Shrine Prayers
Shrine Prayers Guild Prayer
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Father Mercer’s Prayer
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Joseph’s Hands
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Invitation
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Mary’s Bread
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Thanksgiving
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Succure miseris
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vigilare
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Prayer of st augustine
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Guild Prayer
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ur Lady of Guisborough, As the hills shelter our town, So may our lives be wrapped in your mantle of prayer; And thus warmed and protected May we love and serve others.
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Father Mercer’s Prayer
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ay Our Lady of Guisborough In her own town, Once more become The Glory of Cleveland. Blessed are You, the Lord our God Whose Name is magnified through Mary.
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Joseph’s Hands
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ive us hands like Joseph’s hands, To protect the Church, To mend the World, To build our Community, To nurse the Sick, And bury the Dead. A glove to warm your hand, As you hold out your Son To cold hands and hearts.
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Invitation to Mary’s Bread
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e hear your voice, O Mary, Calling us home. You invite us to share your Bread, To receive Holy Communion, To give alms to the poor, And hospitality to the pilgrim. Our Lady of the Eucharist, Pray for us. Mother of the Poor’ Pray for us. Friend of the Pilgrim Pray for us.
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Mary’s Bread
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ur Lady of Guisborough, You are the Flower of the Field. We are the wheat. Direct us toward the Sun of Righteousness, To life and growth. Mother who baked the bread That sustained the Bread of Life, Transform us in the consuming heat Of your loving heart, That the bread we offer, And the Bread we receive, May become one.
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Thanksgiving
O
ur Lady of Guisborough, We join you in thanks For Bethlehem’s bread And Cana’s wine; For giver and gift Jesus Christ our Eucharist.
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Succure miseris
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oly Mary, help those in need. Give strength to the weak, Comfort the sorrowful, Pray for God’s people, Assist the clergy, Intercede for monks and nuns. May all who seek your help Experience your unfailing protection.
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vigilare
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atch thou, dear Lord, With those who wake, Or watch, or weep tonight, And give thine angels charge Over those who sleep. Tend thy sick ones, lord Christ. Rest thy weary ones. Bless thy dying ones. Soothe thy suffering ones. Pity thy afflicted ones. Shield thy joyous ones. And all, for thy love’s sake.
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Prayer of st augustine
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Thou, who art the light Of the minds that know thee; The life of the souls that love thee; And the strength of the wills that serve thee; Help us so to know thee That we may truly love thee; So to love thee that we may fully serve thee, Whom to serve is perfect freedom.