St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Mission in Kasane
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Blessing

May the Lord bless you
and keep you;
may the Lord show his face to you
and have compassion on you!
May he turn his face to you
and give you peace!

Amen.
Most High, all powerful, good Lord,
Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor,
and all blessing.

To You alone, Most High, do they belong,
and no man is worthy to mention Your name.

Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures,
especially through my lord Brother Sun,
who brings the day; and you give light through him.
And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor!
Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praise be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon
and the stars, in heaven you formed them
clear and precious and beautiful.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind,
and through the air, cloudy and serene,
and every kind of weather through which
You give sustenance to Your creatures.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water,
which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
through whom you light the night and he is beautiful
and playful and robust and strong.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Mother Earth,
who sustains us and governs us and who produces
varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs.

Praised be You, my Lord,
through those who give pardon for Your love,
and bear infirmity and tribulation.

Blessed are those who endure in peace
for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.

Praised be You, my Lord,
through our Sister Bodily Death,
from whom no living man can escape.

Woe to those who die in mortal sin.
Blessed are those whom death will find
in Your most holy willl,
for the second death shall do them no harm.

Praise and bless my Lord,
and give Him thanks
and serve Him with great humility.

AMEN
God,
all powerful, most holy sublime ruler of all,
you alone are good - supremely, fully,
completely good,
may we render to you all praise,
all honour and all blessing:
may we always ascribe to you alone
everything that is good!

Amen
God, all powerful, most holy,
most high and supreme;
FATHER: holy and righteous;
Lord: king of heaven and earth;
we thank you for yourself,
because by your holy will
and through your only Son
and the Holy Spirit
you created all things,
spiritual and material.
You made us in your
image and likeness
and placed us in paridise,
and we, through our transgression
fell away.

We give you thanks because,
as you created us through your Son,
so by the holy love
with which you loved us
you willed your Son to be born
true God and true man
of the glorious and holy Virgin Mary,
and through his cross and blood and death
it was your will to set us free
from our captivity.

Also we thank you
because that same Son of yours
will come again in the glory of his majesty
to condemn those who refused to repent
and acknowledge you;
and to say
to all who did acknowledge,
worship and serve you in repentance:
Come, you whom my Father has blessed,
receive the kingdom
prepared for you
since the world began.

And because we are all wretched sinners,
unworthy to speak your name,
therefore let Jesus Christ himself,
our Lord and your beloved Son
in whom you are well pleased,
give thanks to you for everything,
together with the Holy Spirit the Paraclete,
as it pleases you and pleases him.
He always satisfies you in everything,
and through him
you have done so much for us.

Alleluia!
Lord God:
you alone are holy,
you who work wonders!
You are strong, you are great,
you are the Most High,
you are the almighty King,
you, holy Father, King of heaven and earth.

Lord God: you are Three and you are One,
you are goodness, all goodness,
you are the higest Good,
Lord God, living and true.

You are love and charity, you are wisdom,
you are humility, you are patience,
you are beauty, you are sweetness,
you are sefety, you are rest, you are joy,
you are our hope
and our delight,
you are justice, you are moderation
you are all our wealth
and riches overflowing.

You are beauty, you are gentleness,
you are our shelter, our guard
and our defender,
you are strength, you are refreshment,
you are our hope.
you are our faith.
you are our love,
you are our complete consolation,
you are our life everlasting,
great and wonderful Lord,
all powerful God, merciful Savior!

Amen.
OUR FATHER MOST HOLY,
our creator and redeemer, our Savior and Consoler.

WHO ARE IN HEAVEN,
in the angels and saints enlightening them that they
may know you, for you, Lord, are love,
dwelling in them and filling them with your divinity,
that bliss may be theirs, for you, Lord,
are the  highest Good, the eternal Good,
from whom all goodness flows, without whom nothing is good.

YOUR NAME BE HELD HOLY:
may our knowledge of you shine ever more clearly within us,
that we may perceive the breadth of your blessings,
the extent of your promises, the height of your majesty,
the depth of your judgements.

YOUR KINGDOM COME:
rule us now, through grace, and bring us at last to your
kingdom of light where we shall see you as you are,
and our love for you will be made perfect,
our union blissful, our joy unending, in you.

YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN
may we love you with all our heart,
ever thinking of you; with all our soul,
ever longing for you; with all our mind,
directing all our aims to you and seeking nothing but your glory;
with all our strength, spending all our energies
and all our senses of soul and body
to serve only your love and nothing else.

May we love our neighbors as ourselves;
drawing them all to your love in so far as we can,
sharing their good fortune as if it were our own,
helping them to bear their trials and doing them no wrong.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD:
your beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
that we may remember, understand and revere
the love he showed for us, and all he said and did
and suffered for our sake.

FORGIVE US OUR SINS
through your mercy beyond words, through the power of the passion
of your beloved Son, through the merits and intercession
of the Virgin Mary and of all your chosen ones.

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US
and that we ourselves cannot fully forgive,
make us fully forgive; make us love our enemies,
truly, for your sake; teach us how to pray sincerely
to you on their behalf; and not to render harm for harm
to anyone, but rather try to do good to all, in you!

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
whether veiled or visible, sudden or searing and prolonged.

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL
past, present and to come.  Amen.
Hail, O Lady,
Mary, holy Mother of God:
you are the Virgin made Church
and the one chosen by the
most holy Father in heaven
whom He consecrated
with His most holy beloved Son
and with the Holy Spirit the Paraclete,
in whom there was and is
the fullness of grace and every good

Hail His Palace!
Hail His Tabernacle!
Hail His Home!
Hail His Robe!
Hail His Servant!
Hail His Mother!

And (hail) all you holy virtues which through the grace and light of the Holy Spirit are poured into the hearts of the faithful so that from their faithless state you may make them faithful to God.

AMEN
check this website as well: http://www.shrinesf.org/prayers.htm