PRAYER FOR ST.JUDE

MOST HOLY APOSTLE ST.JUDE,FAITHFUL SERVANT AND FRIEND OF JESUS,THE NAME OF THE TRAITOR WHO DELIVERED THE BELOVED MASTER INTO THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES HAS CAUSED YOU TO BE FORGOTTEN BY MANY,BUT THE CHURCH HONORS AND INVOKES YOU UNIVERSALLY AS THE PATRON OF HOPELESS CASES,OF THINGS DESPAIRED OF .PRAY FOR ME WHO AM SO MISERABLE ;MAKE USE,I IMPLORE YOU,OF THIS PURTICULAR PRIVILEGE ACCORDED TO YOU,TO BRING VISIBLE AND SPEEDY HELP,WHERE HELP IS ALMOST DESPAIRED OF.COME TO MY ASSISTANCE IN THIS GREAT NEED, THAT I MAY RECIEVE THE CONSOLATIONS AND SUCCOR OF HEAVEN IN ALL MY NECESSITIES,TRIBULATIONS AND SUFFERINGS,PARTICULARLY9HERE MAKE YOU SPECIAL REQUEST0,AND THAT I MAY BLESS GOD WITH YOU AND ALL THE ELECT FOREVER.

I PROMISE YOU,O BLESSED ST.JUDE, TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THIS GREAT FAVOR,AND I WILL NEVER CEASE TO HONOR YOU AS MY SECIAL AND POWERFUL PATRON AND TO DO ALL IN MY POWER TO ENCOURAGE DEVOTION TO YOU .AMEN

Prayers of St. Francis of Assisi

Prayer for Peace

Lord, make me an instrument of Your Peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and
It is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

The Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon

Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord,
All praise is Yours, all glory, all honour and all blessings.
To you alone, Most High, do they belong,
and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name.

Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day through whom You give us light.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,
Of You Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,
In the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,
And fair and stormy, all weather's moods,
by which You cherish all that You have made.

Praised be You my Lord through Sister Water,
So useful, humble, precious and pure.

Praised be You my Lord through Brother Fire,
through whom You light the night
and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.

Praised be You my Lord through our Sister,
Mother Earth
who sustains and governs us,
producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
Praise be You my Lord through those who grant pardon
for love of You and bear sickness and trial.
Blessed are those who endure in peace,
By You Most High, they will be crowned.

Praised be You, my Lord through Sister Death,
from whom no-one living can escape.
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
Blessed are they She finds doing Your Will.
No second death can do them harm.
Praise and bless my Lord and give Him thanks,
And serve Him with great humility.

Prayer for God's will

Most High, Glorious God,
enlighten the darkness of our minds.
Give us a right faith, a firm hope and a perfect charity,
so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will. Amen.

Prayer in praise of God (given by Francis to Brother Leo)

You are holy, Lord, the only God,
and Your deeds are wonderful.
You are strong.
You are great.
You are the Most High.
You are Almighty.
You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth.
You are Three and One, Lord God, all Good.
You are Good, all Good, supreme Good,
Lord God, living and true.
You are love. You are wisdom.
You are humility. You are endurance.
You are rest. You are peace.
You are joy and gladness.
You are justice and moderation.
You are all our riches, and You suffice for us.
You are beauty.
You are gentleness.
You are our protector.
You are our guardian and defender.
You are our courage. You are our haven and our hope.
You are our faith, our great consolation.
You are our eternal life, Great and Wonderful Lord,
God Almighty, Merciful Saviour.

Prayer of St. Patrick

Christ be beside me,
Christ be before me,
Christ be behind me,
King of my heart.

Christ be within me,
Christ be below me,
Christ be above me,
never to part.

Christ on my right hand,
Christ on my left hand,
Christ all around me,
shield in the strife.

Christ in my sleeping,
Christ in my sitting,
Christ in my rising,
light of my life.

Christ be in all hearts thinking about me;
Christ be on all tongues telling of me;
Christ be the vision in eyes that see me;
in ears that hear me, Christ ever be.