Start and End Your Day with Prayer
Most Necessary Prayers
Inspired by the Roman Missal 1962. A clean, extra-large text repository designed to help you anchor your day in Eucharistic peace. Simple, beautiful, and easy to read on any screen. These timeless prayers are presented in high-contrast blocks with readable typography, ensuring a comfortable reading experience for senior parishioners and busy families alike.
Peace in the Present Moment
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Peace in the Present Moment
Our digital prayer guides are kept intentionally simple so that your mind can rest, completely free from modern digital distractions.
Begin the Daily Devotion
“Lord, you know I cannot rely on my own strength, ‘for we do not know how to pray as we ought.’ So please, God, bless me now that I might be open to receiving. Bless my mind that I might meditate as you desire. Bless my ears that I might hear your voice. Bless my lips that I might speak your praise. Bless my heart that I may know your love.”
I renounce all the distractions which may come to me during this daily prayer devotions / Holy Rosary which i wish to say with modesty, attention, and devotion, as if it were the last of my life.
Incline unto my aid, O God!
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father...
May i give honor to you, O Holy Virgin
Give me strength against the enemies that oppress me.
Most gracious Virgin Mary, thou who wouldst crush the head of the serpent,
protect us from the vengeance of the evil one.
We offer our prayers, supplications, sufferings and good works to thee so that thou may purify them, sanctify them, and present them to thy Son as a perfect offering.
May this offering be given so that the demons that influence or seek to influence the members of the Mystical Body of Christ do not know the source of their expulsion and blindness.
Blind them so that they know not our good works.
Blind them so that they know not on whom to take vengeance.
Blind them so that they may receive the just sentence for their works.
Cover us with the Precious Blood of thy Son so that we may enjoy
the protection which flows from His Passion and Death. Amen.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Dear Lord, help me to remove from my mind every thought or opinion which You would not approve of. Grant that I may spend the hours of the day gladly working with You according to Your will. Help me just for today and be with me in it; in the long hours of work, that I may not weary or grow slack in serving You; in conversations that they may not be to me occasions of uncharitableness; in the day's worries and disappointments, that I may be patient with myself and with those around me; in moments of fatigue and illness, that I may be mindful of others rather than of myself; in temptations that I many be generous and loyal, SO THAT WHEN THE DAY IS OVER I MAY LAY IT AT YOUR FEET WITH ITS SUCCESSES WHICH ARE ALL YOURS AND ITS FAILURES WHICH ARE ALL MY OWN, and feel that life is real and peaceful and blessed when spent with You as the Guest of my soul. AMEN.
Morning Prayers
"Anything we do, without offering it to God, is wasted."
-St. John Vianney
Daily Prayer to the Sacred Heart
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on me.
O God, forgive me
for all the sins of my life;
the sins of my youth
and the sins of my age,
the sins of my body
and the sins of my soul,
the sins I have confessed
and the sins I have forgotten,
the sins against others
in thought, word, or deed,
and my sins of omission.
O, my God, I am sorry
for all my sins,
because You are so good.
With Your help O Lord,
may I not sin again.
God be merciful to me a sinner.
Scapular Morning Offering
O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary (here kiss your Brown scapular as a sign of your consecration – this carries a partial indulgence). I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Jesus from all the altars throughout the world, joining with it the offering of my every thought, word and action of this day.
O my Jesus, I desire today to gain every indulgence and merit I can, and I offer them together with myself, to Mary Immaculate, that She may best apply them to the interests of Thy Most Sacred Heart. Precious Blood of Jesus, save us! Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Morning Offering to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and also for the intentions of the Holy Father.
Amen.






Prayer for the Grace From All the World's Masses
***To be prayed daily***
Eternal Father, we humbly offer Thee our poor presence, and that of the whole of humanity, from the beginning to the end of the world at all the Masses that ever have or ever will be prayed. We offer Thee all the pains, sufferings, prayers, sacrifices, joys, and relaxations of our lives, in union with those of our Lord Jesus here on earth. May the Most Precious Blood of Christ, all His Blood, Wounds, and Agony save us, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen.




Morning Offering of St Therese
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 his infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of his merciful love.
O my God, I ask of 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.
Inviting the Holy Spirit
Prayer of Supplication to The Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit thou who make me see everything
and show me the way to reach my ideal.
You who give me the divine gift to forgive,
and forget the wrong that is done to me
and who are in all instances of my life with me.
I, in this short dialogue, want to thank You for everything
and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You,
no matter how great the material desires may be.
I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your Perpetual Glory, Amen.
Prayer of Application to The Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems.
Who light all roads so that I can obtain my goal.
You that give the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me
and that all instances of my life you are with me.
I want in this short prayer to thank you for all material illusions
I wish to be with you in eternal glory.
Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine.
Say three consecutive days after three days the favor requested will be granted even if it appears difficult. The prayer must be published immediately not mentioning the favor requested. The initials to appear at bottom.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit,
Replace the tension within us with a holy relaxation.
Replace the turbulence within us with a sacred calm.
Replace the anxiety within us with a quiet confidence.
Replace the fear within us with a strong faith.
Replace the bitterness within us with the sweetness of grace.
Replace the darkness within us with a gentle light.
Replace the coldness within us with a loving warmth.
Replace the night within us with Your day.
Replace the winter within us with Your spring.
Straighten our crookedness.
Fill our emptiness.
Dull the edge of our pride.
Sharpen the edge of our humility.
