Interal Life
Imagintation
Praise you Lord Jesus. Thank you God the Father. Come Holy Spirit.
Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, praised be your name forever and ever. Let the heavens and all your creation praise you forever. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, I believe You are here with me. I believe I am a member of the Body of Christ. I believe I am a temple of the Holy Spirit. I believe that when I abide in You, You abide in me. I believe You are holding me into existence. I believe You and Mary and Joseph are here guiding me through every moment. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
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Lord Jesus, this day does not belong to me. This day belongs to You. All that you have put in my possession belongs to You. My spouse, my children, my home, my health, my sickness, my challenges and victories. All belong to You. Please fill my heart flask with Your Grace, that I might be the caretaker You made me to be.
St. Bridget Novena
~ Marian Adaptation ~
Saint Bridget prayed her Novena seven times a day, seven days a week for twelve years. While she pondered all Seven Wounds through out one day, this version reflects on only one Wound with one Sorrow and Labor seven times throughout a day, completing all twenty-one in a week. It is a tapestry of prayer done similarly to praying the Hours. If you feel led by God to pray this novena, you should pray however God directs you personally to find the treasures He has in store for you.
Begin each day of your novena with the Opening prayer and choose the Day’s prayer for each corresponding day of your week. For instance, Sunday is my Day 1.
Opening Prayer
O Jesus, now I wish to pray the Lord’s Prayer seven times in unity with the love with which You sanctified this prayer in Your Heart. Take it from my lips, through Your Mother’s Immaculate Heart and into Your Divine Heart. Improve and complete it so much that it brings as much honor and joy to the Trinity as You granted it on earth with this prayer. May these prayers pour upon Your Holy Humanity in Glorification to Your Painful Wounds and the Precious Blood that You spilled from them.
Daily Communion Prayers
We should gratefully receive our Lord and Savior everyday in Holy Communion. Sacramentally as often as possible, and Spiritually everyday that we do not.
Before Communion Prayer
Come, O Blessed Savior, and nourish my soul with heavenly Food, the Food which contains every sweetness and every delight. Come, Bread of Angels, and satisfy the hunger of my soul. Come, Glowing Furnace of Charity, and enkindle in my heart the flame of Divine Love. Come, Light of the World, and enlighten the darkness of my mind. Come, King of Kings, and make me obedient to Your Holy Will. Come, Loving Savior, and make me meek and humble. Come, Friend of the Sick, and heal the infirmities of my body and the weakness of my soul. Come, Good Shepherd, my God and my All, and take me to Yourself. O Most Holy Mother, Mary Immaculate, prepare my heart to receive my Savior. Amen.
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After Communion Prayer
Dear Lord, help me to remove from my mind every thought or opinion which You would not sanction, every feeling from my heart which You would not approve. Grant that I may spend the hours of this day gladly working with You according to Your Will. Help me this day and be with me in it. In the long hours of work and moments of rest, that I may not grow weary or slack in serving You. In conversations, that they may not be to me occasions of uncharitableness. In the day’s worries and disappointments, that I may be patient with myself and with those around me. In moments of fatigue and illness, that I may be mindful of others rather than of myself. In temptations, that I may be generous and loyal, so that when the day is over I may lay it at Your feet, with its successes which are all Yours, and its failures which are all my own, and know that life is real and peaceful and blessed when spent with You as the Guest of my soul. Amen.
Spiritual Communion Prayer
St. Francis of Assisi and St. Alphonsus Liguori
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the most Blessed and Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things and desire to receive You into my soul. As I will not be receiving You Sacramentally this day, please come Spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as You enter. Never leave me, Lord. My beloved Angel, please be present for me in Mass as my representative this day. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love. Amen.
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Daily Consecration to Mary
Virgin Mother of God
Immaculate heart of Mary, I come to you today to renew my baptismal vows to Jesus. I reject Satan, and all his evil ways, and detests how I let him pull me away from our Lord and who He is calling me to be. I give you my interior, my exterior, and that which unites them; my mind, body, and soul to be given for the greater glory of God. And I thank you for how you have helped me so far. When I fall away, please bring me back to his Holy Font to be washed in the righteousness and life of the Water and Blood that flow from His Divine side. Keep me under your mantle and in your most pure heart to renew and console the Heart of Jesus with you. O Immaculate Lady, my Mother, you who do every will of the Father so obediently, unite me to the Perfect Love of Christ, who conquered death by offering Himself with the Holy Spirit to the Father for the life of the world. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Amen.
