Prayer for College Students
 
Loving God, I thank you for giving me the opportunity of coming to college.
Lead me to mature more in my prayer life and knowledge of you.
Help me to always put you first and not idolize grades, competitions, and friends.
Surround me with good friends who challenge and support me to grow into who you created me to be.
Let me spend my time well and grow in the service of others.
As I am away from home, please be with my family and keep me close to your heart.
Take care of my parents/guardians who have done so much for me and poured their lives into me.
Bless my professors and teachers with wisdom to guide us.
Let me remain in you more than in the college social scenes.
Calm my fears and anxieties.
If I fall short, help me with strength to get back up and do better.
You have led me thus far. Please never allow me to walk alone.
Bless my efforts and studies with your grace.
Lead me through these critical years of my young adult life.
I entrust my college years into your loving hands.
Keep your joy in me. Please be with me, Lord.
Amen.
--Fr. Francis
 

Prayer for College Students (Seniors)
 
Merciful God, I thank you for leading and protecting me in college all these years.
Help me to finish strong and crown my efforts with success.
The future lies ahead of me and sometimes I wonder what it holds for me.
Very soon, I will be facing the world as a mature adult,
thrust into the ceaseless rush for success and achievements,
expected by many to know what to do with my life or have life figured out by now.
I still don’t have all the answers to life, but you do.
I still can’t see the future ahead of me, but you can.
You know my future more than anyone.
Bless my parents and relatives who have cared for, and supported me these years.
Bless my professors and teachers who taught and guided me these years.
No matter what happens, please keep me steady in your path.
Possess me and let me be yours. Do with me whatever you will.
I entrust my future into your hands. 
Amen
--Fr. Francis
 

Prayer for Priests

O merciful God,
grant that those whom you have called to the ministerial priesthood
will ceaselessly love you and love your people.
As they leave all things to follow you,
may they find you in all things.
Grant that they may let their lives shine like candles
that are placed on the lamp stand,
giving light to your people without counting the cost,
until no wax is left.
In all things,
may they find peace in your will.
Amen.
                                                                                                                       -Fr. Francis