Category Archives: Special Times of the Year

Blessing for our Students

By Judi Buncher | Published: September 19, 2011

God our Father, the fountain of all wisdom and learning.  We ask you to enlighten the minds of our students that they may acquire the knowledge we seek to impart to them. 

Strengthen their memories that they may retain what they will learn.  Govern their hearts that they may be eager and diligent in their studies and open to your voice. 

Guide them in their decisions and choices.  Keep them safe and protect them during their time at SLU. 

And let your Spirit of truth, judgment, and prudence guide their understanding so that they will perceive how they may fulfill your holy plan for our world.

Kathleen Brady

Vice President, Facilities Management and Civic Affairs

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Fall Prayer

By Judi Buncher | Published: September 19, 2011

Gracious God,

As the season changes, we are reminded that you are an unchanging God, but it is your desire to continue to change us–to mold and shape us, to teach us to have faith like a child. Lord, be our teacher!

Teach us to praise. Father, we praise you for awe, wonder, and excitement as new programs and plans are introduced at Saint Louis University this fall.

Teach us to confess. At this time of year, we are inundated with busyness. Forgive us, Father, when our busyness overshadows you.

Teach us to be thankful. We are thankful that in teaching us, you change us. Teach us, Father, to trust in you for guidance and direction.

Father, help us realize the magnitude of your grace and then to teach others what it means to live with that grace. As we seek to further your kingdom, fill us with the same exuberance, wonder, and awe that we see in children at the beginning of a new school year.

Amen.

Kathleen Brady       

Vice President Facilities, Management and Civic Afairs

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The End of the School Year

By Judi Buncher | Published: May 13, 2011

O God of all beginnings and endings,
we praise and thank you for the gift of this school year.
It has been a time filled with grace and blessings,
with challenges and opportunities, joys and sorrows.

The days have passed quickly, O Lord.
The weeks, the months, the seasons, and holidays,
the exams, vacations, and breaks
have all come from your hand.

We pray that our efforts this past year,
will bear fruit according to Your will,
and we ask for your continued blessings on
Saint Louis University.

Amen.

Kathleen Brady
VP Facilities Management and Civic Affairs

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Advent Prayer for Hope

By Judi Buncher | Published: December 7, 2010

Lord Jesus Christ,
who is, who was, and who is to come,
we pray for the virtue of hope,
that amidst the trials and difficulties
of this world,
we may keep our hearts fixed
upon you, who reigns over the cosmos.
May your grace enliven us,
strengthen us,
and defend us,
as we await your coming in glory. Amen

By: David Bennett

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Advent Prayer

By Judi Buncher | Published: December 7, 2010

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a wonder at the wisdom and power of Your Father and ours. Receive my prayer as part of my service of the Lord who enlists me in God’s own work for justice.

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a hunger for peace: peace in the world, peace in my home, peace in myself.

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a joy responsive to the Father’s joy. I seek His will so I can serve with gladness, singing and love.

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me the joy and love and peace it is right to bring to the manger of my Lord. Raise in me, too, sober reverence for the God who acted there, hearty gratitude for the life begun there, and spirited resolution to serve the Father and Son.

I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, whose advent I hail. Amen.

By, John Appleseed, English Department

http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=350

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