Light the fires of our love.
Quench the flames of our lust.
Let us see ourselves as You see us.
That we may see You as You have promised us.
And be healed through Your Word.
Amen
Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your apostles and Disciples-deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, to perfect in my soul the work of Your grace and Your love.
Grant me the spirit of WISDOM- that I may not be attached to the perishable things of this world, but aspire only after the things that are eternal.
The spirit of UNDERSTANDING- to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth.
The spirit of COUNSEL- that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven.
The spirit of FORTITUDE- that I may bear my cross with You, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation.
The spirit of KNOWLEDGE- that I may know God and know myself, and grow perfect in the science of the Saints.
The spirit of PIETY- that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable.
The spirit of FEAR- that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may avoid anything that may displease Him.
Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with your Spirit. AMEN.
Prayers to Our Blessed Mother
Do Whatever He Tells You
Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, • Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
Prayer to Mary, Undoer of Knots
Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life, You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots. Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children.
No one, not even the evil one himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.
Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today every knot in my life.
Every knot that bounds me to the Devil, every knot that ties me habitually to sin and vice, every knot in my intellect and will, every knot that enslaves my emotions, passions, desires, and relationships, every knot in my body, mind, and spirit that prevents me from loving God with my whole being, every knot that prevents me from loving others the way God wants me to I surrender them all to you, O Blessed Mother of God. (3x with devotion)
I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once and for all, for you are my hope. O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains. Hear my plea Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge! Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me. Amen.
Mary Undoer Of Knots
O Most Holy Mother,
You will never refuse to help those in need of Your Divine Grace.
See these knots in my life and how much pain
and suffering they cause me, and those whom I love.
O Mary, my only hope, by Your powerful intercession,
obtain for me, the grace to completely undo these knots.
In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.
Loving Mother, by your grace ask Your Son, Jesus,
to take this knot... undo it for the glory of God, once for all,
You are my only hope.
Under Your title of Mary Undoer of Knots,
obtain for me by the most Precious Blood of Thy Son,
pardon for my sins, the salvation of my soul
and the necessary means to obtain it.
—Amen
Mary Undoer of Knots...Pray for Me!
Sacred Heart
Novena Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Divine Jesus You have said, “Ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart and pronounced by Your adorable lips, I come to ask this favor: (Here silently mention your petitions)
To whom can I turn,
if not to You whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits?
Where should I seek,
if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy?
Where must I knock
if not at the door through which God gives himself to us and through which we go to God?
I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus.
In you I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when burdened with trials, and light in doubt and darkness.
Dear Jesus, I firmly believe that You can grant me the grace I implore, even though it should require a miracle.
You have only to will it, and my prayer will be granted.
I admit that I am most unworthy of Your favors,
but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged.
You are the God of mercy
and You will not refuse a contrite heart.
Cast upon me a look of mercy, I beg of You,
and Your kind heart will find in my miseries and weakness
a reason for granting my prayer.
whatever maybe Your decision with regard to my request,
I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You.
My Jesus, be pleased to accept this -
my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me
and all Your creatures forever.
I know that there is but one thing impossible to You:
to be without pity for those who are suffering or in distress.
Look upon me, I beg of You, dear Jesus,
and grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You,
through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother.
You have entrusted me to her as her child,
and her prayers are all-powerful with You. Amen.
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
O Lord, I pray that in my home, peace, quiet and well being may prevail under the shadows of Your Holy mantle. Bless and protect, O Lord, my endeavors, my enterprises, and all those who depend on me and everything that I long for and desire.
Banish from my mind and my heart false ideas and evil sentiments. Infuse in me a love of my neighbor and grant me the means to help him. Give me resignation and fortitude of spirit in time of adversity, so that I may rise above the contradictions of life.
Guide and protect, O Lord, my own who are exposed to the dangers and contingencies of the world. Do not forget, O my Jesus, our loved ones with whom we are united in life and whose departure from this earth caused us sorrow, at the same time consoled by the thought that, because they remained faithful to You, You did not abandon them at the hour of death.
Have pity on them, O Lord, and bring them their eternal glory in heaven. Amen
Commendation Prayer to the Sacred Heart
O Most amiable Heart of Jesus! let me, my relations, and friends, and all that have commended themselves to my prayer, and for whom I am bound to pray, experience Thy most powerful aid.
Assist them individually in their necessities. O Heart full of mercies! convert all hardened hearts, console the Souls in Purgatory, be a refuge of the dying, the consolation of all distressed and suffering. Above all, be the refuge of my soul at the hour of death, and receive it into the bosom of Thy mercy. In it I sleep securely and rest in peace.
Our Father…
Hail Mary…
Glory be to the Father…
Prayer to the Sacred Heart
O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing,
I adore you, I love you and with a lively sorrow for my sins.
I offer you this poor heart of mine.
Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to your will.
Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you.
Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions;
give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs,
your blessings on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death.
Within your heart I place my every care.
In every need let me come to you with humble trust saying,
Heart of Jesus, help me.
Amen.
Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(This nine-day prayer is often said prior to the Feast of the Sacred Heart but can be said anytime. The “Our Father,” “Hail, Mary,” Glory Be,” and “Hail, Holy Queen” are traditional Catholic prayers associated with the Rosary, and may be readily found online or in most Catholic prayer books. There are other versions of the novena; this is the one that Saint Margaret Mary offered.)
O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold, I knock, I seek, and ask for the grace of (name your request).
Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender mother and ours.
Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: “Saint Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.”
—Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise to the Sacred Heart
Lord, you deserve all honor and praise,
because your love is perfect and your heart sublime.
My heart is filled, overflowing with gratitude
for the many blessings and graces you have bestowed
upon me and those whom I love.
Forever undeserving, may I always be attentive
and never take for granted the gifts of mercy and love
that flow so freely and generously from your Sacred Heart.
Heart of Jesus, I adore you.
Heart of Jesus, I praise you.
Heart of Jesus, I thank you.
Heart of Jesus, I love you forever and always.
Amen
Prayer for Special Circumstances
Prayer of Trust to the Sacred Heart (in Times of Stress)
Holy Heart of Jesus, Sweet Sanctuary of rest,
bring peace to my soul and settle my spirit,
especially in the matter of_________________.
I vow to place all of my worries and fears
into the wound of your Sacred Heart,
there to be tended to in accordance with your perfect will,
which desires only the best and highest good.
Your love alone is enough, and I surrender to it;
clinging to the hope of a swift resolution
and trusting with confidence in all of your promises.
Amen.
Prayer to the Sacred Heart in Times of Loss or Betrayal
Sweet Jesus, your heart beats for the brokenhearted,
and you know their pain.
You experienced loss when your friend Lazarus died,
and betrayal when your friends abandoned
and rejected you in your darkest hours.
I ask you for relief and release right now in this time of grief.
I cry out to your heart, seeking comfort and consolation.
Take this present heartache and unite it to your own for the good of others, especially _____________________.
Ease my sorrow, and fill my heart
with hope and light to face another day.
Amen.
Prayer to the Sacred Heart for Help to Forgive
Lord Jesus,
my heart feels like an impenetrable stone as I am struggling to forgive_____________.
Please trade my hardened heart for one that flows with mercy like your own.
Give me the grace to let go of bitterness, a desire for revenge, and the need for an apology.
Set me free from the captivity of my unforgiving heart and fill me with your healing love.
Amen.
Prayer to the Sacred Heart for Someone Who Is Addicted
Lord, my heart is filled with concern for____________, who is addicted.
You know and see the disorder and chaos that the addiction is causing,
and your heart grieves over the distortion of personality and danger to the soul that results when someone is in the throes of addiction.
I pray that you will please give me the wisdom and spiritual
fortitude to detach with love and trust in your tender mercies
and that you will give _______________ the humility and strength to seek recovery. I ask this through the saving grace of your Sacred Heart.
Amen.
Prayer to the Sacred Heart When Health Is Failing
Sweet Heart of Jesus,
my health is failing, and I am hurting.
Thank you for my body, which is a great and marvelous gift
and a temple where the Holy Spirit chooses to dwell.
I offer up my current suffering for ____________,
accepting whatever you permit to happen to me.
I believe in your healing power and claim your promises of peace,
help in all my afflictions, and the grace of final perseverance.
Help me to resist all fear, and hide me, Lord,
in the haven of your precious heart.
Give me the strength to accept this current state of my health with joy,
holy resignation, and lively hope for the future.
Amen.
Daily Novena Prayers
You didn’t come this far to stop
My Triple Novena Prayer
Most extraordinary graces have been received through the use of this prayer, which in one cry of confidence, directly and immediately calls upon Father, Son, Holy Ghost! and Jesus, Mary, Joseph!
O Eternal Father! for the love of the Eternal Son, and for the love of the
Eternal Holy Spirit, grant my request.
O Eternal Son! for the love of the Eternal Father, and for the love of the
Eternal Holy Ghost, grant my request.
O Eternal Holy Ghost! for the love of the Eternal Father, and for the love of the Eternal Son, grant my request.
O my Crucified Jesus, for the love of the ever adorable Trinity, and for the love of Mary and Joseph, grant my request.
O Mary, my Mother, for the love of the ever adorable Trinity, and for the love of Jesus and Joseph, obtain my request.
O Holy St. Joseph, for the love of the ever adorable Trinity, and for the love of Jesus and Mary, obtain my request.
Holy Face
Holy Face
Dear Lord through the sorrowful and immaculate heart of mary, I offer You these prayers in reparation for the sins which offend God the most in these modern times- the sins of blasphemy and the profanation of sunday and your holy days of obligation
The Golden Arrow Prayer
May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored, and glorified in Heaven, on earth and in Hell, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.
Prayers to St. Joseph
Memorare to St. Joseph
Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help and sought your intercession were left unassisted. Full of confidence in your power I fly unto you and beg your protection. Despise not O Guardian of the Redeemer my humble supplication, but in your bounty, hear and answer me. Amen.
Act of Consecration to St. Joseph
O dearest St. Joseph, I consecrate myself to your honor and give myself to you, that you may always be my father, my protector and my guide in the way of salvation. Obtain for me a greater purity of heart and fervent love of the interior life. After your example may I do all my actions for the greater glory of God, in union with the Divine Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. O Blessed St. Joseph, pray for me, that I may share in the peace and joy of your holy death. Amen.
Prayers for the Family
Parents Prayer to the Holy Family
Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, we most fervently implore You to take our children under Your special care and enclose them in the love of Your Sacred Heart. Rule and guide them -that they may live according to our holy faith, that they may not waiver in their confidence in You and may ever remain faithful in your love.
