FORGIVENESS PRAYER

"Lord Jesus, I praise You and I thank You for the gift of salvation.
I thank You that your life and Your nature are within me. Thank you for the grace that enables me to respond from my heart, "I belong to You."

I come to you now, Lord, and ask for a deeper surrender to the management of Your Holy Spirit. Give me a teachable spirit. Lord Jesus, I am a sinner, and You are my Saviour, give the grace to make a perfect Act of contrition and a holy confession as I prepare for the Baptism of the Spirit.

I need a Saviour. I need my life to be daily submitted to the work of Your Spirit. Come Lord Jesus, melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Melt away my self will, my stubbornness, my desire to be served instead of serving. Mold me into the image of You. I want to reflect Your miraculous nature and enter into my spiritual heritage.
Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Use me to bring Your life and healing to others. Lord, give me a heart of a servant. Amen"



FORGIVENESS PRAYER OF FR. DE GRANDES

Lord Jesus Christ, I ask today to forgive everyone in my life. I know that you will give me the strength to forgive. I thank you that you love me more then I love myself and want my happiness more then I desire it for myself.

Father, I forgive you for the times death has come into our family, hard times, financial difficulties, or what I thought were punishments sent by you. When people said, “It is God’s Will” I became bitter and resentful towards you. Purify my heart and mind today.

Lord Jesus Christ, I ask today to forgive everyone in my life. I know that you will give me the strength to forgive. I thank you that you love me more then I love myself and want my happiness more then I desire it for myself.


I further forgive myself, for taking your name in vain, using drugs, not worshipping you by attending church, for hurting my parents, getting drunk, for sins against purity, bad books, bad movies, fornication, adultery, homosexuality. Also for abortion, stealing, lying, defrauding, hurting people’s reputations. You have forgiven me. Today I forgive myself.

I truly forgive my Mother, I forgive her for all the times she hurt me, resented me, was angry with me, and for all the times she punished me. I forgive her for all the times she told me I was dumb, ugly, stupid, the worst of children or that I cost the family a lot of money. Also for the times she told me I was unwanted, an accident, a mistake or not what she expected, I forgive her.

I forgive my Father, I forgive him for any non-support, any lack of love, affection or attention. I forgive him for any lack of time, for not giving me his companionship, for his drinking, arguing and fighting with my mother or the children. For his severe punishments, for desertion for being away from home, for divorcing my mother, or for running around, I do forgive him.

Lord, I extend forgiveness to my Sisters and Brothers, I forgive those who rejected me, lied about me, hated me, resented me, competed for my parents love, those who hurt me, who physically harmed me. For those who were too severe on me, punished me, or made my life unpleasant in any way, I do forgive them.

Lord, I forgive my spouse, for any lack of love, affection, consideration, support, attention, communication, for faults, failings, weaknesses, and those other acts or words that hurt or disturb me.

Jesus, I forgive my children for their lack of respect, obedience, love, attention, support, warmth, understanding, for their bad habits, falling away from the Church, any bad actions which disturb me.

My God, I forgive my IN-Laws, my Mother –in-Law, Father-in Law, son/daughter-In-Law and other relatives by marriage who treat my family with a lack of love. For all their words, thoughts and actions or omissions, which injure and cause pain, I forgive them.

Please help me forgive my Relatives, my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins who have interfered in our family, been possessive of my parents, who may have caused confusion or turned one parent against the other.

Jesus, help me to forgive my co-workers, who are disagreeable or make life miserable for me, for those who push their work off on me, gossip about me, won’t co-operate with me, try to take my job, I do forgive them.

My Neighbors need to be forgiven, Lord. For all their noise, letting their property run down, not tying up their dogs who run through my yard, not taking out their trash barrels, being prejudiced and running down the
neighborhood, I do forgive them.

I forgive all Priests, Nuns, Parish members, Parish Council Members, Parish Organization Heads, my Pastor, the Bishop, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church for their lack of support, affirmation, leadership, bad sermons, pettiness, lack of friendliness, for any hurts they have inflicted on me or my family – even in the distant past – I forgive them today.

Lord, I forgive all those of different persuasions, those of opposite political views who have attacked me, ridiculed me, discriminated against me, made fun of me, and economically hurt me.

I forgive those of different religious denominations who have tried to convert me, harassed me, attacked me,argued with me, and forced their views on me. Those who have harmed me Ethnically, have discriminated against me, mocked me, made jokes about my race, or nationality, hurt my family physically, emotionally, or economically, I do forgive them today.

Lord, I forgive my Employer for not paying me enough money, for not appreciating my work, for being unkind and unreasonable with me, for being angry or unfriendly, for not promoting me, and for not complimenting me on my work.

Lord, I forgive School teachers and Instructors of the past as well as the present. For those who punished me, humiliated me, insulted me, treated me unjustly, made fun of me, called me dumb or stupid, made me stay after school, I truly forgive them today.

Lord, I forgive my friends who have let me down, lost contact with me, did not support me, were not available when I needed help, borrowed money and did not return it, gossiped about me.

Lord Jesus, I especially ask for the grace of forgiveness for that one person in life who has hurt me the most I ask to forgive anyone whom I consider my greatest enemy, the one who is hardest to forgive or the one I said I would never forgive.

Lord, I beg pardon of all these people for the hurt I have inflicted on them, especially my mother and father, and my marriage partner. I am especially sorry for the three greatest hurts I have inflicted on each.

Thank you, Jesus that I am being set free of the evil of unforgiveness. Let your Holy Spirit fill me with light and let every dark area of my mind be enlightened. Amen