For God's help in being saints

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I wanted to ask for prayers for all of us in becoming saints, and living as saints to the world, that by living according to God’s will, we may lead others to Christ in the Communion of Saints. I don’t know where this prayer will lead us but Heaven, but I know this is what God wants us to be to each other. Please pray for each of us to know and live what kind of sainthood in God’s plan intends us to be. But in general, I want to be the kind of saint God wants me to be and I want everyone here on CAF and in the Church to be the saints God intended us to be to each other. And may we engage the modern world in holy dialogue and charity, and lead others to want to be saints in God’s Church as well.

Thank you and God bless you all.
 
Lord, grant many graces to all the elect, that they might become saints, and draw others to enter the Church also. Send angels to help with this cause. Protect souls from evil. Cultivate in the faith, hope, love, and joy. Have mercy, Lord. Our Lady, angels, and saints, pray with us. Amen.
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death
Amen.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

†

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

†
 
MarcoPolo said:
Lord, grant many graces to all the elect, that they might become saints, and draw others to enter the Church also. Send angels to help with this cause. Protect souls from evil. Cultivate in the faith, hope, love, and joy. Have mercy, Lord. Our Lady, angels, and saints, pray with us. Amen.
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Amen. Very well put.
 
O my Divine Savior, transform me into Yourself.
May my hands be the hands of Jesus.
May my tongue be the tongue of Jesus,
Grant that every faculty of my body may serve only to glorify You.
Above all, transform my soul and all its powers,
that my memory, my will and my affections
may be the memory, the will and the affections of Jesus.
I pray You to destroy in me all that is not You.
Grant that I may live but in You and for You,
and that I may truly say with St. Paul:
“I live, now not I, but Christ lives in me”.
Amen.
 
Merciful God please form me into loving wholeness, so that I become the image of God I am created to be. I desire this transformation for others also, as everyone is a unique image of divine love intended for communion with God, the angels and each other. God’s word assures us that God loves us unconditionally and that we each are chosen, however we regard ourselves.

“I have in mind for you…plans for peace, not disaster, reserving a future full of hope for you. Then when you will call to me, and come to plead with me, I will listen to you. When you seek me you shall find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” [Jeremiah 29:11-14] “I have chosen you, not rejected you, do not be afraid for I am with you; stop being anxious and watchful for I am your God. I give you strength, I bring you help, and I uphold you with my victorious right hand.” [Isaiah 41:9-10]

“You are God’s beloved called to be saints.” [Romans 1:7] Therefore our God: “Open to me the gates of holiness, I will enter and give thanks. This is the Lord’s own gate where the just may enter. I will thank You, for You have answered and You are my Saviour.” [Psalm 118:19-21] “It is God’s will that you grow in holiness.” [1Thessalonians 4:3]

Jesus, in Your desire for our personal and communal holiness in living the gospel, You taught us, “Your light must shine in the sight of others, so that, seeing your good works, they may give the praise to your Father in heaven.” [Matthew 5:16] You desire us not to obscure Your light in us. Therefore, to allow Your light to shine out from one’s life does not represent a display of pride. The light of Your love most clearly manifests in humble hearts that joyfully acknowledge that all goodness—all loving kindness—comes from You. “If anyone wants to boast, let him boast about the Lord.” [Jeremiah 9:22]

We may feel doubtful and discouraged regarding our call to be saints, knowing how far from the reality we seem to others and to ourselves, yet most of us have little experience of how God perceives us. Therefore Jesus, give us trust to respond fully to the Spirit that shines through us before others. You encourage us to allow this radiant presence of the Spirit, saying, “If anyone declares himself for me in the presence of individuals, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven.” [Matthew 10:32]
 
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