Wisdom and prayers of saints

Category: Jesus

  • Prayer to the Soul of Jesus sorrowful unto death by Teresa Higginson

    REMEMBER, O most sorrowful Soul of my Jesus, the fearful agony that Thou didst endure, when plunged into the depths of Thy Father’s Justice and Wrath, Thou didst cry out, “My Father, if it be possible, let this bitter Chalice pass from me, nevertheless not My Will but Thine be done;” and when overwhelmed in…

  • PRAYER FOR THE PROTECTION AND INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF MERCY

    O our Lady, Holy Mary! To Your mercy, special protection and Your compassion, today and everyday and in the hour of my death, my soul and my body I entrust to You. My every hope and happiness, oppressions and concerns, my life and the end of my life to You I confide, so that through…

  • To Jesus Abandoned

    With Mary Immaculate, let us adore, thank, implore and console the Most Beloved and Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. O Divine Jesus, lonely today (tonight) in so many Tabernacles, without visitor or worshiper, I offer You my poor but loving heart. May its every beat be an infinite act of love for…

  • An Offering of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary by St. John Eudes

    O Jesus, only Son of God, only Son of Mary, I offer Thee the most loving Heart of Thy divine Mother which is more precious and pleasing to Thee than all hearts. O Mary, Mother of Jesus, I offer Thee the most adorable Heart of Thy well-beloved Son, who is the life and love and…

  • Act of Reparation by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

    O kind and merciful Savior, from my heart I earnestly desire to return Thee love for love. My greatest sorrow is that Thou art not loved by men, and, in particular, that my own heart is so cold, so selfish, so ungrateful. Keenly aware of my own weakness and poverty, I trust that Thy own…

  • Praise to the Holy Name of JESUS

    O Glorious Name of Jesus, gracious Name, Name of love and of power! Through You sins are forgiven, enemies are vanquished, the sick are freed from illness, the suffering are made strong and cheerful. You bring honor to believers, instruction to preachers, strength to those who toil, and sustenance to the weary. Our love for…

  • Daily Prayer to the Sacred Heart

    O Sacred Heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to You for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and merciful Jesus, my weary and downcast eyes can no longer look up to You, be mindful of…

  • O Jesus, Sweetest Love from My Prayer-Book by Rev. F. X. Lasance.

    O Jesus, sweetest Love, come Thou to me; Come down in all Thy beauty unto me; Thou Who didst die for longing love of me; And never, never more depart from me. Free me, O beauteous God, from all but Thee; Sever the chain that holds me back from Thee; Call me. O tender Love,…

  • Prayer to the Most Holy Name of Jesus by St. Bernard of Clairvaux

    Jesus, the very thought of Thee with sweetness fills the breast! Yet sweeter far Thy face to see, and in Thy presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame nor can the memory find, a sweeter sound than Jesus’ name, the Savior of mankind. O hope of every contrite heart! O joy of…

  • 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…

  • A Prayer by St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre

    ‘O my Divine Savior, Transform me into Yourself. May my hands be the hands of Jesus. Grant that every faculty of my body May serve only to glorify You. Above all, Transform my soul and all its powers So that my memory, will and affection May be the memory, will and affections Of Jesus. I…

  • Promises given by the Sacred Heart of Jesus

    “In the Heart of Christ, man’s heart learns to know the genuine and unique meaning of his life and of his destiny, to understand the value of an authentically Christian life, to keep himself from certain perversions of the human heart, and to unite the filial love for God and the love of neighbor.” –…

  • Prayer to the Holy Trinity

    I venerate and glorify You, O most Blessed Trinity, in union with that ineffable glory with which God the Father, in His omnipotence, honours the Holy Spirit forever. I magnify and bless You, O most Blessed Trinity, in union with that most reverent glory with which God the Son, in His unsearchable wisdom, glorifies the…

  • Prayer to God the Son

    O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, God omnipotent and merciful, splendour and image of the Father; Life everlasting, who art one in substance with the eternal Father and the Holy Ghost; equal in honour, in glory, and in coeternal majesty; thee I praise, thee I adore, thee I glorify. Suffer me not,…

  • A prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Christ

    O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most Blessed…

  • Prayer to be conformed to the Divine Will

    Most holy Trinity, Godhead indivisible, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Our first beginning and our last end, You have made us In accord with your own image and likeness. Grant that all the thoughts of our minds, All the words of our tongues, All the affections of our hearts, And all the actions of our…

  • Prayer to the Sacred Head of our Blessed Lord as the Seat of Divine Wisdom

    WISDOM of the Sacred Head, guide me in all my ways. O Love of the Sacred, consume me with Thy fire. (Three Glorias, in honour of the Divine Will, Memory and Understanding. ) O Seat of Divine Wisdom, and guiding Power, which governs all the motions and love of the Sacred Heart, may all minds…

  • Divine Mercy Prayer

    Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion – inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen.

