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. St. Francis of Assisi 1181-1226Be praised, my Lord, with all Your creatures, Especially Brother Sun, By...
The dying person, if conscious, often makes a confession before receiving the Anointing of the Sick (mentioned above) which is administered with oil by a priest. This is followed by one’s last communion, also called viaticum, which means “food for the journey”, God willing, to Heaven!
Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life. Make me the kind of person yo...
Grace is what counts here: grace given us by the priests in the person of Christ in the all the sacraments. Let us all pray that our priests be inspired by the Holy Spirit to radiate Christ’s grace and, thus, His love for us, so that we might do the same for each other! St. ...
Prayer For The Sick And Dying Lord Jesus, who dies for me, have mercy on me. Lord I believe in You. I believe all You have taught me by Your Word and by Your Church. In You, Lord, I put all my trust: O let me never be confounded. Hide me, dear Jesus, in Your Wounds: bath...
Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying onthe crossfor my sins. I open the door of my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life. Make me the kind of person you ...
and I’m so sorry for my sins. Jesus, thank you for dying for me. I accept your grace and forgiveness, and I need it daily. Today I’m turning to you, and I’m choosing to forgive the way you have forgiven me. Every time the memory comes back, I’ll forgive that person again...
if not in person, then in prayer. ©John Birch Prayers for peace from other sources The following two texts are taken from the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle on the Gulf region: O God, who art the unsearchable abyss of peace, the ineffable sea of love, the fountain of blessings ...
for Your unfaithful and tepid priests; for Your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for Your tempted priests; for Your lonely and desolate priests; for Your young priests; for Your aged priests; for Your sick priests, for Your dying priests; for the souls of Your...
Thank you for dying and then rising from the dead so we could have hope. Thank you for proving that you are real, you are powerful, and that only you give us the power to live our lives well through your incarnation, death, and resurrection. ...