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Table of Contents
Letter from the President................................................. 5
Preface to the Second Edition......................................... 9
I Worship at MarquetteWhy We Pray............13
II Saint Ignatius Loyola, the Jesuits and
Ignatian Spirituality...............................................19
III Fr. Jacques Marquette and
Marquette University............................................35
IV Some Noteworthy Jesuits: Men of Prayer........41
V Some Extraordinary Women of Prayer.............55
VI Personal Prayer in the Ignatian Tradition..........69
VII Prayers and Poems in the Ignatian Tradition....89
VIII Traditional Christian Prayers............................ 111
IX Daily Prayers........................................................ 129
X Prayers for College Life .................................... 135
XI Prayers for Recent Graduates and
Alumni and Alumnae......................................... 153
XII Prayers by Women............................................... 167
XIII Prayers and Poems
from Many Faith Traditions............................. 179
XIV Psalms .................................................................. 193
XV Hymns, Poems and Various Prayers................ 205
Preface to the First Edition......................................... 243
Acknowledgments......................................................... 245
Index................................................................................ 251
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Worship at Marquette:
Why We Pray
Tradition says people pray in order to praise and thank
God, express sorrow and ask forgiveness, or ask for what
they want for themselves and others. Basically, we human
beings pray because we are hard-wired to pray. It is in our
natures to reach out to What is beyond us and to enter
into a relationship with That which we call God.
We pray as a way to go outside ourselves and connect
with the One who calls us, waits for us, leads us and
loves us. We also pray as a way to go into ourselves and,
at the core of our being, meet the One who lives there,
giving us life and purpose.
When we reach the God who calls us out and calls
us in, we find ourselves in the presence ofthe Person
who calls us by our names, keeps us safe, and connects
us with others. When we pray we become better people
not better than those who dont, but better than we
would be if we didnt pray.
People pray in a thousand ways. The aim of this
collection of prayers is to provide examples of how
some individuals and communities have expressed their
longings for God and, thus, to encourage those who use
it to make those words their own or to find their own
words and ways to pray.
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Gesu Church
Gesu Church is the most recognizable building on
Marquettes campus. The Church is a Jesuit Pastoral
Center, a parish of the Archdiocese sponsored by the
Society of Jesus. Many of Marquettes large liturgical
celebrations take place at the Church and it has served
Marquette students and faculty for over a century.
The Church was constructed under the direction of
the architectural firm of H.C. Koch and Company. It
was dedicated on December 16, 1894. The prevailing
design is the Rayonnant style which was popular in
France during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The windows were made at the Royal Bavarian Institute
for stained glass in Munich, Germany, and the altars date
from 1927. The inside of the Church was remodeled in
1967 but great care was taken to preserve the architectural
style and meld it with the liturgical reforms of Vatican
II. There is space for over 1000 worshipers.
The lower Church has a chapel for the celebration
of the Eucharist several times during the day and daily
opportunity for the celebration of individual Reconciliation, as well as a hall for parish functions.
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St. Ignatius Loyola, the Jesuits,
and Ignatian Spirituality
Ignatius of Loyola (14911556) was born in northern Spain of a noble Basque family in the castle called
Loyola. The year after his birth Ferdinand and Isabella
conquered Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain,
and sent Columbus in search of China. A decade later
two of Loyolas brothers fought with the Spanish armies
that conquered Naples, another helped crush a revolt
in Granada, and a fourth sailed for America. Loyolas
youth was spent mainly as a page at two noble courts,
and during his twenties he served as a courtier and heard
about how an obscure German friar, Martin Luther, was
questioning the basics of medieval Christianity.
Loyola was not trained as a professional soldier, but
as a courtier who was expected to take up his sword in
an emergency. This Loyola did when the French invaded
northern Spain in 1521. Loyola was wounded trying to
defend the city of Pamplona; impressed by his valor, his
French captors sent him back to Loyola Castle to recover.
There he began reading the lives of Christ and the saints
when no novels of chivalry could be found. Gradually he
came to realize that daydreams about imitating the saints
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The Jesuits
The Jesuits, or the Society of Jesus, to use the official
title, grew out of six student companions gathered by
Ignatius of Loyola at the University of Paris in the 1530s.
When their original project of going as missionaries to
Palestine was blocked by war, they put themselves at the
service of Pope Paul III. Gradually they came to see the
need for rules and structures if their work and union
in serving God were to continue and increase. They
formed a religious order, elected Loyola as their superior general, and obtained papal approval in 1540. The
medieval orders such as the Benedictines, Dominicans,
and Franciscans tried to mix ministry toward others
with prayer; the Jesuits tilted the balance strongly in
favor of helping others, striving to find God precisely
in an active ministry.
The Catholic Church was facing the crisis of the
Protestant Reformation when the Jesuits were founded.
By seeking to break away from Rome, the Protestants
encouraged efforts at reform within Catholicism. The
Council of Trent clarified Catholic doctrine, the popes
largely turned from political power games and art pa-
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Ignatian Spirituality
Ignatiuss spiritual legacy spread through the lives of
his companions in the Society of Jesus. But he also left
four important documents, plus nearly seven thousand
letters that give shape and color to his spirituality. Dictated toward the end of his life, his Autobiography tells
the story of his conversation and life until 1538. His
Spiritual Journal narrates a small part of his unfolding inner
journey. Through his Spiritual Exercises and Constitutions,
he systematically laid out guidelines for the spiritual
life. From all of these sources, the main threads of his
spirituality can be outlined.
