Adoration Prayer

by Saint Faustina
(In April 2000, Sister Mary Faustina became the first saint of the 21st Century. She is known in the Catholic faith
as the apostle of divine mercy)

I adore You, Lord and Creator, hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I adore You for all the
works of Your hands, that reveal to me so much wisdom, goodness and mercy, O Lord. You have
spread so much beauty over the earth and it tells me about Your beauty, even though these
beautiful things are but a faint reflection of You, incomprehensible Beauty. And although You
have hidden Yourself and concealed Your beauty, my eye, enlightened by faith, reaches You and
my soul recognizes its Creator, its Highest Good, and my heart is completely immersed in prayer
of adoration.
My Lord and Creator, Your goodness encourages me to converse with You. Your mercy abolishes
the chasm which separates the Creator from the creature. To converse with You, O Lord, is the
delight of my heart. In You I find everything that my heart could desire. Here, Your light illumines
my mind, enabling it to know You more and more deeply. Here streams of graces flow down upon
my heart. Here my soul draws eternal life. O my Lord and Creator, You alone, beyond all these
gifts, give Your own self to me and unite Yourself intimately with Your miserable creature.
O Christ, let my greatest delight be to see You loved and Your praise and glory proclaimed,
especially the honor of Your mercy. O Christ, let me glorify Your goodness and mercy to the last
moment of my life, with every drop of my blood and every beat of my heart. Would that I be
transformed into a hymn of adoration of You. When I find myself on my deathbed, may the last
beat of my heart be a loving hymn glorifying Your unfathomable mercy.
Amen.

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A Prayer of Contrition
Merciful Father
I am guilty of sin
I confess my sins before you
and I am sorry for them.
Your promises are just;
therefore I trust that you will forgive my sins
and cleanse me from every stain of sin.

Jesus himself is the propitiation

for my sins and the sin of the whole world.
I put my hope in his atonement.
May my sins be forgiven through His name
and in His blood may my soul be made clean.
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Thanksgiving Prayer
Father in Heaven, Creator of all and source of all goodness and love, please look kindly
upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in this time of giving thanks.
Thank you for all the graces and blessings. You have betowed upon us, spiritual and
temporal: our faith and religious heritage. Our food and shelter, our health, the loves we have
for one another, our family and friends.
Dear Father, in Your infinite generosity, please grant us continued graces and blessing
throughout the coming year.
This we ask in the Name of Jesus, Your Son and our Brother. Amen.
Heavenly God, I offer You all my works and actions for this day for the glory of Your name. I pray
that I may sanctify every beat of my heart, every thought in my mind. Every simple work I do, I
offer onto You. I wish that all my sins be forgiven as You are a merciful and loving God. I offer this
prayer to those who are dear to me. I pray that they fulfil Your most holy will and that they may
accept all sorrows that may come their way. Take all my laughter and my tears, every word, every
thought and each deed to help all those who are in need. May this gift of prayer be a unique
offering to Jesus Christ, Your son. He renewed our spirits and guided our eyes to look
heavenward. I pray that my soul be united with the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name I pray Amen. - See
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Prayer of Supplication
O Holy Souls, as one truly devoted to you I promise never to forget you, and continually to
pray to the Most High for your release. I beseech you to respond to this offering which I make
to you, and obtain for me from God, with Whom you are so powerful on behalf of the living,
that I may be freed from all dangers of soul and body.
I beg both for myself and for my relations and benefactors, friends and enemies, pardon for
our sins, and the grace of perseverance in good, whereby we may save our souls. Obtain for
us peace of heart; assist us in all our actions; succor us promptly in all our spiritual and
temporal needs; console and defend us in our dangers.
Pray for the Supreme Pontifff, for the exaltation of Holy Church, for peace between nations,

for Christian rulers, and for tranquility among peoples; and grant that we may one day all
rejoice together in paradise.
Amen.