The first priority in Archbishop Mark’s Apostolic Priorities for the Archdiocese of Brisbane, documented in With Lamps Ablaze, is Teaching Prayer. He says, “Often we urge people to pray but don’t really teach them how to pray… Now is the time to teach ways of prayer which are mature and all-embracing. Christian prayer begins not with speaking but with listening; and learning to pray is therefore learning to listen – to listen even to the silences of God. If all we do is speak, then in the words of Jesus we “babble like the pagans” (Matt 6:7). But if we speak after listening and in response to God who always has the first word, then we speak according to the mind of the Holy Spirit. That’s what we need to teach and learn. In the Gospel of Mark, we read that Jesus called the twelve apostles to himself, first of all, “that they might be with him” (3:14). This is where the mission starts: being with Jesus, which is what prayer is.”
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This week, we invite you to join us and seminarians, Grant and Gabriel, from Holy Spirit Seminary as they lead us in a litany of trust. Together, we ask Jesus to help us to let go of our fears and worries that may be holding us back from fully trusting in His love, peace, and presence during difficult times. Let us seek His strength, forgiveness, and guidance, and let us keep our faith in His love that will overcome any fears or anxieties we may have. So, let’s pray.
- Finding Peace in Faith: A Litany of Trust
Finding Peace in Faith: A Litany of Trust
Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane
Hello, I’m Grant and I’m Gabriel, and we are seminarians currently at Holy Spirit Seminary. We invite you to pray with us this litany of trust, which names the fears, worries, and refusals we struggle with that hold us back from placing our complete trust in Jesus. Let’s pray.In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That Your love goes deeper than my failings and transforms me.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That my anxieties about what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That as my restless spirit tries to find comfort in worldly things You provide true peace.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That your love is greater than my fears and insecurities.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That You are with me in my suffering.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That when I feel discouraged and hopeless, You lift me up with the promise of eternal life.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That You always hear me, and in Your goodness always respond to me.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That You give forgive me and help me to forgive others.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That You give me all the strength I need to face each day ahead.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That You will teach me to trust You.
Jesus, I trust in you.
That You are my Lord and my God.
Jesus, I trust in you.In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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