ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This website is no longer maintained. St. Paul's information has
been consolidated with the other parishes of our cluster on the new
Cluster Parishes website found at
www.clusterparishes.com. If you
navigated to this page from the Cluster Parishes website, our apologies
-- please return there and scroll further down the main page to find
items such as a consolidated cluster bulletin, calendar, and more.
Prayer Requests
Please Note: We are attempting to keep our prayer list up-to-date. If you wish to call and place your name on the prayer list we will be happy to do so for three (3) weeks. After three weeks your name will be removed. If you wish your name to be put on the list again, please call and request your name to be added back.Please remember God’s children who are ill, homebound, or hospitalized and need our special thoughts and prayers, especially:
Janie Baker, Carlson A. Rowe, and Deborah VeRell.
Please remember their caretakers, those who have lost loved ones; and our troops, especially those who are deployed in harm’s way, and for their loved ones.
Please note: Individuals will be listed on the prayer list for three (3) weeks and then their names will be removed. You may call the Office, 397-7066, to add your name back to the prayer list for another three (3) weeks. Thank you!
Prayer for our Children
“Holy angels, who constantly behold the Father’s face, protect our children from bodily and spiritual dangers. Direct them on paths of virtue and, if they stray, to true repentance. Kindle in their hearts a desire for what is good, pure, and beautiful, for He Whom you serve is all Good, all Pure, all Beautiful. Teach them your song of praise to our God. Amen.”
May God bless all of the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, godmothers, and special caretakers of our children with His love, mercy and grace.
Spousal Prayer
“Lord Jesus, Divine Bridegroom, bless my husband and me. Help us to be thoughtful in word and deed, to put away pretense and face each other in deep trust without fear. Help us be quick to discover the best in each other, and guard against fault finding, ill temper, and hasty judgment. Through the grace of the Spirit of unity and love, allow us to grow in appreciation one for the other, so that we may develop grateful hearts and never take each other for granted. With gentleness and kindness may we lead each other to the portals of Heaven. Amen.”
Prayer for the Nation
God of our forebears, In tumultuous times our ancestors made their way to a new land, seeking prosperity and peace. The wealth of a new nation lay before them, as well as the challenge to use wisely the gifts of the good earth and the industriousness of a people forged in the crucible of revolution and the high-minded ideals of life and liberty. Strengthen within us the pursuit of justice, the desire for equality, the love of true freedom. May all the citizens of our country work unceasingly to promote the common good so that all may share in the pursuit of happiness sought by the founders of our land. Amen.
A Father’s Prayer
O St. Joseph, Righteous servant of God, that I may always heed my
Lord, Pray for me. Pillar of strength, that I may share your courage,
Pray for me. Model of a husband’s love, that I may honor my wife before
myself, Pray for me. Protector of the Holy Family, that I may be
shelter, guard and guide, Pray for me.
Knight of purity, that I may master my desires, Pray for me.
Patron of workers, that I may be diligent and faithful in my labors,
Pray for me. Terror of demons, that I may be protected from the wiles of
Satan, Pray for me. Hope of dying, that at my last breath I may know the
joy of salvation, Pray for me. All this I ask in the name of Jesus
Christ with Whom you shared both heart and home. Amen.