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served as a way to God and a symbol of Gods mysterious love for humankind.
Ignatiuss devotion to the Church was motivated
by his desire to serve the souls of Christians. Even
though Ignatius saw many human problems besetting
the Church in his time, his loyalty was unflinching. The
Church remained a herald of Gods word, a servant of
Gods People, a community of believers, and a sign of
Gods love.
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III
Fr. Jacques Marquette and
Marquette University
Jacques Marquette, S.J., was a renowned Jesuit missionary
and explorer. Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, along
with five companions, were the first Europeans to explore
the Mississippi River.
Father Marquette was born June 1, 1637 in Laon,
France. He entered the Society of Jesus at the age of
seventeen. After his ordination, he traveled to Quebec,
introducing Christianity to Native Americans. He moved
from tribe to tribe by following rivers. In the course of
his two-year journey exploring the Mississippi River,
he recorded information regarding the topography and
animal life in the Midwest.
On May 18, 1675, Father Marquette died at the age
of thirty-seven near the present-day city of Ludington,
Michigan. Father Marquettes life testifies to faith, service,
and discovery, a rich legacy and a continual challenge to
Marquette University.
The origins of Marquette University date from 1848
when the Most Reverend John Martin Henni, first
bishop of Milwaukee, obtained money to establish a
Jesuit college. In 1855 Jesuits agreed to staff St. Galls
Parish, but they lacked personnel for a college.
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The Wisconsin Legislature eventually granted a charter for Marquette College in 1864, and in September,
1881 seven Jesuits opened the college. By the end of
that year, 77 students were enrolled. The first graduation
was held in 1887 with five students receiving Bachelor
of Arts degrees.
Chestnut Hill, MA
Buffalo, NY
Worcester, MA
Omaha, NE
Fairfield, CT
New York, NY
Washington, DC
Spokane, WA
Cleveland, OH
Syracuse, NY
Baltimore, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Chicago, IL
New Orleans, LA
Milwaukee, WI
Denver, CO
Kansas City, MO
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Philadelphia, PA
St. Louis, MO
Jersey City, NJ
Santa Clara, CA
Seattle, WA
Mobile, AL
Detroit, MI
San Francisco, CA
Scranton, PA
Wheeling, WV
Cincinnati, OH
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What gain, then, is it for a man to have won the whole world and lose his
soul? Luke 9:25
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Some Noteworthy Jesuits:
Men of Prayer
The following are some better-known members of the
Society of Jesus. Space does not permit listing all those
who might have been selected for one or another of
their achievements.
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Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci (15501610) pioneered Jesuit efforts to
Christianize China. He studied science and mathematics
at Rome, theology in India, and Chinese at Macao. The
Jesuit strategy for China was to use western science to
win the respect and support of Chinese intellectuals
and gain the Emperors assent to Christian preaching.
Speaking and writing Chinese and wearing Mandarin
robes, Ricci established a Jesuit residence at Beijing in
1601 where for 150 years Jesuit scientists secured imperial favor and fostered interchange between eastern and
western intellectuals
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Robert de Nobili
Robert de Nobilis career (15771656) parallels that
of Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit working in China. De Nobili
entered the Jesuits in 1596 and sailed for India after
eight years of study. Before Nobili, Indian Christians
were westernized and lived under Portuguese protection.
Nobili felt that Indian Christianity should retain as much
Indian culture and customs as were compatible with
the faith. Expanding on Riccis willingness to embrace
other cultures, de Nobili learned Tamil and Sanskrit and
studied ancient Indian religion. In 1623 Pope Gregory
XV approved his approach, and he converted 4,000
Indians, many of them Brahmins, the elite who earlier
had scorned Christianity.
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John Carroll
John Carroll (17351815) studied with the Jesuits in
Maryland and became a Jesuit in Belgium. In 1773,
after Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuits, Carroll
returned to Maryland as a priest. He joined Benjamin
Franklins fruitless effort to encourage Canada to join
the American Revolution. Appointed the first American
bishop in 1790, he was stationed in Baltimore where he
encouraged education for men and women and helped
found Georgetown University in 1789. He presided over
the first national synod of bishops in 1791, which laid
down rules for the American church. During his years as
bishop, the number of American Catholics quadrupled.
John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio was named
for this important early American Jesuit.
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Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner (19041984) was one of the most influential theologians of the last century. Rahners thought
helped influence the thinking of the Second Vatican
Council, blending the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas
with the modern philosophy of phenomenology. Rahner
taught that all people have an openness to God whether
explicitly aware of it or not and that reflection on this will
open the way to an affirmation of Christ as the Word of
God addressed to all human beings. He had a concern
for a broad range of pastoral issues as well as theoretical
ones, and his Theological Investigations (23 volumes) gave
expression to his attempt to render theological teaching
relevant to modern people and modern problems. One of
his major works is Foundations of Christian Faith, published
in 1978. As one commentator remarks, his writing style
often makes for reading that is notoriously demanding
but nonetheless very rewarding.
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Pedro Arrupe
Pedro Arrupe (19071991), the 29th General Superior
of the Society of Jesus, was, like Ignatius Loyola, from
the Basque country in Northern Spain. He abandoned
his medical studies and a promising career to join the
Jesuits in 1927, but in 1945 his medical training was
put to use in Hiroshima, Japan, when the atomic bomb
fell on that city. He headed the first rescue party into
Hiroshima and turned the Jesuit novitiate outside the
city into a make-shift hospital for over 200 dying people.
