Yup, yup… I’ll be praying hard tonight… Thanks alot… Please pray for me and pray with me…
I’m not normally a Prayer Warrior, but there have been a few situations in the last few days that have demanded my attention. This being one.
I pray in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti,
Holy God and Holy Lord Jesus, thrice-holy most Holy Trinity, receive our prayers: Holy Family, St Joseph, model of all husbands and men, St Mary, model of chastity and of piety, pray for J Noel; St Jude, patron of hopeless causes, pray for him; St Augustine and your mother, St Monica, patrons of conversion and salvation of the unbelieving, intercede for him. We pray for the strengthening of faith, and for the grace of God to endure; for J Noel to be granted the grace to persevere in this time, and to overcome; to be comforted by the love of the most Holy Trinity when human love is deceitful above all things and seems to fail him, that you, O Lord, shall lift him up and exalt him, according to the eternal promise of our Lord Jesus, “that they who mourn and weep, they shall be comforted and laugh; that they who are pure in heart shall see the Face of God; that blessed are those who are hated of man, and whom man separates from his company, for the sake of the Son of Man”.
We pray now in the words of your holy Prophet Jeremiah: “know the plans I have for you, plans for welfare and good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope, for then you will call upon me in prayer: and I the Lord shall listen”. We pray with the words of your servant David, King of Israel, father of our Lord according to the flesh: “The Lord is close and near to those with broken hearts and saves those whose spirits are crushed: the righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord will deliver him from all of them. The Lord protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken”.
I close this prayer with more words of David, spoken at like times, one well-read and oft-spoken and known to you, O Lord, by endless repetition, spoken often because it is often relevant:
"The Lord is my shepherd:
I shall not want.
He maketh me lay down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside the still waters
He restoreth my soul.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff,
They comfort me.
You set a table before me in the presence of my enemies,
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
May goodness and mercy pursue me all of the days of my life,
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in his temple.
**For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock. **
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
You have said, "Seek my face.”
My heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
O God of my salvation!
For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in.
Teach me your way, O Lord,
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they breathe out violence.
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living!
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage;
Wait for the Lord!
Ave Maria,
Gratia plena
Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus fructus ventris tui,
Iesus.
Sancta Maria,
Mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Holy Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Holy Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Holy Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
We pray, we ask, in the name of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by the intercession of all the Saints in Heaven, in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
Saint Michael the Archangel, protect us from the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
Our Father, who art in Heaven:
Hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our supersubstantial bread
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not in to temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed by thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy Will be done,
On Earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,
And lead us not in to temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
