Archive for ‘Prayer’

July 24, 2010

Gift of Prayer

Gift of Prayer

Gift of Prayer

Gift of Prayer

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The Sisters of the Holy Family “Gift of Prayer” offers a thoughtful and special way to honor a friend or relative. Use a Gift of Prayer to remember the deceased, celebrate an anniversary, birthday, promotion, retirement or birth. Your contribution helps the Sisters continue their ministries, which originated in San Francisco, California in 1872.

This is your ongoing opportunity to make a meaningful remembrance through the “Gift of Prayer.” Upon receipt of your donation an acknowledgement card will be sent to the family or person indicated. The amount is kept confidential. The name of the person in whose honor or memory the contribution is made will be entered in our “Gift of Prayer” register or in the “Memorial Book” in our chapel.

You can make a request for a prayer here.

You can make a tax-deductible donation using your checking account or Visa/MasterCard. Click Below to make a secure contribution today, to the Sisters of the Holy Family through the our very own donation system. 

If you would like to make a secure, online contribution to the Sisters’ Ministries, click here. Thank you for your generosity.

If you would like to make a contribution with a check, please make it payable to: Sisters of the Holy Family  and mail to PO Box 3248 * Fremont, CA 94539

You can also call 510-624-4580 for more information.
Or email: mary.campos@holyfamilysisters.org.

June 20, 2010

Blessing of Fathers on Father’s Day

Blessing of Fathers on Father’s Day
(Third Sunday of June)

The observance of Father’s Day has an important place in American life. Since it is celebrated on the third Sunday in June, the Mass of the Sunday is always celebrated. However, in order to provide some recognition of this holiday, model intercessions and a prayer over the people are provided here.

The intercessions are added to those of the day and may be adapted as necessary.

The prayer over the people may replace the solemn blessing of the Easter season.

ORDER OF BLESSING

Intercessions

The following intercessions may be added to those of the day.

For our fathers, who have given us life and love, that we may show them respect and love, we pray to the Lord. R.

For fathers who have lost a child through death, that their faith may give them hope, and their family and friends support and console them, we pray to the Lord. R.

For fathers who have died, that God may bring them into the joy of his kingdom, we pray to the Lord. R.

Prayer Over the People

This prayer over the people may be used at the end of Mass or other liturgical services on Father’s Day.

God our Father, in your wisdom and love you made all things. Bless these men, that they may be strengthened as Christian fathers. Let the example of their faith and love shine forth. Grant that we, their sons and daughters, may honor them always with a spirit of profound respect.

Grant this through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

Then he blesses all present. And may almighty God bless you all, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.

Prayer Source: Book of Blessings by Prepared by International Commission on English in the LiturgyA Joint Commission of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1989

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June 17, 2010

Prayer for Catechist and Parents

Prayer for Catechist and Parents

Your faith is like a single flame from a match stick,

Flickering quietly.

What seems like an insignificant light in the darkness

Sheds light enough for others to find their way

And so it is for parents, teachers, leaders and directors of Religious

Formation and Education.

You nourish your little flame with a community of faith believers,

With participation in the Church,

With your study of the Church,

With your prayers and with your growing relationship with God.

In your words and actions children and adults alike will not only learn the ways of the Church

But will see the Light of Christ in your eyes and desire to find it in their own.

As you grow in your faith and continue on your journey

May you find the strength and wisdom to share your flame with others.

May God continue to be the oxygen that allows your flame to

Grow and never be extinguished,

May God continue to whisper His wisdom in your ears,

Breathe life into your words

And shower you with His grace of unconditional love

So that you may share it with all whom you encounter

All the days of your life.  Amen


By Lori Hadorn-Disselkamp. Visit www.Faithfilledmom.com.

May 30, 2010

Memorial Day

Memorial Day, originally called Decorations Day, was first observed in 1868 to honor those who died in the Civil War.  It has since grown to include all who have died in military service for the people of the United States.  Many also remember other family members in their prayers on Memorial Day.  May they rest in peace.
April 26, 2010

May the light of your soul guide you.

May the light of your soul guide you.
May the light of your soul bless the work
You do with the secret love and warmth of your heart.
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul.
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those
Who work with you and to those who see and receive your work.
May your work never weary you.
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement.
May you be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in the bland absences.
May the day never burden you.
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams,
Possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.
May your soul calm, console and renew you.

John O’Donohue

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April 24, 2010

VOCATIONS MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER
FOR THE 47TH WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
25 APRIL 2010
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood,
Dear Brothers and Sisters!

The 47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Good Shepherd Sunday – 25 April 2010, gives me the opportunity to offer for your meditation a theme which is most fitting for this Year for Priests: Witness Awakens Vocations.  The fruitfulness of our efforts to promote vocations depends primarily on God’s free action, yet, as pastoral experience confirms, it is also helped by the quality and depth of the personal and communal witness of those who have already answered the Lord’s call to the ministerial priesthood and to the consecrated life, for their witness is then able to awaken in others a desire to respond generously to Christ’s call.  This theme is thus closely linked to the life and mission of priests and of consecrated persons.  Hence I wish to invite all those whom the Lord has called to work in his vineyard to renew their faithful response, particularly in this Year for Priests which I proclaimed on the 150th anniversary of the death of Saint John Mary Vianney, the Curé of Ars, an ever-timely model of a priest and a pastor.