Card Project Grade 8 - Knights of Columbus District 16

District 16 Prayer Card Project
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GRADE EIGHT

"Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love"

God's spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and selfcontrolled.
There is no law against behaving in any of these ways. And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires. God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit. Galatians 5(22-25)

Fruits of the Spirit
Charity - Loving God and freely giving love to anyone who needs it.
Peace - Creating a bridge between God, others and yourself
Joy - Responding to life in a positive way.
Kindness - Taking care of the goodness inside everyone.
Goodness - Loving what is right.
Patience - Being able to wait and hope.
Long-Suffering - Knowing that tough times and dreams are worth the effort.
Gentleness - Going easy on yourself and others.
Faith - Believing that God will always be there.
Truthfulness - Facing yourself and others honestly.
Self-Control - Centering your life on God's loving direction.
Chastity - Respecting the power and the beauty of faithfulness and sexuality.

GOD CALLS US ALL TO BE HOLY AND SERVE THE CHURCH EACH IN OUR OWN WAY. SOME ARE CALLED TO SERVE AS LEADERS TO BRING US THE SACRAMENTS AND BE EXAMPLES OF HOLINESS TO US. WE NEED THESE LEADERS AND SO WE PRAY:

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Jesus, High Priest and Redeemer forever, we beg You to call young men and women to your service as priests and religious. May they be inspired by the lives of dedicated priests, brothers and sisters. Give to parents the grace of generosity and trust toward you and their children so that their sons and daughters may be helped to choose their vocations in life with wisdom and freedom. Lord, You told us that the "Harvest indeed is great but the laborers are few. Pray, therefore, the Lord of the Harvest to send laborers into His harvest." We ask that we may know and follow the vocation to which you have called us. We pray particularly for those called to serve as priests, brothers and sisters; those whom You have called, those You are calling now and those You will call in the future. May they be open and responsive to the call of serving Your people. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord - Amen

Vocations are a gift from God and they are born in communities of faith, above all in the family, the parish, Catholic schools and other church organizations. Pope John Paul II, Jan. 1999

"Whatsover you do to the least of my brethren you do to Me" Matt. 25[40]

ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ARE ASKED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD, BRINGING LOVE TO OTHERS.
MOTHER TERESA WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A PERSON, WHO DID AS JESUS ASKED AND LOVED GOD WITH HER WHOLE HEART, SOUL, MIND AND BODYAND LOVED HER NEIGHBOUR AS HERSELF".. SEE MATT. 22(34) "THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT"
DURING HER LIFE SHE DID CONSTANT ACTS OF MERCY.

The Chief Corporal Works of Mercy
To feed the hungry.
To give drink to the thirsty.
To clothe the naked.
To visit the imprisoned.
To shelter the homeless.
To visit the sick.
To bury the dead.

The Chief Spiritual Works of Mercy
To admonish the sinner.
To instruct theignorant.
To counsel the doubtful.
To comfort the sorrowful.
To bear wrongs patiently.
To forgive all injuries.
To pray for the living and the dead.

May the love the Joy and the Peace that Jesus Mary and Joseph shared, fill your heart and home

SAINTS ARE THOSE WHO RECOGNIZE GOD'S GREAT LOVE FOR THEM AND ACT ACCORDINGLY IN SPITE OF THE DIFFICULTIES.
ST. JOSEPH, FOSTER FATHER OF JESUS, LISTENED TO GOD SPEAKING TO HIM AND LIVED HIS LIFE SERVING HIM WITH PATIENCE, KINDNESS, COURAGE AND OBEDIENCE AS HE CARED FOR GOD'S SON AND HIS MOTHER, MARY.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY FAMILY FOR OUR FAMILY
O Dear Jesus, I humbly implore you to grant you special graces to our family.
May our home be a place of peace, purity, love, labour and faith.
I beg you Dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us, absent and present, living and dead.
O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus and our Mother, pray to Jesus for our family, for all the families of the world, to watch over the cradle of the newborn, the schools of the young and their vocations.
Blessed St. Joseph, Holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life.
Ask of Jesus that special grace which he granted you, to watch over our home at the pillow of the sick and the dying, so that with Mary and with You, Heaven may find our family unbroken in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Jesus offers us the forgiveness of our sins which are the result of ot following the Ten Commandments ...

In the sacrament of reconciliation, Jesus offers us the forgiveness of our sins, which are the result of not following the Ten Commandments ...
These commandments are a gift because they tell us how to live so that we will be happy on earth and then live eternally with God in heaven...
If we keep the commandments, we are in union with Jesus.
"We can be sure that we know God only by keeping his commandments." 1 John 2(3)

The Ten Commandments
1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Precepts of the Church
1. Assist at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation.
2. Fast and abstain on the days appointed.
3. Confess your sins at least once a year.
4. Receive Holy Communion during the Easter time.
5. Contribute to the support of the Church.
6. Observe the laws of the Church concerning marriage.

