Blessed Virgin Mary

We pray together using a morning offering and devotional prayers, then listen to Saint Cyprian explain why Jesus gives us a prayer that is brief, complete, and easy to learn. We reflect on how Christ not only teaches prayer but lives it through his own intercession, and we end by asking God to guide us in truth and strengthen us by grace. 
• opening prayers and a full daily offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary 
• Saint Cyprian on the Lord’s Prayer as a complete summary of Christian life 
• Jesus gathering all people and teaching saving doctrine with divine brevity 
• the greatest commandments and the Golden Rule as prayer’s moral backbone 
• Christ’s example of prayer and his intercession for Peter and for all believers 
• unity with God and unity with one another as a core aim of Christian prayer 
• a closing prayer for guidance, mercy, and the help of grace 
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Transcript

Opening Invocation And Offering

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Blessed Virgin Mary, in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. 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. O my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

Saint Cyprian On The Lord’s Prayer

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From a treatise on the Lord's Prayer by Saint Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr. Dear friends, why does the fact that God has taught us such a prayer as this astonish us? Did he not express all of our prayers in his own words of life? Indeed, this was already foretold by Isaiah. Filled with the Holy Spirit, he spoke of the majesty and fidelity of God. The Lord will speak a final brief word of justice, a word throughout the world. Our Lord Jesus Christ came for all mankind. He gathered together male and female, the learned and the unlearned, the old and the young, and taught them his saving doctrine. He did not want his disciples to be burdened by memorizing his teaching, he made a complete summary of his commands, such as was necessary for a trusting faith, and could be quickly learned. Thus he summarized his teaching on the mystery of eternal life and its meaning with an admirable, divine brevity. And eternal life is this, to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent. Again, in quoting the first and the greatest precept of the law and the prophets, he spoke in the same way Listen, Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. The second is like it, you must love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depends all that is contained in the law and the prophets. On another occasion the Lord said, Always treat others as you would like them to treat you. That is the meaning of the law and the prophets.

Jesus Prays For Our Faith

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God taught us to pray not only by his words, but also by his actions. He taught us by his own example, for he often prayed on our behalf. The Scripture says, He withdrew to the wilderness and prayed. And again he went into the hills to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. Was the sinless Lord praying for himself? No, he was praying and interceding on our behalf. He explained this to Peter. Behold, Satan demanded that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. Later on he prayed to the Father for everyone. I am not praying for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their preaching, that they may be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us. God loves us for the sake of our salvation. He is generous towards us. He is not satisfied with redeeming us by his blood, he also prays to the Father on our behalf. Consider the love exemplified in that prayer. The Father and the Son are one. We too are to abide in that oneness.

Trust, Guidance, And Closing Prayers

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To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. I trust in you, O my God. Let me not be put to shame. Guide me in the way of your truth and teach me, for you are my saving God, and I hope in you all day long. I trust in you, O my God. Let me not be put to shame. O God, strength of those who have hope in you, graciously hear our pleas, and since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace, that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen. All that I have, and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother, amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

How To Keep Growing With Christeros

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If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Christeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app in Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theChristeros.org.