Prayers and Meditations

Old Testament
 

·         Genesis 14:18-20

·        Exodus 12:21-27

·        Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15

·        Exodus 24:3-8

·        Exodus 34:4-9

·        Deuteronomy 7:6-11

·        Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 15b-16a

·        Deuteronomy 10: 12-22

·        1 Kings 19:4-8

·        Proverbs 9:1-16

·        Isaiah 12:2-6

·        Isaiah 49: 13-15

·        Jeremiah 31:1-4

·        Ezekiel 34:11-16

·        Hosea 11:1-9

Psalms

·        23: 1-6

·        25: 4-14

·        33:1-21

·        34: 2-23

·        40: 2-10

·        78

·        103: 1-10

·        110: 1-4

·        116: 12-18

·        145: 10-18

·        147: 12-20 

New Testament

·        Acts 2:42-47

·        Acts 10:34a, 37-43

·        Romans 5:5-11

·        1 Corinthians 10:16-17

·        1 Corinthians 11:23-26

·        Ephesians 1:3-10

·        Ephesians 3:8-19

·        Philippians 1:8-11

·        Hebrews 9:11-15

·         Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24

·        1 Peter 1:17-21

·        1 John 4:7-16

·        1 John 5:4-7a, 8b

·        Revelation 1:5-8

·        Revelation 3:14-22

·        Revelation 5:6-12

·        Revelation 7:9-14

Gospels

·     Matthew 11: 25-30

·     Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

·     Mark 15:16-26

·     Luke 9:11b-17

·     Luke 15:1-32

·     Luke 22: 39-44

·     Luke 24: 13-35

·     John 6:1-15

·     John 6: 24-35

·     John 6: 41-51

·     John 6:51-58

·     John 10:11-18

·     John 15:1-8

·     John 15: 9-17

·     John 17:20-26

·      John 19: 31-37

All prayers and meditations included herein are from “Adoration and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament” by the Archdiocese of  Galveston-Houston.

Desire for Closer Union     Saint Bonaventure

Lord Jesus Christ, pierce my soul with your love so that I may always long for you alone, who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul’s deepest desires. May my heart always hunger and feed upon you so that my soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence. May my soul thirst for you, who are the source of life, wisdom, knowledge, light and all the riches of God our Father. May I always seek and find you, think upon you, speak to you and do all things for honor and glory of your holy name. Be always my only hope, my peace, my refuge and my help in whom my heart is rooted so that I may never be separated from you.

Act of Adoration    St. Francis of Assisi  

We adore You, Most Holy Lord, Jesus Christ,  here and in all the churches of the whole world, and we bless You because by Your Cross You have redeemed the world. Have mercy on us.

Suscipe    St. Ignatius of Loyola               

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own.  You have given all to me.  To you, Lord, I return it.  Everything is yours; do with it what you will.  Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me.      

En Ego, O Bone et Dulcissime Iesu

Here,  O good and gentle Jesus, I kneel before you, and with all the fervor of my soul I pray that you engrave within my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and love, true repentance for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment. While I see and I ponder your five wounds with great affection and sorrow in my soul, I have before my eyes those words of yours that David prophesied about you:

“They have pierced my hands and feet;

I can count all my bones.” (Ps 22, 17)

             Amen.
 

Visit to the Blessed Sacrament Before Meditation   John Henry Cardinal Newman

I place myself in the presence of Him, in whose Incarnate Presence I am before I place myself there. I adore You, O my Savior, present here as God and as man, in soul and in body, in true flesh and blood. I acknowledge and confess that I kneel before that Sacred Humanity, which was conceived in Mary’s womb, and lay in Mary’s bosom; which grew up to man's estate, and by the Sea of Galilee called the twelve, wrought miracles, and spoke words of wisdom and peace; which in due season hung on the cross, lay in the tomb, rose from the dead, and now reigns in heaven.   I praise, and bless, and give myself wholly to Him, who is the true Bread of my soul, and my everlasting joy.

 

How Good It Is to Love You    Saint Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney

My Jesus, from all eternity you were pleased to give yourself to us in love.  And you planted within us a deep spiritual desire that can only be satisfied by yourself. I may go from here to the other end of the world, from one country to another, from riches to greater riches, from pleasure to pleasure, and still I shall not be content. All the world cannot satisfy the immortal soul. It would be like trying to feed a starving man with a single grain of wheat. We can only be satisfied by setting our hearts, imperfect as they are, on you. We are made to love you; you created us as your lovers. It sometimes happens that the more we know a neighbor, the less we love him. But with you it is quite the opposite. The more we know you, the more we love you.  Knowledge of you kindles such a fire in our souls that we have no energy left for worldly desires. My Jesus, how good it is to love you. Let me be like your disciples on Mount Tabor, seeing nothing else but you. Let us be like two bosom friends, neither of whom can ever bear to offend the other.

 

Support For Families    Saint Anselm

O Living Bread, that came down from heaven to give life to the world! O loving shepherd of our souls, from your throne of glory whence, a “hidden God”, you pour out your grace upon families and peoples, we commend to you particularly the sick, the unhappy, the poor and all who beg for food and employment, imploring for all and every one the assistance of your providence; we commend to you the families, so that they may be fruitful centers of Christian life. May the abundance of your grace be poured over all.


 

O Sacrum Convivium   Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur; recolitur memoria passionis eius:

mens impletur gratia:  et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.

O sacred Banquet, wherein Christ is received; the memory of His Passion is renewed,

the mind is filled with grace, and the pledge of future glory is given unto us.