Prayer Before Using The Internet

St Isidore

This is a prayer for before one connects to the Internet. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf wrote it and you can find it translated into various other languages on his Blog here ≫≫. It may be a good idea to print it and stick it up next to your computer.

Almighty and eternal God,

who created us in Thy image

and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful,

especially in the divine person of Thy Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

grant, we beseech Thee,

that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor,

during our journeys through the internet

we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee

and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Latin

Oratio ante colligationem in interrete:

Omni­potens aeterne Deus,

qui secundum imaginem Tuam nos plasmasti

et omnia bona, vera, et pulchra,

praesertim in divi­na persona Unigeniti Fi­lii Tui

Domini nostri Iesu Christi, quaerere iussi­sti,

praesta, quaesumus,

ut, per intercessionem Sancti Isidori, Epi­scopi et Doctoris,

in peregrinationibus per interrete,

et manus oculosque ad quae Tibi sunt placita intendamus

et omnes quos conveni­mus cum caritate ac patientia accipiamus.

Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.