Prayers

O my God! I offer You all my prayers, works and sufferings of this day, in union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the following intentions:
Sunday: Spirit of zeal, religion, and piety; the success of priests’ work, and the spiritual welfare of those entrusted to their care
Monday: Spirit of meekness and humility; souls in purgatory; religious communities
Tuesday: Spirit of faith; relatives, friends, and benefactors
Wednesday: Spirit of charity; the sick, dying, suffering, poor, and those who care for them
Thursday: Love of the Holy Eucharist; vocations to the priesthood; conversion of unbelievers; needs of missionaries
Friday: Spirit of mortification and self-sacrifice; conversion of sinners
Saturday: Love of the Blessed Virgin, chastity; schools, teachers, children and youth
(Add your own private intentions to those suggested above)

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my family and friends, and in particular, for the intentions of our Holy Father. Amen.

Most holy and adorable Trinity, one God in three Persons, I believe that You are here present; I adore You with the deepest humility and render to You, with my whole heart, the homage that is due to Your sovereign majesty. O my God, I most humbly thank You for all the favors You have bestowed upon me to the present moment.

I give You thanks from the depth of my heart that You have created me after Your own image and likeness, that You have redeemed me by the Precious Blood of Your dear Son, and that You have preserved me and brought me safe to the beginning of another day. I offer to You, O Lord, my whole being, and in particular all my thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings of this day. I consecrate them all to the glory of Your name, beseeching You that through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Savior, they may all find acceptance in Your sight. May Your divine love animate them, and may they all tend to Your greater glory.

Adorable Jesus, my Savior and Master, model of all perfection, I resolve, this day, to imitate Your example, to be like You: mild, humble, chaste, zealous, charitable, and resigned. I will redouble my efforts so that I may not fall today into any of those sins that I have heretofore committed and sincerely desire to forsake. O my God, You know my poverty and weakness, and that I am unable to do anything good without You; deny me not, O God, the help of Your grace; proportion it to my necessities; give me strength to avoid everything that You forbid, and to practice the good that You have commanded; and enable me to bear patiently all the trials that it may please You to send me.

1 Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory be

(One may add here the Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love)

O holy Virgin, Mother of God, my Mother and Patroness, I place myself under Your protection; I throw myself with confidence into the arms of Your compassion. Be to me, O Mother of Mercy, my refuge in distress, my consolation under suffering, my advocate with thy adorable Son, now and at the hour of my death. Amen.
O faithful Guardian and Father of Virgins, Blessed Joseph, to whom was confided the care of Jesus, and of Mary the Queen of Virgins, I most humbly ask You, by the love with which You bore Jesus and Mary, to preserve me from every stain during my whole life, so that I may be able to serve them with unspotted purity of mind and body. Amen.

Reinhold Niebuhr (1926)

God, give us the grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
And the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.

Lord Jesus, I invite You into my life this day. I ask You to be my light and my guide. I ask for Your guidance and Your protection. Please help me and my family to stay on a straight path to a good and safe future. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your loving kindness, and for everything in my life. Please help me to understand the plan You have for me. Help me to see You, Lord Jesus, in every human being whom I meet this day. Help me always to be humble and to show humility at all times. Help me, Lord Jesus, to become the person You want me to be. Jesus, I trust in You.

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my family and friends, and in particular, for the intentions of our Holy Father. Amen.