Sunday

Genesis 3:16  To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply your pain and your groaning, and in pain you shall bring forth children. Your recourse will be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.”  Then to Adam He said, “Because you heeded the voice of your wife, and ate from the one tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground in your labors. In toil you shall eat from it all the days of your life.  Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground from which you were taken. Earth you are, and to earth you shall return.”

WE share in the punishment of Adam and Eve in our daily lives as well as that we merit through our actions.  The season of Lent is a change for us to repent and gain God’s Grace.

Prayer:  Having risen from sleep I hasten to Thee, O Lord, Lover of men, and by Thy loving-kindness I strive to do Thy work, and I pray to Thee:  help me at all times, in everything, and deliver me from every evil thing of the world and every attack of the devil, and lead me into Thine eternal Kingdom. For Thou art my Creator, the Giver and Provider of everything good, and all my hope is in Thee, and to Thee I send up glory, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.  Amen.
*Prayer for the next day’s morning

Monday
But You, our God, are kind, true, patient, And govern all things in mercy. 2For even if we sin, we belong to You and know Your might; But we will not sin, Because we know that we are counted as belonging to You. For to know You is complete righteousness, And to know Your might is the root of immortality. – Wisdom of Solomon 15:1-3

Prayer:  Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace good will among men.

Tuesday

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And this was my reward from all my labor.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun. – Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

Prayer:   Blessed by the name of the Lord from henceforth and forever more.

 

Wednesday

To make it known that one must get up before sunrise To give You thanks, And to intercede before You at the dawning of the light. For the hope of an unthankful man will melt like the wintry frost And flow away like useless water.   – Wisdom of Solomon 18:28:29

Prayer:   May the Strength of God guide us. May the Power of God preserve us.
May the Wisdom of God instruct us. May the Hand of God protect us.
May the Way of God direct us. May the Shield of God defend us.
May the Angels of God guard us. – Against the snares of the evil one.
Prayer for the Faithful of St. Patrick Part 1

 

Thursday
My son, help your father in his old age, And do not grieve him in his life; And if his understanding fails, be considerate, And do not dishonor him in your prime. For kindness to a father will not be forgotten, And it will be credited to you instead of your sins. It will be remembered in the day of your affliction; Thus your sins will melt away like frost in warm weather. – Book of Sirach 3:12-15v

Prayer:  Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3X)

Friday
But You are merciful to all, for You can do all things; And You overlook the sins of men to bring them to repentance. For You love all the things that exist, And You detest nothing of the things You made; For You would not even make anything You hated. How could anything continue to exist unless You willed it? – Wisdom of Solomon 11:23-25

Prayer:   May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

 

Saturday
Flee from sin as you would from the presence of a snake, For if you approach it, it will bite you; Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, destroying the souls of men. All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword, For there is no healing from its wound. – Book of Sirach 21:2-3

Prayer:  O my God I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all-good and worthy of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.
*Act of Contrition