In the name of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. I thank You, O God, for the countless graces, gifts, and blessings that You have once again granted to me, Your ungrateful child. Thousands of my fellow human beings You have called away from this world during the hours of the past night in their sins and have brought them before Your strict judgment. But to me, You have again given life today and, with it, a new period of grace given to me to improve my life and to gather merits for eternity.
Truly, it would be ungrateful of me if I were to disregard this great grace and let the newly given time pass unused for my soul’s salvation. I therefore firmly resolve to spend this day with Your grace in such a way that all my efforts and labors may be dedicated to Your praise and glory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer to God the Father
Holy Father, eternal God! To You, I lift up my waking heart and mind and offer it to You. I unite all my thoughts, words, and deeds, all the sufferings and joys of this day with the most holy love of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and in everything I want nothing other than to seek Your highest honor and Your pleasure. I want to be, O gracious Father, like a devout, grateful child, willing and diligent in all things. Strengthen and empower, O kind Father, this my firm resolve, and grant me the ability to accomplish it as well. Amen.
Prayer to God the Son
My most holy Redeemer, Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior! At the beginning of this day, I offer to You all my inclinations, desires, and wishes and dedicate them entirely to You. With a sincere heart, I want to observe Your holy commandments, fulfill my duties in life faithfully as a true Christian. May my whole life be a sacrifice to Your infinite love, which moved You to leave the joys of heaven and to endure the most bitter death on the cross for me. Bless and strengthen also my resolve, so that in faithful observance of Your commandments, I may reach my eternal goal, and may You one day be my inexpressible reward. Amen.
Prayer to God the Holy Spirit
Come, O Holy Spirit, with Your grace to assist all my works; purify and rule the intentions of my heart; teach and enlighten me to recognize the most holy will of God at all times and to follow it with childlike obedience, so that I may walk in Christian righteousness before You and avoid every offense and desire for evil. May I feel aversion toward all falsehood, impurity, pride, lies, vanity, greed, envy, and all that You, Holy Spirit, Spirit of love and truth, despise. Amen.
Offering
In union with all the works, sufferings, and merits of Jesus Christ, His holy, Virgin Mother Mary, Saint Joseph, with the acts of penance, sufferings, and merits of all the saints, I offer all my works of this day and my entire life to the praise and glory of the Triune God, for the veneration of all saints, in atonement for my sins, for the conversion of sinners and unbelievers, for the spread and salvation of our Holy Catholic Church, for the comfort of the poor souls in purgatory, so that in all things and above all, the most holy will of God may be recognized, honored, and sanctified. Amen.
Daily Covenant with the Mother of Perpetual Help
Exalted Mother of my Lord and Savior, who, beneath the Cross of Your divine Son, also became my Mother, and who has already shown Yourself countless times as the Mother of Perpetual Help, I beseech You, for the sake of the love You bear for all humanity and for the sake of the sufferings and pains that You endured for us and even for me, to show Yourself also as my Mother in all concerns and needs of this day. Help me through Your powerful intercession at the throne of eternal mercy, so that I may receive the grace to walk in the sight of God this day, to avoid the pitfalls of the evil enemy, the temptations of the world, and all desires for earthly pleasures due to the frailty of human nature.
For this, I pledge with all my strength to honor You, my dear Mother of Perpetual Help, and to spread devotion to You. – O Queen of Heaven, bless and strengthen this sacred bond for my life and eternity. Amen.
... to overcome the temptations that the desires of the flesh prepare for me.
— For this, I pledge that I will strive with all my strength to honor Your glory among my fellow humans and to promote and spread devotion to You, our Mother of Perpetual Help. — O Eternal Father in Heaven, bless and strengthen this holy bond for my salvation in time and eternity. Amen.
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