PRAYER

Prayer can be an important part of building faith within a family as it can: strengthen our faith, teach spiritual values, promote kindness and forgiveness, providing a safe space to share feelings and prepare us for life's challenges.

The best part? With a variety of approaches to prayer available, everyone can identify one that matches their individual needs.

Adoration

Spending time with Jesus in the Eucharist.

Examen

Calling to mind where God was present during the day.

Fasting

Making intentional space for God through subduing appetites.

Intercessory

Offering prayers for other people & their intentions.

Lectio Divina

Opening the heart to encounter Christ in the Scriptures.

Novenas

Persistent prayers for specific intentions.

Rosary

Journeying through the life of Christ with the Blessed Mother.

Rote Prayers

Prayers for when we don't have the words.

Pope Leo's Monthly Prayer Intentions

August 2025

This month we pray for: Mutual Coexistence

Jesus, Lord of our history,

Faithful companion and living presence,

You who never tire of coming to meet us,

Here we are, in need of your peace.

We live in times of fear and division.

Sometimes we act as if we were alone,

Building walls that separate us from one another,

Forgetting that we are brothers and sisters.

Send us your Spirit, Lord,

To rekindle within us

The desire to understand one another, to listen,

To live together with respect and compassion.

Give us the courage to seek paths of dialogue,

To respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity,

To open our hearts to others without fear of differences.

Make us builders of bridges,

Able to overcome borders and ideologies,

Able to see others through the eyes of the heart,

Recognizing in every person an inviolable dignity.

Help us create spaces where hope can flourish,

Where diversity is not a threat

But a richness that makes us more human.

Amen.