of us

Strengthen your servants Lord in this Covid times

Strengthen your servants Lord in this Covid times who work in various Catholic hospitals all over the world – nurses, doctors, other health workers who forgetting themselves extend their healing hands to all those who are affected by Corona

O God protect all the infants under threat

O God protect all the infants under threat everywhere in the world that your mighty and loving hands may always protect them from every kind of threatening social and political situations.

Let us pray for the Church in UK

Let us pray for the Church in UK that it may grow in strength day by day drawing life and energy from the blood and spirit of martyrs that it may become a mustard plant spreading its branches for all the people of all the races

Grant us the understanding that you are our inheritance

Grant us the understanding that you are our true inheritance and being with you is our greatest blessing at all times especially in adverse circumstances.

Give us grace Lord not to fear those who malign us

Give us grace Lord not to fear those who malign us but to go ahead with the good works you have asked us to do for the welfare of our brothers and sisters looking at each one of them as a person more precious to you than the community.

May their martyrdom teach the non-negotiable values

May their martyrdom teach the non-negotiable values of Christianity, O God, that we can hear through the voice of the blood shed by the martyrs in the continent of Asia to pave the way for a new heaven and new earth

May the sacrifice of martyrs bring new life to Church

May the sacrifice of martyrs, Lord, bring new life to Church in China amidst intimidations and threats that continue even today that the concerned authorities and people in this vast nation.

Enable us Jesus to heal a wounded world

To keep all human persons in unity and oneness that the wounds of divisions inflicted by hatred may go away from every society everywhere in the world.

Protect the young girls Lord Jesus in our country

Protect the young girls Lord Jesus in our country who are being attacked and discriminated in every way that the social atmosphere may change in this nation in favour of girls through the enactment of sound laws.

Give us the faith of the woman who touched your cloak

Give us the faith of the woman who touched your cloak, Lord, saying with the same intensity and the same words to heal us and keep us safe in these days of the deadly pandemic the corona: “If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.”