{"id":6832,"date":"2004-05-05T12:37:42","date_gmt":"2004-05-05T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2004\/05\/05\/prayers-of-the-faithful\/"},"modified":"2004-05-05T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2004-05-05T17:37:42","slug":"prayers-of-the-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2004\/05\/prayers-of-the-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers of the Faithful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post\">The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/archives\/004727.php\" target=\"_blank\">below<\/a> pointed to a letter that contained some   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.com\/newsletters\/kke_040504.asp\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Prayers of the Faithful&#8221;<\/a> that were on the liberal side and pretty silly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post\">I decided to write some of my own that would b on the opposite side of the spectrum.  Some are more serious and other are definitely tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord help keep us from a liturgical rant,<br \/>\nplease give us polyphony or Gregorian<br \/>\nChant.<\/li>\n<li>Let this congregation always be receptive,<br \/>\nthat true love is never contraceptive.<\/li>\n<li>That lay people and clergy to the media always opine,<br \/>\njust as if they actually had a spine.<\/li>\n<li>That we may fight this culture of death,<br \/>\nfrom conception to the final breath.<\/li>\n<li>Lord remove this suffering for beauty we have missed,<br \/>\nhow long Oh Lord will you punish us with liturgists.<\/li>\n<li>Lord may our Catholics schools teach truth we plea<br \/>\nand not dissent and dogma-free theology.<\/li>\n<li>Lord I know your wrath is not an Old Testament assaulter,<br \/>\nbut please could you not smite the National Catholic Reporter?<\/li>\n<li>That we may never tire and always raise our voice<br \/>\nand that no Catholic might call themselves pro-choice.<\/li>\n<li>That we may give of ourselves and to help the poor<br \/>\nand not just look towards the government for the cure.<\/li>\n<li>That we remember we our sinners greatly in need of thee<br \/>\nand that we praise and obey you in humility.<\/li>\n<li>Lord help us to win back our Catholic Universities,<br \/>\nthat truth will return and not dropped in favor of diversity.<\/li>\n<li>That we embrace our faith with a more discerning criteria<br \/>\nand not pick from it like at a cafeteria.<\/li>\n<li>44 Million and counting is the price we have paid,<br \/>\nhelp us to overturn Roe v. Wade.<\/li>\n<li>Lord help us to love our neighbor and never despise,<br \/>\nespecially those<br \/>\nin the most distressing disguise.<\/li>\n<li>Our political choices so far have been very poor,<br \/>\nguide us to pick someone like St. Thomas Moore.<\/li>\n<li>That we always conduct the liturgy,<br \/>\naccording to the norms of the Holy See.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>That following you and the cross we select<br \/>\nand not just try to be politically correct.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>That your truth Senator John Kerry might see,<br \/>\nand not Fr Richard P. McBrien&#8217;s theology.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pray for President George W. Bush,<br \/>\nhis pro-life convictions seem to need a push.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"post\">And by request.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Lord can you do something about Frances Kissling?<br \/>\na pillar of salt might be a fine seasoning.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"post\">Please add your own in the comment box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post below pointed to a letter that contained some &#8220;Prayers of the Faithful&#8221; that were on the liberal side and pretty silly. 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