Pray With Us
Prayer for the Diocese of Little Rock
God our loving Father,
Pour out on us
the gifts of your Holy Spirit.
Open our ears to hear your Word.
Open our eyes to see your presence.
Open our minds to understand your Wisdom.
And open our hearts to be more available
for your mission, so that strengthened by your grace
we can truly be a sign and instrument
of your presence in our world today.
Strengthen our diocese, our parishes,
our bishop, priests, deacons, religious and laypeople.
Help us always to know your will.
Give us the courage we need to accept your will,
and the wisdom to know that we can accomplish nothing without you.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
By Father Matthew Garrison,
rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give
us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we
forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you!.
Blessed
are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour
of our death.
Amen.
Glory Be To The Father
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy
Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be,
world
without
end.
Amen.
Grace Before Meals
Bless us, O Lord,
and these thy gifts,
which we are about to receive
from thy bounty,
through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only son of God
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
one in being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son
he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius
Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended into hell;
On
the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from
thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe
in the
Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of Saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and life
everlasting.
Amen.
The Divine Praises
Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ,
true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His
Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be
Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the great
Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate
Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption. Blessed be the Name
of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste
spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.
Amen.
Act of Contrition
O my God,
I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven,
and the pains of hell;
but most of all because they offend Thee, my God,
Who are all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace,
to confess my sins, to do penance,
and to amend my life.
Amen.
Prayer to Your Guardian Angel
Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here,
ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard,
to rule and guide.
Amen.
Peace Prayer of St. Francis
Lord,
make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving
that we receive;
it is in pardoning
that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.