  • Meditations and Prayers on the Seven Last Words of Jesus

    V. O God, come to my assistance. R. O Lord, make haste to help me. V. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Amen. First Word: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”…

  • Prayer of Love to the Crucified Lord

    O Jesus, it is not the heavenly reward you have promised which impels me to love you; neither is it the threat of hell that keep me from offending you. It is you, O Lord, it is the sight of you affixed to the Cross and suffering insults; it is the sight of your broken…

  • Litany of the Holy Cross

    Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God the Holy Ghost, our Advocate, Have mercy on us.…

  • LITANY OF THE LOVE OF GOD (Composed by His Holiness Pope Pius VI)

    Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have…

  • Invocation to the Blessed Sacrament

    Hail, saving Victim, offered for me and for all mankind upon the gibbet of the Cross. Hail, precious Blood, flowing from the wounds of our crucified Lord Jesus Christ, and washing away the sins of the whole world. Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy creature, whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy Precious Blood.

  • THE RENEWAL OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE FAMILY TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

    Most sweet Jesus, humbly kneeling at Thy feet, we renew the consecration of our family to Thy Divine Heart. Be Thou our King forever. In Thee we have full and entire confidence. May Thy spirit penetrate our thoughts, our desires, our words and our works. Bless our undertakings, share in our joys, in our trials…

  • PRAYER TO AMEND ONE’S WAYS

    O Master, Lord Jesus Christ, You patiently endured our sins, and were hung upon the life giving wood. You opened a way to paradise for the penitent thief and crushed Death by Your death. Now forgive the trespasses that we Your servants have committed, unworthy sinners that we are. We have sinned indeed and transgressed…

  • Prayer Against Depression by St. Ignatius of Loyola

    O Christ Jesus When all is darkness And we feel our weakness and helplessness, Give us the sense of Your Presence, Your Love and Your Strength. Help us to have perfect trust In Your protecting love And strengthening power, So that nothing may frighten or worry us, For, living close to You, We shall see…

  • A TRINITARIAN PRAYER OF PRAISE TO MARY by SAINT JOSEPH CALASANCTIUS (A.D. 1557-1648)

    Let us offer praise and thanksgiving to the most Holy trinity who has shown us the Virgin Mary, clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars. Let us praise and thank the Divine Father who elected her for his daughter. “Our Father…” Praised be…

  • The Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian

    {Making a prostration} O Lord and Master of my life, Grant not unto me a spirit of idleness, of discouragement, of lust for power, and of vain speaking. {Making a prostration} But bestow upon me, Thy servant, the spirit of chastity, of meekness, of patience, and of love. {Making a third prostration} O Lord and King, grant that I may perceive my own…

  • Prayer of Venerable John Henry Newman

    O my God, holiness becometh Thy House, and yet Thou dost make Thy abode in my breast. My Lord, my Saviour, to me Thou comest, hidden under the semblance of earthly things, yet in that very flesh and blood which Thou didst take from Mary, Thou, who didst first inhabit Mary’s breast, dost come to…

  • Praise To God, A Prayer of St. Therese of the Child Jesus

    My Lord and my God I have realized that whoever undertakes to do anything for the sake of earthly things or to earn the praise of others deceives himself. Today one thing pleases the world, tomorrow another. What is praised on one occasion is denounced on another. Blessed be You, my Lord and my God,…

  • Marian Prayer of Saint Vincent Pallotti

    Immaculate Mother of God, Queen of Apostles We know that God’s commandment of love and our vocation to follow Jesus Christ impels us to cooperate in the mission of the Church. Realizing our own weakness, we entrust the renewal of our personal lives and our apostolate to your intercession. We are confident that through God’s…

  • Suscipe by St Ignatius of Loyola

    Take Lord and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my entire will; all that I have and possess. You have given it all to me: to you, O Lord, I return it. All is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace, for this is enough…

  • Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul – By St. Bonaventure

    Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, and with true, calm and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with entire love and longing for Thee, may yearn for Thee and for thy courts, may long to be…

  • ST FRANCIS’ PRAYER BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIX

    Most high, glorious God, cast Your light into the darkness of my heart. Give me right faith, firm hope, perfect charity and profound humility, with wisdom and perception, O Lord, so that I may do what is truly Your holy will. Amen.

