Mary Sullivan

Lord, ever-present, and in our midst.

From You and in You, true love exists.

We give You thanks, Jesus, as we turn to You,

Only by Your love, can life be renewed.

We need grace to listen, that Your voice we will hear.

You will not leave us. You are ever near.

Should fearful thoughts come, help us embrace piety.

Free us from all worry.   Free us from anxiety.

When we pray to You, in thankful petition,

When we give our wills to You, in humble submission,

Then peace fills our lives, in a way not demanding,

For peace triumphs fear, and over understanding.

Dear Lord, help our loved ones find their peace in You.

Help them pray in petition, give thanks for You too.

Help them know Your love, that You are in their midst.

Go now and teach them that true love exists.

May Your love be the love, loved ones seek to find.

Guard their hearts, Jesus.  Guard their hearts and minds.

(Based on Phil. 4:4-8)

“Let nothing disturb you,

Let nothing frighten you,

All things are passing.

God never changes.

Patience obtains all.

He who has God lacks nothing.

For God alone suffices.”

(St. Teresa of Avila 10/15)

Dear Father, may we never be afraid or be disturbed.

May we find our true peace in You and never be perturbed.

Everything will pass away.  But not the things above.

All things may be passing, but not faith and hope and love.

Let us think about the things that won’t one day disappear.

Let faith and hope and love be what gets us through the year.

So many things are changing, but to this we now acclaim:

You, Lord, are unchanging.  You forever stay the same.

So let us cling now to our Lord.  We lack nothing with our God.

He will suffice for all our needs on this rough road we trod.

Dear Father, help us grow in patience, as on Thee we now wait.

Help us, Father, on this journey toward heaven’s holy narrow gate.

Lord Jesus, we have lost loved ones.  Do not abandon them, dear Lord.

We ask You now to seek them.  May it be You Whom they adore.

Go to them, dear Lord Jesus. Help them be no more afraid.

Show to them Your divine love and the reason they were made.

Help them see You never change.  You never pass away.

Your steady arms will lift and carry them throughout the day.

Give them now the grace, dear Lord, to heed this sure and sound advice:

With God, we can lack nothing.  God and His love suffice.

Though our sins be scarlet,
Though they be crimson red.
May they become as white as wool,
Just as the prophet said.

Clean, may we now be washed,
May we put away all misdeeds.
May it be Your will alone, Lord,
That we seek and heed.

May Justice henceforth be our aim,
As we seek to do good.
Let us now set all things right.
May we do what we should.

Wash each loved one clean, Lord.
Help them to do good.
May they put away each misdeed.
And do what they should.

.Help loved ones follow You, Lord.
With heaven in clear sight.
No more may they stray, Lord.
Dear Lord, set all things right.

(Based in Isiah 1:16-2)

Truth suffers, but never dies.
(Saint Teresa of Avila)

Jesus, we’re in a battle,
This battle is for truth.
So many snared by lies,
So many of our youth.

Satan can’t win this battle.
For truth, we’ll fight till our last breath.
The battle was already won,
When You rose from death.

“What is truth?” Pilate asked.
To Pilate You’d proclaimed,
Truth is the reason why
into the world I came.

May we simply follow You.
Seek Your glory crown.
May we lay down our life for truth,
As Your life was laid down.

Jesus, our sons and daughters.
Don’t seem to know the truth.
May they reclaim the truth lost,
In past days of their youth.

Help them love, not just the truth,
But love the Father too.
Help them to love Your mother,
Help them to love You.

Truth may have been wounded.
Perhaps been crucified.
Like You, the truth can suffer.
Like You, truth will never die.

This truth we can believe,
This truth we’ve come to see:
You are the Truth eternal,
The truth that sets us free.

“One act of humility is worth more than all the knowledge of the world.” (St. Teresa of Avila)

Jesus, give us vision clear.  Help us now to see,
The best way to crush the devil’s head is through humility.
He has no defense against it.  Against it he crumbles.
The devil loses all his might when a soul is humble.

Let’s reject praise unto us.  Let praise to God now be restored.
To walk in true humility, let’s contemplate the passion of our Lord.
Structures built tall and high, first need a deep foundation.
Before ascending a high mountain, we must gain strength through tribulation.

Loved ones have walked a painful and misguided path of pride.
They’ve heeded Satan’s prideful promptings, absorbed his snarling words in stride.
Show to them, Lord Jesus, how pride is futility.
The path which leads to life is the path of humility.

Go to them now sweet Jesus.  Kick the devil from their lives.
Help them know Your loving laws.  Free them from their pride.
Help them see You are the source of all ability.
Dear Lord, take away all pride.  Restore humility.

(Based on St. Augustine, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bl. Giles of Assisi, St. Faustina)