Aug 28, 2004
{Used at daughter’s school mass in May of 2000} Prayers of the Faithful The response will be “Lord, hear our prayer.” For Father Art, Bishop Mansell, John Paul our pope, and all the clergy and religious … we pray to the Lord. For the leaders of...
Aug 28, 2004
{written for Confirmation Mass for my students at SS. Peter & Paul RCC (Depew, NY) in April of 1998 and used again in 1999 and 2000} PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Our response will be “Come Holy Spirit; guide us through life” (1) That we may receive the strength to...
Aug 28, 2004
{Confirmation class, Collaborative prayer by students, Feb.1998} Lord: Help me to get through the hard times and give me the strength to survive. Give me the light to help me see others as they are and help us to understand them as we would like to be understood....
Aug 25, 2004
{The woman whose funerary service I wrote this for was my wife’s aunt – someone I was proud and blessed to call family. She was someone I could hug, and I miss her today. Playing this special role for her family meant a lot to me, and I had never done such...
Aug 25, 2004
{Here are some personal prayers I wrote:} Lord of the Harvest, who gives to each of us as we have sown, bring my labors to fruition. Compel by your hand those things which I cannot, to assist me in all my efforts, which I offer back to you as a testament to your...