Mary Sullivan

Dear Blessed Mother, to you we come,
You are our Mother most pure and the one,
From among all of our race,
Is our mother most prudent, our mother most chaste.

Our Mother most powerful and merciful too,
Our tainted nature’s one boast is you.
Our Mother so meek, our mother so mild
Our mother most powerful and undefiled.

Our gate of heaven, as told from of old
You’re the Ark of the covenant, and House of gold.
You’re the health of the sick, upon you we lean.
You are our Mother.  You are our Queen!

Mystical rose, like you there’s no other,
We give all to Jesus, through you, our Mother.
Take our feeble works, and when we are done,
Shine them all up and give them to your Son.

Be with our loved ones, lost and astray,
Touch their troubled hearts, in your motherly way.
Comfort their souls, confused and undone.
Show them the way to true joy in your Son.

Show us how Mary, with grace from above,
to reach our loved ones with your motherly love.
We honor you Mary, our Mother most pure.
We thank you for being our Mother and more.

We thank you for granting us so many graces.
Aiding us all as we run through life’s races,
May we please you Mother.  When all is said and done,
May we honor you by doing the will of your Son.

“…The Advocate, the Holy Spirit Whom the Father will send in my name—He will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.”  [John 14:26]

Father in heaven, we beg You, send to each one now,
The Holy Spirit’s peace, send to us His power.
Send Him with His wisdom, send Him with His love,
Send Him now to all of us, with grace from above.

He will teach us everything, all that we’ve been told,
In the Sacred Scriptures, in days gone by of old.
Father, we ask You now, in the name of Christ, Your Son,
Send us Your Holy Spirit, that well heaven’s race we run.

Send the Holy Spirit, Father, to those whom we love too.
Send to them true wisdom, that Your will they may do.
We ask this of You, Father; for it’s your will we adore.
We turn to You, our Father, In the name of Christ, our loving Lord.

We need You, Holy Spirit.  To guide us on our way.
Our loved ones need You too, that they no more may stray.
We beg you, loving Father, in the name of Your Son,
Send now Your Holy Spirit, that Your will on earth be done.

God loves a cheerful giver.  (2 Cor 9:7)

Lord, if we sow sparingly, then sparingly we will reap.
Let our sowing be bountiful, lest we have cause to weep.
With hope and faith in You, Lord, may we cheerfully give.
Since You love a cheerful giver.  Cheerfully, may we live.

Let us sow seeds of righteousness—let righteousness abound.
Increase Your harvest now in us.  Let faith in us be found.
Thank You for all You’ve given us.  Keep us ever thankful.
Keep us ever close to You, with spirits ever tranquil.

Bless our loved ones too, dear Lord.  Grant them pure hearts anew.
May they sow seeds of righteousness, forever trust in You.
Help loved ones to give cheerfully.  Let true love be given to them.
Help them to spread the Truth, Lord.  To Your Truth, say “Amen.”

Go to them now, dear Jesus.  A good harvest may they reap.
Help them to scatter seeds of faith.  Grant them a faith that’s deep.
Be the light upon their journey.   Be the light which guides their way.
In truth, bring them back to You. Bring them back to You today.

(Based on 2 Cor 9:6-11)

The crowds in Philippi had joined in the attack,
Paul and Silas stripped and beaten.  The crowd held nothing back.
Into prison they were thrown. Of this the scriptures tell.
The jailor had them both, put in an inner cell.

Their feet were fastened to a stake.   Things must have looked quite grim.
But Paul and Silas prayed to God.  They kept singing hymns.
The prisoners were listening, no doubt they were all ears.
For the praying and the singing was likely calming fears.

About the time of midnight, things began to shake,
The jail foundations rumbled, from a strong earthquake.
The chains were now pulled loose.  Bound no more were they by chains.
When the jailor saw doors opened, he was greatly pained.

He thought they had escaped, and with no place to run or hide,
The jailor drew his sword, to commit suicide.
But Paul shouted do no harm; said: we are all still here.
The jailor asked for light, then rushed in, trembling with fear,

The jailor somewhat humbled.  Before Paul and Silas he fell down.
He was now seeking answers, and an answer would be found.
He asked Paul and Silas, as if of truth he had a clue,
how he could be saved; what would he need to do?

They said “believe in the Lord Jesus… You and your household will be saved.”
That’s what they told the jailor, that’s the answer that they gave.
The jailor took them home with him, and their wounds he bathed.

He gave them a meal.  The truth he now realized.
He and his family came to God, and they were all baptized.
The jailor and his family found faith worth more than gold.
He rejoiced at having faith in God, rejoiced with his household.

This jailor had found faith in God amidst the earthquake’s strike.
Both he and his household were saved and given life.
We have faith in You, dear Jesus, and in the truths which You have told,
We ask You now to find a way to save all our households.

Use our faith to save our loved ones, to draw them back to You.
Use our faith to grant them grace and to embrace life anew.
Help them find the faith passed down in Bible truths of old.
Save our families Jesus.  Save each of our households.

(Acts 16:22-34)

“God is love.” (1 John 4:8)

If we could love like You love Lord,
With hearts that are divine,
If we could share Your sacred love,
From hearts which were sublime.

If we knew just the words to say,
When those we loved felt gloom.
If we could tend their hurting hearts,
If their hearts for You found room.

If we could love like You love Lord,
Then love would surely spread,
From You, through us to others,
In each act we did and word we said.

If we could love like You, dear Lord,
Then others on this day,
Would see mercy and forgiveness,
When they chanced to glance our way.

We are Your fallen creatures, Lord.
But in You we believe.
May other hearts find the love,
our hearts from You receive.

We ask You now, sweet Jesus,
On loved ones to bestow,
The love and grace which over time,
We have come to know.

Use us to show our loved ones,
The love they do not see.
We are all in some way blind,
To love which showers down from Thee.

Use us to bring to others,
When life’s trials fail to cease,
Some of Your great mercy,
And some of Your peace.

Let sacred love flow through us, Lord.
No more, let hearts delay,
The search for truth and pure love,
Transform all hearts today.