ACT OF CONTRITION O my God, I am heartly sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because of Your just punishments but most of all because they have offended Thee, my God, who are all good and worthy of all my love. I firmly resolve, by the help of Your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen.

Saint Teresa Prayer Blessed be the hour and the moment in which the son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the freezing cold. In that hour vouch safe, O My Lord, to hear my prayer and grant my desire, in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and our Blessed Mother.

Saint Stephen Prayer Father, You have said to call upon You in the day of trouble and You will deliver us. (Psalm 50:15) I call upon You now and ask that You would work deliverance in my life. Deliver me from anything that binds me. Set me free from Deliver me quickly and be a rock of refuge and a fortress of defense to save me. (Psalm 31:2) Lift me away from the hands of the enemy. (Psalm 31:15) Bring me to a place of understanding where I can recognize the work of evil and cry out to You for help. If the deliverance I pray for isn’t immediate, keep me from discouragement and help me to be confident that You have begun a good work in me and will complete it. (Philippians 1:6) Give me the certainty that even in my most hopeless state, when I find it impossible to change anything, You, Lord can change everything. Help me understand that “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places”. (Ephesians 6:12) I pray that I will be strong in the Lord. I will put on the whole armor of God, so I can stand against the wiles of the devil in the evil day. Help me to gird my waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness, having shod my feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Enable me to take up the shield of faith, with which to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. I will take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful and standing strong to the end. (Ephesians 6:13-18)

PRAYER Father, I pray that You would convict me of any error in my life. Let there be “nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known”. (Matthew 10:26) Cleanse me from any secret sins and teach me to be a person who is quick to confess when I am wrong. (Psalm 19:12) Help me to recognize my mistakes. Give me eyes to see Your truth and ears to hear Your voice. Bring me to full repentance before You. If there is suffering to be done, let it be the suffering of a remorseful heart and not because the crushing hand of the enemy has found an opening into my life through unconfessed sin. Lord, I know that humility must come before honor. (Proverbs 15:33) Take away all pride that would cause me to deny my faults and work into my soul a humility of heart so that I will receive the honor You have for me.

I Confess Prayer I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask the blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

PRAYER The Whole Armor of God Be strong with the Lord's mighty power. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms. Use every piece of God's armor to resist the enemy in the time of evil, so that after the battle you will still be standing firm. Stand your ground, putting on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so that you will be fully prepared. In every battle you will need faith as your shield to stop the fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray at all times and on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all Christians everywhere. (Ephesians 6:10-18)

Glory Be Glory be to the father and to the son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen

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