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An Act of Desire

Eternal Father,
turn Thy merciful gaze upon all mankind
and especially upon poor sinners,
all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus.
For the sake of His sorrowful passion show us Thy mercy,
that we may praise the omnipotence of Thy mercy for ever and ever.

Amen

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The first or early part of the day, lasting from midnight to noon or from sunrise to noon.

A Christmas Day Prayer - Praise to You, Lord God! You have become one ...
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A Prayer for Those Who Work On Christmas Day. - Lord, as I spend today going about my work, ...
A Prayer of Contrition - Merciful Father I am guilty of sin I confess my ...
A Short Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Sacred Heart of Jesus, filled with infinite ...
Accion De Gracias Cantico De Los Tres Jovenes - "Un ángel del Señor bajó adonde estaban ...
Act of Adoration - Jesus, my God, I adore You, here present in the ...
Act of Adoration # 1 - I adore Thee, O my God, present in the holy ...
Act of Adoration # 2 - Jesus, my God, I adore You, here present in the ...
Act of Adoration # 3 - I adore Thee O God, I count myself as nothing ...
Act of Adoration # 4 - My Lord Jesus Christ, true God and true Man, I ...
Act of Adoration and Praise after Communion - O Lord Jesus, sweetest Guest, mayest Thou have ...
Act of Adoration and Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament - I ADORE Thee profoundly, O my Jesus, in Thy ...
Act of Adoration and Thanksgiving for the Benefits Accrued from the Incarnation - Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy ...
Act of Adoration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - 1. The Word was made Flesh, and dwelt amongst ...
Act of Adroation #5 - I adore Thee, Lord and creator, hidden in the ...
Act of Charity - O my God, I love you above all things with my ...
Act of Charity # 1 - O my God! I love Thee, with my whole heart and ...
Act of Charity #2 - O my God! I love Thee, with my whole heart and ...
Act of Charity before Holy Communion - O Most Sweet Saviour, Jesus Christ, how great ...
Act of Confidence - My soul, dilate thy heart; thy Jesus can give ...
Act of Consecration of a Christian Family to the Holy Family - O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, Who didst ...
Act of Consecration of a Christian Family to the Holy Family #2 - To the Sacred Heart of Jesus Oh most Sacred ...
Act of Consecration of a Christian Family to the Holy Family #3 - To the Immaculate Heart of Mary Oh Mother Most ...
Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, ...
Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (by Pope Pius Xi) - Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, ...
Act of Consecration to Jesus - Lord Jesus Christ, I consecrate myself today anew ...
Act of Consecration to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, we ...
Act of Consecration to Saint Anne - O Good and merciful Saint Anne, in order to ...
Act of Consecration to Saint Joseph - O dearest Saint Joseph, I consecrate myself to ...
Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin (For infants at time of Baptism) - Fr. Noel le Mire, S.M. and adapted by W. Cole, S.M. - O blessed Virgin Mary our Mother, when the Son ...
Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin (For infants at time of Baptism) - Fr. Noel le Mire, S.M. and adapted by W. Cole, S.M. - O blessed Virgin Mary our Mother, when the Son ...
Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary - I. I venerate thee with all my heart, O ...
Act of Consecration to the Holy Family - O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, who having ...
Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost - On my knees before the great multitude of ...
Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit - Dear Holy Spirit, You are my friend. I give ...
Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit - On my knees before the great multitude of ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - I, a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of Mercy, ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary # 1 - I, (Name), a faithless sinner - renew and ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary # 2 - O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary # 3 (for Children) - Dear Mary, my holy mother, I love you so much ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary # 4 - Oh Immaculate Heart of Mary, I give you my ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary # 5 - O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and ...
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for Religious and Laity). - Virgin of Fatima, Mother of Mercy, Queen of ...
Act of Consecration to the Most Precious Blood - Blood of Jesus, inebriate me! O Jesus, my ...
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 4 - O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate ...
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 5 - Most loving Jesus, I consecrate myself today ...
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 6 - My loving Jesus, out of the grateful love I ...
Act of Contrition - O, my God, I am heartily sorry for having ...
Act of Contrition # 1 - Prayer # 1 O my God, I am heartily sorry for ...
Act of Contrition # 10 - Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having ...
Act of Contrition # 11 - Forgiving God, I am sorry for the wrong choices I ...
Act of Contrition # 2 - My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my ...
