Our Lady of
the Lakes Parish
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Prayer
for
Divine Mercy
O Greatly Merciful God, Infinite Goodness,
today
all mankind calls out from the abyss of its misery to
Your mercy, to Your compassion, my God;
and it is with
its mighty voice of misery that it cries
out.
Gracious God, do not reject the prayer of this earth's exiles!
My Lord, Goodness beyond our understanding,
who are acquainted with our misery through
and through,
and know that by our own power we cannot
ascend to You,
we implore You, anticipate us with Your
grace and keep
on increasing Your mercy in us, that we
may faithfully do
Your holy will all through our life and at death's hour.
Let the omnipotence of Your mercy
shield
us from the darts of our salvation's
enemies,
that we may with confidence, as Your
children,
await Your final coming, that day known to
You alone.
And we expect to obtain everything promised us by Jesus
in spite of all our wretchedness. For
Jesus is our Hope:
through His merciful Heart, as through an open
gate,
we pass through to heaven.
Jesus, I
Trust in You!
From the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina
of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
1905-1938
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A Prayer to
the Holy Trinity
Arising from sleep I thank thee, O holy
Trinity,
because of the abundance of thy goodness and
longsuffering.
Thou was not wroth with me, slothful and
sinful as I am;
neither hast Thou destroyed me in my
transgressions;
but in Thy compassion raised me up, as I lay
in despair;
that at dawn I might sing the glories of thy
Majesty.
Do Thou now enlighten the eyes of my understanding,
open my mouth to receive Thy words, teach me
Thy commandments,
help
me to do Thy will, confessing Thee from my heart,
singing and praising thine All-holy Name:
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit:
now
and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen
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The Priest Prayer
The
priest is not an angel sent from heaven.
He
is a man chosen from among men,
a
member of the church, a Christian.
Remaining
man and Christian,
he
begins to speak to you the Word of God.
Perhaps
he has not entirely understood it himself.
Perhaps
he adulterates it.
But
he believes, and despite his fears,
he
knows that he must communicate
God’s Word to you.
For
must not some of us say something about God,
about
eternal life, about the majesty of grace
in
our sanctified being; must not some one
of us
speak
of sin, the judgment and mercy of God?
So,
my dear friends pray for him.
Carry
him so that he might be able
to
sustain others by bringing to them the
Mystery of God’s love revealed in Christ Jesus.
Karl Rahner, S.J.
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Love Them Anyway
by Saint
Teresa of
People are unreasonable, illogical, and
self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of
selfish ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will
be forgotten tomorrow.
Be good anyway.
Honest and frankness will make you
vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People need help, but may attack you if you
try to help them.
Help them anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you
and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
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