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Prayers for Different Moments of Life
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Before Meals
After Meals
Prayer for the Renewal of Regnum Christi
Prayer for the Communion of Regnum Christi
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
Apostle’s Prayer
Lay Person’s Prayer
An Engaged Couple’s Prayer
Spouses’ Prayer
Wedding Anniversary Prayer
Prayer for the Vocations of Children
Prayer While Waiting for a Child
Prayer for our Children
Children’s Prayer
Prayer for the Sick
Prayer for Those Who Suffer
Prayer During the Difficulties of Life
Prayer Before Traveling
Prayer for the Deceased
Prayer for the Grace of a Happy Death
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Guide: Come, Holy Spirit!
Participant: Fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Guide: Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created,
Participant: And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Guide: Let us pray: O God, who have taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation.
Guide: Through Christ our Lord.
Participant: Amen.
Before Meals
Guide: † In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Participant: Amen.
Guide: Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord.
Participant: Amen
After Meals
Guide: We give you thanks, almighty God, for these and all thy benefits, you who live and reign forever and ever.
Participant: Amen
Prayer for the Renewal of Regnum Christi
Lord Jesus Christ, we are gathered here today as a spiritual family, and we put ourselves in your loving presence.
You have revealed to us the mystery of the love that burns in your Heart for all people, and your desire to reign in our souls and in society.
We feel called to deepen our understanding of the gift of Regnum Christi so that it bears fruit in our lives.
We ask that you send the Holy Spirit, so that through his light we can understand and love our charism and so that we may be always diligent to help our Church and the world around us as disciples of your Kingdom.
Through the example of Mary, we want to live this period of our lives, discovering and embracing the action of your Spirit by accepting your will with faith and praise for the great works that you have done and continue doing within us.
Lord, you are the center of our lives. With renewed love, we say: “Christ our King, Thy Kingdom Come!”
Prayer for the Communion of Regnum Christi
Lord Jesus, through the gift of baptism, we are children of God,
united in the Trinity and in the communion of the Church.
You have called us to Regnum Christi,
a spiritual family that wants to bring your love to all people.
Enlighten my eyes to see the gift that each person is.
Open my ears to listen to others’ needs.
Put your Word in my mouth to encounter my brothers and sisters.
Live in my heart to unite us in ideals, purposes, and efforts,
so that we may work together to make your Kingdom present.
Make me aware that communion is missionary
and that the mission is for communion.
Remind me, every time that I forget:
we are one Body in Christ, and the highest calling is
to love one another as you have loved us
so that the world may know your love.
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Apostle’s Prayer
Lord, you have given us the grace to belong to your Church and to participate in her in your mission to save mankind. Help us to know you better, to follow you more closely and to make you known to all people. Inspire us with courage and enthusiasm, so that we may befriend all those whom we meet and bring them closer to you. Never allow us to offend you in words or actions.
Keep us always close to you and make us strong members of your Church. Strengthen and increase your life in us, so that whatever we do may be done with you and for you.
Lay Person’s Prayer
Lord our God, you have placed the power of the Gospel as leaven in the world. Grant to us who are called to live in the midst of temporal cares that, enkindled by the fire of your Spirit, we may give ourselves passionately to the mission of making the Kingdom of Christ present in the world, so that he may be all in all.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
An Engaged Couple’s Prayer
In my heart, Lord, love has been kindled for a creature whom you know and love. You yourself have brought us together and presented us to each other. I thank you for this gift which fills me with deep joy, makes me like you, who are love, and makes me understand the value of the life you have given me. Teach me that love is a gift and that it cannot be mixed with any selfishness; that love is pure and that it cannot abide in any baseness; that love is fruitful and that from today on it must produce a new way of living in both of us. I pray to you, Lord, for the one who waits for me and thinks of me; for the one who has placed all their trust in me for their future; for the one who walks beside me; make us worthy of each other; may we be a help and a model for one another. Help us in our preparation for marriage, its greatness, its responsibility, so that from now on our souls may rule our bodies and lead them in love.