He headed the Province of Japan from 1958 to 1965,
when he was elected General of the Society of Jesus.
During his time as General and under his charismatic
leadership, the Jesuits strove to adapt themselves to the
call of the Second Vatican Council for a renewal of
spirituality and ministry, an effort that committed the
Jesuits to the service of Faith and the promotion of
Justice in all their apostolates and institutions.
Ignacio Ellacuria
Ignacio Ellacura (19301989) was president of the
University of Central America (UCA.) in San Salvador,
and an outspoken opponent of oppression in that Central
American country. On 16 November, 1989, he and five
fellow Jesuits, Ignacio Martin-Bar, Joaquin Lpez y
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Lpez, Segundo Montes Moso, Amando Lpez Quintana, and Juan Ramn Moreno Pardoas well as their
cook, Elba Julia Ramos and her daughter Celinawere
brutally murdered by members of the Salvadoran army
for their writings on Liberation Theology and their
solidarity with the poor of El Salvador.
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach
Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, was born on 30 November, 1928, in a village northwest of Nijmegen, Holland.
He attended Canisius College, Nijmegen and joined the
Jesuits in 1948. Following philosophy studies, he went
to Lebanon where he earned his doctorate in theology.
He was ordained a priest in 1961. From 1963 to 1976
he studied and taught general and Oriental linguistics in
diverse specialized institutes in Holland, Paris, and Beirut.
He also worked in theology of spirituality at Pomfret,
Connecticut. More recently, he was professor of general
linguistics at St. Josephs University in Beirut and was
the provincial (19741981) of the vice-province of the
Middle East. In 1981 he went to Rome and became the
rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute. On September
13th, 1983, during the 33rd General Congregation of
the order, he was elected twenty-ninth superior general
of the Society of Jesus.
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Some Extraordinary
Women of Prayer
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
(19101997)
Mother Teresa was the founder of the Missionaries of
Charity (M.C.). Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu at Skopje in the former Yugoslavia, she joined the Sisters of
Loretto in Ireland at the age of seventeen, and within a
year she was sent to teach in Calcutta, India. There she
became acquainted with the poor who lived and died
in the streets. In 1948 she left the Sisters of Loretto
to serve the sick and the dying in the citys slums. She
became known as Mother Teresa. In 1949 she founded
the Missionaries of Charity, a community of sisters,
priests, and brothers who serve the poor by providing
food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. Within thirty
years there were eighty foundations of this community in
thirty-two countries. She was the recipient of the 1979
Nobel Peace Price, the Nehru Award, and the 1981 Pre
Marquette Discovery Award. MotherTeresa was beatified
by Pope John PaulII on October 19, 2003.
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Edwina Gately
Born in Lancaster, England, Edwina Gateleys educational experiences have awarded her a Teachers Degree
from England, a Masters in Theology from the Catholic
Theological Union in Chicago and certification as an
HIV counselor in the State of Illinois.
From 1981 to 1982, Edwina lived for nine months in
prayer and solitude in a hermitage in Illinois. In 1983,
she spent over a year on the streets of Chicago, walking
with the homeless and women involved in prostitution. Within these two experiences, were the seeds of
her ministry that would be realized in 1983 when she
founded a house of hospitality and nurturing for women
involved in prostitution.
Edwinas work and ministry have been publicly commended by numerous groups and individuals, including
the Governor of the State of Illinois, the Mayor of
Chicago, the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, and the
former President of the United States, Bill Clinton.
Edwina is currently writing, leading retreats for abused
and marginalized women, and serving as Mother Spirit
for Exodus, a program in Chicago for women in the
second phase of recovery from prostitution.
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escaped by wandering over 200 miles through the wilderness to a Christian Native American village at SaultSainte-Marie. In 1679 she completely dedicated her life
to Christ by taking a vow of chastity. She became known
for her spirituality, austere lifestyle and her extraordinary
sanctity, which not only impressed her own people but
the French and the missionaries. After her death devotion to her began to be manifested by many people. On
June 22, 1980 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Her feast day is celebrated on July 14.
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Aint I a Woman?
by Sojourner Truth
Delivered 1851 at the Womens Convention in Akron, Ohio
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Fan into flames the gift that God gave you. 2 Timothy 1:6
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Personal Prayer in the
Ignatian Tradition
A Short Course on Prayer
by J.J. OLeary
These pages are written for people who are very busy, but
at the same time, desire to explore their own spirituality
and enhance a dimension already present in their lives.
What follows are a few practical words about prayer along
with some questions to facilitate discussion about your
life with God, your family, and your studies.
If you are still reading, then somehow God is truly alive
in your life. Spiritual writers all agree that an infallible
sign of Gods presence is a desire for God. If you want
to pray, you are already praying. The desire to pray is
the evidence that God is already at work, at prayer, in
you. The first graces we get are our desires and just to
be reading this, shows desire in your life.
The prayer I would like to talk about is prayer of the
heart, intimate prayer, praying from where we are. First
of all, I believe most of us pray far more than we think
we do. Anytime we reflect on our families, our children,
our students, our job, something we are grateful for, that
is beautiful prayer. Many of us think prayer is thinking
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Examen of Consciousness
by Dennis Hamm, S.J.
