January 17
Dear God in Heaven, Saint Anthony the Abbot renounced the world to attach himself only to You. I ask for his prayers in my process of growing more in love with You. Help me to deny myself and detach from this world. I also lift up to his prayers all the people I know who are addicted to alcohol, drugs, human relationships, work, money, physical beauty and other enticements of the world. Remove their crutches, Father, so that they fall into Christ’s healing hands. Holy Spirit, make it plainly obvious that everything that is not of You is really harmful and a poor substitute for Divine Love. Saint Anthony, pray for us. Amen.
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Jesus My Lord, Saint Berard was assigned the task of converting the Muslims in Morocco. There, he began preaching in the marketplace, which got him arrested and beaten. When he refused to renounce You, the sultan beheaded him. I seek his intercession for my courage and willingness to go where You lead me and to evangelize according to the Father’s call. Help me to take my focus off of my inadequacies and fears, placing it instead on You and Your love. Protect me from all obstacles, and show me how to keep moving forward into the Father’s arms when I am persecuted for my faith. Saint Berard, pray for me. Amen
Mighty Lord, Saint Paul the hermit was raised with the luxuries of an upper-class family, a good education, and Christian parents. But his life took a dramatic turn at age fifteen when his parents died. To escape persecution, he made the desert his home, survived on fruit and water, wore only leaves for clothes, and spent all his time in prayer. This is what formed him into a saint. O God, I lift up to You all my hardships, that they may bring me closer to You, increase my prayer life and allow You to be the source of all I need. Use everything in my life, both good and bad, to help me grow in holiness. Saint Paul, pray for me. Amen.
Generous God, as a testament of Saint Macrina the elder’s great holiness and loving devotion to family, two of her grandchildren became saints: Basil, whom she raised, and Gregory of Nyssa. I place into her intercession my own grandchildren—be they born or unborn, of my flesh or spiritual. Guard them against financial poverty and the impoverishment of the soul. Pray that I become a better example of the joys of serving You. Let me not teach them anything that is contrary to Your will. Help me to pass down my faith as a legacy that will last them throughout all eternity. Saint Macrina, pray for us. Amen.
Jesus my Lord, Saint Hilary of Poitiers was an avid defender of Your divinity, because many were claiming that You were only human. Increase in me the desire to be a witness of Your Divine Presence in my life. Teach me how to reveal to others that You truly are God, truly are the Savior of the world. In today’s world of New Age heresies, help me defend the truth. I ask the Holy Spirit to give me words that will lead others to conversion with a better understanding of Who Jesus is. Empower me to profess Christ’s divinity with my human life, so that when others look at me they will see Him. Saint Hilary, pray for me. Amen.