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TODAY’S WORD…

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Save me by Your power, O God;
set me free by Your might!
Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to my words!

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– Psalm 54:1-2 (GNT)

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REFLECTION…

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The humble petitioner,

the believing Christian,

pleads with God,

asking to be set free from the bonds of sin,

and knowing that the Lord is lovingly listening.

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PRAYER…

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Save me by Your power, O God;
set me free by Your might!
Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to my words!

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I love You, O Lord my God.

Forgive me, O Lord my God.

Heal me, O Lord my God.

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Amen.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Hear my prayer, O God. Listen to my plea!

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YEAR OF FAITH 2012-2013

FROM THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH…

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The vocabulary of supplication in the New Testament

is rich in shades of meaning:

ask, beseech, plead, invoke, entreat, cry out,

even struggle in prayer.

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Its most usual form, because the most spontaneous, is petition:

by prayer of petition we express awareness of our relationship with God.

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We are creatures who are not our own beginning,

not the masters of adversity,

not our own last end.

We are sinners who, as Christians, know that we have turned away from our Father.

Our petition is already a turning back to Him.

[CCC 2629]

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