"God Answers Our Prayers"

A Prayer for Breadwinners of Catholic families

Lord, almighty Father, source of all our bread, You feed us with Your
Body and Blood, that we may gain the strength we need to earn a living
for our family and our loved ones.  Help all those who are breadwinners
of the family, for they take care of children and elderly people who
depend on them for their food, medicine, education, shelter and clothing.
Help the working father: single and married.  Help the working mother:
single and married.  Help all those who enter into a family enterprise.
Help their Catholic family enterprise not only survive and thrive in
the hard economic times that we are in, but also prosper enough, so as
to provide the quality of living sufficient enough, for the Catholic
faith to grow and achieve life and vitality.

For the gift of the Eucharist,
through which You give us strength
and satisfy our hunger:
God our Father, we bless you.

For Your gift of the Eucharist,
through which all your children are
brought together in charity:
God our Father, we bless you.

For Your gift of the Eucharist,
through which we proclaim the Lord's
death until He comes again.
God our Father, we bless you.

You are the Bread of Life: Praise to You
You are the Bread of Salvation: Praise to You
You are the Blood that redeemed us: Praise to You
You are the Source of our joy: Praise to You
You are the Bread that feeds us: Praise to You.
You are the Blood that quenches our thirst: Praise to You
You are the Bread that comforts us: Praise to You
You are the Bread that gives us strength: Praise to You.
You are the Bread that heals us in body and mind: Praise to You.

O Lord Jesus, who once multiplied the bread and fish
so that thousands may be freed from their hunger,
help us with Your gift of the Eucharist, that we
may know that it is in You that we shall always
have our fill.  Our focus on You as the Provider,
and the One who gives us strength for our task
as breadwinners, will assuage all our anxieties
and our worries about what we are to eat and what
we are to drink. Help us to seek Your Kingdom first
and all the things we need shall be provided unto
us. Amen.

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Prayer response to a prayer request for Lillian Maude Glenn

The following prayer for Lillian Maude Glenn is a paraphrase of a prayer
composed by Msgr. Michael Buckley from "The Catholic Prayer Book"

O Lord God,
source of holy desires,
right counsels and just actions,
grant to your servant, Lillian,
that peace which the world cannot give,
so that her heart may be wholly devoted to Your service,
and all her days, freed from dread of her enemies,
may be passed in quietness under your protection.

Almighty and loving God,
you know her necessities before she asks,
and if she lacks knowledge in what she needs,
set her free from anxious thoughts for the morrow;
give her contentment with Your good gifts,
and confirm her faith that as she seeks Your kingdom,
she will not suffer and lack anything she needs
through Jesus Christ her Lord.

God, our Father, she turns to You always
because she cannot all the time see ways out
of situations which may trouble her spirit.
In her confusion she turns to You for help
and guidance because You alone can help her
and nothing is impossible to You. 
Light up her life with faith,
strengthen her in hope,
and fill her with love,
so that she may rest in Your providence
which alone knows what is for her peace.
Amen.

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