prayer for depression

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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.

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.

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.
 
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.

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.

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.
 
Have you ever heard of acedia? Catholic spiritual writer Kathleen Norris has a book out now called Acedia & Me.

Reading selections 1 & 2 here

payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/07/17/life-emerging-out-of-what-had-seemed-dead/

and here

payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/07/20/from-eight-bad-thoughts-to-seven-sins/

The therapeutic society we live in will push into pills or talking therapies (which may be helpful) but acedia is something that requires a spiritual response and understanding.

It’s been very helpful to me.

God bless

dj
 
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.

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.

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.
 
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.

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.

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.

Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and
snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God
cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who wander
through the world seeking the ruin of souls. 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.

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.

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.
 
Praying for you…

Our Father, Who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done,
on earth as it 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.
Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. 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 now,
and at the hour of our death. Amen

Glory be to the Father,and to the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, and now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen
 
Show yourself to all who seek you in sincerity of heart
Lord Jesus Christ,light of all the nations,shine upon
those who walk in darkness and in the shadow of death
Be with all those who suffer in mind body or spirit
Show mercy to the dead,bring them to rejoice in the
company of the blessed Virgin Mary and all your saints

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed br 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
lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
Amen
 
Our Father, who art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy Name
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done
Here as it is in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against su
Lead up not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen

Hail Mary, Full of Grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou amoung women
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

Glory be to the Father
And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning, is now and never ending
World without end.
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.

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.

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.

Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits
who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
 
Holy Spirit, bring joy and peace into Cecilia’s heart. I pray that she’ll survive pregnancy, have a healthy child and not have issues post-partum. Your joy is her strength. Lord, I pray her husband doesn’t get laid off. They need the money to take care of themselves and their future child. I know there’s a plan for a 40% pay cut, but somehow that can change ;). May something supernatural happen. You’ve helped out my fiance, surely you can help this couple.

St. Joseph, pray for them that they may prosper in finances.

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.

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.

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.
 
Show yourself to all who seek you in sincerity of heart
Lord Jesus Christ,light of all the nations,shine upon
those who walk in darkness and in the shadow of death
Be with all those who suffer in mind body or spirit
Show mercy to the dead,bring them to rejoice in the
company of the blessed Virgin Mary and all your saints

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed br 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
lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
Amen
Praying for your deliverence from the depression.
 
Lord,heal the hearts and minds of those who suffer. Restore them to health and balance.
 
So angry right now. Why can’t I just learn to accept the fact that DH is NEVER going to be reliable the way I need him to be and that he’s ALWAYS going to be sick half the time? I get so angry, yet DH completely avoids me, so I take it out on my kids. And once I’m mad, my pride keeps me there. I can never cool down. I feel like I can’t even pray, and I know it’s just the devil trying to convince me of my feelings of hypocrisy. But unless DH will acknowledge my frustration and tt me about it, I feel like it’s totally unresolved and my anger can spill over into days and even weeks until we have a fight.

I get so childish that I just want to hurt him or anger him to get back. I hate what a horrible example I am setting for my children. I can’t stand being around anybody right now . . .church was hard tonight b/c one of those perfect husband/father types sat in the cry room with us. I didn’t want ANYBODY in there with me, but having him there I had to fight back the tears over the immense disappointment of what I DON’T have. My kids were less than saintly, I was embarrassed that DH wasn’t with us AGAIN. Also, I just don’t feel like being friendly to ANYBODY, I hate feeling forced to put on airs and I really hate having an audience when both me and the kids are having fits.

I wish DH would just leave already. I seem to be able to deal with things much better when he isn’t around. It’s like the reality of his complete absence in our marriage and family is more concrete and I’m more able to accept it and carry on alone as opposed to having him here and just being frustrated at having a total lump sitting around. I don’t know how to explain it.

Just been a bad few days. DH has been ill for 2 days now after bad news about his job and how there isn’t enough work and his pay is already going to be severely diminished WITHOUT him helping it along by missing work. Then after a bad grocery shopping experience with both the kids by myself and my 3yo threw an article at the checker, I told DH to call off Saturday with his dad. They were going to repair the gutters and the cover for our crawl space and go pick up our fencing material. But I knew DH would blow it one way or another and with my feelings towards him as they are, I didn’t feel like putting on airs for his parents.