Act of Contrition # 3 - My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my ...
Act of Contrition # 4 - O my God, I am sorry for my sins because I have ...
Act of Contrition # 5 - O my God, I am heartily sorry for having ...
Act of Contrition # 6 - By St. Gertrude O my most loving Father! in ...
Act of Contrition # 7 - Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; ...
Act of Contrition # 8 - O Lord Jesus, lover of our souls, who, for the ...
Act of Contrition # 9 - Merciful Father, I am guilty of sin. I confess ...
Act of Contrition #8 - O Lord Jesus, lover of our souls, who, for the ...
Act of Contrition #9 - Merciful Father, I am guilty of sin. I confess ...
Act of Contrition (Authorized for usage in England) - O my God, I am sorry and beg pardon for all my ...
Act of Contrition (Authorized for usage in Ireland) - O my God! I am heartily sorry for having ...
Act of Contrition Before Holy Communion # 1 - I desire, O my Saviour, humbly to offer Thee ...
Act of Contrition Before Holy Communion # 2 - My God, I detest all the sins of my life. I am ...
Act of Contrition, Hope and Confidence Before Holy Communion - O Jesus, loving Spouse of my soul, the ...
Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ King (iesu Dulcissime, Redemptor) - Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, ...
Act of Desire - My soul, the happy hour is arrived; Jesus comes ...
Act of Divine Praises - Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy ...
Act of Divine Presence - My God, I firmly believe that Thou art ...
Act of Entrustment to Mary - 1. "Woman, behold your Son!" (Jn 19:26). As we ...
Act of Entrustment to Mary - History: On Sunday, October 8, 2000, at the ...
Act of Faith - O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God ...
Act of Faith # 1 - O my God, I firmly believe that you are one ...
Act of Faith # 2 - O my God, who are infallible Truth and can ...
Act of Faith # 3 - Lord Jesus, eternal and infallible Truth, ...
Act of Faith # 4 - O my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one ...
Act of Faith # 5 (before the Real Presence) - My Divine Lord, I firmly believe that I am ...
Act of Faith #6 - I believe in one God. I believe that God ...
Act of Faith (Authorized for use in England) - I firmly believe that there is one God, and ...
Act of Faith (Authorized for use in Ireland) - O my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one ...
Act of Faith ...in the Real Presence - My divine Lord, I firmly believe that I am going ...
Act of Faith and Adoration before Holy Communion #1 - My good Jesus, I believe with a firm and lively ...
Act of Faith and Adoration before Holy Communion #2 - MY LORD Jesus Christ, I believe that Thou art ...
Act of Faith before Holy Communion - Of a truth I firmly believe, O Good Jesus, ...
Act of Hope - O my God, relying on Your almighty power and ...
Act of Hope - For your mercies' sake, O Lord my God, tell me ...
Act of Hope #2 - O my God, trusting in your promises and ...
Act of Hope #3 - O my God! Who hast graciously promised every ...
Act of Hope #4 - For Your mercies' sake, O Lord my God, tell me ...
Act of Hope (Authorized for use in England) - O my God, relying upon Thine almighty power ...
Act of Hope (Authorized for use in Ireland) - O my God! Who hast graciously promised every ...
Act of Hope and Confidence after Holy Communion #1 - My soul, confide in Jesus. He can do thee ...
Act of Hope before Holy Communion #1 - O Christ Jesus, I am sinful dust and ashes, but ...
Act of Hope before Holy Communion #2 - O Jesus! Relying on Thy promises, goodness, and ...
Act of Humility - O divine Lord, how shall I dare to approach you, ...
Act of Humility # 1 - O my Saviour! whom am I that Thou shouldst ...
Act of Humility after Holy Communion - O Jesus, my God! Thou art infinite in all ...
Act of Humility after Holy Communion - Jesus, MY Lord, I confess that I am a sinner. ...
Act of Humility and Confidence before Holy Communion - Jesus, my Lord, I confess that I am a sinner. ...
Act of Humility before Holy Communion #2 - He comes to me who is the Judge of the living and ...
Act of Love - O my God, I love You above all things with my ...
Act of Love - O my divine Jesus, how shall I return you thanks ...
Act of Love #1 - O My God, I love you above all things, with my ...
Act of Love #2 - O my God, because you are infinite goodness ...
Act of Love #3 - O my God, the true and only love of my ...
Act of Love #4 - O God, all that I am and all that I have is ...
Act of Love #5 - O my Divine Jesus, how shall I return You ...
Act of Love and Desire before Holy Communion #1 - Oh, that I could love Thee, Jesus, as if I had ...
Act of Love and Desire before Holy Communion #2 - Jesus, my God, Thou art infinitely good and ...
Act of Oblation before Holy Mass - Eternal Father, I offer Thee the sacrifice ...
Act of Oblation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - My Queen! my Mother! I give thee all myself, ...
Act of Oblation to the Sacred Heart - My loving Jesus, out of the grateful love I bear ...
Act of Offering - O my divine Lord, I offer you my body and its ...
Act of Offering # 1 - Jesus, You have given Yourself to me, Now let ...
Act of Offering #3 - Lord Jesus Christ, in union with that divine ...
Act of Petition - Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself to me. ...
Act of Petition - Saint Augustine of Hippo - Give me Yourself, O my God, give Yourself to ...
Act of Petition after Holy Communion - O Jesus, merciful Saviour, relying on Thy ...
Act of Reparation before Holy Communion - O Lord, my God and Saviour, who, as Thou didst ...
Act of Reparation for Blasphemie Uttered against the Holy Name of Jesus - O Jesus, my Savior and Redeemer, Son of the ...
