Lord, illuminate my mind and soul

It is always good to come before the Lord without thinking that we have him all figured out. The Lord always pulls away from any label we try to place on him.

Lord, make me know Your ways

He still has to make the crucial step of committing himself to follow Jesus and become actively involved in the work of the Kingdom.

May find the courage to believe and to live good and meaningful lives in Christ

Most of the Martyrs we commemorate in our liturgy were martyred in the early ages of the Church in places we scarcely know anything about.

Lord, help me You first in my life

Obedience to God and the emperor is not the same but is inter-connected.

Lord, may I always be obedient to Your will

Mary’s trusting obedience to God and the obedience and fidelity of her son Jesus began restoring the relationship we once had with God. As Jesus hung on the cross, he established a mother-son bond between Mary and the Beloved disciple.

Lord Jesus, grant us the grace

Lord Jesus, grant us the grace that “the other things” of life will never hinder us from loving and serving You.

Lord Jesus, in Your heavenly prayer before the Father, remember us in all our needs

Lord Jesus, in Your heavenly prayer before the Father, remember us in all our needs, for we have come to believe in You through Your word of saving truth, handed down to us through the ages by Your apostles.

Dear Jesus, friend and inspirer, help us to believe in Your continuing, loving interest in us

When we tell our friends that we are praying for them, they are happy. We are delighted and consoled when we know that they are praying for us. What a boost it is for us when we realize that Jesus prayed for us and is praying for us. How real are those words of the hymn, “What a friend we have in Jesus!”

Lord Jesus Christ, help us to grow in the know-ledge of God

Lord Jesus Christ, help us to grow in the know-ledge of God. Keep us in Your love, and draw us ever closer to You by loving and serving others.

Lord, be with us when the challenges of this world

Lord, be with us when the challenges of this world seem larger than Your abundant grace.

Father in Heaven, may My death be the accomplishment and perfecting of the work which You gave me to do

Father in Heaven, may My death be the accomplishment and perfecting of the work which You gave me to do.

Lord, help me to keep an open mind

Lord, help me to keep an open mind.

Lord, we look forward to that new life and joy

Our human lives are lived between two traumatic “breakthroughs’: being born, and leaving this world. Both have loss and pain attached, but the result is new life and joy.

Lord, teach me to be a true disciple

We cannot make disciples of others unless we ourselves are disciples. We do God’s work most effectively when we begin applying the teachings of Jesus to our own lives.

Lord, help me to listen and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit

Jesus had been given everything that the Father had. Jesus and the Father were one. These truths are still the same today.

Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord, that the face of the earth be renewed

When we live in the Spirit of Jesus, our lives should reflect to the whle world the Gospel that he preached and the love which he practiced.

Lord, help me know more of Your Spirit

As followers of Jesus, we are called to witness to and preach the gospel. It is a task we have to carry out daily through our actions and words.

Bless me with courage today to love in word and action

Loneliness is a kind of suffering. Feeling unsupported or isolated can make us afraid. Jesus tells us that he is going to the Father, but "I will not leave you as orphans” (Jn. 14:18). He will send the Spirit of truth to be with us.

Lord, help me to live as You taught us

Timothy was a young disciple who became an important companion to Paul. Paul was concerned about the missions to both the Gentiles and the Jews.

Lord, help us to listen to Your commandments

Love one another as I Have loved you.

Lord, help us to bear fruits that will last and abide in Your love

Fruit that lasts grows out of the brotherly love that comes from the heart, and from the good works that come from professing Christ to the world — “so that the world may believe it was you who sent me”

Lord, may I be one with You in all that I say and do

Jesus offers true life, the abundant life which comes from God and which results in great fruitfulness. The vinedresser must carefully prune the vine before it can bear good fruit.

Lord, give me the courage and Your peace

Today’s gospel passage is part of a discourse by Jesus to his disciples at the Last Supper. He senses their uncertainty as they become anxious with the possibility that he is going away.

Lord, help us take Your word seriously

Lord, help us take Your word seriously. Grant us the wisdom and strength to keep them for love of You.

Lord, be the centre of my life

Following Jesus and living the way that he showed the disciples is the way to the Father. Jesus told the disciples, and he tells us that believers in him will be empowered to do the things that Jesus did!

Lord Jesus, bless us with the grace of the resurrection

Lord Jesus, bless us with the grace of the resurrection. Let everything that we do genuinely become channels of Your truth and Your peace and work for the salvation of the world and the coming of God’s kingdom

Jesus, through the gift of Your Holy Spirit preparing us for a place in our Father’s House

Jesus, through the gift of Your Holy Spirit in the ministry of the Church, continues the work of preparing us for a place in our Father’s House.

Lord, grant us the grace to live the spirit of servanthood

Today we are challenged to embrace the ‘cross’ in our lives and to have the faith to see beyond the temporary suffering, which will lead us to the joy of the Resurrection.

Lord, You are the light of the world

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus is ending His public ministry. He appeals one last time to the disbelieving Jews, who reject time as the Messiah.

Lord, may I always hear Your voice and follow

We need to always have our hearts and minds in harmony with the Lord so that we can hear his voice.