Knowing that nothing good is accomplished without Your Love and Your Help, I ask You to bless us, to bless me, as we look forward to the year 2014. Father, You are the God of all creation. It was a gift of Your Love, that Jesus came to earth as a tiny babe. As a Man, Jesus would come to save our world from sin. Holy Spirit, You were sent to us by the Father and Jesus to guide us in our earthly sojourn. You fill us with Your gifts and graces that will lead us to the Father, the Son, and to You, Mighty Spirit of God who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
Praise be to You, Mighty God and Father.
Praise be to You, Jesus, the Son of God and our brother.
Praise be to You, Holy Spirit, giver of gifts and graces, Counselor.
In 2014, I ask for these graces.
I ask for the gift of reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist. I ask this for me and for all. I ask that we learn to adore and worship Jesus as He should be worshiped. He is Our King of Kings! The great High Priest.
The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, my savior! Psalm 18:47
"You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel!" Psalm 22:24
All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. Psalm 22:30
Give to the LORD the glory due God's name. Bow down before the LORD'S holy splendor! Psalm 29:2
I ask for the gift of prayer.
“Beloved, pray for us.” 1Thessalonians 5: 25
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-17
I ask for the gift of a closer relationship with our God!
“O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” Psalm 63:1
I ask for the gift of kindness, not only to others, but to myself.
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12
I ask for the gift of patience, not only to others, but to myself.
“Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” Colossians 3: 12-14
I ask for the gift of love, not only for others, but for myself.
“Love never ends.” 1 Corinthians 13: 9
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12
I ask that I learn to be less, and, You, Sweetest Lord, be more.
“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. “ Jeremiah 29:11
I ask for the gift of selflessness.
“But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.” Luke 6:35
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.” John 15: 12-14
I ask for the gift of trust in You.
“My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.” Psalm 63: 8
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3: 5-6
Thank You, Father. Thank You, brother Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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