{"id":18869,"date":"2018-02-17T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=18869"},"modified":"2018-02-17T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T09:12:10","slug":"weekly-prayers-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/weekly-prayers-144\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/2018\/02\/17\/weekly-prayers-144\/1945aac855736331683c3e661c15b230\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18870\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18870\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/files\/2018\/02\/1945aac855736331683c3e661c15b230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 19<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host,<\/p>\n<p>sanctify my eyes,<\/p>\n<p>that they may close more and more<\/p>\n<p>to all that is merely earthly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host,<\/p>\n<p>send a ray of divine light into my soul,<\/p>\n<p>that I may better know you and myself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host,<\/p>\n<p>send a flame of divine love into my heart<\/p>\n<p>to consume everything in it<\/p>\n<p>that is displeasing to You<\/p>\n<p>and to set it all on fire with Your love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now and in eternity<\/p>\n<p>may my only desire be to contemplate<\/p>\n<p>the infinite beauty of Your divine countenance<\/p>\n<p>which delights the angels.<\/p>\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Father\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 20<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lord,<\/p>\n<p>As we journey into Lent, guide our efforts in prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Show us how to live as you did.<\/p>\n<p>May we have the strength to make sacrifices and do good deeds throughout this season. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Father\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 21<sup>st<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eternal Father,<br \/>\nI desire to rest in Thy Heart this night.<br \/>\nI make the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/encyclopedia\/view.php?id=6145\">intention<\/a> of offering to Thee<br \/>\nevery beat of my heart,<br \/>\njoining to them as many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/bible\/book.php?id=51\">acts<\/a> of love and desire.<br \/>\nI pray that even while I am asleep,<br \/>\nI <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/encyclopedia\/view.php?id=12332\">will<\/a> bring back to Thee souls that offend Thee.<br \/>\nI ask forgiveness for the whole world,<br \/>\nespecially for those who know Thee and yet sin.<br \/>\nI offer to Thee my every breath and heartbeat<br \/>\nas a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/prayers\">prayer<\/a> of reparation.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Father\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Father, we ask you to give us the grace to follow the example of St. Peter in his confession of faith in Christ&#8217;s divinity. We pray that we can imitate more closely St. Peter&#8217;s fidelity to Christ by remaining faithful to His Holy Church, guided by Pope Francis. Please watch over our pope as he shepherds the flock of Christ, Our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Mary, please watch over the whole Church and teach all of us to love the Church with the same tenderness as The Good Shepherd, Jesus. We ask this through Christ, Our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Father\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God, I wanted to thank you for keeping me safe and healthy. As I am going through a tough time right now, I ask you to keep my family safe, healthy and in your care as we continue to journey through hardship. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Father\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 19th February Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host, sanctify my eyes, that they may close more and more to all that is merely earthly. &nbsp; Jesus, each time<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/weekly-prayers-144\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30868,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18872,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18869\/revisions\/18872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}