The examen, or examination, of conscience is an ancient
practice in the church. In fact, even before Christianity,
the Pythagoreans and the Stoics promoted a version of
the practice. It is what most of us Catholics were taught
to do to prepare for confession. In that form, the examen
was a matter of examining ones life in terms of the Ten
Commandments to see how daily behavior stacked up
against those divine criteria. St. Ignatius includes it as one
of the exercises in his manual, The Spiritual Exercises.
What I am proposing here is a way of doing the examen that works for me. It puts a special emphasis on
feelings, for reasons that I hope will become apparent.
First, I describe the format. Second, I invite you to spend
a few minutes actually doing it. Third, I describe some
of the consequences that I have discovered to flow from
this kind of prayer.
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In all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking God
with a thankful heart. Philippians 4:5-7
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Prayers and Poems
in the Ignatian Tradition
Prayer for generosity
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (14911556)
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 labor and
not to ask for reward
save that of knowing
that I do your will.
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Suscipe
from Spiritual Exercises
Take, Lord, all my liberty.
Receive my memory,
my intellect, and will.
Whatever I have or hold
you have given to me;
so I return them to you
to be used according to your will.
Give us only your love
and your grace,
and with these we are rich enough
and ask for nothing more.
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O Good Jesus, hear me.
Within your wounds hide me.
Permit me not to be separated from you.
From the wicked foe, defend me.
At the hour of my death, call me
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Live Eternally In Me
Jean-Pierre Mdaille, S.J.
French Jesuit Missionary of the
seventeenth century
So act, good Jesus,
that, in my relationships with whatever neighbor
and in all I do for the furthering of Your Fathers
glory
and the salvation of others,
I form myself on Your pattern;
that I be a genuine reflection of Your moderation,
gentleness, humility, patience, graciousness, tireless
zeal,
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Fall in Love
Attributed to Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.
(19071991)
Nothing is more practical than
finding God, than
falling in Love
in a quite absolute, final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.
It will decide
what will get you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evenings,
how you spend your weekends,
what you read, whom you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in Love, stay in love,
and it will decide everything.
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Gods Grandeur
Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
(18441889)
Victorian poet and Jesuit priest
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not wreck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with
toil;
And wears mans smudge and shares mans smell: the
soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with, ah! bright
wings.
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Pied Beauty
Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
(18441889)
Glory be to God for dappled things
For skies of couple-colour as a brindled cow;
for rose-moles
all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced a
fold, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour, a dazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change;
Praise him.
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The Question
Daniel Berrigan, S.J., activist priest
(b. 1921)
Who I am
is self revealed, they say
rabbis of deep matters.
Few inquire of myself
Who are you?
The question implies,
the answer implicates.
As well command a sun shaft
falling on a page: Read what you see!
Or the bird of April, newborn in the birth
of things: Sing not of this!
Question posed, command follows
not issued by me, no.
You know
whereof you ask,
telltale heart says so.
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Traditional Christian Prayers
The Lords Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done, on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail, Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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Gloria
Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to Gods people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks;
we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made, one in being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
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Apostles Creed
We believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right
hand of the Father.
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The Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known
that anyone who fled to your protection,
implored your help, or sought your
intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence,
we fly unto you,
O Virgin of virgins, our Mother!
To you we come, before you we stand,
sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word incarnate,
despise not our petitions,
but in your mercy hear and answer us.
Amen.
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The Rosary
According to CatholicTradition, the history of the rosary
dates back to St. Dominic in the 12th century. Dominic
was distressed over the inroads of the Albigensian heresy
in Southern France. They had a view of two gods and
rejected the sacraments of the Church as well as many
Christian teachings. In his need for help in preaching
against the heresy, Dominic appealed to the Mother of
God. She appeared to him and told him to use her Psalter
as an instrument for combating the heresy.
The full rosary is 150 Hail Marys with each ten preceded
by an Our Father.The origin of this number can be traced
to the 150 psalms which were recited by religious orders
in the Divine Office. Thus there are 15 decades (10 Hail
Marys each). Today the rosary beads most familiar to
Catholics is the chaplet of five decades.
In 2002, Pope John Paul II wrote an apostolic letter with
the title: The Rosary of the Virgin Mary. In its introduction
he states:
The Rosary of theVirgin Mary, which gradually took
form in the second millennium under the guidance
of the Spirit of God, is a prayer loved by countless
saints and encouraged by the Magisterium. Simple,
yet profound, it still remains at the dawn of the third
millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined
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Preliminary Prayers
Crucifix: The Apostles Creed
Separate bead: Our Father
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Angelus
A prayer with origins in the Middle Ages, the Angelus is
traditionally recited at 6 a.m., noon, and again at 6 p.m.
The person recites a short verse (V), then a response
(R), followed by a Hail Mary. This pattern is repeated
an additional three times and then a concluding prayer
is recited.
V. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail, Mary, full of grace, etc.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to your Word.
Hail, Mary, full of grace, etc.
V. And the Word was made flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail, Mary, full of grace, etc.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of
Christ.
Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, Your grace into
our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ,
Your Son, was made known by the message of an angel,
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An Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended
Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss
of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because
I have offended Thee my God, who are all good and
worthy of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of
Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to
amend my life. Amen.
Canticle of Simeon
(Luke 1:68-79)
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his only prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
and from the hands of all who hate us.
