Prayer of Adoration to God

Almighty God, how wonderful you are.
Creation cries out in awe of your power,
The universe shines with your glory and greatness.
Almighty Lord, how majestic you are.
Each atom and molecule carry a tiny part of your plan,
Every microbe speaks of your breathtaking beauty.
Almighty Father, how awesome you are.
The mountain ranges reflect your heights,
And the gentle valleys your mercy.
Almighty One, how creative you are.
Each tree and flower are filled with your wonder and bounty,
Each life resounds with intricacy and miracles.
I will lift my eyes to you, my wonderful, majestic, awesome God.

(a prayer from www.lords-prayer-words.com)

Love Overcame

A short meditation on the wonder of the Resurrection of Christ:-

Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647)

Eucharist Adoration Prayer

(a prayer of worship and adoration before receiving communion)

O Holy One,
As we come together to remember your great sacrifice,
Thank you that we can experience deep in our hearts the incredible nature of your grace.
As we partake in this precious communion,
Thank you that we unite with all the followers of Christ across the Earth and all that have gone before us.
As we contemplate the great price you paid for our sins,
Come and draw us together, to embrace and forgive one another.
As we confess our humanity, our fragility and our need of your Spirit,
Help us as we endeavour to be your hands and feet to the poor and the oppressed.
As we go from here and carry your gospel of peace,
Fill us with your Spirit deep within our hearts.

As we lift our eyes to worship you,
Refill us with hope as we glimpse again the promise of Heaven.

Amen.

(a prayer from www.lords-prayer-words.com)

Adoration Prayer

by Saint Faustina

(In April 2000, Sister Mary Faustina became the first saint of the 21st Century. She is known in the Catholic faith as the apostle of divine mercy)

I adore You, Lord and Creator, hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I adore You for all the works of Your hands, that reveal to me so much wisdom, goodness and mercy, O Lord. You have spread so much beauty over the earth and it tells me about Your beauty, even though these beautiful things are but a faint reflection of You, incomprehensible Beauty. And although You have hidden Yourself and concealed Your beauty, my eye, enlightened by faith, reaches You and my soul recognizes its Creator, its Highest Good, and my heart is completely immersed in prayer of adoration.

My Lord and Creator, Your goodness encourages me to converse with You. Your mercy abolishes the chasm which separates the Creator from the creature. To converse with You, O Lord, is the delight of my heart. In You I find everything that my heart could desire. Here, Your light illumines my mind, enabling it to know You more and more deeply. Here streams of graces flow down upon my heart. Here my soul draws eternal life. O my Lord and Creator, You alone, beyond all these gifts, give Your own self to me and unite Yourself intimately with Your miserable creature.

O Christ, let my greatest delight be to see You loved and Your praise and glory proclaimed, especially the honor of Your mercy. O Christ, let me glorify Your goodness and mercy to the last moment of my life, with every drop of my blood and every beat of my heart. Would that I be transformed into a hymn of adoration of You. When I find myself on my deathbed, may the last beat of my heart be a loving hymn glorifying Your unfathomable mercy.

Amen.

Short Prayer of Adoration

Jesus, I adore You
I fall to my knees, in awe of Your greatness
I'm lingering in Your presence
Bathing in Your light
Resting in Your love

(a modern prayer of adoration from www.lords-prayer-words.com)