Lord Jesus Christ,
your Heart still cherishes all the redeemed and is moved to pity for every human need.
Aware of your invitation, "Come to Me,"
we pray for the afflicted, the sick, the confused,
for all broken hearts, and shattered lives.
We bring to you all their material, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as our own.
By the love that led you to take flesh of the Virgin Mary,
we pray that you might enfold us all in your merciful love heal our wounds and grant us what accords with your holy will.

My loving Savior,
consume my heart in that burning love
with which your own Heart is inflamed.
Pour out upon me those graces
which flow from your love.
Let my heart be so united with yours
that our wills may be one,
and my will may in all things
be conformed with your will.
May your will be the guide and rule
of my desires and of my actions.

Amen.

God, thank You for giving me another day. Let me face my troubles today – the big and the small – with a happy heart filled with Your unending love. Let me appreciate the moments of joy You send me this day. Let me see the cares of others as an opportunity to bring Your great compassion to those who most need it.

God, our Father,

Eternal and Omnipotent, Creator and Lord of the Universe, you have set the earth on its foundation and all elements of nature obey your command. You give food to all flesh, cover the heavens with clouds, and provide rain to the earth ─