Prayer for the beginning of the semester...

Prayer for the Beginning of the Fall 2007 Semester
By Fr. Martin O. Moran

Dear Lord:
We are standing today as it were, between the past and the future, a past semester still fresh in our memories and crowned with a glory unsurpassed in so brief a history, and a new semester radiant with the hues of hope and imagination. While with one hand we seem to be reaching back to things that have been, and with the other stretching forward to the things which are to be – the present semester before us as a substantial fact for gratitude and rejoicing – let us, in the brighter light of today, read more clearly each duty we owe to the cause of the Catholic Church in Higher Education. Let each one of us nobly resolve to be faithful to our trust in God’s Divine Providence and the furthering of His Kingdom among the young men and women we serve at our campus ministry sites.

Lord, our God, be with our university and college trustees, administrators, faculty, staff and our own student leaders and staff as we begin this new semester.

May the light of your Word and the joy in living the beatitudes remain a mainstay in our lives.
For this we pray…AMEN

A Student's Prayer

Loving Father,

I stand before you in the midst of confusion and complexities of life.

My future sometimes semms distant and unknown.

Give me, O Lord, the vision to see the path you set before me.

Grant me the courage to follow your way,

That through the gifts and talents you have given me,

I may bring your life and your love to others.

I ask this through Jesus, your Son and my brother.

Amen

A prayer for back to school...

Take a moment in your busy day to thank God for the wonderful opportunity you have been given, ask for guidance as you begin the year, and look for the 'sacred potential' of it all...

Whatever happens to me in life

I must believe that somewhere,

in the mess or madness of it all,

there is sacred potential -

a possibility for wondrous redemption

in the embracing of all that is.

For in the unfolding of my journey,

in all its soaring delight

and crushing pain,

I may be sure that God is there -

always ahead, behind, below, and above,

encompassing all that befalls me

in a circle of deep compassion.

And there,

above the darkness

that wraps me round

the brigt wings of the Dove

haver and beat

in gentle healing love

and invitation to

New Rising.

From A Mystical Heart, Edwina Gately. 1998.

Welcome!

Welcome to the new school year!

Here is the place you can hope to find reflections, dates, times, last minute announcements and anything else that has to do with the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at Mckendree University!

Please email or call with any questions -
I can't wait to meet you!

Peace,

Erin Hammond
Catholic Campus Minister
McKendree University