Daily Consecration to Joseph
Virgin Father of Jesus
Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary, virginal father of Jesus, and my spiritual father, I consecrate myself entirely to you. I lovingly embrace your fatherhood and take refuge under your paternal cloak. Help me to pray and be virtuous today. Instruct me in the wisdom of the Saints, and lead me to proper discernment in all aspects of my life; to work well and rest meaningfully. Protect me from the snares of the enemy, and keep me from sinning. Should I take my last breath today, be by my side, take me to heaven to be with Jesus and Mary, and be with my family in my absence. Amen.
A Saint Joseph Glory Be
Imagine the young man named Joseph. Imagine the ears that heard the proclamation of the Messiah’s coming from the lips of his own bride; heard the exclamation of Elizabeth’s greeting and pondered their meaning; heard the message delivered by an Angel to stay with Mary and father the Son of God; heard what Simeon and Anna said about the anticipated life for Jesus and Mary without his own inclusion.
Imagine the eyes that witnessed Mary bear the Son of God, born as if by a miracle of light passing through glass in a dirty, lowly stable; saw the All Powerful Creator of Everything, who could have come from the Heavens with Hordes of Angels by Thunder and Lightning, nurse quietly at the breast of a woman in poverty like any ordinary human child; saw the Elders and Scribes bewildered by the wisdom of the Child, which gave him, His father, even more cause to prepare the Man.
Imagine the worker’s tough, callused hands cradle the small, delicate body of the Infant Son of God; the worker who provided every day for God and His Mother in their little, common home; the worker who worshiped and adored Jesus and also raised Him, taught Him, protected Him, and prepared Him until He was a man Himself. Imagine coming home after work every day to such a powerful and ordinary world.
Imagine and Be with his heart, the heart that could no longer contain the Love from Grace that he had been receiving for nearly thirty years by being in the presence of God. Imagine and Be with the man who loved God and His Mother to Death. Imagine and Be with Joseph at his death bed being held in the arms of Jesus with Mary at his side. What might Joseph’s parting words have been as Jesus kissed His loving father’s forehead, reassuring him that it would not be long until they would be together again? What words could the heart of a man, known for Silence, produce for no one to ever hear, but only his beloved wife and Son?
We will never know for certain while we remain in this world, though hopefully in the next, but until then I experience in my own heart they may have gone something like this. Or at least, I imagine...
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Glory Be to God, the Father of Heaven.
Glory Be to God, the Son, Redeemer of the World.
Glory Be to God, the Holy Spirit who descended upon the Virgin Mary and
conceived in her womb Christ the Redeemer.
Glory Be to All Mighty God, Three and One.
As His Will was in the Beginning, is now, and will be Forever.
Amen. Alleluia!
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O Blessed St. Joseph, inspire me with your feelings for Jesus,
and obtain for me the Grace to love God like you. Amen.
~ Imagine and Be ~
A Father's Blessing
on his family
Heavenly Father, I offer my family to You this day. (Name your wife, children and self). May we be filled with the knowledge of God‘s will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with every power, in accord with His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the Father, who has us fit to share in the inheritence of the Holy Ones in Light. Amen.
Colossians 1:9-12
St. Raphael the Archangel
my Confirmation Saint
St. Raphael the Archangel, defend my family in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the dEvil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, defend my family at home and in travel from all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Chaplet of the Sorrows of Mary
in union with
the Wounds of Christ
Pray the Lord’s Prayer while meditating on each of the Seven Wounds of Christ.
Pray a Hail Mary while meditating on each of the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
~ First Wound and Sorrow ~
The Circumcision of Jesus in union with The Prophecy of Simeon to Mary
~ Second Wound and Sorrow ~
The Agony of Jesus in the Garden in union with The Flight of Mary into Egypt
~ Third Wound and Sorrow ~
The Scourging of Jesus in union with The Losing of Jesus in Jerusalem
~ Forth Wound and Sorrow ~
Jesus’ Crowning of Thorns in union with Mary Meets Jesus Carrying the Cross
~ Fifth Wound and Sorrow ~
Jesus Carrying the Cross in union with Mary Standing at the Foot of the Cross
~ Sixth Wound and Sorrow ~
The Crucifixion of Jesus in union with
Mary Holding the Body of Jesus Taken Down from the Cross
~ Seventh Wound and Sorrow ~
The Piercing of Jesus’ Side in union with Mary Standing at the Burial of Jesus
~ Concluding Prayer ~
Pray for us, O Most Sorrowful Virgin, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Lord Jesus, we now implore, both for the present and for the hour of our death, the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Your Mother, whose Holy Soul was pierced during her life and Your Passion by a sword of grief. Grant us this favor, O Savior of the World, Who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend You, my God, Who are All Good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your Grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
The Memorare
Remember, O Most Gracious Virgin Mary,that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
St. Joseph Memorare
Remember, O Most Chaste Spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, my spiritual father, and beg your protection. O Foster Father of the Redeemer, despise not my petitions, but in your goodness hear and answer me. Amen.