Spouses’ Prayer
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, we give you thanks and we bless your holy Name. You have created man and woman so that they may be a help and support for one another. Remember us today. Protect us and grant that our love may be a selfless gift, in the likeness of Christ and the Church. Enlighten and strengthen us in the task of forming our children, so that they may be authentic Christians and hard-working builders of the earthly city. May we live long together in joy and peace, so that our hearts can always raise praise and thanksgiving to you, through your Son, in the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Wedding Anniversary Prayer
O God, Lord of the universe, who in the beginning created man and woman and instituted the conjugal bond; bless and confirm our love, that we may always express in our lives the sacrament we celebrate in faith. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the Vocations of Children
Lord, I pray to you for the vocations of my children, that whatever vocation you have determined for each one of them, they may obtain the grace to discover it and accept it according to your will, and give themselves to it with docility and generosity, faithfully fulfilling the duties that it imposes on them.
And if in your infinite goodness you wish to call them to your service, form in me, Lord, a generous and willing heart that appreciates the greatness of the incomparable gift of the priestly vocation and the consecrated life.
Give me, Lord, the joy and humility to recognize and be grateful for such a rich blessing. Amen.
Prayer While Waiting for a Child
O Lord, our Father, we thank you for the marvelous gift by which you make us sharers in your divine fatherhood. In this time of waiting, we ask you: protect this child of ours, still full of mystery, so that he/she may be born healthy to the light of the world and to the new birth of baptism. Mother of God, to your maternal heart we entrust our child. Amen.
Prayer for our Children
Lord, enlighten the minds of our children so that they may know the way you have willed for them, so that they may give glory to you and attain salvation. Sustain them with your strength, so that they may foster in their lives the ideals of your Kingdom. Enlighten us too, their parents, so that we may help them to recognize their Christian vocation and to fulfill it generously, collaborating with your interior inspirations. Amen.
Children’s Prayer
O God, who have commanded us to honor our father and mother, graciously hear the prayer we address to you for them. Grant them long days of life on earth and preserve them in health of body and spirit. Bless their labors and their endeavors. Reward them for all they have done for me. Inspire them to love and practice your holy law. Help me to do all that I can for them. And grant that after having enjoyed their affection on earth, I may have the joy of living eternally with them in heaven. Amen.
Prayer for the Sick
You willed, O Lord, that your only-begotten Son should bear our infirmities, in order to show the value of illness and patience; now hear the prayers we address to you for our sick brothers and sisters, and grant to all who are subject to pain, affliction or sickness, the grace to feel themselves chosen to be among those whom your Son has called blessed, and to know that they are united to the passion of Christ for the redemption of the world. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for Those Who Suffer
O God, provident refuge of those who suffer; hear the prayer we address to you for them. Calm and comfort the sick, the aged and the dying. Give to those who care for them wisdom and patience, tact and compassion. Inspire them with gestures that bring relief, words that enlighten and love that comforts. We commend to you the discouraged hearts, those in rebellion, torn by temptation, tormented by passion, wounded or profaned by the wickedness of men. Put within us, Lord, your Spirit of love, of understanding, of sacrifice, so that we may bring effective help to all those in suffering whom we meet on our way. Help us to respond to their call, for it is yours. Amen.
Prayer During the Difficulties of Life
Lord, help us to face the difficulties, obligations and responsibilities that we have with a strong and serene spirit, and, consoled by you, may we know how to comfort our brothers and sisters. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer Before Traveling
Lord, who fill every place with your presence, accompany me on this journey, so that I may arrive at my destination and return home safe and sound. May my travels bring joy to all those I meet, a message of hope, and a witness of Christian life. Amen. May the divine help remain always with us. Amen.
Prayer for the Deceased
Lord, remember N., whom you called from this world into your presence; grant that, just as he/she has already shared the death of Jesus Christ, he/she may also share with him the glory of the resurrection, when Christ will raise the dead from the earth and transform our frail body into a glorious body like his. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the Grace of a Happy Death
O God, who created us in your image and gave your Son to die for us, grant us the grace to live vigilantly in prayer, so that we may leave this world without sin and rest with joy in the bosom of your mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving
I. O God, Father of all gifts, from whom comes all that we are and have, teach us to recognize the benefits of your love and to love you with all the strength of our hearts. We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
II. O God, source of all good, principle of our existence and of our actions; receive our humble thanksgiving for all your benefits, and grant that to the gift of your benevolence may correspond the generous commitment of our life to the service of your Kingdom. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.