The “Offering of Self” Prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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This is a series of Lenten Meditations that coincide with the daily Mass readings, Year 1 if it’s an odd numbered year, and Year 2 if it is an even numbered year. Subscribe and pray the daily Mass readings on Mondays through Saturdays for the Lenten season.
Our daily Lenten meditations take about 15 minutes. They help you prayerfully reflect on the daily Mass readings. Grow in your personal relationship with Jesus every day this Lent through 40 days of mental prayer or during any time of the year. This prayer challenge begins the day after Ash Wednesday and ends on Spy Wednesday. Each meditation will have a link at the bottom for the next day’s meditation. To subscribe for daily email notifications during Lent, click this link: Subscribe
Lenten Meditations (odd numbered years, in ascending order beginning with the Thursday after Ash Wednesday).
This is a series of Lenten Meditations that coincide with the daily Mass readings, Year 1 if it’s an odd numbered year, and Year 2 if it is an even numbered year. Subscribe and pray the daily Mass readings on Mondays through Saturdays for the Lenten season.
Our daily Lenten meditations take about 15 minutes. They help you prayerfully reflect on the daily Mass readings. Grow in your personal relationship with Jesus every day this Lent through 40 days of mental prayer or during any time of the year. This prayer challenge begins the day after Ash Wednesday and ends on Spy Wednesday. Each meditation will have a link at the bottom for the next day’s meditation. To subscribe for daily email notifications during Lent, click this link: Subscribe
I give you my heart. Jesus let me come after you. Let me repent and delight in your law. Let me consent to your will.
Lord, let me see what you see, and hear what you hear. Take away my pride and give me a humble contrite heart.
In today’s Lenten reflection we repent and say, “I have sinned” and move ourselves toward greater holiness by leaving behind sinful habits and following Christ more closely.
This prayer reflects on how to imitate God’s righteousness. Jesus, please teach me holiness through this scripture meditation and how to love them as you do.
As I meditate on the Our Father prayer, I ask you, Lord, to teach me to pray as you wish. Let me understand the meaning and deeply reflect on the words.
Jesus have mercy on me. Judge me as people of Nineveh who repented after Jonah warned them. Jesus, please thoroughly wipe out my guilt and heal me of my shame.
Let us prayerfully reflect on the words of Jesus to the Apostle Peter, to whom he gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven for the sake of our eternal salvation.
Have you lost your faith and turned away from God? In today’s reading we pray, “Jesus help me turn away from all my sinful habits.”
Jesus, from today onward I promise to walk in your ways, to belong to you, to be one of your own. I will love you with all my heart and soul.
A prayerful reflection on God’s holy love; His gifts given in response to our charity— in a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing.
Lord you cleanse me of my scarlet sins and make me white as snow when I am willing to obey you and do your will.
Lord you redeem me and set me free from snares through your Passion, death, and resurrection. Help me imitate you with sacrificial love.
Probe my mind and test my heart Lord. I desire you above all things. Reward me according to your ways; I trust in you.
Jesus my cornerstone, you are the stone that the builders rejected, yet all things came into being through you. In you is life.
This mental prayer contemplates the Eternal Father in the parable of the prodigal son. It also praises the Eternal Father who has also brought me back to life.
I will let go of control. I trust in the Lord and humbly submit this affliction so with faith I will call upon the Lord to heal me.
Lord help me fully forgive those who have done evil things to me. Lord help me be merciful and forgive from my heart.
I will Obey Your Word, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I will teach others to follow you and I will bless your holy name.
Lord, you say every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste. Please bless your Church with unity so we bear good fruit for your kingdom.
Today’s reflection is about loving God with all my heart, all my mind, and all my soul, and seeing him in every person, and loving them for his sake.
Jesus heal me with your love. Be merciful to me a sinner, for I have been humbled. Bind my wounds with your healing touch. Help me love you, I pray.
Lord you preserve me from the stain of sin. I promise to be faithful to you so that you will rescue me from the netherworld.
Do you want to be well? Is the Lord calling you to holiness but you are unwilling or unable to stand up and walk?
Jesus be near to me. In your kindness hear me. Help me know the truth and be guided to obey your will. Give me the gifts of wisdom, humility, and obedience.
