Prayer Needed

[LoniStillwater]

After two years, almost three, I can say this week has tested my patience and faith. I try to be a good Catholic, I know I’m not perfect. And I know they say God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, but I’m really starting to wonder. I weathered my husband getting injured in the Army and the healing process to get him well again almost at the cost of our marriage. I have weathered being in a place I have grown to hate and resent because I didn’t want to move here and it was suppose to be temporary. I have weathered being left out of every important family gathering and event because I couldn’t afford to be there. I even weathered being alone with my child because my mother had to leave here early to help my sister with her wedding and my husband was deployed. I have spent two years saving, giving up things, to take my son to see his great grandfather because my son’s the first boy born in my side of the family since my grandfather was born. And now both vehicles break, my husband is pretty much oh well on it because he wasn’t going, and I just need prayers so that maybe God will show me what I’m supposed to be doing. I’m tired, I’m hurting and I just want it to stop.

 

[ready]

Lord, Fr. F.X. Lasance has told us that You will not suffer us to be tempted beyond our strength, provided we trust not in ourselves, but in You; provided we are patient, and wait with holy confidence for Your help. Please help Your daughter to trust in You and not in herself and help her to patiently wait with holy confidence for Your help. Thank you, Lord, for hearing my prayer.

 

[BriarRose]

Praying for you, dear one, the Lorica of St. Patrick~

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.

**Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me. **

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

+ Amen.

 

[BriarRose]

Another prayer for you Loni, from the Divine Mercy~

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless, and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us, and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments, we might not despair, nor become despondent, but with great confidence, submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is love and mercy itself.

• In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

 

[hopeful01]

Father Almighty, please give LoniStillWater peace and comfort. Take away her sadness, hurt, discontent, and fatigue. Give her renewed strength and a sense of purpose. Let her know that her efforts and sacrifices are appreciated and are not in vain. May she feel the gratitude of her family and her husband for the things she has done for them. B,ess her woth the graces she needs as she goes through this time in her life. Amen.

 

[UpUpAndAway]

I know that fed-up feeling all too well. :sad_yes: Remembering you and your family in my daily prayers. God bless :console:

 

[Bix]

Praying for you and your family.

As I arise today,
may the strength of God pilot me,
the power of God uphold me,
the wisdom of God guide me.
May the eye of God look before me,
the ear of God hear me,
the word of God speak for me.
May the hand of God protect me,
the way of God lie before me,
the shield of God defend me,
the host of God save me.
Amen.

~ St. Patrick