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Act of Faith
O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three
divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe
that your divine Son became man and died for our sins,
and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I
believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic
Church teaches, because you revealed them, who can
neither deceive nor be deceived.
Act of Hope
O my God, relying on your infinite goodness and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of
your grace, and life everlasting through the merits of
Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.
Act of Love
O my God, I love you above all things, with my whole
heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of
all my love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of
you. I forgive all who have injured me and I ask pardon
of all whom I have injured.
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Magnificat
(Luke: 1:46-55)
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices
in God my savior;
because he has regarded the lowliness of His
handmaid; for, behold, henceforth all generations
shall call me blessed;
because He who is mighty has done great things for
me, and holy is His name;
And His mercy is from generation to generation on
those who fear Him.
He has shown might with His arm, He has scattered
the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and
has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich
He has sent away empty.
He has given help to Israel,
His servant, mindful of his mercy
Even as He spoke to our fathersto Abraham
and to His posterity forever.
Be persistent in prayer and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God.
Colossians 4:2
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Daily Prayers
Morning Offering
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I
offer you all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of
this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
throughout the world.
I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred
Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, the
reunion of all Christians.
I offer them for the intentions of our bishops, and of
all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month. Amen.
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Night Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep;
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Thy love stay with me through the night,
And wake me with thy morning light. Amen.
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IX Daily Prayers
Fellowship Grace
by Michael Buckley, S.J. b. 1931
Lord Jesus, who when you were on earth celebrated a
meal with joy, be with us now and fill us with your spirit
as we share food and fellowship together. Amen.
Irish Blessing I
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rains fall soft upon your field,
and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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Irish Blessing II
With the first light of sun
Bless you.
When the long day is done
Bless you.
In your smiles and your tears
Bless you.
Through each day of your years
Bless you.
The grace of our Savior has appeared to all, instructing us, in order that, rejecting ungodliness and woldly lusts, we may live temperately and justly and piously in this world.
Titus 2:11-12
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Prayers for College Life
For My Family
Loving God, thank you so much for my family.
Bless my parents, my brothers and sisters:
heal our quarrels, bind us close.
I place our family in Your care
since Your love for us is so life-giving.
Someday I hope to have my own family;
Prepare my spirit now for that great day.
For now, bless all families.
Keep us close to one another and to You.
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Victory Is Ours
Desmond Tutu
Goodness is stronger than evil;
Love is stronger than hate;
Light is stronger than darkness;
Life is stronger than death;
Victory is ours through Him who love us.
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141
A Students Prayer
Jon Bakkelund
Heavenly Father, fill me with your Holy Spirit
that I may resist the many temptations set before me.
Give me a spirit of Wisdom that I may seek
the truth and resist the shroud of deceit and falsity.
May I attain humility that I work hard for the glory
of your name and be respectful to those I work with
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Touched by An Angel
Maya Angelou b. 1928
African American Poet
We, unaccustomed to courage
Exiles from delight
Live coiled in shells of loneliness
Until love leaves its high holy temple
And comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives
generously and graciously to all. But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all.
James I:4-6
XI
Prayers for Recent Graduates
and Alumni and Alumnae
An Alumni Prayer for Marquette
John Piderit, S.J. b. 1944
Lord God, I thank you for the gift of my Marquette
education. As the interval grows longer between that
blessed event in my life and the present, my memory
is less distinct even as my heart grows fonder for my
friends whom I met in those years and who have been
with me since. Bless the faculty, who tried hard to get me
to learn more. Bless my parents, who made Marquette
possible for me and who continue to provide me with
love and encouragement. Inspire young men to become
Jesuits, so that future generations of Marquette students
can benefit from their insight and devotion to Christ.
As happened to me in Joan of Arc Chapel, inflame the
hearts of current students to aspire to great acts of
love and commitment. Guide the faculty to touch the
hearts of current students, just as they awakened awe
and wonder in me. Grant success to the many projects
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Continue My Work
Fr. Jonathan Foster, O.F.M.,
National Center for the Laity
And God says: Let my people find meaning in their
lives. And so there came philosophers, theologians,
mothers, writers, teachers, teachers aides, school administrators, boards of education, teachers unions,
school janitors, retreat masters, directors of religious
education. And God blesses them all and sees that their
work is good.
And God says: Let my people have enough food to
sustain their lives and give them pleasure. And so it is
that there came farmers, orchard growers, processors,
cowboys, packagers, managers of supermarkets, government health agencies, bakers, cooks, and accountants.
God blesses them all and sees that their work is good.
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Reflection
St. Thomas More, Renaissance English
Chancellor and Martyr (14781535)
If you cannot pluck up bad ideas by the root, if you
cannot cure long-standing evils as completely as you
would like, you must not therefore abandon the commonwealth. Do not give up the ship in a storm because
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Nurses Prayer
Pastoral Care Department
Loyola University Medical Center
Loving God, we thank You for our gifts and talents
and for calling us to share in Your ministry of healing.
With a desire to serve You more fully we pray:
for minds that seek wisdom and truth,
for hearts filled with gentleness and love,
for eyes that view others with compassion and understanding.
May we listen with sensitivity and acceptance.
May we speak words of reassurance and comfort.
May all whom we touch experience Your healing presence.
O God, Help us continue to serve You and Your
people in peace.
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You must aim to be saintly and religious, filled with love, patient and gentle.
