English Prayers and Poems
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LET US PRAY
 
    Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. All that I am, and all that I have, Thou hast given me, and I give it back again to Thee, to be disposed of according to Thy good pleasure. Give me only Thy love and Thy grace; with these I am rich enough, nor do I ask for aught besides.
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    "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. Francis of Assisi
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(Female)
 
Jesus, Mary, Joseph
In Loving Memory of
 
    May the Angels lead thee into Paradise; may the Martyrs receive thee at thy coming, and take thee to Jerusalem, the holy city. May the choirs of the Angels receive thee, and mayest thou with the once poor Lazarus, have rest everlasting. Amen.
 
(Roman Ritual)
 
    "We have loved her dearly during life. Let us not abandon her until we have conducted her by our prayers into the house of the Lord."
 
-St. Ambrose
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(Male)
 
Jesus, Mary, Joseph
In Loving Memory of
 
    May the Angels lead thee into Paradise; may the Martyrs receive thee at thy coming, and take thee to Jerusalem, the holy city. May the choirs of the Angels receive thee, and mayest thou with the once poor Lazarus, have rest everlasting. Amen.
 
(Roman Ritual)
 
    "We have loved him dearly during life. Let us not abandon him until we have conducted him by our prayers into the house of the Lord."
 
-St. Ambrose
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(Female)
 
When you're alone with Jesus
    And He sweetly smiles on thee,
Will you gently whisper to Him,
    A little prayer for me?
And when I'm alone with Jesus
    And all else is hid from view,
I'll gently drop into His heart
    A little prayer for you.
 
Jesus, Mary, Joseph.
My Jesus mercy.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I place my trust in Thee.
 
    "We have loved her dearly during life. Let us not abandon her until we have conducted her by our prayers into the house of the Lord."
 
-St. Ambrose
330
(Male)
 
When you're alone with Jesus
    And He sweetly smiles on thee,
Will you gently whisper to Him,
    A little prayer for me?
And when I'm alone with Jesus
    And all else is hid from view,
I'll gently drop into His heart
    A little prayer for you.
 
Jesus, Mary, Joseph.
My Jesus mercy.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I place my trust in Thee.
 
    "We have loved him dearly during life. Let us not abandon him until we have conducted him by our prayers into the house of the Lord."
 
-St. Ambrose
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"A Child's Night Prayer"
 
I say my prayers
    And hop into bed,
Straighten the pillow
    And smooth out the spread.
Someone is coming,
    You easily can see.
To Dreamland we'll go
    My Jesus and me.
Then Mother Mary
    With Jesus comes in.
We cover Him up,
    Right up to the chin.
And then we slip off
    To the land of nod,
Just wee little me
    And the Son of God.
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    Almighty and most merciful God who, when little children born again of water depart this mortal life, dost forthwith, without any desert of theirs, bestow upon them life everlasting, as we believe Thou hast done to this little child, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all Thy Saints, we may serve Thee here with pure minds and be forever united to the blessed little ones in Paradise. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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