I believe you are present
In the Blessed Sacrament,
O Jesus,
I love you and desire you.
O never leave me.
I beseech you, O Lord Jesus,
May the burning
And most sweet power
Of your love
Absorb my mind,
That I may die
Through love
Of your love,
Who was graciously pleased
To die
Through love
Of my love.
Amen.
O Divine Artist,
Paint the fruit of the Spirit,
On the canvas of my life,
With the brushstrokes
Of your mystical mercy,
And make my life
A masterpiece of your love!
Amen.
Inspired by the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5: 22-23)
Thank you, Jesus,
For your wondrous gift
Of the fruit of the Spirit!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us holy compassion!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us to smile!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us to surrender!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us to slow down!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us to think of others!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us poverty in spirit!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us trust in Divine Mercy!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us holy humility!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us to be calm in battle!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us holy courage!
Queen of All Hearts,
Teach us to listen to the Word!
Thank you, Jesus,
For your wondrous gift
Of divine mercy in the dark night!
Amen.
St. Paul: “…be filled with the Spirit….” (Ephesians 5: 18)
O Light of the Spirit,
O Light of Love,
Burn brightly in our hearts!
Burn brightly in our souls!
Come, Holy Spirit,
Fill the hearts
Of your faithful,
And enkindle in us,
The fire of your love.
Amen.
Dearest Jesus,
I trust in your wholehearted love for me,
I trust in your unfathomable divine mercy,
I humbly accept your special gift to me today:
The great grace of Divine Mercy Sunday,
Forgiveness of all sin and punishment!
Jesus, I love you!
Jesus, I adore you!
Jesus, I trust in you!
Amen.
O Victorious Virgin,
In the dawn of this
Glorious new year,
Take my hand, gently,
And sweetly lead me
On the path to Truth;
Then joyfully unlock
The Gate of Heaven
Which opens wide
To the Prince of Peace,
To the King of Kindness,
To the Lord of Love;
And as your Son rises
From the depths of my heart,
May Divine Mercy rays
Of red and white
Shine through me
And warm the world!
Amen.
Dearest Jesus,
King of Divine Mercy,
During this Hour of Mercy,
I humbly come and
Kneel in spirit before you.
Help me to slow down my life,
And calmly give all my worries
To La Madonnina d’Amore,
So that she may gently lay them
At the foot of your cross.
And so, in total surrender,
I approach this Sea of Mercy
With great trust —
Please, fill my heart,
To overflowing measure,
With your unfathomable mercy.
O Merciful Mystical Rose,
Please pray for me,
Please pray for my family,
Please pray for the Church,
Please pray for the world,
Please pray for the poor souls in purgatory.
Amen.
O Jesus, The Divine Master,
I surrender to you!
O Jesus, The Divine Mercy,
I trust in you!
O Jesus, The Divine Artist,
I humbly kneel in awe before you!
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your love,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your joy,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your peace,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your patience,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your kindness,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your generosity,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your faithfulness,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your gentleness,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your self-control,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your divine wisdom,
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of your divine mercy.
O Sacrament most holy,
O Sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving,
Be every moment thine.
Amen.
Tuus totus ego sum,
Et omnia mea tua sunt,
I am all yours, O my Jesus,
And I all that I have is yours,
Through Santa Maria
Your most holy mother.
O Divine Artist, please speak to my heart now,
And make my life a masterpiece of your love…
O Jesus,
King of Divine Mercy,
I pray for myself,
I pray for my family,
I pray for the Church,
I pray for my diocese and parish,
I pray for the world,
I pray for the poor souls of Purgatory,
I pray for the intention of today’s indulgence.
Dearest Jesus,
Please fill us with the fruit of the Spirit!
Please fill us with great trust in your divine mercy!
Please fill us with holy humility!
Please fill us with holy love!
Please fill us with holy thanksgiving!
Amen.
To be prayed during the elevation of the Holy Eucharist
Inspired by St. Francis de Sales
O Lord of Love,
I long for holy union with you
(through the Light of the Word)!
O Lord of Love,
I long for holy union with you
(through your Most Holy Body and Blood)!
O Lord of Love,
I long for holy union with you
(in the Dark Night of the Cross)!
Thank you, Jesus,
For the gift of your love!
Thank you, Jesus,
For the gift of your love!
Thank you, Jesus,
For the gift of your love!
Amen.
Inspired by St. Francis de Sales
Dearest Jesus,
I place myself in your holy presence,
And I beseech you to inspire me
By the power of the Holy Spirit,
For the glory of God the Father.
My heart is ready, O God,
My heart is ready.
Jesus, I trust in You!
Vive Jésus!
Amen.
Dearest Jesus,
King of Divine Mercy,
I humbly come and kneel
In spirit before you;
During this Hour of Mercy,
Help me to slow down my life,
Calmly put aside all of my worries,
And give them to Our Lady,
So that she may gently lay them
At the foot of your cross,
And so I place myself,
Lovingly and wholeheartedly,
In your most holy presence;
Help me to recall your passion,
Your painful bloody passion,
And how much you suffered,
In the agony in the garden,
In the scourging at the pillar,
In the crowning of thorns,
In the carrying of the cross,
And in the crucifixion,
So that I may better understand
How much I have wounded you
With all my sins!
