Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

A letter of love from your Father…


My Child, you may not know me well…
But I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented
by those who don’t know me.
John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4
And I’ll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His suffering and death was the ultimate
expression of my love for you.
1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you
from my love.
Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7
I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32
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  • Dorothy Miller

    Dan,
    I am begging here. Please put this “Letter of Love from Your Father” in print! I can see it as a prayer card or bookmark. I would buy it by the case to pass out! It would be beautiful for Adoration, winning souls back to THE Church, or to comfort those in need.
    This is A MUST for the first prayer in the new prayer book you are working on.
    Love & prayers,
    Dorothy :)

  • JoFlemings

    I love things like this! Having these verses listed like this makes this a great resource to use for Scripture memory. The only little improvement I thought of, and I am not sure you can improve upon actually getting out your own copy of the Word of God in your own hands, is to have those verses as links to an online Bible resource- where you can click and read immediately.I really love this- thanks!

  • Mary

    Oh yes, my loving God and Father,with all my impefections, weaknesses, wretchedness and sins I want nothing else in this world exept to be Your child, to strive each day to discern Your will, and to doggedly, no matter what obstacles I meet, to fulfil Your will. To reciprocate in the most clumsy and messy way but sincerely and humbly, Your Infinite Love for me. Unworthy as I am, I, a sinner, and with a contrite heart, pleade for Your forgiveness of my many sins. Dear Loving Father, I accept Your offer to remain Your child, to live in your Grace all the remaining days of my Life.

    Thank you my God for loving me so much to the point of sending your beloved Son to die such a horrid death, just to save me. Never let me be saparated from You. Whatever is imperfect, deformed and sinful in me, You can and You shall, because you love me, and has promised this to all repentant sinners, make whole so that Your Holy Spirit my find an acceptable abode in my Soul to guide, advise, rebuke in Love when my selfish self wants to follow its own way and bring me back on the right path.

    I do not pray for good health, I do not pray for wordly comforts, I do not pray for stress-free life, I do not pray for a long life. I only pray that I shall live each moment of my life discerning You will and with your Grace, fulfilling it for Your Glory. All I pray is that I shall be a vessel to radiate your Love to those in my family, my Parish, my Eucharistic Divine Mercy Devotion and to my neighbours.

    May you be glorified, loved, adored and worshipped by Your whole creation now until the end of time. Amen.

    Eternal Rest grant onto the Holy Souls of the Faithful departed and let Your Perpetual light shine upon them. May they Rest in Peace. Amen

  • Judie

    What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL gift for this week of Pro-Life ! Surely until women understand the value of their OWN lives, abortion will continue. This letter is a powerful way to reach those women .. heart-2-heart.

  • http://scrapsofstarlight.blogspot.com/ suzy

    It was my birthday today. These words are the most beautiful gift.

  • glennbouthuthillette

    Dan,

    This is fantastic. I totally agree with Dorothy. What an amazing affirmation from our Father!

    Peace,
    Glenn

  • carmeneagles

    yes.

  • songofsunday

    My God, My God!

    release the knot in my heart and mind
    telling me You have abandoned me and
    fill me with the gentle words You
    have given to Your humble servant for me and all
    to hear.

    Song