Seek First the Kingdom

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O Divine Infant Jesus, I come to you as a little child, with all my needs and all my trust. You who made yourself small for love of us, look kindly on me in my smallness. Fill me with confidence in your power and tenderness in your care. I believe that you can help me, and I believe that you will. Divine Infant Jesus, I place all my hope in you. Amen.

Let us pause in silence, and bring to mind the intention you are praying for.

In the app, your own saved intention rests here during the silence. The narration stays the same for everyone.

But seek first God's Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Jesus gives us the order of a trusting heart: seek the Kingdom first, and the rest will be added. This does not make our needs unimportant; it puts them in their proper place. When God is first, our requests stop being demands and become acts of trust, offered to a Father we love more than the answer.

Lord, help me seek you first, above even the good thing I am asking for. Be the center of my heart, and let everything else fall into place around you. I do not want to love your gifts more than I love you. Grant my need if it is your will, but more than anything, give me yourself. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

O Jesus, who said, Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, I knock, I seek, and I ask that my prayer be granted. O Jesus, who said, Whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you, I humbly lay my need before your Father in your holy name. O Jesus, who said, Heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away, I trust that my prayer is heard. Divine Infant Jesus, I place all my hope in you. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.