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PRAYER FOR 1ST JANUARY 2016


Be good to me, your servant, so that I may live and obey your teachings.  Open my eyes, so that I may see the wonderful truths in your law.


Thoughts of Solitude
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.  I cannot see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end.  Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.  But I believe that the desire to please you does, in fact, please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.  And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore, will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.


Prayer

 Heavenly Father, let me feel close to Thee.  Grant, O Lord, that in this moment I may truly surrender my life to Thee and realise the power that is within me so that I may overcome all difficulties in myself and be confident and sure through the help of Jesus Christ, in whose name I pray. 
Amen.


2016 EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY
MAY GOD GRANT US HIS MERCY.
May we be merciful to one another, and may peace reign in our world.


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