Casa de Dom lgnácio
Prayers in English
These prayers have been compiled from
various contributions
of people worldwide
who have come to
the Casa over the years.
They are universal and derive from a wide
range of creeds,
cultures and beliefs.
We sincerely hope you enjoy them and that
they are of healing
benefit to you all.
Happy Everything – With Love and Respect.
Prayer for the beginning of a meeting
(from The Gospel explained by the Spiritist Doctrine, by Allan Kardec)
We implore You, O God, the All Powerful,
to send us the
good spirits to help us and keep away any spirits that may lead
us into error.
Give us the necessary light to distinguish truth from falsehood.
Keep away wicked spirits, whether
incarnate or disincarnate, that might try to
cause dissension
among us and turn us away from charity and the love of our
neighbors. If any such
spirits try to disturb our meeting, don’t let them have
access to our hearts.
Good spirits, who see fit to come and teach us, make us yielding
to your direction.
Turn us away from all selfish, proud, jealous, and envious
thoughts. Inspire in us
tolerance and goodwill
toward our fellow human beings, present or absent, friend
or enemy.
Finally, help us to acknowledge your uplifting presence in the feelings
that hearten our
souls.
God, give the mediums who have been
charged with the responsibility of
transmitting higher
teachings, an awareness of their high commission.
Give them a sense of seriousness of their task so that they can
undertake it
with the necessary
fervor and introspection.
If at our meeting there are individuals motivated by feelings other
than goodwill,
open their eyes to
the light and forgive them - as we forgive them - for any bad
disposition they may
display.
We ask especially that the Spirit (insert name), our spiritual
guide,
help us and watch
over us.
Amen
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Opening (Prayer for
start of gathering) 1
Dear God,
We gather as individuals with grateful hearts.
Tonight our sacred intent is to come together
collectively as petals of a
single flower,
reflecting back to you
the love we have received.
We thank the entities for this opportunity
of English prayer
time to give back to you.
Also we experience deep gratitude
for the people of
the Casa and the Community.
We pray for them, asking for your continuing blessings
of strength for
their work,
and expansion of
their growth and healing.
For all the people who have come
and will come to
the Casa we ask
for openness and
healing.
For those in the Community
who provide food
and shelter,
we ask for
strength.
The Casa volunteers
so lovingly
personify your love for us.
Continue to expand their hearts in service.
Give to Joáo de Deus, strength,
love and healing of
body.
We are mindful of the physical stresses
that his body
undergoes during incorporation.
His personal sacrifices are great –
expand his personal,
emotional
and spiritual
growth and healing.
For Dom Ignácio de Loyola and all the
entities —
we ask for ever
growing powers for healing....
so that the
message of love and truth
that is received
through them here
can grow and
spread around the earth.
Amen
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2 Prayer of Caritas
God, our Father, who is all power and goodness,
give strength to
those who go through tribulations;
give light to those
who seek the truth,
and fill the human
heart with compassion and charity.
God, give the guiding star to the traveler,
consolation to the
afflicted,
and rest to the
sick.
Father! Give repentance to the guilty,
truth to the spirit,
guidance to the child
and a father to the orphan.
Lord! May your goodness extend over everything that You have created.
Mercy, Lord, to those who do not know You
And hope to those who suffer.
May Your goodness allow the consoling
spirits
to spread peace,
hope, and faith everywhere.
God! A ray of light and a spark of Your
love can inflame the Earth.
Let us drink from the fountains of this abundant and infinite
goodness,
and all tears will
be dried,
and all pain will
be lessened.
A single heart, a single thought will rise to you,
like a cry of
gratitude and love.
Like Moses on the mountain,
we wait for You
with open arms.
Oh! Goodness, oh! Beauty, oh! Perfection,
we wish in some
way to deserve Your mercy.
God! Give us the strength to help progress so we may rise up to You:
give us pure
charity;
give us faith and
reason;
and give us the
simplicity that will make our souls
the mirror that
will reflect your image.
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Prece de Caritas 3
Deus, nosso Pai, que sois todo
Poder e Bondade,
dai a força àqueles passam pela
provação;
dai a luz àquele que procura a
verdade;
ponde no coração do homen a
compaixão e a caridade.
Deus! Dai ao viajor a estrela
guia,
ao aflito a consolação.
Ao doente o repouso.
Pai! Dai ao culpado o
arrependimento,ao Espirito a verdade,
à criança o guia, ao òrfão o
pai.
Senhor! Que vossa bondade se
estenda sobre tudo o que criaste.
Piedade, Senhor, para aqueles
que vos não conhece,
Esperança para aqueles que
sofrem.
