PRAYER ON ASH WEDNESDAY
Jesus, in honor of the forty days
you spent in the desert praying and fasting,
we begin this season of Lent.
During this time of good works, prayer, and sacrifice
may we prepare our hearts, souls, minds and bodies for the feast of your Resurrection.
May we follow in your footsteps
as we journey with you to Jerusalem.
At each Mass that we participate in during this Lent,
may we be reminded of the Last Supper
and your gift of Eucharist.
May we continue with you
accepting those challenges that come our way.
May we stay with Mary
as she stands by your Cross.
We ask you to forgive us our faults
and thank you for the sacrifice you have made for us.
Grant us, O God, the perseverance
to strive each day of this season of Lent
to become the person you created us to be.
May our preparation for Easter
make us one with you the Risen Christ on Easter
and every day of our lives. Amen.
Tags: Ash Wednesday, ashes, Lent, Prayer, prayer life
I am praying for a mcarile cure for my severe gum recession and for my three back teeth. If this is not God’s will, then at least halt the recession permanently, do not let the gums bleed or thin out, forever stop any more shifting and/or loosening and/or spacing of my teeth, let there be no tooth decay and no recurrence of the gum disease. (I had periodentitis.) As far as the back teeth are concerned, I fervently pray that the worst-case scenario with them is that they require refilling. One of these teeth is almost all filling with just this thin strip of real tooth on the side. I pray that if it is needed, my dentist is able to refill that tooth. I am begging God that I do not lose a single tooth and that my teeth do not get all funny looking and sticking out. I also am begging God it costs me nothing to not that much money in order for me to be able to keep all my teeth. Amen.