During the 40 Days of Lent, the following prayers reflecting on the heart can help us prepare our hearts for Easter 💜 Source: “A Graced Heart in Lent”, Joyce Rupp.

  1.     Warm my heart when it is cold.
  2.     Embrace my heart when it is lonely.
  3.     Strengthen my heart when it is weak.
  4.     Widen my heart when it is narrow.
  5.     Rest my heart when it is weary.
  6.     Open my heart when it is closed.
  7.     Caution my heart when it is careless.
  8.     Straighten my heart when it is crooked.
  9. Soften my heart when it is hard.
  10. Enlighten my heart when it is searching.
  11. Repair my heart when it is broken.
  12. Call home my heart when it is straying.
  13. Relieve my heart when it is burdened.
  14. Engage my heart when it is bored.
  15. Direct my heart when it is disoriented.
  16. Quiet my heart when it is wrestling.
  17. Console my heart when it is sorrowful.
  18. Unloosen my heart when it is controlling.
  19. Calm my heart when it is anxious.
  20. Entice my heart when it is distracted.
  21. Ration my heart when it is greedy.
  22. Focus my heart when it is blurred.
  23. Encourage my heart when it is dejected.
  24. Restore my heart when it is faltering.
  25. Beckon my heart when it is exiled.
  26. Heal my heart when it is ailing.
  27. Peace my heart when it is troubled.
  28. Nurture my heart when it is empty.
  29. Raise my heart when it is downcast.
  30. Urge my heart when it is hesitant.
  31. Expand my heart when it is withered.
  32. Nurture my heart when it is depleted.
  33. Embolden my heart when it is fearful.
  34. Tame my heart when it is uncontrolled.
  35. Soothe my heart when it is fretting.
  36. Revive my heart when it is parched.
  37. Assure my heart when it is hesitant.
  38. Gentle my heart when it is harsh.
  39. Welcome my heart when it is returning.

Easter! Rejoice my heart when it is ready.