1 Timothy 6:11
XII
Prayers Written by Women
Prayer to Witness Worthily to Others
in Our Daily Lives
Elisabeth Leseur (18661914)
French spiritual writer
To be unswervingly faithful to the daily task,
in big and little things, in work,
in painful inaction, illness and suffering
as much as in joy and health.
May those who draw near to my soul
sense that it is rooted firmly in God,
and is peaceful and lively because of it.
The restless waves that sometimes beat
against my soul are human things
that come to it from outside; may others see
in me only what is permanent and true;
never may any soul hold back discouraged from mine
because agitations and worldly complications
have hidden the way of approach; may my soul
be as smiling as my lips toward all, and may Thy Word,
O my God, inspire my humble word and make it fruitful.
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An open invitation
Dorothy Stewart
Lord, you invite us
not some of us,
all of us:
not the good and righteous,
all of us
unconditionally.
Lord, we come
meeting you,
meeting each other,
accepting each other,
unconditionally.
Lord, we go
constant in prayer, and prayerful action,
expressing your continuous invitation
loving, sharing,
seeking, bringing,
serving the world you love.
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Woman Un-Bent
Irene Zimmerman
(Luke 13:10-17)
That Sabbath day as always
she went to the synagogue
and took the place assigned her
right behind the grill where,
the elders had concurred,
she would block no ones view,
she could lean her heavy head,
and (though this was not said)
shed give a good example to
the ones who stood behind her.
That day, intent as always
on the Word (for eighteen years
shed listened thus), she heard
Authority when Jesus spoke.
Though long stripped
of forwardness,
she came forward, nonetheless,
when Jesus summoned her.
Woman, you are free
of your infirmity, he said.
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Bakerwoman God
Alla Bozarth-Campbell b. 1947
Episcopal priest
Bakerwoman God,
I am your living bread.
Strong, brown, Bakerwoman God,
I am your low, soft and beingshaped loaf.
I am your rising bread, well-kneaded
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In all your prayers ask God for what you need, asking God with a thankful heart.
Philippians 4:5-7
XIII
Prayers and Poems from
Many Faith Traditions
Jewish Prayers
Creation is the language of God
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (19071972)
Jewish theologian and philosopher
Creation is the language of God. Time is His song, and
the things of space the consonants in the song.To sanctify
time is to sing the vowels in unison with Him.
This is the task of human beings: to conquer space and
sanctify time.
All week long we are called upon to sanctify life through
employing things of space.
On the Sabbath it is given to us to share in the holiness
that is in the heart of time. Even when the soul is seared,
even when no prayer can come out of our tightened
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Shema
Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
Blessed be the name of his glorious majesty forever
and ever.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your might. And these
words which I command you today shall be in your
heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you
shall speak them when you are sitting at home and when
you go on a journey, when you lie down and when you
rise up. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand,
and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. You
shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and
on your gates.
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You it is we worship;
you it is to whom we turn for aid.
Guide us along the right path,
the path of those whom you have blessed,
not those who have drawn your anger,
nor those who have lost their way.
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184
Shanti
Traditional Hindu prayer
Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the real.
Oh God, lead us from darkness to light.
O God, lead us from death to immortality,
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.
(shanti: peace beyond understanding)
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187
In my Soul
Rabia of Basra Sufi (c. 717801)
In
my soul
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church
where I kneel.
Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or
names exist.
Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty is
illuminated nothing,
where ecstasy gets poured in itself
and becomes lost,
where the wing is fully alive
but has no mind or body?
In my soul
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque
a church
that dissolve, that dissolve
in God.
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Never Give Up
His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama
No matter what is going on, never give up.
Develop the heart.
Too much energy in your country is spent developing
the mind instead of the heart.
Be compassionate, not just to your friends, but to
everyone.
Work for peace in your heart and in the world.
Work for peace and I say again, never give up.
No matter what is happening, no matter what is going
on around you, never give up.
XIV
Psalms
Psalm 8
O Lord, our Sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth.
You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established,
what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
You have made them a little lower than God,
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You have given them dominion over the work of your
hands;
you have put all things under their feet, all sheep and
oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
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Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths for his names sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me; your rod and your staff
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life.
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long.
(The New Oxford Annotated Bible)
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XIV Psalms
Psalm 34
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise always on my lips;
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.
The humble shall hear and be glad.
Glorify the Lord with me.
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XIV Psalms
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Psalm 104
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are,
clothed in majesty and glory,
wrapped in light as in a robe!
You stretch out the heavens like a tent.
Above the rains you build your dwelling.
You make the clouds your chariot,
and walk on the wings of the wind;
you make the winds your messengers
and flashing fire your servants.
You founded the earth on its base,
to stand firm from age to age.
You wrapped it with the ocean like a cloak:
the waters stood higher than the mountains.
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Psalm 138
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple
and give thanks to your name,
Because of your kindness and your truth;
for you have made great above all things
your name and your promise.
When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
All the kings of the earth shall give thanks to you, O
Lord,
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XIV Psalms
With gratitude in your hearts, sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God.
Colossiaans 4:16
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Hymns, Poems and
Various Prayers
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see!
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come.
His grace has brought me safe thus far,
His grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
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211
Love
George Herbert, English cleric and poet
(15931633)
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyd Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lackd any thing.
A guest, I answerd, worthy to be here.
Love said, You shall be he.
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but I?
Truth Lord, But I have marrd them;
let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, says Love,
who bore the blame?
My dear, then I will serve.