`I AM THE LIVING BREAD WHICH HAS COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN ANYONE WHO EATS THIS BREAD WILL LIVE FOREVER; AND THE BREAD THAT I GIVE IS MY FLESH FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD ... JOHN 6(51)

Prayer After Communion ...by Saint Elizabeth Seton
Unite me to yourself, 0 adorable victim. Life-giving, heavenly bread, feed me sanctify me - reign in me - transform me to yourself; live in me - let me live in You.
Let me adore You in Your life-giving sacrament as my God, listen to You as my master, obey You as my king, imitate You as my model, follow You as my shepherd, love You as my father, seek You as my physician who will heal all the illnesses of my soul.
Be indeed - my way, truth and life. Sustain me 0 heavenly manna, through the desert of this world until I shall behold You, unveiled in your glory ... Amen

"I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE" John 6[34]

"THINK OF THE LOVE GOD LAVISHED ON US BY LETTING US BE CALLED GOD'S CHILDREN, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE"
1 John 3[1]

We are all God's children on this earth, and he loves us - equally.
"See, I will not forget you, .. I have carved you on the palm of my hand,. I have called you by name .. You are mine You are precedes to me - l love you .. (lsaiah)
Pray for people to respect life from the beginning to the end.

Prayer to Respect Life
Heavenly Father, You created. mankind in your own image and You do not want anyone to perish, not even the least among us.
In your love for us, You entrusted Your only Son to the Virgin Mary
Now, in Your love, protect all the weak, young or old, sick and unborn, against the wickedness of the evil one.
Bless all those who defend the rights of the unborn, the poor, the handicapped and the aged.
Help those who do not value the gift of life to learn the truth that you have taught us so that they may care for and respect all people.
Help us to be people of love and merry, kindness and caring.
We ask all this in Jesus' name. Amen

SONG OF SONGS
For it was you who created my being, knit me together in my mother's womb. I thank you for the wonder of my being, for the wonders of all creation

Jesus suffered and died for you and for all people that we might get to Heaven. Please pray for those who do not believe in Him, that God might pardon their sins.

Pardon Prayer
My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love Thee! I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust and do not love Thee. (Say three times)
Prayers for sinners given at Fatima
0 Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly, I offer Thee the most precious body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which he is offended.
By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners.
Keep in mind that it was in God's own image that you were created. Each soul is God's favorite, He chooses some but only to reach others.

God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life. John 3[16]

[See Luke 1] All generations will call me blessed, because God has looked upon his lowly handmaid. My soul proclaims the greatness of The Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour [Luke 1:46,47]

Jesus said "Anyone who believes in Me, even though he dies like everyone else, shall live again, he (or she) is given eternal life for believing in Me" John 11, (25,26)
The Mother of God, Mary, had total devotion and faith in her son Jesus, she is now in heaven, able to intercede (go to her son for us) for your needs and she prays for us continually. Consecrate yourself to her care and she will guide you in the ways of Jesus.

Act of Consecration to the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and tender Mother of all people, I consecrate myself to you and to your Immaculate Heart, and recommend to you my family, my country, and the whole human race.
Please accept my consecration, dearest Mother, and use me as you wish, to accomplish your designs upon the world.
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth, rule over me and teach me how to allow the heart of Jesus to rule and triumph in me and around me as it has ruled and triumphed in you. Amen.
(Pope Pius XII asked for the renewal of the Consecration to the Immaculate Heart ofMary, every year on May 31st - ad coeli Reginam.)

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, My beloved, the favorite of My soul." Matt. 12(18)
"The spirit of the Lord has been given to Me." Luke 4(18)
God gives us His Spirit so that we can be his apostles in the world and reach out to others, continuing the works of Jesus.

PRAYER FOR CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION
Loving God, you called us each by name and gave your only Son to redeem us. In your faithfulness, you sent the Holy Spirit to complete the mission of Jesus among us.
Open our hearts to Jesus. Give us the courage to speak his name to those who are close to us and the generosity to share his love with those who are far away.
We pray that every person throughout the world be invited to know and love Jesus as Savior and Redeemer. May they come to know his unsurpassing love. May that love transform every element of our society.
We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.

"I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD; HE WHO FOLLOWS ME WILL NOT BE WALKING IN THE DARK; HE WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE" John 8[12]

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