PRAYER OF A HUSBAND AND WIFE

Keep us Lord from pettiness.

Let us be thoughtful in word and deed.

Help us to put away pretence and face each other in deep trust without fear or self-pity.

Let us be done with fault findings and be quick to discover the best in every situation.

Guard us from ill temper and hasty judgment.

Encourage us to take time for all things to grow calm, serene and gentle....

PRAYER FOR PARENTS

O God, I thank you for my dearest parents who have loved me and cared for me. Be with them and surround them with your presence. Open their hearts to trust your constant care. Help me to show how much I appreciate them. Forgive me for the times I've made them sad. Bless them with good health and happiness. I place them in your hands.....

DAILY RENEWAL OF CONSECRATION

Sacred Heart of Jesus, remember that we are consecrated and belong to you. Bless and protect us all. Make our home a shrine of your love and your grace. Strengthen the bond of affection that unites us together. Help us to bear one another’s burdens in peace ...

COMMON CHRISTIAN PRAYERS

The Sign of the Cross:The Lord's Prayer:Hail Mary:Glory be

The Sign of the Cross:

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

The Lord's Prayer:

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; forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

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PRAYER BEFORE CONFESSION

I, a great sinner, come before you Lord, acknowledging my many sins and with an earnest desire to repent and to sin no more. Grant me perfect contrition for my sins, that I may detest them with deep sorrow......