Lord, God,
May Your Name be glorified.
May Your Word be lifted up.
May Your priorities reign supreme.
May Your righteousness be our focus.
Show all who are called by Your Name, Lord,
Your Biblical mandates;
Your Biblical proscriptions;
Your Biblical prescriptions;
Your Biblical boundaries.
May all distractions,
All interlopers,
all competitions with our putting you first and foremost in our lives be revealed to us most vividly and redemptively. May we be aided by Your Truth and Your Spirit and Jesus’ Blood to put all such spiritual hazards behind us.
In Jesus’ Name.
2 Thessalonians
Chapter 2
Verses 15-17
15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through his grace,
17 encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed and word.
Thank you, Father. Maker of all that is seen & unseen for Your Son, Our Savior, Jesus Christ & the Holy Spirit who proceeds from You & the Son & has spoken through the prophets. Thank you, Father in Heaven for Our Apostolic, Catholic Church. Thank you for the wonderful example of how to be obedient to Your Will who is the Mary, our Blessed Mother.
In Jesus Name, amen!
Remember, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, what ineffable power thy divine Son hath given thee over His own adorable Heart. Full of trust in thy merits, we come before thee and beg thy protection. O heavenly Treasurer of the Heart of Jesus, that Heart which is the inexhaustible source of all graces, which thou mayest open to us at thy good pleasure, in order that from it may flow forth upon mankind the riches of love and mercy, light and salvation, that are contained therein; grant unto us, we beseech thee, the favors which we seek. . . . We can never, never be refused by thee, and since thou art our Mother, O our Lady of the Sacred Heart, graciously hear our prayers and grant our request. Amen.