Pray With Us

Father,

with hearts grateful for the past,
and looking to the future with trust in your providence
we pray for the needs of our Passionist Congregation.

With special urgency
we pray for more companions.
May our lives and our places be lighthouses for others,
showing the way,
glowing with welcome.

By Your Spirit within us may we be magnets of grace,
drawing others to join us in community.
We pray with Mary, the first Passionist.

We pray with Paul of the Cross
and all our Passionist saints.

We pray most of all in the name of Jesus, crucified and risen. Amen.
             -Father Randal Joyce, CP

Dios, amado y bondadoso,

agradecemos nuestra historia,
y acogemos el porvenir que tu providencia nos proporcionará.
Al mismo tiempo pedimos por nuestra congregación,

y por los que vendrán a acompañarnos, llamados por tu gracia.
Que nuestra vocación pasionista sirva de faro para guiar a los que buscan,
y que nuestros hogares radien una bienvenida universal.

Que tu Espíritu Santo siga formándonos en comunidad eclesial,
para testimoniar nuestra vocación y carisma Pasionista.
Hacemos nuestra oración con María, madre de la Congregación,
con San Pablo de la Cruz, nuestro padre, y con todos nuestros santos y beatos.

Toda nuestra oración se alza en nombre de Jesucristo, crucificado y resucitado. Amen.
-P. Randal Joyce, CP

Heavenly Father,
You inspired St. Paul of the Cross to gather companions
to keep alive in the Church and the world
the memory of your Son’s Passion.
This greatest manifestation of your love for us
has set so many hearts on fire
and among them have called those to follow in the footsteps of Paul of the Cross
through a life of special consecration.
Keep us aware of the importance of this charism
within the Church
and its relevance for our world today.
Help us keep alive the fire of your love in our lives
and move others to join this Community in the Church
so that they may be able to take the gospel of the Passion
to every corner of the world,
reaching out to all those who are suffering
and enkindling in the hearts of all,
the immense love of Jesus Crucified.
Amen.

~Fr. Chris Gibson, CP

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 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.

~Traditional Prayer

A Prayer for Our Earth

All-powerful God,
you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness
all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives,
that we my protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey toward your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.

~Pope Francis, Laudato Si'

At the Cross her Station Keeping (Stabat Mater)