"MY BEDTIME PRAYER"

"HOLY FATHER FORGIVE ME,FOR I AM A SINNER.

IT IS ONLY BY YOUR MERCY, I WILL SEE THE SUN RISE TOMORROW.

FATHER, NEVER MAKE ME SO RICH, I SHOULD FORGET YOU.

OR SO POOR, I SHOULD INSULT YOU.

PLEASE GIVE ME THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, SO I CAN LIVE IN PEACE.

I ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS.

AND FOR THE COMPASSION OF OUR MOTHER MARY.

AMEN."

THE SOL BAND , NEW ORLEANS, LA

PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL-

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,

DEFEND US IN BATTLE.

BE OUR PROTECTION AGAINST THE WICKNESS AND SNARES OF THE DEVIL.

MAY GOD REBUKE HIM, 

WE HUMBLY PRAY,

AND DO THOU, O PRINCE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST,

BY THE DIVINE POWER OF GOD,

CAST INTO HELL SATAN AND ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS

WHO WANDER THIS WORLD SEEKING THE RUIN OF SOULS.

AMEN.


"HAIL MARY

FULL OF GRACE,

THE LORD IS WITH THEE.

BLESSED ART THOU AMONGST WOMEN,

AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS.

HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD,

PRAY FOR US SINNERS.

NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. 

AMEN

THE SHEMA-

 Cover you eyes with your right hand and say:

Hear, O Isreal, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.Recite the following verse in an undertone:

Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.

And it will be, if you will diligently obey My commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, I will give rain for your land at the proper time, the early rain and the late rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be sated. Take care lest your heart be lured away, and you turn astray and worship alien gods and bow down to them. For then the Lord's wrath will flare up against you, and He will close the heavens so that there will be no rain and the earth will not yield its produce, and you will swiftly perish from the good land which the Lord gives you. Therefore, place these words of Mine upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, to speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates - so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them for as long as the heavens are above the earth.

 


The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their Generations, and to attach a thread of blue on the fringe of each corner. They shall be to you as tzizit, and you shall look upon them and remember all the commandments of the Lord and fulfill them, and you will not follow after your heart and after your eyes by which you go astray ,so that you may remember and fulfill all My commandments and be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I, the Lord, am your God. True.

 

SHABBAT EVENING HOME RITUAL-

BLESSED ARE YOU LORD, OUR GOD SOVEREIGN OF THE UNIVERSE 

WHO HAS SANCTIFIED US WITH HIS COMMANDMENTS AND COMMANDED US

TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS OF SHABBAT. AMEN


HINDU MORNING PRAYER

May all in this world be happy, 
may they be healthy, 
may they be comfortable 
and never miserable. 
May the rain come down in the proper time, 
may the earth yield plenty of corn, 
may the country be free from war, 
may the Brahmans be secure.


A HINDU PRAYER FOR PEACE


Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the Real. 
Oh God, lead us from darkness to light. 
Oh God, lead us from death to immortality. 
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all. 
Oh Lord God almighty, may there be peace in celestial regions. 
May there be peace on earth. 
May the waters be appeasing. 
May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all. 
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us. 
May the Vedic Law propagate peace all through the world. 
May all things be a source of peace to us. 
And may thy peace itself bestow peace on all and may that peace come to me also. 


The Lord's Prayer-

Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. 
Thy will be done  
On earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those that trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil. 


Amen.


The Serenity Prayer- 


 

God grant me the serenity 
To accept the things I cannot change and 
The courage to change the things I can 
And wisdom to know the difference. 

Living one day at a time 
Enjoying one moment at a time 
Accepting hardships as the road to peace 
Taking, as He did, this sinful world 
As it is, not as I would have it 
Trusting that He will make all things right 
If I surrender to His Will 
So that I may be peaceful and happy in this life 
And forever with Him in the next. 

 


Amen.



ACT OF CONTRITION

 

O my God, I am heartily sorry for

having offended you, and I detest

all my sins, because of your just punishments,

but most of all because they offend You, my God,

who are all-good and deserving of all my love.

I firmly resolve, with the help of 

Your grace, to sin no more 

and to avoid the near occasion of sin.
 


REFLECTIONS

 " Dare to be Heathcliff, she said. 

So after a gentle puff on my pipe

I responded with a kiss to her cheek"

by H. Thibodeaux




"The Beautiful golden hue of the sun could not burn away my sense of forebode
Though bright and vivid, 
the light held no comfort for me."
by H. Thibodeaux
 
 
 
"Like the smoke from my pipe 
my sins in life may rise up for all to see,
Unlike the smoke, pleasant for none”- H.Thibodeaux
 
 
 
 
"Humid steamy air between the oak trees,
smokey but not aromatic as the smoke from my pipe
still smoke 
suspended in air, 
suspended in time
just as this moment 
of afternoon bliss…"--- H. Thibodeaux

 
 

"I had it, then i lost it,,, before I could put it to words,
its the beauty of the moment,,,,,,the moment,,,
once its lost,,,

its lost forever." -H. Thibodeaux
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Sitting on the porch for so many years,
enjoying the late afternoon breeze.
I watched so many cars, drive by.

setting sun o'er my shoulder,
glowing briar pipe waning,

absolute, 
the time is now
I join,
the flow of traffic." ---H. Thibodeaux 
 
 
 
"It was a strangely peaceful Sunday,
i guess it was because she was resting.
She had no reason,
to worry about tomorrow."------H. Thibodeaux
 
 
 
 
 "I can hold back the tears but I can never hold back the memories,,I fear Time has forgotten me"-----H. Thibodeaux
 
 
 
"The cool breeze carressed my ears, stroked my hair, calmed my soul. I closed my eyes and for a brief moment i was in the most beautiful place in the universe" ----H. Thibodeaux 
 
 
 
 
"Beer is proof God luvs us and wants us to be happy"--The Pork and Pickle Kansas City Airport   
 
 
 
 
"So in my life, this storm, comes peace. In the form and being of a woman"---H. Thibodeaux