Church of the Holy Cross
...a Catholic Community
in Albany, New York

Prayer Corner

Welcome to the Holy Cross Prayer Corner!
May these prayers bring you moments of comfort, inspiration, and blessing.


LORD, help me to remember
that nothing is going to happen to me today
that You and I together can't handle.


A PRAYER FOR HEALING

Lord, You invite all who are burdened to come to You.
Allow Your healing hand to heal me.

Touch my soul with Your compassion for others.
Touch my heart with Your courage and infinite love for all.
Touch my mind with your wisdom,
that my mouth may always proclaim your praise.
Teach me to reach out to You in my need,
and help me to lead others to You by my example.

Most loving Heart of Jesus, bring me health in body and spirit
that I may serve You with all my strength.
Touch gently this life which You have created, now and forever.
AMEN.



MEMORARE

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known
that anyone who fled to your protection,
implored your help, or sought your intercession,
was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence,
I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother.
Before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my petitions,
but in your mercy hear and answer me.
AMEN.



IRISH BLESSING

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.



23rd PSALM

The Lord is my Shepherd
I shall not want.
In verdant pastures He gives me repose;
beside restful waters He leads me;
He refreshes my soul.

He guides me in right paths for His name's sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil;
for You are at my side
with your rod and your staff that give me courage.

You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come.



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.



PRAYER OF ST. TERESA OF AVILA

Let nothing trouble you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things pass away;
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Nothing is wanting to him who possesses God.
God alone suffices.



THE CANTICLE OF BROTHER SUN

Most high, all powerful, all good, Lord!
All praise is yours, all glory, all honor and all blessing.
To you alone, Most High, do they belong.
No mortal lips are worthy to pronounce your name.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made,
and first my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day;
and light you give to us through him.
How beautiful is he, how radiant in all his splendor!
Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Moon and Stars;
in the heavens you have made them
bright and precious and fair.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,
and fair and stormy, all the weather's moods,
by which you cherish all that you have made.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Water,
so useful, lowly, precious and pure.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
through whom you brighten up the night.
how beautiful he is, how gay!
Full of power and strength.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Earth, our mother,
who feeds us in her sovereignty and produces
various fruits and colored flowers and herbs.

All praise be yours, my Lord,
through those who grant pardon for love of you;
through those who endure sickness and trial.
Happy those who endure in peace,
by you, Most High, they will be crowned.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Death,
from whose embrace no mortal can escape.
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
Happy those she finds doing your will!
The second death can do no harm to them.

Praise and bless my Lord, and give Him thanks,
and serve him with great humility.

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