Prayers for Light and Against Temptations

These are prayers I gathered from Our Daily Bread (maroon book) and I thought it best to share as it proved to be really helpful especially during my spiritual slack time (a.k.a had a surge of retail therapy when in the end of it all, prayer was all that counted and mattered....we never learn as soon as we need to...yup, another repeat aha moment for those of us who remain embattled ....) I hope by sharing it, I get to redeem someone, short of redeeming myself in the process....thank God its payday today.



Prayer for Light

Enlighten me, O good Jesus, with the brightness of eternal light, and let all darkness depart from my heart. Let me see through my wandering thoughts and help me to replace them with good, healthy thinking. Defend me against the evil beasts that come to me in the shape of attractive desires. Bestow on me true interior peace through Your power, so that Your praise may echo within my soul as in a holy temple. Command the tempests and the storms. Say to the sea "Be still" Call to the raging wind "Blow not". And there shall be a great calm within my soul. Amen


Prayer Against Temptations

O Lord, my God, do not depart far from me. Please look upon me and help me. Evil thoughts have risen up against me and great fears afflict my soul. How am I to pass on without being harmed by them? Show me how I may crush them? You have said " I will go before you and will humble the great ones of the earth. I will open the gates of the prison and will make known to you hidden secrets."

Dear Lord, do as You say and let all wicked thoughts and desires flee before Your face. Amen