You must sit down, says Love,
and taste my meat.
So I did sit and eat.
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218
219
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall possess the earth.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they shall be satisfied.
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223
Evening Prayer
Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman
English scholar, cleric, and poet
(18011891)
O Lord, support us all the day long, until the
shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the
busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over,
and our work is done. Then, Lord, in thy mercy
grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at
last, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
224
Sacred Flame
Divine creator of the world,
we, the young, the old,
give thanks for health;
the life that you
sustain in us.
Help us this day
to care for
that sacred flame
that burns within us,
the fire of your love. Amen.
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My Joy!
St. Therese of Lisieux,
French Carmelite (18731897)
There are some souls on earth
Which seek in vain for happiness,
But for me, its just the opposite.
Joy is in my heart.
This joy is not ephemeral.
I possess it forever.
Like the springtime rose,
It smiles at me every day.
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Asking Prayer
I asked God for strength that I might achieve,
I was made weak
that I might learn humbly to obey . . .
I asked for health that I might do greater things,
I was given infirmity
that I might do better things . . .
I asked for riches that I might be happy,
I was given poverty that I might be wise . . .
I asked for power
that I might have the praise of persons,
I was given weakness
that I might feel the need of God . . .
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life,
I was given life that I might enjoy all things . . .
I got nothing that I asked for
but everything I had hoped for . . .
Almost despite myself,
my unspoken prayers were answered,
I am among all people most richly blessed.
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For Receptivity
Huub Oosterhuis, S.J., composer of
liturgical music (b. 1933)
Make us receptive and open and may we accept your
kingdom like children taking bread from the hands of
their father. Let us live in your peace,
at home with you all the days of our lives.
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The Difference
I got up early one morning
and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish
that I didnt have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me,
and heavier came each task.
Why didnt God help me? I wondered.
He answered, You didnt ask.
I wanted to see joy and beauty,
but the day toiled on, grey and bleak;
I wondered why God didnt show me.
He said, But you didnt seek.
I tried to come into Gods presence;
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
My child, you didnt knock.
I woke up early this morning
and paused before entering the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
that I had to take time to pray.
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Compline
(Night Prayer from the Divine Office)
I will lay me down in peace and take my rest:
for it is thou Lord, only,
that makest me to dwell in safety.
Into thy hands, O Lord,
I commend my spirit,
for thou hast redeemed me,
O Lord, though God of truth.
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233
Emily Dickinson
While it is alive
Until Death touches it
While it and I lap one Air
Dwell in one Blood
Under one Sacrament
Show me Division can split or pare
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Simple Riches
O God, who hast made the heaven and the earth and
all that is good and lovely therein, and hast shown us
through Jesus Christ our Lord that the secret of joy
is a heart free from selfish desires, help us to find
delight in simple things, and ever to rejoice in the
riches of thy bounty, through Christ our Lord.
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Refuge in God
St. Augustine of Hippo,
bishop and theologian (354430)
O Thou God, full of compassion, I commit and
commend myself unto Thee, in whom I am, and live,
and know. Be Thou the Goal of my pilgrimage, and
my Rest by the way. Let my soul take refuge from
the crowding turmoil of worldly thought beneath the
shadow of Thy wings; let my heart, this sea of
restless waves, find peace in Thee, O God.
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Prayer of Penitence
Christina Rossetti, English poet
(18301894)
O God, though our sins be seven,
though our sins be seventy times seven,
though our sins be more in number
than the hairs of our head,
yet give us graces in loving penitence
to cast ourselves down into the
depths of thy compassion.
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Peace Prayer
Saint Francis of Assisi, founder
of the Franciscans (11811226)
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union;
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.
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Pygmy Prayer
In the beginning was God.
Today is God.
Tomorrow will be God.
Who can make an image of God?
He has no body.
He is the word which comes out of your mouth.
That word! It is no more,
It is past, and still it lives!
So is God.
Acknowledgments
Marquette University gratefully acknowledges the following publishers for permission to include the indicated
materials in this book. For purposes of identification,
titles have been created in this book for some of the
prayers. They are used as references in the acknowledgments below. Every effort has been made to contact all
copyright holders of the materials herein. The gratitude
of the University is extended to:
Victory Is Ours, from An African Prayerbook selected
by Desmond Tutu, copyright 1995 by Desmond
Tutu. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of
Random House, Inc.
Holy Sonnets V (Batter My Heart) by John Donne,
Love by George Herbert from Liturgy of the Hours, by
International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc.
(ICEL) Washington, DC. Reprinted with Permission.
Colloquy with Jesus, Prayer for the Grace to Name
My Sins, You Have Called Me by Name from Choosing Christ in the World by Joseph Tetlow, S.J. Used with
permission: The Institute of Jesuit Sources, St. Louis,
MO. All rights reserved.
