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Kamis, 16 November 2017

Work your miraculous wonders Lord, help me Lord sent forth your miraculous help, hear my cries in this time of affliction

 
The state of Penang in Malaysia was badly hit by flash-flood over the last weekend due to heavy rain downpour which started since 4th November mid-day, and continue till Sunday morning. Rain became heavier at about 2am Sunday early morning and with strong wind bring down trees, road signs and blowing of roofs. 

My house was also badly hit with water level raising above the knee. The flood water entered and rose very fast, therefore making it difficult for me to salvage and move thing higher. Many item were badly damage like wall in-built power outlets, electrical appliances, furniture, kitchen equipment and mattresses. The rain had stop and water subside, but the water level at river has not subsided and sea is high. 

Sky and weather does look that promising and I am worried the flood may come again if it rains heavily again. Please pray for me and all those effected by the flood that everything will be normal again and help will come to help replace/cover the lost and damage. 

I truly believe when we pray together for the same cause, he is with us and miracles will happen as the Lord has said � For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." In the mighty name of Jesus, I pray, hope, trust, and believe. Amen.






Heavenly Father, we come to you trusting in your mercy and knowing that your steadfast love endures forever. Look with mercy on those who have been affected by the floods. Grant them your strength to meet the days ahead and allow them to experience your peace which surpasses all understanding and new hope in the resurrection. 

Move in those who are able to give aid, that we may be your hands and heart on the earth. Be with all who offer your assistance; may your Spirit uphold them. To you face the challenges ahead. Give us the assurance of your presence even in this time so that we can cling to your promise of hope and life shown us through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, Amen.

Jumat, 10 November 2017

Prayer for Peace of Mind and Heart

 

Eternal, Holy God, 
I come to You burdened 
with worries, fears, doubts, and troubles.
Calm and quiet me 
with peace of mind.
Empty me of the anxiety 
that disturbs me, 
of the concerns
that weary my spirit,
and weigh heavy on my heart.

Lord, You are with me today, tomorrow and for all eternity ~ Prayer

 

God, I cannot see Your face,

but my heart knows you are here.

I feel Your hand upon me 
when I am in need
and my soul hears Your whispering
"peace, be still"
when the storms of this world threaten me.

I look and Your work is easy to see
and I praise You 
for the miracles given to me.

Others may believe what the wish,
but as for me
there is no doubt at all in my mind,
You were with me yesterday,
You are with me today, 
tomorrow and for all eternity.
Amen.

Morning Prayer

 

O Lord God, Almighty
and everlasting Father,
You have brought me in safety
to this new day.
Lord, preserve me with Your Mighty power,
that I may not fall into sin,
nor be overcome by adversity,
and in all i do,
direct me to fulfilling
of Your purpose,
through Jesus Christ 
my Lord and Saviour.
Amen.

Grace to stand strong ~ Prayer

 

Father, I thank You 
for Your grace to stand strong
no matter what I am facing.
I choose to stay in faith.
I choose to keep praying.
I choose to keep believing, 
knowing that victory
is on the way for me
in Jesus' name. 
Amen.

Prayer for good weather

 

St. Medard, Patron Saint Against Bad Weather. St. Medard was born around 456 in Salency (near Noyon), France. He was one of the most honored bishops of his time. St. Medard died of an illness in 545 at the age of 89. Legend says that when he was a child, St. Medard was once sheltered from the rain by a hovering eagle.

Christ lives in me

 
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, 
but Christ lives in me. 
The life I now live in the body, 
I live by faith in the Son of God, 
who loved me and gave himself for me.

Lord, teach me the right way to pray.... Holy Spirit guide me

 

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" 
(Matthew 7:7)

"You do not have because you do not ask" 
(James 4:2)

"You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, 
that you may spend it on your pleasures" 
(James 4:3)


Kamis, 09 November 2017

The necessity of prudent foresight

 

Do you make good use of your money and possessions? Jesus seemed to praise a steward (a manager entrusted with his master's goods) who misused his employer's money. What did the steward do that made Jesus praise him? The steward was responsible for managing his wealthy landowner's property. 