  • Prayer for Discernment by Thomas A Kempis

    Grant to us, O Lord, to know that which is worth knowing, to love that which is worth loving, to praise that which pleases you most, to esteem that which is most precious to you, and to dislike whatsoever is evil in your eyes. Grant us with true judgement to distinguish things that differ, and…

  • A Morning Prayer by St. Therese of Lisieux

    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 Its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my…

  • Mother Teresa’s Nazareth Prayer for the Family

    Heavenly Father, you have given us the model of life in the Holy Family of Nazareth. Help us, O Loving Father, to make our family another Nazareth where love, peace and joy reign. May it be deeply contemplative, intensely eucharistic, revived with joy. Help us to stay together in joy and sorrow in family prayer.…

  • A Prayer of Saint Jerome for Christ’s Mercy

    O Lord, show Your mercy to me and gladden my heart. I am like the man on the way to Jericho who was overtaken by robbers, wounded and left for dead. O Good Samaritan, come to my aid. I am like the sheep that went astray. O Good Shepherd, seek me out and bring me…

  • Prayer to Jesus from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

    O Lord and lover of men, make shine in our hearts the pure light of Thy divine knowledge, and open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teaching. Instill in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling upon all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual life, willing…

  • Hail to Thee, True Body Sprung – By St. Thomas Aquinas

    Hail to Thee! True body sprung From the Virgin Mary’s womb! The same that on the cross was hung And bore for man the bitter doom. Thou Whose side was pierced and flowed Both with water and with blood; Suffer us to taste of Thee In our life’s last agony. O kind, O loving One!…

  • A Prayer for Trust and Confidence in God’s Mercy by St. Pio of Pietrelcina

    O Lord, we ask for a boundless confidence and trust in Your divine mercy, and the courage to accept the crosses and sufferings which bring immense goodness to our souls and that of Your Church. Help us to love You with a pure and contrite heart, and to humble ourselves beneath Your cross, as we…

  • COME, THOU REDEEMER OF THE EARTH By Saint Ambrose of Milan

    Come, Thou Redeemer of the earth, and manifest Thy virgin birth: let every age adoring fall; such birth befits the God of all. Begotten of no human will, but of the Spirit, Thou art still the Word of God in flesh arrayed, the promised fruit to man displayed. The virgin womb that burden gained with…

  • Adoro Te Devote by St. Thomas Aquinas

    O Godhead hid, devoutly I adore Thee, Who truly art within the forms before me; To Thee my heart I bow with bended knee, As failing quite in contemplating Thee. Jesu, eternal Shepherd! hear our cry; Increase the faith of all whose souls on Thee rely. Sight, touch, and taste in Thee are each deceived;…

  • A Prayer to Christ the King

    Almighty and everlasting God, after You had created heaven and earth, and all the living beings, plants and animals, then You created man. You made him king of Your whole creation. You put everything in the whole round world at his disposal. You gave to him alone, of all the creatures on this earth, the…

  • For the Holy Church and Priests (St. Faustina)

    O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: Grant her love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord. Lord, give us holy priests; You yourself maintain them in holiness.…

  • Pardon Me by St. Ignatius of Loyola

    Pardon me, O perfections of my God, for having preferred imperfect and evil inclinations to Thee! Pardon me, O justice of my God, for having outraged Thee by my sins. Pardon me, O holiness of my God, for having so long stained Thy sight’s purity by my sins. Pardon me, O mercy of my God,…

  • Prayer for the Faithful in their Agony from ‘With God’ by Fr. F.X. Lasance

     O most merciful Jesus, Lover of souls! I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thine own blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and about to die this day. Heart of Jesus, once in agony,…

