St. Jude Prayer for Advent

Lord Jesus,

Your power is infinite, your glory, everlasting.

Quietly you come as a tiny baby.

Ready my heart for the miracle of your birth.

Bring light to this dark world waiting silentely for your warmth in the coldness of the night.

Waiting is itself your gift, animating my heart with anticipation.

Bless me with needed patience and faithful discipline to prayerfully prepare to welcome and greet you.

St Jude, eternal hope, let your holiness flow into me.

May Christmas joy and burning love take root in me and grow until they bloom on Christmas Day to carry joy to the world and inspire hope to renew the face of the earth.

Amen.

Soruce: The National Shrine of St. Jude

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Oh, God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungery;

When I have work, help me to remember the jobless;

When I have a warm home, help me to remember the homeless;

When I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer;

And remembering, help me to destroy my complacency and bestir my compassion.

Make me concerned enough to help, by word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted.

-- Samuel F. Pugh

Source: Salesian Missions