A Covenant Prayer I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, place me with whom you will. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be put to work for you or set aside for you, Praised for you or criticized for

A Prayer of Charles de Foucauld Father, I abandon myself into your hands. Do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you. I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me And in all your creatures. I wish no

A Prayer of Ignatius of Loyola Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve; To give and not to count the cost, To fight and not to heed the wounds To toil and not to seek for rest, To labour and not to ask

Vocation Prayer O Lord,      you know me. You know when I sit      and when I stand. You have me always present      in your mind. For this, Lord, I thank you. You know the path for my life      and what is best for

A Prayer of Thomas à Kempis Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know, to love what I ought to love, to praise what delights thee most, to value what is precious in thy sight, to hate what is offensive to thee. Do not suffer me to

A Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi 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

A Prayer of John Baillie O God, immortal, eternal, invisible, I remember with gladness and thanksgiving all that thou hast been to this world of men:       Companion of the brave:      Upholder of the loyal:      Light of the wanderer:      Joy of the

A Prayer of Catherine Marshall I do need thee, Lord. I need thee now. I know that I can do without many of the things that once I thought were necessities, but without thee I cannot live, and I dare not die. I needed thee when sorrow came, when shadows

A Prayer of Hannah Whitall Smith Lord Jesus, I believe that thou art able and willing to deliver me from all the care and unrest and bondage of my Christian life. I believe thou didst die to set me free, not only in the future, but now and here. I

St. Patrick’s Breastplate I bind unto myself todayThe strong Name of the Trinity,By invocation of the same,The Three in One, and One in Three. I bind this day to me forever,By power of faith, Christ’s Incarnation;His baptism in the Jordan river;His death on the cross for my salvation.His bursting from