Monthly Prayers
Prayer from Scripture
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
-Jude 24-25
Prayer from History
Most sweet and loving Jesus, grant that I may rest in you above every creature, above all health and beauty, above all glory and honor, above all power and dignity, above all joy and exultation, above all fame and praise, above all sweetness and consolation, above all hope and promise, above all gifts and presents which you are able to bestow, above all joy and gladness which the mind is capable of receiving and feeling; finally, above angels and archangels, and above all the host of heaven, above all things visible and invisible, and above all that falls short of yourself, my God. Whatever you give or reveal or promise me apart from yourself, is too small and unsatisfying if I cannot see you in it. For surely my heart cannot truly rest or be content unless it rests in you. Amen.
- Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471)