O Mary, blessed Mother of Jesus, grant to our children a place in your pure maternal heart, Spread over them your protecting mantle when danger threatens their innocence; keep them firm when they are tempted to stray from the path of virtue; and should they have the misfortune to fall, oh, raise them up again and reconcile them with your Divine Son
Holy foster father, St. Joseph, watch over our children. Protect them from the assaults of the wicked enemy, and deliver them from all dangers of soul and body.
Mary and Joseph, dear parents of the holy Child Jesus, intercede for us that we may be a good example and bring up our children in the love and fear of God , and one day attain with them the Beatific Vision in Heaven. AMEN
Prayer for a Family
O Dear Jesus, I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family. May our home be the shrine of peace, purity, love, labor and faith. I beg You, dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us, absent and present, living and dead.
O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, pray to Jesus for our family, for all the families of the world, to guard the cradle of the newborn, the schools of the young and their vocations- and the elderly.
Blessed Saint Joseph, holy guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life. Ask of Jesus that special grace which He granted to you, to watch over our home at the pillow of the sick and the dying, so that with Mary and with You, heaven may find our family unbroken in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. AMEN
Prayer of Spouse for Each Other
Lord Jesus, grant that I and my spouse may have a true and understanding love for each other. Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust. Give us the grace to live with each other in peace and harmony. May we always bear with one another's weaknesses and grow from each other's strengths. Help us to forgive one another’s failing and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness and the spirit of placing the wellbeing of one another ahead of self.
May the love that brought us together grow mature with each passing year. Bring us both ever closer to You through our love for each other. Let our love grow to perfection.
Lord, bless this dear person whom You have chosen to be my spouse. Make his life long and blessed. May I become a great blessing to him, a sharer in all his sufferings and sorrows, and a suitable helper in his changes and difficulties in this life. Make me lovable forever in his eyes and forever dear to him. Keep me from all unreasonableness of passion and whims. Make me humble and giving, strong, dedicated, appreciative, prudent and understanding. May we ever take delight in each other, according to Your blessed Word, both sharing in Your Divine love. Amen
Prayer to St. Monica
Dear Saint Monica, you were once the mournful mother of a prodigal son. Your faithfulness to prayer brought you and your son so close to God that you are now with him in eternity. By your intercession and God’s grace, your son St. Augustine became a great and venerable Saint of the Church. Please take my request to God with the same fervor and persistence with which you prayed for your own son. (Mention your intentions here)
With your needs, worries and anxieties, you threw yourself on the mercy and providence of God. Through sorrow and pain, you constantly devoted yourself to God. Pray for me, that I might join you in such a deep faith in God’s goodness and mercy. Above all, dear Saint Monica, pray for me, that I may, like your son, turn from my sin and become a great saint for the glory of God.
Amen.
Consecration Prayer of One’s Children to Jesus, Mary and Joseph
(Adapted from a prayer of St. John Eudes and other sources. Parents may pray this prayer for each children at least once during their lives).
O Jesus, only Son of God, only Son of Mary, I come to Thee as an unworthy parent, and I humbly consecrate to thy Most Sacred Heart, now and for eternity, the soul of my child (Name of child). I surrender (Name of child) to Thy sweet yoke and place him/her at the foot of Thy Cross. I offer Thee for him/her the most loving Heart of Thy Most Holy Mother Mary, which is more precious and pleasing to Thee than all hearts, and I beg Thee by her merits to show Thyself to him/her a Savior.
O Mary, Mother of Jesus, I come to Thee as an unworthy parent, and I humbly consecrate to Thy Most Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, now and for eternity, the soul of my (Name of child). I offer Thee for him/her the most adorable Heart of Thy Son Jesus, who is life, love and joy of Thy own Heart, and I beg Thee by the infinite merits of the Divine Son, Thou who art our Mother in the order of grace, to obtain the grace of salvation for my child.
O glorious St. Joseph, I come to thee and ask thee to take under thy special protection my child, (Name). I consecrate him/her to thee today, that through this consecration he/she may become your foster child. Guard him/her, guide his/her steps in life, and form his/her after the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
O glorious St. Joseph, who felt the tribulation and worry of a parent when the child Jesus was lost, protect him/her for time and eternity. May you be his/her father and counselor. Preserve (Name of child) from the corruption of this world, and obtain for us the grace to be united in heaven forever. Amen.
Blessed be the Most Sacred and Loving Heart of Jesus and the Most Immaculate Heart of Mary in eternity and forever. Amen.
St. Joseph, pray for us. Amen.
Prayers with Promises
Sacred Cross Prayer
Oh Lord, Almighty, You have suffered death at the cross, for our sins.
Oh Holy Cross of Jesus- be my true light.
Oh Holy Cross of Jesus- fill my soul with good thoughts.
Oh Holy Cross- help me in my salvation.
Oh Holy Cross- safely guard me against unholy thoughts and worldly dangers that i may worship the Holy Cross of Jesus of Nazareth Crucified. Have pity on me.
Oh Holy Cross of Jesus- be my hope.
Oh Holy Cross- have mercy on me, forever and ever amen.
In Honor of the precious blood of Jesus
and His fearful death and resurrection
and his glorification which leads to everlasting life
as true as Jesus is born on Christmas and crucified on good friday,
as true as Joseph and Nicodemus took Jesus down from the cross.
As true as Jesus ascended to heaven
may He preserve me from my enemies be visible and invisible,
forever and ever amen.
Lord Almighty into your hands i give my soul and my body.
Oh Lord Jesus grant me strength to bear the cross as yourself.
Teach me to bear with humility all the thrills,
that the Virgin may fill me with Holy Spirit.
