If we are to succeed in life we must first overcome gluttony, alcohol and drug addiction, and over-eating. Temperance can overcome gluttony. By the grace of God, this prayer will treat gluttony and related vices with the virtue of temperance and its related virtues.
Overcoming Gluttony by Temperance
Overcoming Gluttony by TemperancePart one of the Spiritual Exercises: Becoming Beloved Disciples by Building Virtue. In today’s meditation, we face the capital sin of gluttony.
Opening Prayer
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
✠ Amen
Heavenly Father, in the Name of your Son Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit, may we abide in you and you in us, in one accord… with our minds, hearts, bodies, and souls at rest, in your Peace, present to the moment… so that we may have ears to hear, eyes to see, hearts to understand.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
✠ Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
✠ Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners. Now, and at the hour of our death.
Glory Be (Gloria Patri)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
✠ Amen.
Most Holy Trinity, we thank you for the virtue of Temperance which helps us to deny ourselves making room for your indwelling love.
✠ Our Lady of Temperance, pray for us.
✠ St. John, St. Mary Magdalene, and all you Beloved Disciples Pray for us.
Seven Scriptures to take down Gluttony
“Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7
✠ Love is Temperate
“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18
✠ Love is Temperate
“For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.” Philippians 3:18-19
✠ Love is Temperate
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 14:17
✠ Love is Temperate
“Be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.” Titus 1:8
✠ Love is Temperate
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
✠ Love is Temperate
Seven-fold Repentance
For the sins of:
gluttony ✠ Lord Have Mercy
over-eating ✠ Lord Have Mercy
alcohol abuse ✠ Lord Have Mercy
drug abuse ✠ Lord Have Mercy
idolatry ✠ Lord Have Mercy
self-indulging ✠ Lord Have Mercy
wanton revelry ✠ Lord Have Mercy
✠ Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.
All Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy God, visit and heal our infirmities for thy Name’s sake.
Seven-Fold Protection
St. Michael Prayer
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. ” ✠ Amen.
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians: 6:10
By the Belt of Truth: ✠ Lord save your people
By the Breastplate of Righteousness: ✠ Lord save your people
By the Shoes of Peace: ✠ Lord save your people
By the Shield of Faith: ✠ Lord save your people
By the Helmet of Salvation: ✠ Lord save your people
By the Sword of the Spirit: ✠ Lord save your people
By the Mantle of Our Lady ✠ Lord save your people
Seven-fold Deliverance from Gluttony
“Behold, I give you power to trample underfoot snakes and scorpions, and all the power of enemies”. Luke 10:19
Lord Jesus, you drove away legions of demons by which the people of God were healed. These you commanded to depart and not to return again. You have defeated all the armies of our invisible enemies and freed your faithful.
In the Name of Jesus, by the Blood of Jesus, by the Power of his Word, we take authority over the stronghold of gluttony including evil spirits promoting addiction, over-eating, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, idolatry, false consolation, self-indulgence, and revelry.
Remove the stronghold of gluttony and strengthen us by the virtue temperance.
Where there has been gluttony, ✠ let there be temperance.
Where there has been over-eating, ✠ let there be moderation.
Where there has been alcohol abuse, ✠ let there be abstention.
Where there has been drug abuse, ✠ let there be freedom.
Where there has been idolatry, ✠ let there be whole-hearted worship of God.
Where there has been false consolation, ✠ let there be true consolation.
Where there has been self-indulging, ✠ let there be a hunger and thirst for righteousness.
Where there has been revelry, ✠ let there be Christian fellowship.
Seven-Fold Cleansing
“So, he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” Kings 5:14
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By the Name of Jesus
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By the Blood of Jesus
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By the Word of Jesus
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By Jesus’ Breath of Mercy
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By the Living Waters of the Holy Spirit
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By the Fire of the Holy Spirit
Cleanse us Oh Lord ✠ By the Light of Christ
Closing Prayers
Most Holy Trinity, in your mercy we are delivered, cleansed, and renewed, fully clothed and in our right minds.
Lord, grant me courage to embrace the yoke of Temperance, so I can learn to deny myself, take up the cross daily and follow you, and enter into your rest.
Most Holy Trinity, we praise you for showering blessings upon us, replacing our vice of gluttony with virtue of temperance, giving us new hearts, perfect abodes of your indwelling love, so that abiding in love and unity, together, we may renew the face of the earth. ✠ Amen
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
✠ Amen