Psalm 112

1 Hallelujah!  Happy are those who fear the LORD, who greatly delight in God’s commands. (NAB)

Father, may I follow your laws all the days of my life.

Psalm 111

7 The works of your hands are right and true, reliable all your decrees,

8 Established forever and ever, to be observed with loyalty and care.

9 You sent deliverance to your people, ratified your covenant forever; holy and awesome is your name.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who live by it. Your praise endures forever. (NAB)

I pray O Lord that I would turn to you in all things.

Psalm 110

The LORD says to you, my lord: “Take your throne at my righthand, while I make your enemies your footstool.”

2 The scepter of your sovereign might the LORD will extend from Zion. The LORD says: “Rule over your enemies!

3 Yours is princely power from the day of your birth. In holy splendor before the daystar, like the dew I begot you.”

4 The LORD has sworn and will not waver: “Like Melchizedek you are a priest forever.”

5 At your right hand is the Lord, who crushes kings on the day of wrath,

6 Who, robed in splendor, judges nations, crushes heads across the wide earth,

7 Who drinks from the brook by the wayside and thus holds high the head. (NAB)

I pray that I might drink from you O Lord. 

May I quench my thirst with your life giving water.

Psalm 109

2 O God, whom I praise, do not be silent, for wicked and treacherous mouths attack me. They speak against me with lying tongues;

3 with hateful words they surround me, attacking me without cause.

4 In return for my love they slander me, even though I prayed for them. (NAB)

I pray Father that I will not gossip or speak evil about anyone. 

Replace my slanderous words and thoughts with prayers of petition.

Forgive me Father.

Psalm 108

 

2 My heart is steadfast, God; my heart is steadfast. I will sing and chant praise.

3 Awake, my soul; awake, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn.

4 I will praise you among the peoples, LORD; I will chant your praise among the nations.

5 For your love towers to the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies.

6 Appear on high over the heavens, God; may your glory appear above all the earth. (NAB)

Father, I praise you for the beauty of color before my eyes, as the dawn rises on the pastures of green.

I pray that I would proclaim you in my work, in my deeds, and in my words.

Psalm 107

1 ”Give thanks to the LORD who is good, whose love endures forever!”

2 Let that be the prayer of the LORD’S redeemed, those redeemed from the hand of the foe, (NAB)

Glory to you O Lord!

For you have delivered us from the hand of death.

Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Four feet of hail.

Psalm 106

1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, who is good, whose love endures forever.

2 Who can tell the mighty deeds of the LORD, proclaim in full God’s praise?

3 Happy those who do what is right, whose deeds are always just.

4 Remember me, LORD, as you favor your people; come to me with your saving help,

5 That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, rejoice in the joy of your people, and glory with your heritage. (NAB)

He is Risen in deed! Hallelujah!

Happy Easter

Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds!

2 Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds!

3 Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!

4 Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face. (NAB)

We give you thanks Father, for your son Jesus the Christ. Who conquered sin and death, and made all things new.

May we follow his footsteps this Holy Week as we remember his Passion, and the suffering he endured.

May the rock be rolled away and may our hearts be opened and filled with the hope of Jesus Christ as we celebrate his resurrection.

After 20 Years of Prayer, Nun Meets Her Special Intention

ZENIT – After 20 Years of Prayer, Nun Meets Her Special Intention

http://www.zenit.org/article-34541?l=english

• Benedict XVI in Cuba Greets Contemplative Assigned to Intercede for Him

   

  By Paloma Rives, Special Envoy

   

• SANTIAGO DE CUBA, MARCH 29, 2012 (Zenit.org).- It’s Tuesday the 27th. Today, at 10:30 am, we left for the city of Havana. Featured in Benedict XVI’s program of activities for today in Santiago de Cuba is a visit to the shrine of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre.

  The Pope began the day with a private Mass in the house of the contemplative Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity. While this took place, we, journalists, were taken to Santiago’s airport. From there we watched part of the Pope’s visit on Cuban television which broadcasted live.

• The Missionaries of Charity are a Congregation of women whose vocation is to give their life to God through permanent prayer. They pray for the needs of the world, the strength of the Church and the perseverance of the faithful. In a word, for all that is a Good (with a capital G) for the human being.

  Teresa is there. Many years ago, when she was very young, she decided to consecrate herself to God with this Congregation and took the habit.

• We were told that each Sister of Charity prays regularly for intentions indicated but also for some persons specifically. In her condition of contemplative life, as is the tradition of her order, she has prayed for 20 years for a specific priest.

  For 20 years, without missing a day, she has prayed to God for him, for a priest with whom she had no ties. Every day she has prayed and offered her day for him, though he is not a relative, or a friend and she has never met him.

  Someone once said that: ”When we human beings can feel pity for another without knowing him, when someone else’s sufferings hurts us as well, that day we come closer to what Christ expects from us.”

• Teresa has come very close. That’s why, when Pope Benedict XVI went to the house of the Missionaries of Charity, she placed a garland of flowers on him as is the custom in India. Teresa met the priest for whom she has been prayed for so long. She met Joseph Ratzinger.