Treasured Prayers

Gracious and Loving God, you alone are my source of peace. I praise you for the gift of your son, Jesus, who brings light and hope to my days. May your Holy Spirit inspire me to be a sign of kindness and understanding in a world full of strife. Help me to always live in…

Oh Mary, I come to your motherly heart to look for love, light, strength, support and peace. I offer myself to your power, confide in your wisdom, I surrender to your mercy. Mother of God, you can help me.  Hail Mary… Mother of God, you know how much I need you.  Hail Mary… My Mother, I surrender to your maternal…

Gracious God, I thank you for the gift of life. In these times when blessings are sometimes hard to find, give me the grace to be aware of your loving presence, especially when I am anxious. Help me to embrace each moment as an opportunity to see your goodness reflected in my life and in…

Over the years, SOAR! has collected words of wisdom from many of the aging Catholic religious helped by your goodness and generosity. This Advent, we will be sharing some of these reflections on our blog. “My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior…The Lord has done great things for me.”  The most difficult but most essential…

Over the years, SOAR! has collected words of wisdom from many of the aging Catholic religious helped by your goodness and generosity. This Advent, we will be sharing some of these reflections on our blog. Listen to the Word of the Lord in your heart, and you will find great joy. Sister Marie Beha, OSC…

Over the years, SOAR! has collected words of wisdom from many of the aging Catholic religious helped by your goodness and generosity. This Advent, we will be sharing some of these reflections on our blog. All my life I’ve had a running dialogue with God: “Why don’t you give me time to carry out all…

A reflection for the first week of Advent.

Merciful God, each of us is precious in your sight. Help us to see Your face in the young and the old, in the suffering and lonely. Give us the grace to share our gifts with those in need. May our prayers and good works reflect Your love for all and be signs of our…

Come, Holy Spirit, hurry here As rain upon our parched hearts pour, Our vacant spaces fill and fire. Breathe Your Spirit-Breath as sigh, Glut our hollows, heaping high, To be our freeway through the sky, Lest we weaken, faint, or fly. Surround us, seize us, carry us, Flame us, forge us, furious, Hear us, help…

Give thanks to God for creation’s bounty, for the beauty of earth and sky. Give thanks to God for family and friends, may the Lord bless us with understanding. Give thanks to God whose generous mercy helps us be people of compassion. Give thanks to God whose love is forever and whose Living Word brings…