Que a vossa bondade permita aos
Espiritos consoladores
Espalharem por toda parte a paz,
a esperança e a fé.
Deus! Um raio, uma faísca de
vosso amor pode abrasar a terra;
deixai-nos beber nas fontes
dessa bondade fecunda e infinita,
e todas as lágrimas secarão,
todas as dores se acalmarão.
Um só coração, um só pensamento
subirá até vós,
como um grito de reconhecimento
e de amor.
Como Moisés sobre a montanha,
nós vos esperamos com os braços
abertos.
Oh! Bondade, oh! Beleza, oh!
Perfeição,
e queremos de alguma sorte
merecer a vossa misericórdia.
Deus! Dai-nos a força de ajudar
o progresso a fim de subirmos até vós;
dai-nos a caridade pura;
dai-nos a fé e a razão;
dai-nos a simplicidade que fará
de nossas almas
o espelho onde se refletirá a
Vossa imagem.
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4 Lords Prayer
Our father who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
Forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
(For Thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever).
Amen
Pai nosso
Pai nosso que estais no céu
Santificado seja o Vosso nome
Venha nós o Vosso reino
Seja feita a Vossa vontade
Assim na terra como no céu.
O pão nosso de cada dia dai-nos
hoje
Perdoai as nossas ofensas
Assim como nós perdoamos a quem
nos tenha ofendido
E não nos deixeis cair em
tentação
Mas livrai-nos de todo mal.
(Porque teu é o reino e o poder
e a glória, para sempre)
Amém.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary! Full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women and
Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death.
Amen
Ave Maria
Ave Maria, cheia de graça, o
Senhor è convosco.
Bendita sois vós entre as mulheres
e
Bendito seja o fruto do vosso
ventre, Jesus.
Santa Maria, Mae de Deus, rogai
por nós pecadores,
Agora e na hora da nossa morte.
Amém.
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Prayer of Ismael 5
Glory to God in the highest; peace to men on earth!
Jesus, good and beloved Master,
Sustain your humble, sinning brothers in the battles here on
earth.
Blessed angel of the Lord, open for us
Your compassionate embraces;
Protect us from evil;
Lift our spirits to the Majesty of your Kingdom,
And infuse in all our senses,
The light of Your immense Love.
Jesus, through your sublime sacrifice,
through your martyrdom
on the cross,
Give to those who find themselves burdened with weighty clothing
–
Give to them the perfect orientation of the path of virtue –
The only path that can let us find You.
Jesus, peace to them,
Forgiveness to our enemies
And receive in Your blessed breast
The prayer of the least of Your
servants.
Blessed Star, Lighthouse of the Immortal “phalanges”,
Purify us with Your Divine rays;
Cleanse us of all our guilt;
Attract us to move close to Your
breast,
The blessed sanctuary of all love.
If the world, with its errors, passions and hates,
Strews the path with needles,
Darkening our horizon with clouds of sin,
brighten more with Your
forgiveness,
In order that secure and aided in Your
message
We can overcome the difficulties of the way
And reach the dwellings of Your
kingdom.
Friend – Star – Lighthouse of both sinners and the just,
Open Your Divine breast
And receive our supplication –
For all humanity.
Let it be thus.
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6 The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus
Christ, His only son our Lord;
who was conceived
by the holy ghost,
born of the Virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
died and was buried.
He descended into Hell;
the third day he
rose again from the dead;
he ascended into
Heaven,
sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty;
from thence He
shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church,
the Communion of
Saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection
of the body, and life everlasting.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end.
Amen
O My Jesus
O My Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the
fires of Hell,
lead all souls to
Heaven,
especially those who are
in most need of Thy mercy.
Hail, Holy Queen
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our
sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in
this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy towards us.
And after this our exile,
show unto us the
blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of promises of Christ.
Amen
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The Blessing of Beloved Kwan Yin
“Goddess of Mercy and Compassion” 7
May the peace of God
be upon this
household!
May the love of God
be in your hearts.
May the light of God
be in your souls!
May the wisdom of God
be in your minds!
May the virtue and purity of God
be in your
feelings!
May the strength and vitality of God
be among the
members of your household!
May the health and well being of God
be manifest
through the bodies, the garments which you wear.
May the grace of God
be in your
action!
May the talents and genius of God
be manifest
through your senses!
May the fullness of the victory of your own God plan
be manifest
through your souls at the close of your earth life!
Call unto me and I will answer thee!
The Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me show love,
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much
Seek to be consoled,
As to console,
To be understood,
As to understand,
To be loved,
As to love with all my soul.
