St. Lawrence Morning Prayer

Heavenly Father, as I begin the work of the day, I recall You as my Creator. May all that I do this day bring those that I serve and me to closer unity with your plan.  I pray that your Holy Spirit may guide me to make present your Son.  I pray for faith, hope, love, humility, (mention now the virtues or spiritual gifts that you may need), and for all the virtues and gifts that I need to be faithful in your service.

Father, I know of your Son’s desire that I be one in You as You and your Son are one.  I pray now for our parish community of St. Lawrence.  I pray for committed and supportive love for our pope, bishop, parochial vicars, parish staff, pastor emeritus, and myself.  I pray that everyone will desire unity with You Blessed Trinity and seek to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as you do.  May this be seen in the holiness of life of every member of our church.  I pray that we at St Lawrence may commit ourselves to the practice of the Sacraments, a spiritual life made up of prayer, spiritual reading, devotion and reflection on your Holy Word, the making of disciples, and the service of the least of our brothers and sisters.

May each make their home a little church through prayer, through the sharing of the Gospel, and through the honoring of the Sacred Heart of Your Son and the Immaculate heart of His Holy Mother Mary.  I pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life for our Church and Diocese and many vocations come from our parish.   I pray for those you have already called help them to be faithful and pure in your service.  I pray for the fidelity of our married couples, wisdom for parents, and discernment for those preparing for marriage.  May all marriages be sustained by your Holy Will.  I pray for the faithfulness of state for the single, the widow and the widower, and the divorced and separated.  I pray for the sick please heal them.  I pray for the dying please bring them to a happy death.  I pray for the deceased release those in Purgatory and bring all to Heaven.  I pray for those who have left the Faith and the lapsed please bring them home to the Church.  I pray for those who are struggling with temptation or are caught up in the chains of sin bring them to conversion through the forgiveness of Your Son in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

I pray for all the ministries at St. Lawrence: our Pastoral Team, Early Childhood Center/School, youth and adult formation programs, St. Vincent de Paul, and all other ways we seek to join with your Son Jesus Christ through knowing you, serving you and loving you.  May all that we do be pleasing to you and fulfill your Holy Will.  We pray for great conversions in our midst and the bringing to faith many through the outreach of our community.  Finally, I pray that you may bestow your abundant blessings and caring healing upon the members of St. Lawrence Catholic Church.  For those that have asked me to pray for them and for the following petitions: __________________________________________________

In the name of your Son Jesus Christ I pray.  Amen.