Prayer for Strength

O Lord,

In this time of need, strengthen me. You are my strength and my
shield; You are my refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. I know, Father, that Your eyes go to and fro throughout
the earth to strengthen those whose hearts long for You. The body
grows weary, but my hope is in You to renew my strength.

I do not fear, for You are with me.

I am not dismayed or overwhelmed, for You are my God. I know
You will strengthen me and help me; that You will uphold me with
Your righteous hand. Even as the shadows of illness cover me, I
feel the comfort of Your strength, O Lord.

Amen.

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Prayer for Workers

O glorious Joseph! Who concealed your incomparable and regal
dignity of custodian of Jesus and of the Virgin Mary under the
humble appearance of a craftsman and provided for them with
your work, protect with loving power your sons, especially
entrusted to you.

You know their anxieties and sufferings, because you yourself
experienced them at the side of Jesus and of His Mother. Do not
allow them, oppressed by so many worries, to forget the purpose
for which they were created by God. Do not allow the seeds of
distrust to take hold of their immortal souls. Remind all the
workers that in the fields, in factories, in mines, and in scientific
laboratories, they are not working, rejoicing, or suffering alone,
but at their side is Jesus, with Mary, His Mother and ours, to
sustain them, to dry the sweat of their brow, giving value to their
toil. Teach them to turn work into a very high instrument of
sanctification as you did. Amen.

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Prayer for the Sick

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the sick, we turn to you
in this time of illness. O dearest comforter of the troubled,
alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant
us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we
place our worries in your hands. We place our sick under your
care and humbly ask that you restore your servant to health
again. Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge your will and
know that whatever you do, you do for the love of us. Amen.

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A Fisherman's Prayer

God grant that I may live
To fish until my dying day.
And when it comes
to my last cast
I then most humbly pray.
When in the Lord's
safe landing net
I'm peacefully asleep,
That in His mercy I be judged
Good enough to keep.

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A Prayer For Dealing With Anger

Gracious God, sometimes anger seems so near to the surface of my life.
An unwelcome word, the remembrance of a past hurt, a disappointment
I had not expected, can make my emotions swirl with the force of a
small cyclone. Sometimes, me heart feels hot, my nerves feel edgy,
my mind feels like lit dynamite. Ans sometimes, I just turn silent, go
inward, cut myself off from anything and anyone that could ease the
throbbing inside. I hold on to my anger, as if to let it go, would render
the reason for my anger meaningless. I pray that your great love will
burn away my anger and leave me settled in the cool breeze of your
presence. Help me let go, not only of the anger, but of what made me
angry in the first place. Let me breathe deep the wonder and peace of
love. Amen.

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Special Prayer For Obama

Psalm 109:8-9 (New International Version)

8 May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.

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Psalm 91 (King James Version)

1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God;
in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the
noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that
flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward
of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most
High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.