"Father, look upon our weakness and reach out to help us with your loving power … " Opening Prayer in Mass in the time of Lent. ...

"Lord, may our sharing in this mystery free us from our sins and make us worthy of your healing …" (Prayer after Holy Communion) ...

"Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, 'I am here." ( Isaiah 58: 9) The covenant: ...

"Is not this the sort of fast that pleases me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke. To let the oppressed go free,...

"The Lord heard me and took pity on me. He came to my help." (Psalm 30: 11) Lent is the season of spiritual abundance. It is th...

"Master! Master! We are lost!' Then he woke up and rebuked the wind and the rough water; and they subsided and it was calm again....

"I am offering you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live, in the love of Yahw...

"Lord, may everything we do begin with your inspiration, continue with your help, and reach perfection under your guidance …. " ...

"When I cry to the Lord, he hears my voice and saves me from the foes who threaten me. Unload your burden onto the Lord, and he will s...

"The man who meditates day and night on the law of the Lord will yield fruit in due season." (Psalm 1: 2,3) Thank you Jesus for ...

"Lord, help us to resist temptation by our Lenten works of charity and penance. By this sacrifice may we be prepared to celebrate the ...

"Be on guard against performing religious acts for people to see." (Matthew 6: 1) Give alms in secret. Pray in secret. Fast in se...

"In an acceptable time I have heard you; on a day of salvation I have helped you. Now is the acceptable time! Now is the day of salva...

"We are ambassadors for Christ, God as it were appealing through us … " (2 Corinthians 5: 20) In 1999, I confided to my journal th...

"A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast sprit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit t...

"Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; rend your hearts, not your garm...

“Father in heaven, the light of your truth bestows sight to the darkness of sinful eyes. May this season of repentance bring us the blessin...

“Lord, protect us in our struggle against evil. As we begin the Discipline of Lent, make this season holy by our self-denial …..” I recorde...

“Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not understand, still not realize? Are your minds closed? Have you eyes and do n...

“Yahweh said to Noah, ‘Go aboard the ark, you and all your household, for you alone of all your contemporaries do I see before me as an upri...