Rabu, 08 November 2017

Home flooded - prayer needed, Lord in time of distress, hear us and grant your miraculous help

 
The state of Penang in Malaysia was badly hit by flash-flood over the last weekend due to heavy rain downpour which started since 4th November mid-day, and continue till Sunday morning. Rain became heavier at about 2am Sunday early morning and with strong wind bring down trees, road signs and blowing of roofs. 

Kamis, 02 November 2017

The Litany of our Lady of Hope

 
*** Also known as Our Lady of Pontmain

Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Response for the following: Pray for us.

Love God above all things

 

"You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength."


"You shall love your neighbor as yourself"



Recall the Last Supper, He is surrounded by his disciples. He tells them a new commandment, "Love one another as I have loved you." So now, He says that our love for one another has to mirror Jesus' love for us. And, how did He love us? You can scarcely count the ways. For the love of us He became human, born of a teenage Jewish girl and grew up in a small village where everyone knew His every secret, except the big secret that He was not Joseph's son, but God's. For the love of us He walked the long dusty roads of Palestine, healing the sick and raising the dead, comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. He was hungry and thirsty with no place to lay His head.

Each word, each gesture was shaped of love and all of this crowned by the last great act of love, crucifixion. No greater love than this to lay down your life for your friend or for an enemy. Even crucifixion was not enough. He never stops giving, giving His very self. How many times have you heard these words, "This is my body given for you."? What does this all mean to you? With all that crowds in upon us, how is it possible today to love God above all things? The only way I know how to do that is not to just know about God but to come to know God, to have in some way experienced Him, to have Him touch you and you touch Him. Get to know God. You cannot love someone you do not know.

source: this week's reflection, Fr.Bob Warren, SA

Every one who believes in him will be raised up at the last day

 

Is your hope in this present life only? What about the life to come after our physical death? God puts in the heart of every living person the desire for unending life and happiness. While physical death claims each of us at the appointed time, God gives us something which death cannot touch - his own divine life and sustaining power.

God does not abandon us to the realm of the dead 
One of the greatest examples of faith and hope in the promise of everlasting life with God is the testimony of Job in the Old Testament. God allowed Job to be tested through great trial, suffering, and the loss of everything he had. In the midst of his sufferings Job did not waver in trusting God. In chapter 19 of the Book of Job, he exclaims:

" For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another" (Job 19:25-27).

Through testing and purification God strengthened Job in faith and abundantly rewarded him for his trust and hope in God's promises.

King David also expressed his unwavering hope in the promise of everlasting life with God. In Psalm 16 David prays,

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand (Psalm 16:9-11 NIV translation).

We wait with hope for the Lord to raise us up to everlasting life 
Jesus made an incredible promise to his disciples and a claim which only God can make and deliver: Whoever sees and believes in Jesus, the Son of God, shall have everlasting life and be raised up at the last day (John 6:40)! How can we see Jesus? The Lord makes his presence known to us in the reading of his word (John14:23), in the breaking of the bread, and in his church, the body of Christ.

The Lord Jesus reveals himself in many countless ways to those who seek him with eyes of faith (Hebrews 12:2, 11:27). When we read the word of God in the Bible the Lord Jesus - who is the Word of God - speaks to us and reveals to us the mind and heart of our heavenly Father. When we approach the table of the Lord, Jesus offers himself as spiritual food which produces the very life of God within us ( I am the bread of life, John6:35). He promises unbroken fellowship and freedom from the fear of being forsaken or cut off from everlasting life with God. And he offers us the hope of sharing in his resurrection - being raised again with him to abundant life that will never end. Do you recognize the Lord's presence in your life and do you long for the day when you will see him face to face?

