Lord Jesus, we have been made in your image and we are called to grow in your likeness. Help us to become more like you, in innocence and compassion, in patience and forgiveness, in wisdom and love, so that we may be a channel of your presence to the world in which we live. For you are our Lord forever and ever. Amen
Almighty and ever-faithful God,
I gratefully acknowledge Your goodness to me and humbly recognize the many ways you have blessed my life. Your mercy and kindness turn my thoughts to gratitude. Please give me the grace I need to respond to your gifts by responsibly caring for them and returning them to You with increase. Help me to be a trustworthy steward. It is my fervent hope that whatever sacrifices I am able to offer, You will bring them to fulfillment. I make this prayer through your Son, Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with You in communion with the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.
Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked you for many favors, but I plead for this one. Take it, place it in your open broken Heart, and when the Eternal Father sees it covered with the Mantle of the Most Precious Blood He cannot refuse it, for then it is your prayer, not mine.
"Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee."