 The Twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit Prayer Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Generosity, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Modesty, Self-Control, and Chastity. Holy Spirit, Giver of all good gifts, grant me your seven gifts (wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord) and let your twelve fruits ripen in me. amen We suggest that you Print Prayers and keep them with you (home and work place) pull them out and pray them when you are under attack these prayers offer comfort and strength Prayer for Depression & Suffering Father, let this suffering pass from me; yet not my will but yours be done. May you be blessed forever Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me. With you I am nailed to the cross. Let my pains be mingled with yours for the saving of the world. Holy Spirit, comforter and consoler, heal what is ill in me, strengthen what is weak, sweeten what is sour or cranky. Save me from depression and self-pity; renew my courage; bring me to pray with Jesus on the cross: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.
Amen. The Prayer of Saint Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. Prayer for Suffering and Depression Surround me with your light, Jesus, and penetrate the very depths of my being with that light. Let there remain no areas of darkness in me or in my family members, but transform our whole being with the healing light of your love. Open me completely to receive your love, Jesus. Thank you for being our family healer and my personal healer. Give Us Grace Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Prayer for Lonely People Loving God,
there are times in each life when there is no one. No one with whom to share a word, a laugh, a sad remembrance, a gentle touch, a fond embrace, a kiss of love. Bless each me Lord Jesus for I suffer from such loneliness. Enrich my life with a friend or gentle stranger
who will spend a moment noticing and loving. In those times may your love shine through me, and the world is reborn in me and Christ is known in me. Amen. I Cannot Do This Alone O God, early in the morning I cry to you. Help me to pray And to concentrate my thoughts on you: I cannot do this alone. In me there is darkness, But with you there is light; I am lonely, but you do not leave me; I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help; I am restless, but with you there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience; I do not understand your ways, But you know the way for me Restore me to liberty, And enable me to live now That I may answer before you and before me. Lord, whatever this day may bring,
Your name be praised. amen
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