Mary Sullivan

You are one with the Father. May we be one with You.

You have given us Your Eucharist, that we be united too.

May we share in Your joy, make joy in us complete.

You have given us Your holy word, that we know not defeat.

You call us from the world, O Lord.  For us, this is Your will.

Protect us from the evil one, who seeks to destroy and kill.

Your word is truth.  In truth may we now be consecrated.

May we live by Your laws, though by the world we are hated.

Consecrate ourselves in truth, Lord.  Consecrate our loved ones too,

All our sons and daughters.  Draw each one back in truth to You.

Protect them from the evil one, who plots their destruction.

Help them find hope and faith, in Your resurrection.

Go to them now dear Jesus.  Fill them with the truth,

Which they abandoned years ago, in past days of their youth.

Consecrate them in the truth.  From harm, keep them protected.

May truth now fill each stumbling soul. By truth may all be resurrected.

(John 17:11-19)

Christ asked Peter three times if he would tend and feed His lambs and sheep.

Why did the Lord keep asking? Had He thought Peter asleep?

The three reflects the times our Lord by Peter, was denied.

And three reflects Trinity.  In Whose love may we abide.

Lord Jesus, surely in my life, You I have betrayed.

I have not lived a perfect faith, nor lived always in perfect ways.

I ask you now dear Jesus, to You my mind I now raise.

May I do just Your holy will, for all my remaining days.

Lord, may I feed Your lambs.  And Your sheep may I tend.

Grant me the grace to care for those who You might my way send.

Show me now dear Jesus, my mind do now inspire,

Set my heart aflame for You.  Set my soul afire.

I stretch out my hands to You, as Yours stretched on the cross.

Help me to do Your holy will, to give, not count the cost.

Lead me along Your path for me. With You I’m not alone.

Lead me along the Holy path which will one day take me home.

May the path so full of branches, over which I stumble,

And the thorns which pierce my heart, keep me ever humble.

Guide my soul to heaven.  I trust You to know the way.

Guide my soul to glory, toward glory today.

And guide our loved ones, too Lord.  Show them now the way.

Be the light which guides them home.  With them do now stay.

Though they’ve fallen and stumbled, heal them now that they be still.

Draw them to You now Lord, guide them toward Your holy will.

(Based on John 21:15-19)

Lord, we’re waiting patiently.
To us, dear Lord, stoop down.
Lift us from destruction’s pit.
In this mire, let us not drown.

Our steps now seem so shaky.
We need steps sure and firm.
Put a new song in our hearts.
For Your truth may we yearn.

Lord, we are afflicted.
Deliver us from all distress.
We turn to You as our sure help.
Increase our faithfulness.

Go to our loved ones now Lord.
They know not Your steady ways.
Help loved ones embrace Your teachings.
Help them, dear Lord, today.

(Based on Psalm 40)

Saint Augustine, you who lived a wretched sinner’s life.
You turned back to the Lord, away from sin and strife.
Pray we not push God away or place Him on some shelf.
You said if we are filled with love, we are filled with God Himself.

Let us now fill ourselves with God; thus, fill ourselves with love.
That grace may flow into our souls, from heaven up above.
When we are feeling quite unloved; and start making a fuss.
May we know God loves each of us, as if there were but one of us.

Saint Augustine, in your mercy, pray for loved ones lost.
As Christ Himself, for us all has hung upon a cross.
No matter what lost souls have done, no matter where they’ve been,
Pray we may love the sinner, while we hate the sin.

May we be granted patience, with the good Lord as our guide,
To listen to their story, to hear the other side.
Saint Augustine, pray loved ones, will now truly see,
Our hearts will be so restless, until they rest in Thee.
Saint Augustine, we beg of thee, on this grace-filled day,
Pray for all our dear loved ones. St. Augustine, do pray.