Church of St. Paul - Halliday

Church of St. Joseph - Twin Buttes

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Stewardship Prayer

Dear Jesus,

   My parish is composed of people like me.
   I help make it what it is
   It will be friendly, if I am.
   It will be holy, if I am.
   Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
   It will do great work, if I work.
   It will be prayerful, if I pray.
   It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver.
   It will bring others into worship, if I invite and bring them in.
   It will be a place of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, of compassion, charity, and mercy, if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these same things.
   Therefore, with the help of God, I now dedicate myself to the task of being all the things that I want my parish to be.

Amen.

 

Prayer for the Return of Non-Practicing Catholics

O Good Shepherd, you never cease to seek out the lost, to call home the stray, to comfort the frightened, and to bind up the wounded. I ask you to bring all our fallen away brothers and sisters back to the practice of the Faith, and to remove all obstacles that prevent them from receiving your abundant mercy, which flows sacramentally through the heart of your Holy Church.

Through the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God, their Guardian Angels, their Patron Saints and the ever-prayerful St. Monica, may you pardon their sins and unshackle them from whatever hinders them from their freedom to come Home. For you, O Good Shepherd, have loved us to the end and offered yourself to the Father for the salvation of all.

Amen.