A Prayer To Know God’s Smile
Father, Please smile on me today.
I lift my face to you, and I ask you to shine
the radiant light
of your face upon me.
Guide me this day into joy and into light.
May I feel your joy in every thought, every decision,
and in even
every trace of memory, for
I know you have redeemed me from the darkness.
May I drink in Your beauty and unfailing love.
Just
as a good parent smiles on her child,
so you smile on me.
Forgive me, please, for the times
I have caused you pain and sorrow.
May
my choices, thoughts, feelings, words,
and actions give you reason for joy today.
May I sense the warmth of your smile
as I go
about my duties today to
Your glory and to the honor of your countenance.
Amen
Prayer to Our Lady of the Smile
Gentle Mary, My Mother,
I place before you the worries,
hurts and hopes of my heart.
They shrink my soul and
I feel heavy and hopeless.
Darkness closes in around me.
I reach out to you, bright Lady of Hope.
Smile on me.
Smile on my
loved ones and
the intentions I place before you.
as you did with St. Thérèse, the
Little Flower.
You are my true Mother.
You show the tender mercy of God.
Smile on me, Blessed Mother,
and all will be well.
Amen.
The Value of a Smile
A smile costs nothing, but gives much.
It enriches those who receive,
without making poorer those who
give.
It takes but a moment,
but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty that he can get
along without it,
and none is so poor but
that he can be made rich by it.
A smile creates happiness in the home,
fosters good will in business,
and is the
countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary,
cheer to the discouraged,
sunshine to the sad,
and is nature's best antidote for
trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen,
for it is something that is of no value to
anyone until it is given away.
Some
people are too tired to give you a smile.
Give them one of yours,
as none needs a smile so much as
he who has no more to give.