I will not forget. Lord, you are the God who saves me. I have been washed clean, forgiven, and redeemed by your Precious Blood.
You are my refuge Lord Jesus Christ. I know you and where you are from. I trust you. Lord deliver me from trouble and rescue me from all distress.
God, you will preserve me from my enemies so I entrust myself to you. My shield and my deliverer, teach me humility and self-abasement.
Jesus you love them. Lord, let me love them too and not throw stones using harsh words and deliberate actions to condemn them. Let me love them like Christ.
Faith in Jesus Christ is never doubting in my impossible situation but hoping against hope that God will answer my prayer and come to my aid.
I will remain in your word, Lord. You promise that when I do this I will know the truth and it will set me free.
Help me keep your word, Lord. You made a covenant with your people and promised we will never see death, or taste it if we keep your word.
Rescue me Lord from the powerful snares of the wicked. I pray to you in distress. My rock, my shield, and my stronghold, help me.
Jesus you will offer your life to save us. After you have done many signs they have decided to kill you in order to save a nation.
Believing in Jesus as Mary Magdalene did while pouring precious nard on his feet. I too am anointing him with my love as I contemplate his Passion and death.
Lord Jesus Christ, Let me never betray you or deny you in life. May I always love and serve you according to your will for me.
Jesus’ prepares for death after the betrayal of Judas with the Last Supper, and this preparation brings forth new life in the Church.
“Let me Turn My Heart More Fully to God” – Join us in our 1st Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Fasting for Jesus with a Humble Heart of Love” – Join us in our 2nd Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Light of Christ Within my Heart, Help Me Love” – Join us in our 3rd Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“I Want to Be Holy and Act with Justice” – Join us in our 4th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Pray to the Lord and Trust in God’s Protection” – Join us in our 5th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Words of Jesus, Convert My Heart From Sin” – Join us in our 6th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“You Will Answer My Prayers Because You Love Me” – Join us in our 7th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“I Will Forgive the Wicked Because You Forgive Me” – Join us in our 8th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“I Want to be Blameless and Walk in Your Ways” – Join us in our 9th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“You Forgive My Iniquities, Let Me Love With Mercy” – Join us in our 10th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Help Me Love Discipline and Quiet Service” – Join us in our 11th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“I Know You are Faithful and Keep Your Promises” – Join us in our 12th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“I Turn My Heart to You and Away From Evil” – Join us in our 13th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Your Sacrifice has Restored me to the Father” – Join us in our 14th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“You Bring My Dead Soul Back to Abundant Life” – Join us in our 15th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“God of Power Over Life and Death, Heal Me” – Join us in our 16th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“I Love to do Your Will for Your Law is In My Heart” – Join us in our 17th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Obedience Makes Us Greatest in Your Kingdom” – Join us in our 18th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Harden My Resolve and Soften My Heart Jesus” – Join us in our 19th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Help Me Take The Right Path and Not Stumble” -Join us in our 20th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“You Want My Humility, Not My Public Sacrifices” -Join us in our 21st Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Faith in Your Words Turns Death into Life” -Join us in our 22nd Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“From the Heart of God Flow Waters of Mercy” – Join us in our 23rd Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Your Works are Holy and Your Ways are Just” – join us in our 24th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“The Intercession of the Saints Makes Your Mercy Flow” – join us in our 25th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“God Delivers the Just from Wicked Schemers” – join us in our 26th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“God Protects Me from the Malice of the Wicked” – join us in our 27th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Testify to the Truth and Be Protected by God” – join us in our 28th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Those Attached to this World Will Die in Their Sin” – join us in our 29th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Jesus Christ, Son of God, Save Us From Eternal Fire” – join us in our 30th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“The Covenant of the Lord is Forever and Ever” – join us in our 31st Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“We Know Jesus is the Son of God” – join us in our 32nd Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Jesus Gathers Us Together to Be as One” – join us in our 33rd Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“From Darkness to Light, Jesus Sets Prisoners Free” – join us in our 34th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“Now the Son of Man is Glorified” – join us in our 35th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“The Betrayal of Jesus for Love of Money” – join us in our 36th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
“The Passover of the Lord is Our Salvation” – join us in our 37th Lenten reflection for Liturgical Year I
