Existing Opening Prayers (1.3)

26 January 2007

"We don't know what to do! We want to start the meeting with prayers but what can we use? How do we start?..."

Be assured you are already praying suitable prayers and have not realised it.
Try this.

1.
Sign

2.
Let us glorify and praise you O Lord.

Our Father in heaven....
Hail Mary......

3.
(Prayer Before A Day's Work)*
Direct, we beg you, O Lord, our actions by your holy inspirations,
and carry them on by your gracious assistance,
that every prayer and work of ours
may begin always with you,
and through you be happily ended.
Amen.

OR

(end of Morning Prayers)*
Father,
may everything we do
begin with your inspiration
and continue with your saving help.
Let our work always find its origin in you
and through you reach completion.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

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*prayers are from the
Handbook Of Prayers
A complete Treasury of Prayers and Order of Mass
(third edition)
ed.: Fr. Charles Belmonte & Fr. James Socias
Aletheia Foundation, Inc. , Manila
Nihil obstat: Josefino S. Ramirez, Vicar General
Imprimatur: Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila