PRAYER SERVICE

Plastic Surgery and The Catholic Church

By Alessi a Fedrigoni

“In the name of the Father ,

The Son,And the Holy Spirit”

We begin with the Sign of the Cross,

Dear Lord, It is hard for me to love myself for who I am. I keep thinking

that I am not worthy to walk beside you.

After all,Am I Smart enough?

Pretty enough?Thin enough?Rich enough?Will I ever be?

Have I been a good person and given

back?

Or have I been so focused on my own “faults” that I

couldn’t invest in my talents and use them to

help others?I know how to criticize

myself, Lord. I have gotten very good at it.

But I am realizing that it keeps me feeling small

I want to see the beauty within

So help me love and accept myself Like you love and

accept me.AMEN

AN ORIGINAL PRAYER- HELP ME SEE

(READ OUT TOGETHER)

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS 1:26-27

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

The Word Of the Lord

Response- Thanks be to God

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS-We pray for those who feel that they have no self

worth, so that they may see themselves as God sees them

We pray to the Lord“LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER”

We pray for those who struggle with loving themselves, so that they can feel the love God

has for all his childrenWe pray to the Lord

“LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER”We pray for those who feel they need to change

who they are and how they look in order to be happy and accepted, so that they may find

acceptance and happiness through GodWe pray to the Lord

“LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER”

PERFECT BY PINK- (CLEAN VERSION)

Made a wrong turnOnce or twice

Dug my way outBlood and fireBad decisionsThat’s alright

Welcome to my silly life Mistreated, misplaced,

miss-understoodMiss, no way it’s all goodIt didn’t slow me down

MistakenAlways second guessing

UnderestimatedLook, I’m still around…

Pretty, pretty pleaseDon’t you ever, ever feel

Like you’re less thanless than perfect

Pretty, pretty pleaseIf you ever, ever feelLike you’re nothing

You are perfect to me

You’re so meanWhen you talkAbout yourselfYou are wrong

Change the voicesIn your head

Make them like youInstead

So complicatedLook how big you’ll make itFilled with so much hatred

Such a tired gameIt’s enough

I’ve done all I can think ofChased down all my demons

see you do the same

Pretty, pretty pleaseDon’t you ever, ever feel

Like you’re less thanless than perfect

Pretty, pretty pleaseIf you ever, ever feelLike you’re nothing

You are perfect to me

The whole world stares while I swallow the fear

The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold

beerSo cool in lying and we

tried tried triedBut we try too hard, it’s a

waste of my timeDone looking for the critics, cuz they’re

everywhereThey don’t like my genes,

they don’t get my hairStrange ourselves and we

do it all the timeWhy do we do that?Why do I do that?Why do I do that?

Ooh, pretty pretty pretty,Pretty pretty please don’t

you ever ever feelLike you’re less than

less than perfectPretty pretty please if you

ever ever feelLike you’re nothing

you are perfect to meYou’re perfect

You’re perfect to mePretty, pretty please if you

ever ever feellike you’re less than, less

than perfectPretty, pretty please if you

ever ever feellike you’re nothing

you are perfect to me

There have been times in my life when I hated myself.This is stupid of me to do because I know I have a choice here.

I know I have a choice between feeling love or hate.However, I get caught up in the mess life brings me.

I lose sight of you and your love.If I ever do this again, please give me a little common sense to

straighten me out!Show me how much greater I will be and how much greater my

life will be when I love who I am, love what I am, and love where I am in my life.

Show me all my dashed hopes, broken dreams, and crushing disappointments are not reasons to hate but are reasons to

love because you are with me all the time.When I have dashed hopes, show me the real hope of my life is

in you.Show me my hope in you is full, real, and will always come to

pass.When I have a broken dream, show me how all my dreams will come to pass millions of times over in the eternity of your love

and grace.When I have disappointments, show me how all my

disappointments will be replaced with eternal joy and happiness.

In the name of God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit who lives within me and touches me,

Amen

PRAYER ABOUT LOVING OURSELVES (FINDTHEPOWER.COM)

In the name of the Father

The SonAnd the Holy Spirit

Amen

YOU WERE BORN AN ORIGINAL DON’T DIE A COPY