MY DAILY OFFERING

(As each day begins,
please try to lift your mind and heart
to your heavenly Father,
and offer to Him the new day He has given you.)
 

Most loving Father,
I thank You for the gift of this new day.
Please help me to use it for your honor and glory.
By Your grace,
may all my thoughts, words, and actions
be pleasing today in Your sight.
In Your great kindness,
Lord Almighty,
preserve me this day without sin,
and protect all people from every evil.
May the ever-blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of our Savior,
keep us under her protection and by her prayers,
and the aid of all your Saints,
keep us ever intent on doing good today for your sake.
We ask these blessings through Your Son,
Jesus Christ,
our Redeemer.
Amen.

(At times throughout the day,
it is well to pause briefly in the midst of your work
to renew your daily offering.
This can be done without words,
but simply by lifting the mind and heart
to your Father in heaven.
A simple external gesture of touching the heart
will confirm and strengthen your interior intentions.
As opportunity permits,
you may wish to pray verbally in this way.)

Again I thank You,
Father in heaven,
for the blessings and graces you have given me this day.
Once more I entreat Your continuing protection.
Conscious of my own weaknesses and frailty,
of my many faults,
I entrust myself and all dear to me to Your care.

FOR FRIENDS, RELATIVES, AND BENEFACTORS

I entrust to Your protection today,
Loving Father,
those dear to me,
my relatives,
friends,
and all those living and dead,
who have done good for me
and mine by Your Holy Inspiration.

FOR ALL IN AUTHORITY

Be pleased,
Sovereign Father,
to keep in your care your church,
the Holy Father and all who serve you religiously.
Please assist also all civil officials
to exercise authority justly,
and to direct all our people according to Your Will.
 

FOR THE POOR, SUFFERING AND FRIENDLESS

In Your Loving and Tender Mercy,
Lord and Father,
assist especially those who are poor and deprived,
those who suffer,
and all who are without hope
in this life unless You come to their aid.
It is You alone
who can bring good out of the worst evils
by your unbounded power.
So we trust You
to curb the malice of the wicked,
to convert sinners,
and bring us all to knowledge of Your Love.
These favors,
we beg,
in the name of our Lord,
Jesus Christ,
Your only Son,
one God, through all ages.
Amen.

(These prayers have been taken from a pamphlet written by the Good
Franciscan Mission Associates, PO Box 598, Mount Vernon, NY 10551-0598)
 

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