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Author Index
Abu-Bekr, Prayer for SelfKnowledge, 183
Angelou, Maya,Touched by an
Angel, 146
Aquinas, SaintThomas, Prayer
of St. Thomas Aquinas,
236
Arrupe, S.J., Pedro, Teach Me
Your Ways, 94
. In the Hands of
God, 98
. Fall In Love, 100
Augustine of Hippo, Saint,
Refuge of God, 235
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253
Index
254
Title/Subject
Index
255
Campion, Saint Edmund, 43
Canisius, Saint Peter, 42
Canticle of Simeon, 121
Carroll, John, 46
Carrying Out Gods Work,
Stewart, Dorothy, 169
Catherine of Siena, Saint, 62
Center of Our Hearts, La
Colombiere, S.J., Saint
Claude, 97
Chapel of the Holy Family, 17
Clare of Assisi, Saint, 17
Claver, Saint Peter, 45
Clowns Prayer, The, 229
Colloquy with Jesus, A,Tetlow,
S.J., Joseph, 92
Compline, 230
Continue My Work, Foster,
O.F.M., Jonathan, 158
Creation is the Language of
God, Heschel, Abraham
Joshua, 179
Index
Drexel, Katherine, 60
Ellacuria, Ignacio, 50
Evening Prayer, Cardinal Newman, John Henry, 223
Examen of Consciousness,
Hamm, S.J., Dennis, 80
256
Glory and Praise, 181
God Says Yes to Me, Haught,
Kaylin, 147
God Who Waits on Us, The,
234
Gods Grandeur, Hopkins, S.J.,
Gerard Manley, 102
Gonzaga, Saint Aloysius, 46
Grace Before Meals: The
Whole Day, 130
Grace Before Meals: Traditional, 130
Great Spirit, The, 186
257
Magnificat, 125
Memorare, The, 115
Miki, Saint Paul, 44
Ministers to the Future,
Romero, Archbishop Oscar, 154
Morning Offering, 129
Murray, John Courtney, 48
My Joy!, Saint Therese of
Lisieux, 225
Never Give Up, Lama, Dalai,
190
New Ezekiel, The, Lazarus,
Emma, 176
Nicene Creed, 113
Night Prayer, 130
Nurses Prayer, Pastoral Care
Department, Loyola University Medical Center,
162
Old Irish Greeting, An, 132
Open Invitation, An, Stewart,
Dorothy, 168
Our Churches Are Like Big
Families, 190
Peace Prayer, Saint Francis of
Assisi, 238
Index
Pied Beauty, Hopkins, S.J.,
Gerard Manley, 104
Prayer before the Blessed
Sacrament, Pope John
XXII, 216
Prayer by Martin Luther King,
Jr., A, King, Jr., Martin
Luther, 219
Prayer for Business Executive,
McMahon, C.S.V.Thomas,
157
Prayer for Choosing a State of
Life, 144
Prayer for Compassion, A,
De Chardin, S.J., Pierre
Teillhard, 99
Prayer for Doctors and Nurses,
162
Prayer for Enthusiasm, Cardinal Newman, John Henry,
222
Prayer for Exams
Prayer for Fellow-Workers,
Neibuhr, Reinhold, 227
Prayer for Gratitude, 141
Prayer for Marquette, 137
Prayer for Marquette Parents,
143
Prayer for my Friends at Marquette, 140
258
Prayer for New Lawyers,
Baumhart, S.J., Raymond,
164
Prayer for Professionals, 157
Prayer for Protection, Saint
Edmund of Abington,
222
Prayer for Purity, 138
Prayer for Racial Harmony,
217
Prayer for Self-Knowledge,
Abu-Bekr, 183
Prayer for Serenity, Niebuhr,
Reinhold, 223
Prayer for Studying, 135
Prayer for the Diversity of
Races and Cultures, 218
Prayer for the Gifts to Seek
God and Live in Him, Saint
Benedict of Nursia, 237
Prayer for the Grace to Name
my Sins, Tetlow, S.J., Joseph, 91
Prayer for the Homeless,
230
Prayer for Those Considering
a Jesuit Vocation, 144
Prayer for Those in the Education Profession, 163
Prayer for Those Involved in
Sports, 142
259
Psalm 42, 196
Psalm 104, 98
Psalm 138, 200
Pygmy Prayer, 239
Question, The, 107
Index
Spring and Fall: To a Young
Child, Hopkins, S.J., Gerard Manley, 106
Teresa of Avila, Saint, 61
Teresa of Calcutta, Blessed,
55
Touched by an Angel, Angelou,
Maya, 146
Quran, 181
Rahner, Karl, 49
Reflection, More, SaintThomas, 160
U.S. Jesuit Colleges and UniReflection for Health Care versities, 37
Workers, Feder, Fran, 161
Refuge of God, Augustine of Victory is Ours, Tutu, ArchHippo, Saint, 235
bishop Desmond, 138
Ricci, Matteo, 44
Rosary, The, 116
Walking with God, Cowper,
William, 212
Sacred Flame, 224
Way, Truth, Life, Tracy, S.J.,
Service of the Poor, 140
Theodore, 96
Shanti, 184
When You Arise, Tecumseh,
Shema, 180
186
Short Course on Prayer, A, Who Lives in Love, Southwell,
OLeary, S.J., J.J., 69
S.J., Saint Robert, 101
Show Me Your Face, O God, Windhover: To Christ Our
Berrigan, S.J., Daniel, 98
Lord, The, Hopkins, S.J.,
Show Us, Lord, Stewart, Gerard Manley, 103
Dorothy, 169
Womans Journey in DiscipleSimple Riches, 234
ship, A, Zimmerman, Irene,
Sojourner Truth, 65
172
260
Woman Un-Bent, Zimmerman, Irene, 171
World Hunger Grace, A,
131
Xavier, Saint Francis, 41
You Have Called Me by Name,
Tetlow, S.J., Joseph, 91
You, Neighbor God, Rilke,
Rainer Maria, 215