The Holy Spirit is the key to growth in faith 
What is the source of faith and how can we grow in it? Faith is an entirely free gift which God offers us through his Son Jesus Christ. We could not approach God if he did not first approach us and draw us to himself. The Lord Jesus gives us his Holy Spirit who works in us to open our ears to hear God's word and to respond to it with trust and submission. The Holy Spirit is the key to our growing in faith. The Holy Spirit is our teacher and guide who makes our faith come alive as we cooperate with his help and and to his wisdom and instruction.

To live, grow, and persevere in faith to the end we must nourish it with the word of God. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) said: I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe. Jesus promises that those who accept him as their Lord and Savior and submit to his word will be raised up to everlasting life with him when he comes again at the close of this age. Is your life securely anchored to the promises of Christ and his kingdom of everlasting peace,joy, and righteousness?

Lord Jesus Christ, your death and resurrection brought life and hope where there was once only despair and defeat. Give me unwavering faith, unshakeable hope, and the fire of your unquenchable love that I may know you fully and serve you joyfully now and for ever in your everlasting kingdom.

source: From the desk of Don Schwager, 
hosted by Kairos Europe and the Middle East

Rabu, 01 November 2017

All Saints Day (1 November) - Petition for the Prayers of the Saints

 

Oh all you saints and angels,

who see Him face to face,
and thou, most especially, ever blessed Virgin Mary,
in whose sacred womb He was conceived
and borne for nine months�
I most humbly beg the assistance of your prayers and intercession,
that I may in such a manner receive Him here in this place of banishment
and to be brought, one day,
to behold Him with you in our true home
and there to praise and bless Him for ever and ever. 
Amen.

Have you ever run away from God?

 

Thus says the LORD of hosts, 
"Return to Me," declares the LORD of hosts, 
"that I may return to you," says the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 1:3

In reality it is hard to run away from a God 
who is everywhere.
God is merciful and compassionate.

see: Jonah 1-2

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 

(2 Peter 3:9)


Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 
(1 Peter 1:13-14)

Call upon our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

 
Jesus is always there for us.


Saint Helen & A Prayer for Intercession

 

St. Helen, also known as St. Helena (d. 327 A.D.), was a woman of humble means from Asia Minor. She married the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and their son Constantine was born in c. 272. Constantius divorced Helen in c. 293 to marry Emperor Maximian�s daughter for the sake of political gain. When her son Constantine became the Roman Emperor, St. Helen was given the imperial title �Augusta� and was treated like royalty. After Constantine legalized Christianity across the Roman Empire, St. Helen, a Christian convert, went to the Holy Land in search of the actual cross on which Christ was crucified, despite being in her 80�s. Helen questioned local Christians and Jews and learned that the cross was buried under the Temple of Venus. Helen had the temple demolished and excavated. There she discovered the Holy Sepulcher, three crosses, the board with Pilate�s inscription, and the nails which pierced Jesus� Sacred Body. In order to determine which cross was the Lord�s, the Bishop of Jerusalem touched them to a corpse, causing the man to come back to life. A second miraculous healing of a sick woman confirmed the discovery of the True Cross. Christians flocked to Jerusalem to venerate the Holy Cross. St. Helen then visited all the holy places of Jesus� life and built many churches over their locations, including at Bethlehem, the Mount of Olives, and the Garden of Gethsemane. St. Helen is the patron of divorced people, empresses, difficult marriages, converts, and archaeologists. Her feast day is 18 August.

source: MorningOfffering@FB


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A Prayer to St. Helena, for Intercession 

Holy and blessed Saint Helena, 
with the anguish and devotion 
with which you sought the Cross of Christ, 
I plead that you give me God's grace 
to suffer in patience the labors of this life, 
so that through them 
and through your intercession and protection, 
I will be able to seek and carry the Cross, 
which God has placed upon me, 
so that I can serve Him in this life 
and enjoy His Glory ever after. 
Amen.

All Soul Day - 2 November

 

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and 
let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Amen.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven

 

What is the good life which God intends for us? And how is it related with the ultimate end or purpose of life? Is it not our desire and longing for true happiness, which is none other than the complete good, the sum of all goods, leaving nothing more to be desired? Jesus addresses this question in his sermon on the mount. 

