Catholic Faith Formation Resources

"Help Us To Be There" Holy, life-giving Spirit, infuse in us your ability to remain present to your people. Help us to be there, to be right there, for the people who need us. There for young people, there for the elderly, there for the brokenhearted; fire our hearts with your life-changing presence. Even though we know you to be everywhere and in everything, give us the ability to be fully in one place at a time, open and ready to love. — Author Unknown Source: Jesuitresource.org "EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO GIVE TO HELP OTHERS" “ “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.” — St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta "We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude...

Lord God, You alone are the source of every good gift, of the vast array of our universe, and the mystery of each human life. We praise You and thank You for Your great power and tender, faithful love. Everything we are and everything we have are Your gifts, and after having created us You have given us into the keeping of Your son, Jesus Christ. Fill our minds with His truth and our hearts with His love, that in His spirit we may be bonded together into a community of faith, a parish family, a caring people. In the name and spirit of Jesus, we commit ourselves to be good stewards of the gifts entrusted to us, to share our time, our talent, our material and spiritual gifts as an outward sign of the treasure we hold in Jesus. Amen Leisa Anslinger, The Generous Heart "STEWARDSHIP" “ As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace." (1 Peter 4:10) " Take. Lord, and receive all my lib...

"ACTS OF FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE" Act of Faith O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches because you have revealed them who are eternal truth and wisdom, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. In this faith I intend to live and die. Amen. Act of Hope O Lord God, I hope by your grace for the pardon of all my sins and after life here to gain eternal happiness because you have promised it who are infinitely powerful, faithful, kind, and merciful. In this hope I intend to live and die. Amen. Act of Love O Lord God, I love you above all things and I love my neighbor for your sake because you are the highest, infinite and perfect good, worthy of all my love. In this love I intend to live and die. Amen. Sou...