A Collection of Prayers

My God, I thank you for making me, redeeming me, and keeping me in your grace. It is the gift of your mercy that I have done any good, and it is the gift of your mercy that I have been kept from any evil. I praise you for every good thought you have implanted in my heart, and I praise you for the grace and wisdom to obey it. With all that I am and with all I can do, I praise ...

Brightness of eternal glory, comfort of the pilgrim soul, with you my tongue is speechless, and my silence speaks to you. Come! Come! for without you I can have no joyful day or hour. You are my joy, and without you my table is empty. Praise and glory be to you. Let my mouth, my soul, and all creatures together praise and bless you. Amen.

Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-14...

Lord, I do not know what lies ahead for me this day, but you know. I leave all things in your hands and place myself at your disposal. Do for me as you know best. Help me prosper in all I do. Give me success if it is your will. But, if you know that crosses and disappointments are better for me, teach me to also accept them from you, bear them humbly and cheerfully, and to sa...

God and King, blessed are all your saints who have travelled over the raging sea of mortality, and have reached the port of happy peace. Graciously look on us on our dangerous voyage. Remember, help and strengthen us in our distress, and help those who are going through rougher storms of trouble and temptation. Strengthen us for battle. Defend us from our own negligence and c...

Our Father, cheer us with your presence, and direct us with your light. Give us strength to serve you. Give us your help in our sorrows, our weakness, our failures and sins. You know we cannot bear these burdens alone. We are like little children in a very dark world, and our path would be very hard if we walked it alone. But we are your children, and we know we can come to o...