For it is in giving,
That we receive,
It is in pardoning
That we are pardoned,
And it is in dying
That we are born to eternal life.
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8 GOD
I spent so much time looking for You,
And didn’t know where You were.
I gazed at the infinite and couldn’t see you,
and thought to
myself: Do You really exist?
I wasn’t pleased with the search, and went on.
I tried to find you in religions and temples
But You weren’t there either.
I searched for You through priests and
pastors
And couldn’t find you either.
I felt lonely, empty and desperate; I disbelieved.
In offending, I stumbled
In stumbling, I fell
In falling, I felt weak.
Weak, I looked for help.
In help I looked for friends.
With the friends I found affection.
In affection, I witnessed love being born,
With love I saw a new world.
And in this new world I decided to live.
What I got I decided to give.
Giving something, I received a lot
And in receiving, I felt happy.
Being happy, I found peace.
And being in peace I saw
That You were inside of me.
Without looking for You,
I found You at last!
To The Virgin Mary
You who saw Christ’s tear drops rolling from the heights of
seeing them as diving
pearls that fell from his lovely eyes,
You who testified to his suffering and his death, feeling his
incredible pain.
You who are the mother’s heart together with all he gospelled,
humanity adores you as a symbol of love and truth.
You who are the mother’s heart know what mourning is because you
cried,
what pain is because you felt it, what suffering is because
you’ve
been watching human misery for a long time.
Intercede through us who roll in the dust full of vices
and implore God’s forgiveness.
Oh Immaculate Mary, we implore your blessing.
Stretch out your sacred mantle full of light, harmony,
peace, health and love over each and every one of us.
Amen
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The Spiritual Practice of Prayer 9
In the house made of dawn.
In the story made of dawn.
On the trail of dawn.
O, Talking God.
His feet, my feet, restore.
His limbs, my limbs, restore.
His body, my body, restore.
His mind, my mind, restore.
His voice, my voice, restore.
His plumes, my plumes, restore.
With beauty before him, with beauty before me.
With beauty behind him, with beauty behind me.
With beauty above him, with beauty above me.
With beauty below him, with beauty below me.
With beauty around him, with beauty around me.
With pollen beautiful in his voice, with pollen beautiful in my
voice,
It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
In the house of evening light.
From the story made of evening light.
On the trail of evening light.
Navajo
But what avail the largest gifts of heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss.
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss.
James Thomson
Waiting the word of the Master,
Watching the Hidden Light;
Listening to catch His orders
In the very midst of the flight;
Seeing His slightest signal
Across the heads of the throng;
Hearing His faintest whisper
Above Earth’s loudest song.
Alcyone (J Krishnamurti)
A golden harvest, I desire-
Consume me; give me soon, in bliss,
That tender burning of Your Fire,
Your lips in an eternal Kiss!
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Irish May May May
And And May May And Always
The But The Always The But Those Always The But The May Than May And May A And
May On May With May And May Trouble The And May May May May May
May Walls And And Laughter
And And
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10 Hymn: All things bright and
beautiful
Chorus:
All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Verse One:
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings.
Verse Two:
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And order’d their estate.
Verse Three:
The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning,
That brightens up the sky.
Mrs. Alexander
I have three precious things which
I hold fast and prize.
The first is gentleness; the second is frugality;
the third is humility, which keeps me
from putting myself before others.
Be gentle, and you can be bold;
be frugal, and you can be liberal;
avoid putting yourself before others,
and you can become a leader of men.
Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks,
and safety to him who defends.
Those whom heaven would save,
it fences round with gentleness.
The greatest conquerors are those who
overcome their enemies without strife.
Lao-Tzu
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O Lord God, Eternal King! 11
You who stretched out the heavens and built the earth.
You who put limits on the ocean and trampled the Serpent’s head.
You, O Lord, do not abandon me now.
Hear my prayer.
Saint Prisca
I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone
I am much too alone in this world,
yet not alone enough to truly consecrate the hour.
I am much too small in this world, yet not small enough
to be to you just object and thing, dark and smart.
I want my free will and want it accompanying
the path which leads to action;
and want during times that beg questions,
where something is up,
to be among those in the know,
or else be alone.
I want to mirror your image to its fullest perfection,
never be blind or too old
to uphold your weighty wavering reflection.
I want to unfold.
Nowhere I wish to stay crooked, bent;
for there I would be dishonest, untrue.
I want my conscience to be true before you;
want to describe myself like a picture I observed for a long
time,
like a new word I learned and embraced,
like the everday jug, like my mother’s
face,
like a ship that carried me along through the deadliest storm.
Rainer Maria Rilke