The Precious Blood Prayer

I recently heard about the ‘Precious Blood of Jesus’ prayer which we are recommended to say repeatedly during the day.  It is just one sentence, Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, Save us and the whole world.  As a Carmelite I of course have the goal of staying close to Jesus as much as I can during the day but I realise that repeating the words of an actual prayer may help me to do that.  There are so many simple prayers that we can say in this way, for example the Jesus Prayer – Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.  Sometimes in Carmel we may be reluctant to use formulaic prayers of this kind because we desire a more spontaneous and unscripted relationship with God, but there is a fascinating interaction between set prayers and spontaneity in our faith. The set prayers become engraved in our consciousness and help to form us as persons.

Intercessions:

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Theresa K, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Marie

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Sophia – blind infant

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Lucia – Overwhelmed by weariness

Mark – brain infection

Michael – youngster with occult influences

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

RIP Roy Seymour, Richard Parker, Joy Smith OCDS, Dr Alan Rodgers