PRAYER of ACAAP

Lord,
We commend to you all the children
betrayed - Jesus denied by Peter
humiliated - Jesus in prison
beaten - Jesus whipped
injured - Jesus crowned with thorns
bruised - Jesus under the weight of the cross
tortured - Jesus nailed to the wood
abandoned - "Father why hast thou forsaken me?"
violated - Jesus pierced by the spear
murdered - Jesus dead on the cross.
Lord,
We commend to you all these abused children.
In each of them your Son is suffering,
In each of them thy fatherly heart is suffering.
Lord,
We commend to you all those too poor adults.
In each of them show your Mercy
In each of them reveal
the inordinate resources of Redemption.
Lord,
In all and in each of us
show your infinite love,
Your Fatherly love
Amen

Mona

During his journey in Poland in August 2002, Pope John Paul II celebrated the dedication of the new sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Cracow. During the homily he solemnly trusted the whole world to the Divine Mercy:

O God, merciful Father,
Who have revealed your love
in your Son, Jesus Christ,
and have poured it out upon us
in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
We entrust to You today the destiny of the world
and of every man and woman.
Bend down to us sinners,
heal our weaknesses,
conquer all evil,
and grant that all the inhabitants of the earth
may experience Your mercy.
May they always find the source of hope
In You, the Triune God.
Eternal Father,
for the sake of the sorrowful Passion,
and the Resurrection of Your Son,
have mercy on us
and on the whole world. Amen

If I had committed all possible crimes,

I would still have the same confidence.

I would feel that this multitude of offenses

Would be like a drop of water cast into a blazing fire.

St Teresa of the Child Jesus.

Lord, in the silence of this day I ask You for peace, wisdom and strength. I want to see the world with loving eyes. I want to be patient, understanding, wise and humble. May I see your children beyond appearances as You see them and thus may I see only what is good in each of them. May only blessing thoughts dwell in my mind. May I be so benevolent and happy that all who approach me feel Your presence. Lord, adorn me with your beauty for others to see in me a reflection of You. Amen

Elizabeth of France, Louis XVI’s daughter.

Isaiah 12 : Song of praise

Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense
He has become my salvation.

Give praise to the Lord,

proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.

For he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.

Shout aloud and sing for joy

for great is the Holy One among you.

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12 :10

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth:It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55 :10-11

Lord my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.

You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit.

Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;
praise his holy name.

For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
Weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.

You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.

That my heart may sing your praises

and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

Psalm 29

‘And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’

Matthew 21:22

‘The other disciples therefore said unto him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said unto them, “Unless I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, […] I will not believe.” And after eight days […]”

John 20:25

So today, at least I do not need signs. Why? Because I learnt to trust in the Lord, independently of any signs. The unbeliever needs a guarantee, but as I am a believer, I need neither guarantee nor sign; although I do not speak a language miraculously, I know I was cleansed from my sins. In the past, men would not have believed, if they had not received a sign; that is the reason why signs were given as a guarantee of the faith required of them. To prove that it was not to believers but to unbelievers that signs were given in order to make them believe, Paul said: ‘signs are not for believers but for unbelievers’ (1 Co 14:22) Do you understand that God does not dishonour us, that it is, on the contrary, out of esteem for us that he stopped revealing himself through signs. He wanted to show that our faith is independent of guarantees and signs; that is the reason why God did what he did. In the past, men used to ask for a sign, a guarantee mainly to believe in God about invisible things; but, independently of all this, I show a whole faith: that is the reason why there are no more signs today.

Saint John Chrysostom (354-407)

Excerpt of the first homily on Pentecost

PRAYER of ACAAP Lord, We commend to you all the

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