May 28, 2007

Prayers for us on Memorial Day

Prayer on Memorial Day Lord Jesus Christ, Today we honor the memory of those men and women who have given their lives for their compatriots in the cause of freedom. They have worked, fought, and died for the heritage of...

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February 01, 2007

On Praying For Our Priests

In our modern times, we are faced with many temptations - material, sensual, even spiritual. It can, at times, be overwhelming. The struggles we experience, however, are not simply our own. They are tied to the very nature of the...

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September 11, 2006

A Prayer for 9/11

Here is a prayer written by a Navy chaplin for 9/11: Almighty God, the past year will be indelibly inscribed in our memories. We looked with horror on the terrorist attacks of last September 11th. But we looked with honor...

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May 14, 2006

Prayers for Mothers this Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! I thought I would offer a couple of good prayers to Moms and for Moms this Mother's Day. Prayer of Mothers Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on...

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January 10, 2006

Pray for our Friend

Please pray for Darius, a close friend of LivingCatholicism.com. He had a severe stroke yesterday and has been given only hours to live. He is married and has six children, so he has much to live for. God bless, Jay...

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February 08, 2005

Prayer: Family-style for Catholics

Prayer is critical to developing your spiritual life and, especially, to raising Catholic kids. So as Lent approaches, we have a unique opportunity to work more prayer into our lives and more prayer is always a good thing.

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October 29, 2004

Making Time to Visit Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament

In our hectic world it seems at times as if there are few places where we can go to be apart from the world, places where we can go to find peace, places where we can go and contemplate life...

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September 29, 2004

Integrating Prayer into your Family Life

As a father of four young children I understand well the difficulties of developing a family prayer life. It’s important that we pray together as a family in addition to praying as individuals. Family prayer builds a sense of unity...

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