An Offertory Prayer

Lord, we thank for Your faithfulness.
Thank you that we can always trust in You.
You are an abundant God and out of Your great mercy you have given us so much.

We give you this offering today.
With it we worship You and give our whole selves to You.
Please now take it and use it for Your kingdom and Your glory.
Extend and multiple its reach and influence we pray.
May it be a great blessing to many.
We ask all this in the powerful name of Jesus.
Amen.

(a short offering prayer suitable to use as a prayer for blessing the gifts of money during a service, from www.lords-prayer-words.com)

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Luke 6:38, (NIV)

Short Offering Prayer

Father,
As we lay before you our financial offering, we give you all that we are and everything that you have entrusted to us. Come bless these gifts for the sake of your Kingdom and glory.

Amen.

(a prayer for blessing the giving from www.lords-prayer-words.com)

Offering Prayer

This is a short (two minute) film suitable for showing whilst the offertory is being taken during a church service:-

Catholic Prayer

(A morning offering prayer by Saint Therese of Lisieux.)


O my God ! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to Its infinite merits ; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of Its Merciful Love.

O my God! I ask thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Thy Holy Will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all Eternity. Amen.

Act of Oblation

The words to this prayer:-

Lord Jesus, I unite myself to your perpetual, unceasing, universal sacrifice.
I offer myself to you every day of my life and every moment of every day, according to your most holy and adorable will.
You have been the victim of my salvation, I wish to be the victim of your love.
Accept my desire, take my offering, graciously hear my prayer:
let me live for love of you,
let me die for love of you,
let my last heartbeat be an act of perfect love.

"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving"

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)