Selasa, 31 Oktober 2017

Holy Archangels Invocation

 

Archangel Michael 
stands in front of me.

Archangel Raphael 
stands to my left.

Archangel Uriel
stands behind me.

Archangel Gabriel
stands to my right.

Thank you for your
protection, healing light,
guidance, and divine communication.
Amen.

Connect with me now, Holy Archangels.

Prayer to the Archangels

 

St.Michael, St.Gabriel, and St.Raphael, please be with me today. Please hear and answer my prayers with your divine grace, intervention, and kindness, I love you all, please help me so that my prayer request all come true quickly, Amen.

(mention your request here)

Heavenly Father, you have given us Archangels to assist us during our pilgrimage on earth. Saint Michael is our protector, I ask him to come to my aid, fight for all my loved ones, and protect us from danger. Saint Gabriel is a messenger for the Good News, I ask him to help me clearly hear your voice and to teach me the truth. Saint Raphael is the healing angel, I ask to take my need for healing and that of everyone I know, lift it up to your throne of grace and deliver back to us the gift of recovery. Help us O Lord to realise more fully the reality of the Archangels and their desire to serve us. Holy Angels pray for us. Amen.

Thank you for Answering my prayers.

*** Say this for 3 days and then on the third day publish it.

Jumat, 27 Oktober 2017

Prayer before and after meals

 



Prayer before meals
Bless us, O Lord 
and these Your gifts 
which we are about to receive 
from Your bounty. 
Through Christ our Lord. 
Amen.


Prayer before meals
We give you thanks, 
Almighty God, 
for all Your benefits, 
who live and reign, 
forever and ever. 
Amen. 

May the souls of the faithful departed, 
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. 
Amen.

Kamis, 26 Oktober 2017

Majesty of God ~ Psalm 93:1-2

 
The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.
He has established the world; it shall never be moved;
2 your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.

God made you stronger ....

 
God didn't make you stronger than others 
so you could hurt them. 
God made you stronger than others 
so you can help them.

I came to cast fire upon the earth

 

Do you want to be on fire for God? Jesus shocked his disciples when he declared that he would cast fire and cause division rather than peace upon the earth. What kind of fire did Jesus have in mind here?

Prayer for Healing

 

Father, thank you for loving us 
and calling out of darkness.
There are those of us 
in need of your healing virtue today, 
by His Stripes we are healed.
Father, we bind up all sickness and disease, 
and loose your healing virtue unto your children.
For those going into surgery, 
we loose guidance to the hands of the surgeons. 
Touch all the sick today 
and restore health to their bodies. 
In Jesus' precious name, 
Amen.

Prayer

 

Father, hold us in your caring arms.
Embrace us with your life-giving love.
Apply your resurrecting hands to our wounded places.
It is your power that heals, 
it is your will that we live in good health 
as our souls seek you.
Now in our time of need, deliver us from our afflictions. 
Amen.

Miraculous Prayer to the Holy Spirit

 

Holy Spirit, you who makes me see everything and shows me the way to reach my ideal, you who gives me the divine gift to forgive and forget all the wrong that is done to me and you who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything, and affirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. To that end and submitting to God�s holy will, I ask from you� (mention your favour). Amen

*** This prayer should be said for 3 consecutive days. After the 3rd day, your sincere wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to offer thanksgiving by sharing it and expressing it on granting of your favour. The idea is to spread the wonder of the Holy Spirit.
source: Aria Maddison

Prayer to Holy Mother of the Son of God

 
Holy Mother of the Son of God, 
I pray to You for Your help in my hour of need. Holy Mother, please help me deliver my request to the Lord Jesus Christ 
(make request
and send the Holy Spirit to help me make this wish or miracle to become a reality. 
Forgive my sins and allow me 
to walk proudly as God�s servant. 
I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior and teacher to guide me towards the path of the righteous way of life. Thank You and praise the Lord God. 
Amen. 

*** Say prayer for 3 days then publish. The miracles you asked for will become a reality.
source: CLM