Deserts and Wastelands

God our Father, your people wander in deserts of the spirit and wastelands of want. Through the intercession of Mary, our Mother, bring us all to dwell in peace in your presence, now and forever, through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Saturday, October 30, 2021.

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Jesus Does the Heavy Lifting

Gracious and merciful God, you heard the groans of a world that labors under the weight of sin, and you sent your only Son to lift its burden from humanity’s shoulders by taking it upon his own. Hear the prayers of sinners and the victims of sin, and deliver us by the power of his cross. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Friday, October 29, 2021.

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Saints Simon and Jude

O Lord our God, you chose to build your Church upon the faith of ordinary people made extraordinary by the companionship of your Son and the power of the Holy Spirit. Keep us faithful to the gift which they received with such joy and handed on at such cost, through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Thursday, October 28, 2021.

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Love Without Measure

God our Father, your love for the world you created is without measure. May we grow each day toward the fire of your love for us, reflected in and through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Wednesday, October 27, 2021.

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Love Wins

O God, you sent your Word to conquer all the powers of sin and death. Make us true to your Word, that our praise and our lives might give you delight, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Tuesday, October 26, 2021.

From, In and For Christ

O Lord our God, you have brought all things into being from Christ and in Christ and for Christ. May we live the worship we offer you in lives of love and praise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Monday, October 25, 2021.

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Let Us Not Wait

“The poor are waiting for us. The ways of service are infinite and left to the imagination. Let us not wait to be instructed in how to serve. We invent and we live the new heavens and the new earth each day of our lives.…If we don’t love, God remains without an epiphany. We are the visible sign of his presence and we make him alive in this infernal world where it seems that he is not. We make him alive each time we stop next to a wounded person.” ~Annalena Tonelli, Stronger than Death

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Being Made Whole

O Lord our God, your will is that we be made whole in the Kingdom of your Son. Through the intercession and example of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant us the wisdom and the love to do as you have commanded for the good of all the world, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat magazine, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Saturday, October 23, 2021.

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Saint John Paul II

You are our light and our salvation, Lord. Through the intercession of Saint John Paul II, grant us light to see your truth, and wisdom to love what we see, that we may walk in your ways today and all the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer from Magnificat magazine, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Friday, October 22, 2021.

Give God Glory

O God, Creator and Redeemer, you are the author of being and life. Inspire in us a spirit of praise and a desire for obedience, that we may give you glory in everything we think and say and do. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer from Magnificat magazine, U.S. Edition, Morning Prayer, Thursday, October 21, 2021.

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