For the young as they consider different paths

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Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Prayer for Youth

Jesus, they stand at the crossroads, our youth. They no longer trustfully accept the values or directions of their seniors, unless it proves convenient or appears to have integrity enough to override convenience. They no longer trustfully accept the values or directions of their seniors unless these have integrity enough to override worldly values.

Grant us grace to live and love in cheerful and sincere witness of Your gospel, striving for goodness, justice, and unselfish caring in the way that we deal with them. Thus, they may perceive the value and validity of Christian (Catholic) commitment. Let them recognise, however, that they can no more expect us to be perfect and faultless than we should expect perfection of them.

By not demanding more than they can reasonably offer, let them see that while none of us is perfect, each ought to try for one’s best according to nature and ability. Grant us wisdom and love to permit them their freedom to follow their own directions, which are as valid to them as ours are to ourselves.

Give us grace to understand and to forgive their mistakes, knowing that we ourselves frequently err. Grant them to discover You through our understanding and forgiveness, and lead them to find healing and growth in Scripture and in Your Sacraments. Let us witness to them, without trying to break them to our mature wisdom, lest we, by our inflexibility or judgement, cause anyone to lose himself/herself and You for a time or forever.

The pain in our hearts they may not understand until in their own young they confront these moments of anxiety, conflict and uncertainty.

Heal our hearts and minds with hope. Give us trust in Your hidden leading and protection of them, so that we respond to them gently, steadily, wisely, and with peace. Help us to preserve their balance and identity, to foster their reverence for and nurture of Your unique image within themselves and in others for the way that we love and respect them.

Grant Your light to illuminate their paths, so that they may see to clear away errors and barriers that dim the wonderful unique celebration of Your living image within them.

Dear Jesus, we confess our frailty, our sinfulness, our meagre witness, and appeal humbly to You. We cannot contend alone with such sensitive and crucial responsibility regarding our young ones, and our anxieties may sometimes threaten to swamp our faith or judgement. Please help us to be wise, trusting and mature.

Our failures and mistakes regarding them appear to remain as crosses in their lives and in our hearts. Please do not allow our sadness to become self-recrimination, nor impatience towards them. Let it simply be confident prayer that You will take them to your heart, and fill them with Your Spirit to heal them and lead them patiently into the way of Your living gospel. If this path is long and arduous, please grant us the powerful faith of a Monica.

Whatever paths they wander by, our children — through us, their elders put Your hand gently on their shoulders, steady and warm. Look into their eyes with deep caring and friendship. Let them see their preciousness, their rich possibilities, and their kinship in You.

Let them know that they can share their laughter as well as their sorrows. Eat bread with them, listen and respond. Teach by example that is cheerful, faithful, gentle, and strong. Walk with us beside them supportively without intrusion—letting go, as their need requires but always prayerfully near in the quiet presence of Your Spirit.

Thank You, dear Jesus who loves our young ones more than we fathom. You are our hope for them.
 
Prayer for Youth

Jesus, they stand at the crossroads, our youth. They no longer trustfully accept the values or directions of their seniors, unless it proves convenient or appears to have integrity enough to override convenience. They no longer trustfully accept the values or directions of their seniors unless these have integrity enough to override worldly values.

Grant us grace to live and love in cheerful and sincere witness of Your gospel, striving for goodness, justice, and unselfish caring in the way that we deal with them. Thus, they may perceive the value and validity of Christian (Catholic) commitment. Let them recognise, however, that they can no more expect us to be perfect and faultless than we should expect perfection of them.

By not demanding more than they can reasonably offer, let them see that while none of us is perfect, each ought to try for one’s best according to nature and ability. Grant us wisdom and love to permit them their freedom to follow their own directions, which are as valid to them as ours are to ourselves.

Give us grace to understand and to forgive their mistakes, knowing that we ourselves frequently err. Grant them to discover You through our understanding and forgiveness, and lead them to find healing and growth in Scripture and in Your Sacraments. Let us witness to them, without trying to break them to our mature wisdom, lest we, by our inflexibility or judgement, cause anyone to lose himself/herself and You for a time or forever.

The pain in our hearts they may not understand until in their own young they confront these moments of anxiety, conflict and uncertainty.

Heal our hearts and minds with hope. Give us trust in Your hidden leading and protection of them, so that we respond to them gently, steadily, wisely, and with peace. Help us to preserve their balance and identity, to foster their reverence for and nurture of Your unique image within themselves and in others for the way that we love and respect them.

Grant Your light to illuminate their paths, so that they may see to clear away errors and barriers that dim the wonderful unique celebration of Your living image within them.

Dear Jesus, we confess our frailty, our sinfulness, our meagre witness, and appeal humbly to You. We cannot contend alone with such sensitive and crucial responsibility regarding our young ones, and our anxieties may sometimes threaten to swamp our faith or judgement. Please help us to be wise, trusting and mature.

Our failures and mistakes regarding them appear to remain as crosses in their lives and in our hearts. Please do not allow our sadness to become self-recrimination, nor impatience towards them. Let it simply be confident prayer that You will take them to your heart, and fill them with Your Spirit to heal them and lead them patiently into the way of Your living gospel. If this path is long and arduous, please grant us the powerful faith of a Monica.

Whatever paths they wander by, our children — through us, their elders put Your hand gently on their shoulders, steady and warm. Look into their eyes with deep caring and friendship. Let them see their preciousness, their rich possibilities, and their kinship in You.

Let them know that they can share their laughter as well as their sorrows. Eat bread with them, listen and respond. Teach by example that is cheerful, faithful, gentle, and strong. Walk with us beside them supportively without intrusion—letting go, as their need requires but always prayerfully near in the quiet presence of Your Spirit.

Thank You, dear Jesus who loves our young ones more than we fathom. You are our hope for them.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

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;
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 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 our death. Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Glory be to The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be
World without end

Amen
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

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.
 
lil_flower_luv said:
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.
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Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
Loving God,

We come before you today and thank you for your many blessings in our lives and in particular for the blessing of wisdom. Lord, we lift up the intentions for all who are entering the early stages of adulthood, that they may find their way in the world and be led by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit to find the vocation and the calling you have prepared especially for each one. Lord, the challenges for young adults are enormous in this day and the competition for their attention and their time is fierce. Please help each one of these young people to find their calling in whatever future plan you have for their life, be it college, work, the religious life, Peace Corps, or many other possibilities. Please also help each one to keep a firm foundation in their lives through prayer and love for your people, and through love of You, O Lord. Please comfort and bless all who care for, provide for, and lead these young people during these formative times, that we might speak and share Your words and Your plans in the way You would have us do for each of these young people.

I pray especially for my oldest son today, dear Lord.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns with You, now and forever.

Amen.
 
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