Preserve my soul and lead it to life everlasting amen.
Prayers to St. Michael and Our Guardian Angels
Citizen's Prayer to St. Michael
Please protect us, St. Michael the Archangel, against violence, murder and robbery. In your goodness preserve us today from all the malice of sinful and wicked men. In your sleepless vigilance watch over the safety and welfare of our homes, and keep guard over our possessions. Ever hold in our special care, most triumphant St. MIchael, the forces of public order against the crimes of evil men, and defend all honest citizens in time of peril. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. AMEN.
Glorious St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who standest always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who didst fight with the dragon, the old serpent, and didst cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defendest the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat thee to assist me also, in the painful and dangerous conflict which I have to sustain against the same formidible foe.
Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and wholly vanquish that proud spirit, whom thou hast by the Divine Power, so gloriously overthrown, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, so completely overcome; to the end that having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may with thee and the holy angels, praise the clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. Amen.
Litanies
Litany of Humility
by Cardinal Merry del Val
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being loved,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being honored,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being praised,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being approved,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being despised,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be chosen and I set aside,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be praised
and I go unnoticed,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be preferred
to me in everything,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may become holier than I,
provided that I may become
as holy as I should,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
Prayers for the Holy Souls
Special Prayer for Holy Souls in Purgatory By St. Gertrude
O Eternal Father, I offer you the Most Precious Blood of Your Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory and for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the Universal church, for those in my own home and for those within my family.
This prayer will deliver 1000 souls from purgatory to heaven each time it is said.
Evening Prayers
With Examination of Conscience
Make a brief examination of conscience before going to bed at night. Two or three minutes will suffice.
Place yourself in the presence of God, recognizing His strength and your weakness. Tell Him: “Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.”
Ask your guardian angel for light to acknowledge your defects and virtues: What have I done wrong? What have I done right? What could I have done better?
EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE WITH SINCERITY
Did I often consider that God is my Father?
Did I offer Him my work?
Did I make good use of my time?
Did I pray slowly and with attention?
Did I try to make life pleasant for other people?
Did I criticize anyone?
Was I forgiving?
Did I pray and offer some sacrifices for the Church, for the pope, and for those around me?
Did I allow myself to be carried away by sensuality? By pride?
Daily Examination of Conscience
Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul, the sins of my body; my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins; the sins I know, the sins I do not know; the sins I have concealed for so long, and which are now hidden from my memory.
I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal and venial, for all the sins of my childhood up to the present hour.
I know my sins have wounded Thy Tender Heart, O My Savior, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through the most bitter Passion of My Redeemer. Amen.
O My Jesus, forget and forgive what I have been. Amen
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more and avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
Make a specific resolution for tomorrow: To stay away from certain temptations, to avoid some specific faults
Prayer of Self Knowledge by St. Augustine
Lord Jesus, let me know myself and know You, and desire nothing save only You.
Let me hate myself and love You.
Let me do everything for the sake of You.
Let me humble myself and exalt You.
Let me think of nothing except You.
Let me die to myself and live in You.
Let me accept whatever happens as from You.
Let me banish self and follow You, and ever desire to follow You.
Let me fly from myself and take refuge in You,
That I may deserve to be defended by You.
Let me fear for myself.
Let me fear You, and let me be among those who are chosen by You.
Let me distrust myself and put my trust in You.
Let me be willing to obey for the sake of You.
Let me cling to nothing save only to You,
And let me be poor because of You.
Look upon me, that I may love You.
Call me that I may see You, and for ever enjoy You. Amen.
Jesus Help Me
In every need let me come to You with a humble trust saying, Jesus help me.
In all my doubts, perplexities and temptations, Jesus help me.
In hours of loneliness, weariness and trials, Jesus help me.
In failure of my plans and hopes, in disappointments, troubles and sorrows, Jesus help me.
When others fail me and Your grace alone can assist me, Jesus help me.
When I throw myself on Your tender love, as my Lord and Savior, Jesus help me.
When my heart is cast down by failure at seeing no good coming from my efforts, Jesus help me.
When I am ill and my head and hands cannot work, Jesus help me.
Always, always, in spite of weariness, falls and shortcomings of every kind,
Jesus help me and never forsake me.
Almighty Lord, before You I come with all my faith,
begging You for comfort in my difficulties.
Do not forsake me, my Lord.
Open Your doors, that Your almighty arms will open and close
as You design to give that tranquility that I so desire. Oh my God!
Receive my supplication from a wounded heart
that is always fighting for me with Your Divine power.
Never let me scramble for want of Your help.
Almighty Lord, assist me to find shelter in Your Celestial bounty forever. Amen.
Prayer to Prevent One Mortal Sin
O Mary, Immaculate Mother of Jesus, we beseech Thee, offer to the Eternal Father the Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, to prevent at least one mortal sin from being committed somewhere in the world today.
Amen
Prayers for Protection
"I Consecrate My House / Home"
Most Blessed Virgin, whose heart is sorrowful and immaculate
We recognize thee as the Lady and the Queen of this house,
Have the kindness to preserve it from the any evil
From robbers, sick people, from revolutionaries, war, raids,
from persecution, unjust taxes and from any other evil known by thee.
Bless, protect, defend and preserve as thy personal property those who live and will live here
Keep us away from adversity and misfortune
But above all, preserve us from offending God.
Let not a single mortal sin be ever committed in this house and
may all those who enter it, work from the glory of God
For the reign of our Lord Jesus and Mother Mary.
