A Parishioner's Prayer
 

Good Morning ☀️🤲🙏🏾☦️💜

15 April 2025

Tuesday of Holy Week

 

John 13:36-38 Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.”Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.”

 

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you (Jeremiah 1:5).  Jesus knows our hearts and our desire to always love Him. Let us pray to remain steadfast in our love for Him and be on our guard to not let Satan weaken us and turn us from the love of God and the path which God has chosen for us.

 

Holy Spirit, give us grace and strength in our time of testing. and lead us to submit to Jesus, walk in the light of his truth and love and not turn our backs on Him, lest we stumble and fall in the ways of sin and darkness.

 

"Give me, O Lord, a steadfast heart which no unworthy thought can drag downwards; an unconquered heart which no tribulation can wear out; an upright heart which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon me also, O Lord my God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Prayer of Thomas Aquinas) "

 

In the Name of the Father and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit. Amen. 

 

Empowered by The Holy Spirit and God’s Holy Word. 

 

Enlightened by Reflections from Regnum Christi Daily Meditation

 

Barbara Grace Burns-Brandyberg