St. Michaels Catholic Church at Corner of W. High St. and Antwerp Dr., Hicksville, OH 43526 US - Prayers
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Take away my built-in defenses. Remove all the barriers that prevent healing and my accepting fully Your love for me and my family members. I look forward to the time in which Your work will be completed and I believe that I will be an instrument of that healing for my entire family.
Jesus, I ask for the grace I need to forgive all who have ever hurt me. I ask to be representative of my family in receiving grace to pray for all who have hurt any members of my family, individually or collectively. I ask forgiveness from all whom we have hurt. Heal us of all experiences that have made us feel guilty and ashamed, that have caused us to reject ourselves and to reject one another. Heal me of ridicule and of any incidents in my life or in the lives of my family members that have made us feel unworthy or inferior.
(Take time for the Holy Spirit to bring incidents to your mind.)
Surround me with Your light, Jesus, and penetrate the very depths of my being with that light. Let there remain no areas of darkness in me or in my family members, but transform our whole being with the healing light of Your love. Open me completely to receive Your love, Jesus. Thank You for being our family healer and my personal healer.
Pray this prayer daily for yourself and for your family!
Make copies of this prayer and distribute to every
member of your family and friends.
that you, being rooted and established in
Love,may have power, together with all the
saints, to grasp how wide, and long, and
high,and deep is the Love of Christ
And to know this Love that surpasses knowledge….
Just a little thought for the day!
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence.
It was pouring outside,the kind of rain that gushes over the tops of rain gutters.So much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout.
Drains in the nearby parking lot, were filled to capacity and some were blocked so that huge puddles laced around parked cars.
We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Walmart.
We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day.
I am always mesmerized by rain fall.
I get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.
Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in.
"Mom, let's run through the rain,"
she said.
"What?" Mom asked. "Let's run through
the rain!" she repeated. "No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.
This young child waited about another minute and repeated "Mom, let's run through the rain."
"We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said.
"No, we won't, Mom.That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.
"This morning?
"When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
"Don't you remember?"
When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer,you said,'If God can get us through this, He can get us through anything!'
The entire crowd stopped dead silent.
I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently.No one came or left in the next few minutes.
Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.
"Honey, you are absolutely
right,let's run through the rain.
If God let's us get wet, well maybe we
just needed washing," Mom said.
Then off they ran. We all stood watching,smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads.Just in case, they got soaked.
But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
I want to believe that some where down the road in life, Mom will find herself,
reflecting back on moments they spent
together, captured like pictures in the
scrapbook of her cherished memories.
Maybe when she watches proudly as her daughter graduates,or as her Daddy walks her down the aisle on her wedding day. She will laugh again. Her heart will beat a little faster.
Her smile will tell the world they love each other.But only they will share that precious moment when they ran
through th rain believing that God would get them through.
And Yes, I did. I ran.I got wet.
I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, they can take away your health.
But no one can ever take away
your precious memories.......
So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!
To everything there is a season and
a time to every purpose under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE RAIN!
Author Unknown
I learned a new prayer, (and surely one could add spouse here) to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Amen Anne
You may not know me, but I know everything about you…Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up…Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways…Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered…Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image…Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being…Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring…Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived…Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation…Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book…Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live…Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made…Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb…Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born…Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me…John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love…1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you…1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your father…1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could…Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father…Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand…James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs…Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope…Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love…Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore…Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing…Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you…Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession…Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul…Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things…Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me…Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart…Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires…Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine…Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager…2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles…2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you…Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart…Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes…Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth…Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus…John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed…John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being…Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you…Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins…2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled…2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you…1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love…Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me…1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again…Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen…Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father…Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child?…John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you…Luke 15:11-32
Love, Your Dad. Almighty God
At a Marian Movement of Priests cenacle last week
I don't know the origin but it really spoke to me perhaps others would like
to include it when they say their rosary.
With this Rosary, I bind all of my children
Mary.
I don't know a Catholic who doesn't have one, or more, children who
are not
practicing the faith,
myself included, so this short prayer spoke volumes to my heart.
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Allow God, to be the only Person on your mind while you read this Prayer.
If we can take the time to read long jokes, stories, etc., we should give the same respect to this prayer.
Friends that Pray together, stay together. Let's pray...
Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God.You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for I have sinned.
I ask now for Your forgiveness.Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.
Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and
whimper over things I have no control over.
Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin,let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing and receive the forgiveness of God.
And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example--to slip away and find a quiet place to pray.
It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know when I can't pray, You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Thy Will.
Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak and unsaved.Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others.
I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way.
I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood.
I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that don't believe.
(But) I thank you that I believe.
I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households.
I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes, that they are out of debt & all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem,circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly.
This is my prayer.
In Jesus Name,
Amen.
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