Let this house be forever consecrated to Thee, O Lord Jesus And Mother Mary
May all who inhabit this house be a blessing to it. Amen.
Reparation Prayers
An Act of Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Pope Pius VII granted an indulgence to everyone who, with contrition for his sins and with devotion, says the following Act of Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Jesus, my God, my Saviour, true God and true Man, with that most profound homage with which the faith itself inspires me, I adore and love Thee with my whole heart, enclosed in the most august Sacrament of the Altar, in reparation for all the acts of irreverence, profanation, and sacrilege, which I may ever have been so unhappy as to have committed, as well as for all such like acts that ever have been done, or which may be done, though God forbid they should be, in ages yet to come. I adore Thee, therefore, my God, not indeed as Thou deservest, nor as much as I am bound to adore, but as far as I am able; and I would that I could adore Thee with all the perfection of which all reasonable persons are capable. Meantime I purpose now and ever to adore Thee, not only for those Catholics who adore Thee not, and love Thee not, but also in the stead of, and for the conversion of all heretics, schismatics, impious atheists, blasphemers, impostors, Mahometans, Jews, and idolaters. Jesus, my God, mayest Thou be ever known, adored, loved, and praised every moment, in the most holy and divine Sacrament. Amen. I adore Thee every moment, O living Bread of Heaven, Great Sacrament! Jesus, Heart of Mary, I pray Thee send Thy blessing on my soul. Holiest Jesus! loving Saviour! I give Thee my heart.
Add:
May all know, adore, and praise every moment, always, the most holy and divine Sacrament.
Litany of Reparation in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament
Lord, have mercy on us; Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us; Christ, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on us; Lord, have mercy on us
God the Father of Mercy, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Mediator between God and man, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, the Enlightener of hearts, have mercy on us.
Holy and undivided Trinity, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Victim of reparation for the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Annihilated on the altar for us and by us, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Despised and neglected, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Neglected and abandoned in Thy temples, have mercy on us.
Be merciful unto us: Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us: Hear us, O Lord.
For so many unworthy Communions, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the irreverence of Christians, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the continual blasphemies of the impious, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the infamous discourses made in Thy Holy Temples, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the crimes of sinners, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the sacrileges which profane Thee sacrament of love, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the coldness of the greater part of Thy children, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For their contempt of Thy loving invitations, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the infidelity of those who call themselves Thy friends, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the abuse of Thy grace, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For our unfaithfulness, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For our delay in loving Thee, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For our tepidity in Thy Holy Service, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy bitter sadness at the loss of souls, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy long waiting at the door of our hearts, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy loving sighs, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.For Thy loving tears, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy loving imprisonment, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy loving death, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
That Thou wouldst spare us, that You hear us, We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.
That You will make known Your love for us in this most Holy Sacrament, We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.
That You will vouchsafe to accept our reparation, made in the spirit of humility,
We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Let us pray:
Lord Jesus, Who has chosen to expose Thyself to all the outrages of the impious, rather than withdraw Thy Sacred Body from our Churches, grant us the grace to bewail, with true bitterness of heart, the injuries and sacrileges committed against
Thee, and to repair as far as lies in our power, and with sincere love, the many ignominies and contempts Thou hast received, and still continue to receive, in this ineffable mystery, Who lives and reigns with God, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist, I adore Thee.
Sweet Companion of our exile, I seek Thee. Holy God become man, I beat with Thy Heart.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, solitary, abandoned, humiliated, cursed, despised, outraged, ignored by men, have mercy on us.
Lover of our hearts, pleading for Thy beloved, patiently waiting for us, eager to hear our confidences, desirous of our devotion, have mercy on us.
Heart of grace, silent and wishing to speak, Refuge of the hidden life, Sharer of the secrets of union with God, Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Jesus, Victim, I want to comfort Thee. I unite myself with Thee. I offer myself in union with Thee.
I count myself as nothing before Thee. I desire to forget myself and think only of Thee, to be forgotten and rejected for love of Thee, not to be understood, not to be loved, except by Thee. I will hold my peace that I may listen to Thee. I will forsake myself in order to be lost in Thee. Grant that I may quench Thy thirst for my salvation, Your burning thirst for my sanctification, and that, being purged, I may give Thee a true and pure love. I no longer want to deny Your expectations.
Take me. I give myself to Thee. I entrust to You all my actions and thoughts -- my mind, that You may enlighten it, my heart, that You may fill it, my will, that You may establish it, my soul and body, that You may feed and sustain them.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, Whose Blood is the life of my soul, may it no longer be I who live, but You alone Who lives in me.
Prayer of Reparation to the Holy Face of Jesus
As requested by Our Lord Jesus Christ. These prayers are to be said on Sundays and the Holy Days of Obligation, publicly (if possible), and preferably before the Blessed Sacrament or before the picture of the Holy Face.
Dear Lord, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I (we) offer Thee these prayers in reparation for the sins which offend God the most in these modern times--the sins of BLASPHEMY and the PROFANATION OF SUNDAY and Thy Holy Days of Obligation.
One Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be to The Father
Eucharistic Prayer
MOST HOLY TRINITY, I adore Thee! My God, My God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament. (3 times)
Pardon Prayer
MY GOD, I believe, I adore, I trust, and I love Thee! I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust and do not love Thee. (3 times)
Angel’s Prayer (Prayer of Reparation to the Most Holy Trinity)
When the “Angel of Peace” appeared to the three children preceding Our Lady’s first appearance to them, he was "holding a Chalice in his hands, with a host above it from which some drops of blood were falling into the Sacred vessel." The Angel left the chalice and host suspended in the air and prostrated himself upon the ground with the children and prayed the following prayer with them three times:
MOST Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. And through the infinite merit of His Most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners. Amen. (3 times)
The Angel then rose, and taking the host he gave it to Lucy, and to Jacinta and Francisco he gave the contents of the chalice, saying as he did so: "Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men. Repair their crimes and console your God." Then he prostrated himself once more with the children and repeated the prayer to the Most Holy Trinity three times, before disappearing.
Sacrifice Prayer
Our Lady of Fatima said: "Many souls go to Hell because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.” “Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say manytimes, especially when you make some sacrifice:
O JESUS, it is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
The Angel of Fatima said: "Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly to the Most High.... Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act ofreparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners . . . Above all, accept and bear with submission the sufferings which the Lord will send you."
Litany of Reparation in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament
Litany of Reparation in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament
Lord, have mercy on us; Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us; Christ, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on us; Lord, have mercy on us
God the Father of Mercy, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Mediator between God and man, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, the Enlightener of hearts, have mercy on us.
Holy and undivided Trinity, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Victim of reparation for the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Annihilated on the altar for us and by us, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Despised and neglected, have mercy on us.
O Sacred Host! Neglected and abandoned in Thy temples, have mercy on us.
Be merciful unto us: Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us: Hear us, O Lord.
For so many unworthy Communions, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the irreverence of Christians, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the continual blasphemies of the impious, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the infamous discourses made in Thy Holy Temples, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the crimes of sinners, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the sacrileges which profane Thee sacrament of love, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the coldness of the greater part of Thy children, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For their contempt of Thy loving invitations, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the infidelity of those who call themselves Thy friends, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For the abuse of Thy grace, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For our unfaithfulness, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For our delay in loving Thee, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For our tepidity in Thy Holy Service, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy bitter sadness at the loss of souls, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy long waiting at the door of our hearts, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy loving sighs, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.For Thy loving tears, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy loving imprisonment, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
For Thy loving death, We offer Thee our reparations, O Lord.
That Thou wouldst spare us, that You hear us, We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.
That You will make known Your love for us in this most Holy Sacrament, We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.
That You will vouchsafe to accept our reparation, made in the spirit of humility,
We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Let us pray:
Lord Jesus, Who has chosen to expose Thyself to all the outrages of the impious, rather than withdraw Thy Sacred Body from our Churches, grant us the grace to bewail, with true bitterness of heart, the injuries and sacrileges committed against
Thee, and to repair as far as lies in our power, and with sincere love, the many ignominies and contempts Thou hast received, and still continue to receive, in this ineffable mystery, Who lives and reigns with God, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Consecration Prayers
Consecration to the Holy Family
Lord Jesus,
you lived in the home of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth.
There you grew in age, wisdom and grace as you prepared
to fulfill your mission as our Redeemer.
We entrust our family to you.
O Blessed Mary,
you are the Mother of our Savior.
At Nazareth you cared for Jesus
and nurtured him in the peace and joy of your home.
We entrust our family to you.
Saint Joseph,
you provided a secure and loving home for Jesus and Mary,
and gave us a model of fatherhood while showing us the dignity of work.
We entrust our family to you.
Holy Family,
we consecrate ourselves and our family to you.
May we be completely united in a love that is lasting,
faithful and open to the gift of new life.
Help us to grow in virtue, to forgive one another from our hearts,
and to live in peace all our days.
Keep us strong in faith, persevering in prayer, diligent in our work,
and generous toward those in need.
May our home, O Holy Family, truly become a domestic church
where we reflect your example in our daily life. Amen.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us!
Prayer composed by Archbishop Wiliam E. Lori of Baltimore, Supreme Chaplain.
Consecration to the Holy Family of Nazareth
O SACRED HEART OF JESUS, we consecrate ourselves to you.
May we belong entirely to you and do all things for love of you.
You are the way, the truth, and the life, our hope in despair,
our light in darkness, our refuge at the hour of death.
Though we have merited just punishment,
we entrust ourselves to your Divine Mercy.
Annihilate in us all that displeases you,
all that does not work for love of you.
Imprint your love and mercy so deeply in our hearts
that we may always act according to your Holy Will.
Jesus, we trust in you.
O IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY,
we consecrate ourselves to you.
Set us ablaze with love for Jesus and the members of His Body.
You are our Mother and our teacher in the mysteries of Christ.
Help us become perfect instruments of God's grace.
When we fall, pick us up.
When we despair, hold us close.
When we resist God, push us ever more towards Him.
Mary, Mother of hope, have pity on us!
O CHASTE HEART OF ST. JOSEPH,
we consecrate ourselves to you,
Accept us into your Holy Family, and be for us a Father.
As you once protected Jesus and Mary, so too, protect us from all bodily and spiritual harm.
In this life of difficulties, uncertainties, and fears, help us imitate your prayerful trust, so that we may never doubt that God is faithful and true.
St. Joseph, terror of demons, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, may our hearts be ever united to Yours. Amen.
Act of Consecration To the Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, I CONSECRATE myself and my whole family to you...
We consecrate to you; our very being and all our life... all that we are...all that we have....all that we love... To you we give our bodies, our hearts and our souls... To you we dedicate our home and our country...
Mindful of this CONSECRATION, we now promise you to live in the christian way by the practice of christian virtues, without regard for human respect...
