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Prayer During A Time Of Uncertainty

God wants to listen to your cares and concerns. Tell him now in your own words who and what’s on your mind.

 

You may prefer to draw inspiration from a beautiful reflection called the Desiderata which begins: “Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence...” More

 

Uncertainty Prayer

God, you are here, but my path ahead is so unsure and hard. I fear my loss of security and (name the thing that is most troubling you). Through the power of your Spirit, please strengthen me so that I may know what to do and find lasting peace. Help me see and surrender to the things that are most important and take from me any obstacles in my moving forward.

 

Your Son, Jesus, lived as a lowly carpenter in Nazareth, he was a homeless preacher who was deprived of so many things and yet he was perfectly happy. May his example be a guiding light. Set me on the right path so that I may discover a lasting security which comes from knowing that you love me unconditionally just as I am.

 

AMEN.

 

Family Prayer

Loving God, we thank you this day for each member of our family. We thank you for the life of (say each family member’s name). We believe and know that you have created us out of love and to love. Whatever difficulties we now face please strengthen and help us. We bring to you (each family member can now be invited to name a concern).

 

We surrender all these things to you. Through the power of your Spirit, help us to love and support one another in all that we say and do. Bring peace to our family and home.

 

AMEN.

 

Prayer To Our Guardian Angel

Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here,
Ever this day, be at my side,
To light and guard,
Rule and guide.

AMEN.

 

 

 

Footprints prayer

 

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was
walking along the beach with the LORD. Across
the sky flashed scenes of his life. For each scene,
he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one
belonging to him, and the other to the LORD

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
He looked back at the footprints in the sand. He
noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints. He also
noticed that it happened at the very lowest and
saddest times of his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the
LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once I
decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the
way. But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life, there is only one set
of footprints; I don't understand why when I
needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied, "My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you. During
your times of trial and suffering, when you see
only one set of footprints, it was then that I
carried you."

Author: Margaret Fishback Powers © 1964.
Sourced from: http://www.catholicsupply.com/EXISTING/prfoot.html

 

 

Our Father – 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 and 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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