Act of Reparation for the First Saturdays of the Month - O Most Holy Virgin, and Our Mother, we listen ...
Act of Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament - With that profound humility which the Faith ...
Act of Reparation to the Most Blessed Sacrament - With that most profound respect which divine ...
Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus #1 - Jesus, Son of God and our Saviour, have mercy on ...
Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus #2 - (INDULGENCES: 5 years, each time - 2. Plenary, ...
Act of Resignation - O Lord, my God, from this day I accept from your ...
Act of Right Intention - My dear Redeemer, it is not from custom or human ...
Act of Self-Consecration after Holy Communion - O Lord, since I am Thy servant and the son of ...
Act of Sorrow - O God of my soul, I am sincerely sorry for ...
Act of Spiritual Communion - My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the ...
Act of Spiritual Communion #2 - My Dear Lord and Saviour! Though I am but a ...
Act of Spiritual Communion #3 - O Jesus! Thou hast given us in the Holy Eucharist ...
Act of Spiritual Communion #4 - At Thy feet, O my Jesus, I prostrate myself ...
Act of Thanksgiving #1 - From the depths of my heart I thank You, Dear ...
Act of Thanksgiving #2 - Thank You, O God, for hearing my prayer and ...
Act of Thansgiving after Holy Communion #1 - How delectable is the sweetness of Thy heavenly ...
Act of Thansgiving after Holy Communion #2 - My Lord Jesus Christ, most sweet and most kind, ...
Act of Thansgiving after Holy Communion #3 - What shall I render unto Thee, O Lord Jesus for ...
Act of Thansgiving after Holy Communion #4 - My good Jesus, I thank Thee with all my heart ...
Act of the Right Intention - My dear Redeemer, it is not from custom or human ...
Act of Union with Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary after Holy Communion - O most merciful Father, who hast so loved me as ...
Acts of Divine Praises - Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy ...
An Act of Abandonment (by Saint Francis De Sales) - O my God, I thank you and I praise you for ...
An Act of Abandonment to Divine Providence - 0 sovereign goodness of the sovereign Providence ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 1 - I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 1 - Oh dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give You my ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus # 1 (for Children) - Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I love You so much ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus #2 - (For children) Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus #4 - O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus #5 - Most loving Jesus, I consecrate myself today ...
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus #6 - My loving Jesus, out of the grateful love I ...
An Act of Desire - Eternal Father, turn Thy merciful gaze upon all ...
An Act of Thanksgiving for the Blessings of the Past Year - O God, the beginning and the end of all things, ...
Christ, the Way of Conversion Communion, and Solidarity in America - (Given at Mexico City on January 22, 1999, by ...
Christmas Anticipation Prayer - Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which ...
Christmas Dawn Prayer # 2 - Almighty God and Father of light, a child is ...
Christmas Prayer - Moonless darkness stands between. Past, the ...
Christmas Prayer # 3 - Lord, in this holy season of prayer, song and ...
Christmas Prayer # 4 - Lord God, we praise you for creating man, and ...
Christmas Vigil Prayer # 2 - God of endless ages, Father of all goodness, ...
Collect for the Feast of Saint Bibiana - O God, the Giver of all good gifts, in Your ...
Collect for the Feast of Saint Gorgonius - We beseech thee, O Lord: that thy blessed ...
Consecration of a Family # 1 Pt 2 - Oh most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we come to you ...
Consecration of a Family # 2 to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Oh Mother Most Pure, we come to You as a family ...
Consecration of the Church and the World to the Blessed Virgin Mary - O you, who more than any other human being have ...
Consecration of the Family to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Most holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, united in ...
Consecration to Mary - My Queen and my Mother, I give myself entirely ...
Consecration to Our Lady of Sorrows - Most holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, Mary, ...
Consecration to the Trinity - O everlasting and Triune God, I consecrate ...
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Eucharistic Act of Faith - (2004-11-07 In a letter addressed to Archbishop ...
Gift of light - Father in Heaven, the light of your truth ...
Lenten Prayer - Forgive those things we have done which have ...
Oracion De San Ambrosio - Señor mío Jesucristo, me acerco a tu altar ...
Penitential Prayer of St. Ambrose of Milan - O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from ...
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Prayer for Ash Wednesday (2) - Jesus come and save us, We are but dust, We ...
Prayer for Choosing a State of Life # 2 - O Lord, I beseech Thee to grant me Thy Divine ...
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The Catholic Prayer - A Special Act of Sorrow - Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; ...
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This is love - This is love. Not that you spoke words of ...
To the Sacred Heart of Jesus - To the Sacred Heart of Jesus Oh most Sacred ...

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