O most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, accept our humble confidence and this ACT OF CONSECRATION by which we entrust ourselves and all our family to you...
In you, we put our hope and we shall never be confounded.
MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON US!
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, BE OUR SALVATION
MOST CHASTE HEART OF ST JOSEPH, PRAY FOR US
Consecration of the Family to the hearts of Jesus and Mary
We consecrate our family to Your Sacred Heart, O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We entrust ourselves to your care, O Blessed Mother. Watch over us, come into our homes, drive sin out and bring us God's grace. Cover us with your mantle, see to our spiritual formation and make us holy.
We ask you to cement more deeply the unity of our family. Perfect our human love and bring it to the Heart of Jesus, the furnace of charity.
We implore you to look after our material wellbeing, for security enters with you.
Never let us lack in trust for God, and beg for us the assistance of Divine providence.
Purify our work, sanctify our daily duties, share our preoccupations, our problems, and our sufferings.
All our family members are your estate, dearest Queen, lead each of us to fulfil the Father's plan for our lives, just as at Nazareth you have cooperated with His plan. Our family invokes your blessing, O Jesus, King of all nations, And your care, O Blessed Virgin Mother, our Advocate, Co-redemptrix,
and Mediatrix of all Grace.!
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of Mercy,
Queen of Heaven and Refuge of Sinners,
we consecrate ourselves to thy Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life:
all that we have, all that we love, all that we are.
To thee we give our bodies, our hearts, and our souls;
to thee we give our homes, our families and our country.
We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to thee
and may share in the benefits of thy motherly blessing.
And, that this act of consecration be truly fruitful and lasting,
we renew this day at thy feet the promises of our Baptism
And our First Holy Communion.
We pledge ourselves to profess courageously
and at all times the truths of our holy Faith,
and to live as befits Catholics,
who are submissive to all directions of the Pope
and the bishops in communion with him.
We pledge ourselves to keep the Commandments of
God and His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord's Day.
We pledge ourselves to make the consoling practices of the christian religion, and above all, Holy Communion, an important part of our lives, in so far as we shall be able to do. Finally, we promise thee, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of men, to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the spreading of devotion to thy Immaculate Heart, in order to hasten and assure, through the queenly rule of thy Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thy adorable Son, in our own hearts and in those of all men, in our country, and in all the world, as in Heaven, so on earth. Amen.
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.
I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death.
Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.
I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.
Amen.
. -- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Act of Entrustment to Mary
Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima, with renewed gratitude for your motherly presence we join in the voice of all generations that call you blessed.
We celebrate in you the great works of God, who never tires of lowering himself in mercy over humanity, afflicted by evil and wounded by sin, to heal and to save it.
Accept with the benevolence of a Mother this act of entrustment that we make in faith today, before this your image, beloved to us. We are certain that each one of us is precious in your eyes and that nothing in our hearts has estranged you. May we allow your sweet gaze to reach us and the perpetual warmth of your smile.
Guard our life with your embrace; bless and strengthen every desire for good; give new life and nourishment to faith; sustain and enlighten hope; awaken and animate charity; guide us all on the path to holiness.
Teach us your own special love for the little and the poor, for the excluded and the suffering, for sinners and the wounded of heart.
Gather all people under you protection and give us all to your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus. Amen.
* Act of Entrustment to Mary, Virgin of Fatima, by Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Square on October 13, 2013
Essential Prayers
The Lord's Prayer
The Hail Mary
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 forgives those who trespass against us. Do not bring us to the test and deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art 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. Amen
Angel of God, my guardian dear,
to whom God’s love commits me here,
ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard, to rule and guide.
Amen
O my God,
I am heartily sorry for having offended you,
and I detest all my sins because of your just punishments,
but most of all because they offend you, my God,
who are all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace,
to sin no more
and to avoid the near occasions of sin.
Amen.
or:
O my God,
I am sorry and repent with all my heart
for all the wrong I have done
and for the good I have failed to do,
because by sinning I have offended you,
who are all good and worthy to be loved above all things.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace,
to do penance,
to sin no more,
and to avoid the occasions of sin.
Through the merits of the Passion of our Savior Jesus Christ,
Lord, have mercy.
or:
Lord Jesus, Son of God,
have mercy on me, a sinner.
*From the Order of Penance, nos. 45 and 92.
V/. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,
R/. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you;
blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
V/. Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
R/. Be it done unto me according to your Word.
Hail Mary…
V/. And the Word was made flesh,
R/. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary…
V/. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R/. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts: that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting. Amen.
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.
Act of Faith
O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches because you have revealed them who are eternal truth and wisdom, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. In this faith I intend to live and die. Amen
Act of Hope
O Lord God, I hope by your grace for the pardon of all my sins and after life here to gain eternal happiness because you have promised it who are infinitely powerful, faithful, kind, and merciful. In this hope I intend to live and die. Amen.
Act of Love
O Lord God, I love you above all things and I love my neighbor for your sake because you are the highest, infinite and perfect good, worthy of all my love. In this love I intend to live and die. Amen.
Prayer to our Guardian Angel
The Angelus
Glory Be
Apostle's Creed
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Eucharistic Prayers
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, embolden me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within your wounds hide me.
Never permit me to be parted from you.
From the evil Enemy defend me.
At the hour of my death call me
and bid me come to you,
that with your Saints I may praise you
for age upon age.
Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Grant me the grace of quiet recollection, and anchor my heart in your Eucharistic peace this day and always.
