Prayer Before an Election

November 3, 2026October 31, 2026Kristin's Crosses

Prayer Before an Election

Lord God, as the election approaches,
we seek to better understand the issues and
concerns that confront our city/state/country,
and how the Gospel compels us to respond
as faithful citizens in our community.
We ask for eyes that are free from blindness
so that we might see each other
as brothers and sisters, one and equal in dignity,
especially those who are victims of abuse
and violence, deceit and poverty.
We ask for ears that will hear the cries of
children unborn and those abandoned,
men and women oppressed because of
race or creed, religion or gender.
We ask for minds and hearts that are open
to hearing the voice of leaders
who will bring us closer to Your Kingdom.

We pray for discernment
so that we may choose leaders
who hear Your Word,
live Your love,
and keep in the ways of Your truth
as they follow in the steps
of Jesus and His Apostles
and guide us to Your Kingdom
of justice and peace.

We ask this in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ
and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

By United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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All Souls’ Day

VideoNovember 2, 2026October 31, 2026Kristin's Crosses

[public domain] — The Last Judgment, by Hans Memling, 1466-1473

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

All Souls Day Prayer

Lord God,
you are the glory of believers
and the life of the just.
Your Son redeemed us
by dying and rising to life again.
Since our departed brothers and sisters
believed in the mystery of our resurrection,
let them share the joys and blessings
of the life to come.
Amen.

Pray the Holy Rosary for the Dead:

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace.

Amen.

Solemnity of All Saints

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Prayer for
Solemnity of All Saints

God our Father, source of all holiness,
the work of your hands is manifest in your saints,
the beauty of your truth is reflected in their faith.
May we who aspire to have part in their joy
be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives,
so that having shared their faith on earth
we may also know their peace in your kingdom.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Prayer to All the Saints

Today, dear friends in heaven,
we celebrate your feast.
We celebrate again the feasts of all the saints we know,
and whom we honor day by day through the year.
But we also honor today all the saints in heaven
whom we do not know.
We can not help thinking, on this day,
that no one of us lacks a model to follow in one of you.
We look around us at the familiar persons and things
and activities that fill our every day lives,
and we find that they are little different from the persons,
things, and activities that filled your lives.
We have the same human nature,
wounded by the sin of Adam and Eve,
but strengthened marvelously by grace,
and fed and sanctified by the sacraments and prayer.
We have exactly the same sacraments that you had,
we have the same Christ,
the same Blessed Mother,
the same trials,
sickness, pain, temptation,
the same joys, pleasures,
and happiness that crowded your lives.
Then it must be true that,
with the same means,
we should be able to work out our lives
in the same holiness and sanctity as yours, dear saints.
Help us to do this.
Help us to see the opportunities for holiness
that fill our everyday lives.
Obtain for us, by your prayers,
the deep understanding and appreciation
of spiritual things that were yours.
Help us to see, too,
in the beauty of the world in which we live,
some slight mirroring of the eternal beauty
which you now see, as you gaze on God.
But let us not be deceived
into thinking that this earthly beauty,
this worldly pleasure, is an end in itself.
Let us use it wisely and moderately,
our hearts always yearning to come at last
to the final beauty and joy,
the possession of God Himself,
with you, in heaven.
Amen.