Prayers

Loving Lord God, In communion with saints in Your light, In faith, I offer You my needs.

Lord Jesus, The colors around me tell where drought has left the ground parched or nurturing rains have watered the earth.

Lord Jesus, In this time when leaves turn to new hues, Please color my outlook with Your grace.

Blessed Virgin Mary, please pray with me.

Lord Jesus, Please be with the sick, For the advice to fear not what affects the body Is sometimes more easily said than done.

Lord Jesus, thank you for your example seeing the goodness in people and forgiving readily.

Heavenly Father, When I long for an answer to my prayers, Please renew my hope That if Your timeline isn't mine, You will be patient with me.

Blessed Virgin Mary, On whom God's favor rests, Please join me in my prayer That when invited to say, "yes," I will trust in His love and care.

Lord Jesus, Mocked with cloak and crown of thorns, Your Passion and death endured willingly, Through the suffering You have borne, May I share life eternally.

Where there is disaster, I pray that the light of faith will overshadow the pain in a time of both rescue and heart-rending loss.