Prayers

Here is the prayer, written by Mother Teresa, that every Missionary of Charity says before leaving for his or her duties. It is also used as the Physician's Prayer in Shishu Bhavan,the children's home that Mother Teresa oversaw in Calcutta. It is...

Lord God,Giver of lifeSource of all that exists,Hear my prayer of pain.My life is in shambles.The one I love dearly is gone.Removed from my world, Yanked from my heart.  Often I wonder, LordAm I crazy?Am I selfish?Am I unfaithful? Often I question, LordAre...

I do not know whatthis day will bring.A cavern dark and fearsomelooms befoe me.Unknown passages await me.I do not know my wayin the darkness.Lost and afraid, I face this day. Take my hand. Lead me.Be my light to guide my steps.Be my strength to live this day.Be my...

Lord, You have promised us your presence. So many around the world feel the need of that presence now - for comfort, for strength, for the provision of life sustaining resources, for a new home.Their energy is sapped. Their routines are disrupted by the horrors...

We are still the people walking.We are still people in the dark,and the darkness looms large around us,beset as we are by fear, anxiety, brutality, violence, loss —a dozen alienations that we cannot manage.  We are — we could be — people of your light.So we pray...

Be at peace.Do not look forward in fear to the changes and chances of this life;Rather, look to them with full confidence that, as they arise,God, to whom you belong will in His love enable you to profit by them.He has guided you thus far in life,and He will lead you...