And so, as I stand at Golgotha,
Watching the blood and water
That flow from your side,
I approach this Sea of Mercy
With great trust —
Please, fill my heart,
To overflowing measure,
With your unfathomable mercy.
I pray for myself, for my family,
For the Church, for my diocese,
For the world, and for the
Poor souls of purgatory;
Please fill us all with
The fruit of your Spirit!
Amen.
A favorite prayer of St. Louis de Montfort
Hail, Marie,
Beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father.
Hail, Marie,
Admirable Mother of the Son.
Hail, Marie,
Faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit.
Hail, Marie,
My Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign.
Hail, my joy, my glory, my heart and my soul.
You are all mine by mercy,
And I am yours by justice.
But I am not yet sufficiently yours.
I now give myself wholly to you
Without keeping anything back
For myself or others.
If you see anything in me
Which does not belong to you,
I beseech you to take it
And make yourself the absolute Mistress
Of all that is mine.
Destroy in me all that may displease God;
Root it up and bring it to nought.
Place and cultivate in me
Everything that is pleasing to you.
May the light of your faith
Dispel the darkness of my mind.
May your profound humility
Take the place of my pride;
May your sublime contemplation
Check the distractions
Of my wandering imagination.
May the continuous sight of God
Fill my memory with his presence;
May the burning love of your heart
Inflame the lukewarmness of mine.
May your virtues
Take the place of my sins;
May your merits be my only adornment
In the sight of God
And make up for all that is wanting in me.
Finally, dearly beloved Mother,
Grant, if it be possible,
That I may have no other spirit but yours
To know Jésus, and His Divine Will;
That I may have no other soul but yours
To praise and glorify God;
That I may have no other heart but yours
To love God with a love as pure and ardent as yours.
I do not ask you for visions, revelations,
Sensible devotions, or spiritual pleasures.
It is your privilege to see God clearly,
It is your privilege to enjoy heavenly bliss,
It is your privilege to triumph gloriously in heaven
At the right hand of your Son,
And to hold absolute sway
Over angels, men, and demons.
It is your privilege to dispose of all the gifts of God,
Just as you will.
Such, O heavenly Marie, the “best part,”
Which the Lord has given you,
And which shall never be taken away from you —
And this thought fills my heart with joy.
As for my part here below,
I wish for no other than that which was yours,
To believe sincerely
Without spiritual pleasures,
To suffer joyfully
Without human consolation,
To die continually to myself
Without respite,
And to work zealously and unselfishly for you
Until death, as the humblest of your servants.
The only grace I beg you, for me,
Is that every moment of the day,
And every moment of my life, I may say,
“Amen, so be it, to all you are doing in heaven.
Amen, so be it, to all you did do upon earth.
Amen, so be it, to all you are doing in my soul,”
So that you alone may fully glorify Jésus in me
For time and eternity.
Amen.
Prayer in the Dark Night of Unknowing
O Divine Artist,
Paint the fruit of the Spirit
On the canvas of my life,
With brushstrokes of love,
With brushstrokes of joy,
With brushstrokes of peace,
With brushstrokes of patience,
With brushstrokes of kindness,
With brushstrokes of generosity,
With brushstrokes of faithfulness,
With brushstrokes of self-control,
With brushstrokes of divine wisdom,
With brushstrokes of divine mercy.
O Jesus, living in Santa Maria,
I wholeheartedly trust in you!
Live, Jesus!
Amen.
A favorite prayer of St. Louis de Montfort
Hail, Marie, Daughter of God the Father;
Hail, Marie, Mother of God the Son;
Hail, Marie, Spouse of the Holy Spirit;
Hail, Marie, Temple of the Most Holy Trinity;
Hail, Marie, my Mistress, my treasure, my joy, Queen of my heart;
My Mother, my life, my sweetness, my dearest hope --
Yes, my heart and my soul!
I am all yours and all that I have is yours,
O Virgin blessed above all things!
Let your soul be in me to magnify the Lord;
Let your spirit be in me to rejoice in God.
Set yourself, O Faithful Virgin, as a seal upon my heart,
That in you and through you I may be found faithful to God.
Receive me, O gracious Virgin,
Among those whom you love and teach,
Whom you lead, nourish and protect as your children.
Grant that for love of you
I may despise all earthly consolations,
And ever cling to those of Heaven,
Until, through the Holy Spirit, your faithful Spouse,
And through you, His faithful spouse,
Jésus Christ your Son be formed in me,
For the glory of the Father.
Amen.
Prayer in the Dark Night of Unknowing
O merciful Lady of Love,
Teach me holy compassion;
O joyful Lady of Love,
Teach me to smile;
O peaceful Lady of Love,
Teach me to surrender;
O patient Lady of Love,
Teach me to slow down;
O kind Lady of Love,
Teach me to think of others;
O generous Lady of Love,
Teach me poverty in spirit;
O faithful Lady of Love,
Teach me trust in Divine Mercy;
O gentle Lady of Love,
Teach me holy humility;
O imperturbable Lady of Love,
Teach me to be calm in battle;
O wise Lady of Love,
Teach me to listen to the Word.
