Our Weekly Prayer Moment will begin shortly.
Please keep our prayer time reflective and holy by keeping your audio on mute during our moment.
Thank you for praying with us this week.
Come Holy Spirit!
Fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love,
send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray:
R: O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit,
did instruct the hearts of the faithful,
grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in his consolation.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
Today’s Good News Reminder
Mark 13
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.
It is like the man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all:
“Watch!”
Reflection
In another place in the gospel, Jesus tells us that we do not know the day nor the hour when He will come. He says that He will come like a thief in the night.
Today’s gospel is an apt reminder for our first Sunday of Advent. We can look at His warning to us with great consolation. Rather than being concerned because we do not know when He will come, our Advent season is specifically designed to help us prepare for Christmas Day.
We know when that day will come, and with the whole Church we will be counting down the next 4 weeks with full awareness and anticipation.
Our excitement for that Christmas encounter with our Lord does mean we have some responsibility. And that’s why we should hear Jesus saying: “Be watchful! Be alert!”
He is excited four our Christmas meeting. And he is telling us we have time to make ourselves ready!
This is our GOOD NEWS!
Let us continue our PRAYER MOMENT with petitions and praise.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for
Our Chesterton school community, our administration, our teachers, and our families
R: Continue to shower Your love upon them.
Please watch over us this week, as we work to form students who are intellectually strong and who grow ever closer to You in faith.
For this we pray.
R: Lord, hear us.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for
Our school’s home at Sacred Heart of Jesus parish, and for the parish’s family
R: Continue to shower Your love upon them.
Please bless all they endeavor to undertake in Your Holy Name.
For this we pray.
R: Lord, hear us.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for
Our Faith Partners, our friends who raise up our school in their prayers to You
R: Continue to shower Your love upon them.
Please send your angels to comfort them, guide them, and inspire them. We offer you their intentions this evening. Grant their requests in accordance with Your holy will.
For this we pray.
R: Lord, hear us.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for
Our benefactors who generously give their time, talent, and treasure to our school
R: Continue to shower Your love upon them.
Please be with them in all they do and draw them ever closer to You.
For this we pray.
R: Lord, hear us.
Heavenly Father, please bless us this week as we:
- Continue our remote learning program due to COVID lockdowns
- Work to share Chesterton Academy’s unique experience with other families
- Work towards a successful Giving Tuesday campaign
- And for all other work being done to benefit Chesterton Academy of Buffalo
For these we pray.
R: Lord, hear us.
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Please join me in praying our prayers of praise.
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I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous deeds.
I will delight and rejoice in you;
I will sing hymns to your name, Most High.
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Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Dear Jesus,
Thank you for bringing us together for this PRAYER MOMENT. Bless and heal all who are affected by our challenging times, and send your comfort and peace to our school families.
Help us to be watchful during this Advent season as we ready our hearts for our Christmas encounter with you.
And be with all of us as we prepare for the challenges and the joys we will face this coming week.
We ask all of this: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you for taking this moment to pray with us. Please join us again next week for
Sunday 650
Chesterton Academy of Buffalo’s Weekly Prayer Moment
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