APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER
JANUARY
2009
LEAGUE LEAFLET
DAILY OFFERING
God, our Father, I offer you my day.
I offer you my prayers, thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings in union with your Son Jesus Christ, who continues to offer himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world.
the Holy Spirit, who guided Jesus, be my guide and my strength today so that I witness to your love. With Mary, the mother of our Lord and of the Church, I pray especially for this month’s intentions as proposed by the Holy Father…
JANUARY 2009
That the family might increasingly be a place of formation in charity, personal
growth and the transmission of the faith.
That Christian denominations make a concerted effort to proclaim the Good News
and energetically strive for full unity so as to be more credible witnesses of
the Gospel to a world in need of “a new evangelization” at this time of profound
change.
A New Year's Prayer
Holy God of Heaven and Earth, I know that a thousand years are as a day to you, but we humans are bound up in time. As a new year is beginning, please teach me to...
* care more about people and less about money,
* enjoy my work but not let it enslave me,
* and laugh more easily than I did last year.
As I get ready for 2009, help me to remember things that are easy to forget...
* that it might well be my last year,
* that some people are counting on me,
* and that you have things for me to do.
Lord, with the things I have accumulated over the years, please let me...
* shake off the monotony of life,
* try some new things in this new year,
* and mend some broken fences.
And, Father of Mercies, please teach me in this new and unspoiled year to...
* lighten up and enjoy children, sunsets, reading, and long walks,
* avoid quarrels and work at being a peacemaker in this world,
* and start next year with fewer regrets than I bring to 2008.
I cannot know what this year will bring, and I am grateful for that! But help me...
* eat less junk food,
* exercise and take better care of my body,
* and learn to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
Above all other things, Father, I want to be your instrument for...
* easing somebody's too-heavy load,
* relieving some sad person's misery,
* and introducing some lost soul to Jesus
Come what may in the year about to begin, may we live it for your glory, within your will, and to your delight.
We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
JANUARY 2009
1-T- MARY, MOTHER OF GOD Nm 6: 22-27 Gal 4: 4-7
Lk 2: 16-21
2 -F-S. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen 1 Jn 2: 22-28 Jn 1: 19-28
3 -S- Holy Name of Jesus 1 Jn 2: 29 – 3: 6 Jn 1: 29-34
4 -S- EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Is 60: 1-6 Eph 3: 2-3a. 5-6
Mt 2: 1-12
5 -M- S. John Neumann, 1 Jn 3: 22 – 4: 6/ Mt 4: 12-17. 23-25
6 -T- Bl André Bessette, 1 Jn 4: 7-10 Mk 6: 34-44
7 -W- Raymond of Peñafort 1 Jn 4: 11-18 Mk 6: 45-52
8 -T- (S. Thorfin) 1 Jn 4: 19 – 5: 4 Lk 4: 14-22
9 -F- (S. Julian) 1 Jn 5: 5-13 Lk 5: 12-16
10 -S- (S. William) 1 Jn 5: 14-21 Jn 3: 22-30
11 -S- BAPTISM OF THE LORD Is 55: 1-11 1 Jn 5: 1-9
Mk 1: 7-11
12 -M-(S. Jatiyana) Heb 1: 1-6 Mk 1: 14-20
13 -T- S. Hilary Heb 2: 5-12 Mk 1: 21-28
14 -W- Heb 2: 14-18 Mk 1: 29-39
15 -T- (S. Paul the Hermit) Heb 3: 7-14 Mk 1: 40-45
16 -F- BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ Heb 4: 1-5. 11 Mk 2: 1-12
17 -S- S.Anthony, ab Heb 4: 12-16 Mk 2: 13-17
18 -S- SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME /1 Sm 3: 3b-10.19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a.17-20
Jn 1: 35-42
19 -M-(Bl. James Sales & Co.) Heb 5: 1-10 Mk 2: 18-22
20 -T- S. Sebastian Heb 6: 10-20 Mk 2: 23-28
21 -W- S. Agnes, Heb 7: 1-3. 15-17 Mk 3: 1-6
22 -T- S. Vincent of Saragossa, Heb 7: 25 – 8: 6 Mk 3: 7-12
23 -F- (S. Ildefonsus) Heb 8: 6-13 Mk 3: 13-19
24 -S- S. Francis de Sales, Heb 9: 2-3. 11-14 Mk 3: 20-21
25 -S- THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jon 3: 1-5. 10 1 Cor 7: 29-31
Mk 1: 14-20
26 -M- SS. Timothy and Titus, 2 Tm 1: 1-8 Mk 3: 22-30
27 -T- S. Angela Merici Heb 10: 1-10 Mk 3: 31-35
28 -W- S. Thomas Aquinas, Heb 10: 11-18 Mk 4: 1-20
29 -T- (S. Gildas) Heb 10: 19-25 Mk 4: 21-25
30 -F- (S. Martina) Heb 10: 32-39 Mk 4: 26-34
31 -S- S. John Bosco, Heb 11: 1-2. 8-19 Mk 4: 35-41