Saint Elizabeth Prayers
Prayer of St. Elizabeth of HungaryOh Lord,
Grant that your blessed daughter Saint Elizabeth comes to this
man/women in their hour of bereavement,
St Elizabeth help us to lighten their burden so that they may
know their loved one has gone to the life eternal in the sight
of the Lord Our God,Show them that until such time as they meet
again, love remains here for them on earth.
In Jesus Name,Amen.
A Prayer to St. Elizabeth
Almighty God, by whose grace your servant Elizabeth of Hungary
recognized and honored Jesus in the poor of this world:
Grant that we, following her example, may with love and gladness
serve those in any need or trouble. In the name and for the sake
of and through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Prayer to Saint Elizabeth
Our father in heaven,
Your servant, Saint Elizabeth brought care to the sick, food to
the hungry and hope to the hopeless,
Grant us they blessing that we may follow in her footsteps with
love and joy on our hearts.
Amen.
Prayer to St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Dear Saint Elizabeth, you were always poor in spirit, most generous
toward the poor, faithful to your husband, and fully consecrated
to your Divine Bridegroom. Grant your help to widows and keep
them faithful to their heavenly Lord. Teach them how to cope with
their loss and to make use of their time in the service of God.
Amen.
Saint Elizabeth Prayer of Widows and WidowersLord Jesus
Christ, during your earthly life You showed compassion on those
who had lost a loved one. Turn your compassionate eyes on me in
my sorrow
over the loss of my life's partner. Take him/her into your heavenly
kingdom as a reward for his/her earthly service.
Help me to cope with my loss by relying on You even more than
before.
Teach me to adapt to the new conditions of my life and to continue
doing
your will as I see it. Enable me to avoid withdrawing from life
and make me give myself to others more readily, so that I may
continue to live in your grace and to do the tasks that You have
laid out for me. Amen.
Prayer for the Homeless
Dear God,
There is no place like home.
Home is where the heart is. Lose heart... and lose home.
We feel the truth of these words, for home and heart are bound
together.
The state of one reflects the state of the other.
For who has not lost his home without feeling like the heart has
been cut out of him? And whose heart has not healed faster by
being in the right home?
So help me with this prayer.
For I bring to you a brother in need.
He is beloved, Divine and has talents within him to express and
share.
But he does not know this.
He lives on the street and eats out of garbage cans.
For living this wretched life, I have blamed and mocked him.
I do not know his name, but call him Homeless.
I do not know what has injured him.
In fact, I do not know him at all.
I have only seen him—sleeping in doorways, wandering aimlessly—staring
up at me with hollow eyes.
He barely survives, yet his legacy, as Your Child, is to thrive.
My blaming cannot stir him from his pain, but only increase it.
So I release all blame now and call for compassion to fill me.
Fill me with Your unstoppable energy, Lord.
Fill me with energy that transforms.
Fill me with the desire to pray for him and never lose sight of
his Divinity—or mine.
As I pray, positive change occurs in him and in me, for You work
miracles everywhere.
I am so grateful that I have a home; that I have a place in which
to eat, bathe, rest and love.
I cannot imagine the chaos of living without one.
Therefore, Lord, I declare You intervene on behalf of this beloved.
You fill this one, who is so dear to You and has so many faces—male,
female, old and young—with the knowledge of Your most intimate
love.
For this is Your Vision: that each of us know our own worth and
be nourished.
You enter the hearts, minds and bodies of my brothers and sisters,
and awaken within them knowledge of their holiness and gifts.
You call them—and me—to The Work You have laid out for
us.
I am filled with Your compassion, O God—so that you are able
to use me for the betterment of all.
I commit to Your Holy Vision for the world—and I am lifted
As I am lifted—all humanity is lifted, for macrocosm mirrors
microcosm.
Together we rise into attractor fields of nourishment where each
of us has a home in which our hearts and bodies find comfort.
Thank You for Your Love, which breaks all boundaries and moves
Heaven and Earth for us so that no one is known by the name "homeless."
And so it is.
Amen.
Litany of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Protector, Third Order Franciscan
Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have
mercy upon us.
O Christ, hear us. O Christ, graciously hear us.
O God the Father, of heaven: have mercy upon us.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: O God, the Holy Ghost: O
Holy Trinity, one God: have mercy upon us.
Holy Mary: Pray for us. Immaculate Virgin: Mother and Mistress
of our Order: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary: Pray for us. St. Elizabeth,
Duchess of Thuringia: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, mother in Israel: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, queen in the Kingdom of God: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, consoler of sinners: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, nurse of lepers: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, devoted wife of Louis the Good: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, famous exemplar of Christian widowhood: Pray for
us.
St. Elizabeth, fervent spouse of the Son of God: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, humble in prosperity: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, patient in adversity: Pray for us. St. Elizabeth,
mighty in penance: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, wondrous in prayer: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, first-born of the tertiaries regular: Pray for
us.
St. Elizabeth, protectress of our Order: Pray for us.
St. Elizabeth, the "dear saint" of Holy Church: Pray
for us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: spare
us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: graciously
hear us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: have mercy
on us.
V. Pray for us, O blessed Elizabeth. Alleluia.
R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ. Alleluia.Let
us pray: Merciful Lord, we pray Thee to pour the bright beams
of Thy grace into our hearts: that, by the glorious prayers of
Thy Saint Elizabeth, we may learn to despise all worldly prosperity,
and ever to rejoice in all Heavenly consolation. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
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