I just don’t know how to deal with all of this alone. I had some quiet time this afternoon and I wanted so bad to talk to somebody, but I couldn’t think of anybody who I felt I could trust or who would understand me or not be judgmental in some way. I can’t talk to my coworkers b/c they’re just male-bashers and that’s not what I need either. So frustrated and alone.
 
Show yourself to all who seek you in sincerity of heart
Lord Jesus Christ,light of all the nations,shine upon
those who walk in darkness and in the shadow of death
Be with all those who suffer in mind body or spirit
Show mercy to the dead,bring them to rejoice in the
company of the blessed Virgin Mary and all your saints

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed br 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
lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
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.

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.

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.
 
Show yourself to all who seek you in sincerity of heart
Lord Jesus Christ,light of all the nations,shine upon
those who walk in darkness and in the shadow of death
Be with all those who suffer in mind body or spirit
Show mercy to the dead,bring them to rejoice in the
company of the blessed Virgin Mary and all your saints
Our Father, Who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done,
on earth as it 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.
Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.
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 now, and
at the hour of our death.
Amen

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

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of Hell,
lead all souls to heaven, especially
those in most need of Your Mercy.
Amen
 
Yeesh, yesterday was AWEFUL. Like clockwork, DH, despite being sick/bedridden for the LAST FOUR DAYS, was up just in time to take a shower and get on the computer for his Sunday commitment. The morning went ok for me mainly b/c I was able to get some major cleaning done and the kids were pretty peaceful, but after DH got up, all peace was gone.

I had a ton of stuff hanging on my clothes line in the wash room and DH broke my line clean out of the wall when he opened the closet door to relight the water heater for his shower. That’s another issue in and of itself. All of my clean clothes on the filthy floor.

I spent the rest of the afternoon literally yelling at the kids. Truthfully, I’m perfectly aware that this is my cry for help to my husband to give me a hand, but it ALWAYS falls on deaf ears. Either he can’t hear me through his massive headphones, or, more likely, he chooses to ignore it. I ended the day by literally hitting my 3yo. I don’t think you could even call it spanking, I was just flat out laying into him. I have told DH several times that if he were ever to treat our children the way I do when I get this way, that I would tell him to take a hike. I have asked him in the past to intervene both for mine and our children’s sake, but he does nothing.

I’m sure by the end of the week, I’ll be reconciling with God, but right now He is totally out. All prayer and pleading with God it out. After DS was in bed (crying at this point, which did make me feel aweful, but my rage ensued) I stomped to the other side of the house and slammed my door shut. I was literally screaming into my pillow in a fit of rage and I can’t help thinking what stress I’m putting on the baby.

I can totally see myself capable of child abuse, both physically and emotionally. I HATE how my 3yo yells at his little brother and smacks his had and snatches stuff out of his hand, but it isn’t enough to jar me to ammend my own behavior. I am sick over the long- term consequences of all this for our children.

I do not even want to go to Retrovaille now - I don’t see how ONE weekend is going to change everything if we’re just going to twiddle our thumbs till then and do nothing about our problems. I feel totally helpless to do anything about our situation b/c in order to go visit with our priest or anybody else, I need child care which I don’t have (NO family, NO friends, plus a slew of other issues tied to this very subject). I really wish I could talk to my MIL, but I think it would be unfair to DH and also, part of me doesn’t trust her to not talk about it to family. It’s fine if they THINK we’re having marital problems, but they don’t need to know any of the details.

If it weren’t for all the things I like to do online when I get the chance, I want so bad to just take the modem and demolish it with a hammer or snap these stupid headphones in two or go out back and break every last dish on the patio or throw all of DH’s things out back. Just so ticked right now, but I can’t dare say a thing to him b/c it’ll just come back how he hates being treated this way when he’s sick. I wish when I was sick that I could totally check out for FOUR WHOLE DAYS. I wish someone would run special errands for ME for comfort items. I wish he would go to the friggin’ dr already. He’s always sick b/c he doesn’t take care of himself and his schedule is never the same from one day to the next, but he doesn’t want to let go of his crutch that allows him to totally check out on us.
 
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