O Jesus, living in Santa Maria,
I wholeheartedly trust in you!
Live, Jesus!
Amen.
A favorite prayer of St. Louis de Montfort
Tuus totus ego sum,
Et omnia mea tua sunt.
I am all yours,
And all that I have is yours,
O most loving Jésus,
Through Marie,
Your most holy Mother.
Amen.
O Light of the Spirit,
O Light of Love,
Burn brightly in my heart!
Burn brightly in my soul!
Come, Holy Spirit,
Fill the hearts
Of your faithful,
And enkindle in us,
The fire of your love.
O Jesus, living in Santa Maria,
I wholeheartedly trust in you!
Live, Jesus!
Amen.
O Lord of Love,
Through your holy grace,
I have wholehearted contrition,
And am free from all affection for sin,
And so, with a sincere heart,
I offer you this Our Father
And also this Hail Mary,
For the Holy Father’s intentions…
And along with these prayers,
Please accept my recent confession,
And this morning’s indulgenced work,
And reception of Holy Communion.
In short, I humbly request that
Through the sweet hands of
Our Lady of Love,
You accept the little gift of
This partial indulgence,
Offered for the benefit of _____,
Or for whomever the merciful
Mystical Rose most wishes,
In accordance with your holy will.
Amen.
O Wisdom, eternal and incarnate!
O most lovable and adorable Jesus,
True God and true man,
Only Son of the eternal Father
And of Mary ever virgin!
I adore you profoundly
In the bosom and splendors of your Father
During eternity
And in the virginal womb of Mary
Your most worthy Mother,
at the time of your incarnation.
I give you thanks
That you have emptied yourself
In taking the form of a slave,
In order to rescue me
From the cruel slavery of the devil.
I praise you and glorify you
That you have been pleased to submit yourself,
In all things,
To Mary, your most holy Mother,
In order to make me,
Through her,
Your faithful slave.
But alas!
Ungrateful and faithless that I am,
I have not kept the vows and promises
That I made so solemnly to you
In my baptism.
I have not fulfilled my obligations;
I do not deserve to be called your child
Or even your slave;
And, as there is nothing in me
That does not merit your rejection and your anger,
I no longer dare
To approach your holy and august Majesty
By myself.
This is why I have recourse
To the intercession and mercy
Of your most holy Mother,
Whom you have given to me
As Mediatrix before you;
And it is through her
That I hope to obtain from you contrition
And the pardon of my sins,
And the acquisition and preservation
Of wisdom.
I call to you, O Mary Immaculate,
Living tabernacle of the Divinity,
Where eternal Wisdom is hidden
And wishes to be adored
By angels and by men.
I call to you, O Queen of heaven and earth,
To whose rule everything is subject
That is under God.
I call to you, O sure Refuge of sinners,
Whose mercy fails no one;
Fulfill the desires that I have
For divine Wisdom,
And for that end,
Receive the vows and offerings
Which my lowliness presents to you.
I, ___________, unfaithful sinner,
Renew and ratify today
In your hands,
The vows of my baptism.
I renounce forever Satan,
His pomps and his works,
And I give myself entirely
To Jesus Christ, incarnate Wisdom,
To carry my cross after him
All the days of my life,
And to be more faithful to him
Than I have been until now.
I choose you today,
In the presence of the entire heavenly court,
To be my Mother and my Mistress.
I hand over to you and consecrate,
As your slave,
My body and my soul,
My goods, both interior and exterior,
And even the value of my good actions,
Past, present and future,
Leaving to you
An entire and full right
To dispose of me
And of everything that belongs to me,
Without exception,
According to your good pleasure,
For the greater glory of God,
In time and in eternity.
Receive, O benign Virgin,
This little offering of my slavery,
In honor of, and in union with,
The submission that eternal Wisdom
Deigned to have to your maternity;
In homage to the power that the two of you
Have over this little worm and wretched sinner,
And in thanksgiving for the privileges
Which the Blessed Trinity has favored upon you.
I declare that I wish henceforth,
As your true slave,
To seek your Honor
And to obey you in all things.
O admirable Mother!
Present me to your dear Son,
As his eternal slave,
So that, having redeemed me through you,
He may receive me through you.
O Mother of mercy!
Grant me the grace
Of obtaining the true Wisdom of God
And so to include me
In the number of those
Whom you love,
Whom you instruct,
Whom you lead,
Whom you nourish and protect
As your children and your slaves.
O Virgin most faithful!
Make me in all things
So perfect a disciple, imitator and slave
Of incarnate Wisdom,
Jesus Christ, your Son,
That I may come,
Through your intercession and your example,
To the fullness of his age on earth
And of his glory in heaven.
Amen.
Qui potest capere capiat (He who is able to receive this, let him receive it)
Quis sapiens et intelliget haec? (Who is wise that he shall understand these things?)
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