  • O Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Heaven hymn from the Roman Brieviary, 5th century

    O Christ, whose glory fills the heaven, our only hope, in mercy given; Child of a Virgin meek and pure; Son of the Highest evermore: Grant us Thine aid Thy praise to sing, as opening days new duties bring; that with the light our life may be renewed and sanctified by Thee. The morning star…

  • O God and Lord of the Powers by St. Basil the Great

    O God and Lord of the Powers, and Maker of all creation, Who, because of Thy clemency and incomparable mercy, didst send Thine Only-Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind, and with His venerable Cross didst tear asunder the record of our sins, and thereby didst conquer the rulers and…

  • Midnight Praises of the Coptic Monks

    I sought after You: from the depths of my heart My Lord Jesus: help me. Loosen for me: all the bonds of sin My Lord Jesus Christ: help me. Be a help to me: so that You may save me My Lord Jesus: help me. May Your goodness: come speedily to me My Lord Jesus…

  • Evening Prayer to God the Father by St. Macarius

    O eternal God and Ruler of all creation, You have allowed me to reach this hour. Forgive the sins I have committed this day by word, deed or thought. Purify me, O Lord, from every spiritual and physical stain. Grant that I may rise from this sleep to glorify You by my deeds throughout my…

  • Blood of Jesus, Help Me!

    Blood of Jesus, help me! In every need let me come to Thee with humble trust saying Blood of Jesus, help me! In all my doubts, perplexities, and temptations, Blood of Jesus, help me! In hours of loneliness, weariness and trials, Blood of Jesus, help me! In the failure of my plans and hopes; in…

  • Litany to Old Testament Saints!

    Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God the Holy…

  • Keep Your Lamps Burning! – St. Columban,Abbot

    Light everlasting in the Temple of the Eternal High Priest, How blessed, how fortunate, are these servants Whom the Lord will find watchful when He comes! Blessed is the time of waiting, When we stay awake for the Lord, the Creator of the universe Who fills all things, And transcends all things. How I wish…

  • Universal Prayer by Pope Clement XI

    Lord, I believe in You: increase my faith. I trust in You: strengthen my trust. I love You: let me love You more and more. I am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow. I worship You as my first beginning, I long for You as my last end, I praise You as my constant…

  • Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by St. Gertrude the Great

    O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary. O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let…

  • Act of Humility from the Augustinian Manual

    What am I, O God of majesty and glory, or who am I, that Thou shouldst deign even to look on me? Whence am I honoured with so unspeakable a favour as that my Lord and my God should come and visit in person such a miserable sinner and vile worm of the earth? How…

  • Learning Christ by Cardinal Newman

    Teach me, my Lord, to be sweet and gentle In all the events of life- in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of others, in the insincerity of those I trusted, in the unfaithfulness of those on whom I relied. Let me put myself aside, to think of the happiness of others, to hide my little pains…

  • O Victim Dear

    O victim dear of heavenly love, impurpled by thy fivefold sign, Saint Francis, father of the poor, of Jesus’ Cross a living shrine. Thou, burning with the glowing flames of love of God and love of man, dost yearn for Christ to shed thy blood and thrice dost try the seas to span. Although denied…

  • Prayer of Self Dedication from the Sacramentary

    Lord Jesus Christ, take all my freedom, my memory, my understanding, and my will. All that I have and cherish you have given me. I surrender it all to be guided by Your will. Your grace and Your love are enough for me. Give me these, Lord Jesus, and I ask for nothing more.

  • Prayer for Generosity of St. Ignatius of Loyola

    Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous, teach me to serve you as I should, To give and not to count the cost, To fight and not to heed the wounds, To toil and not to seek for rest, To labour and ask not for reward, Save that of knowing that I do your most…

  • O Saving Victim by St. Thomas Aquinas

    O Saving Victim, op’ning wide The gate of heaven here below; Our foes press on from ev’ry side; Your aid supply, your strength bestow. To your great Name be endless praise, Immortal Godhead, One in Three; O grant us endless length of days In our true native land to be. O Salutaris Hostia Quae caeli…

  • Act of Spiritual Communion of St. Francis of Assisi

    I believe that you, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love you and desire you. Come into my heart. I embrace you. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech you, absorb my mind that I may die through love…

  • O Glory of Virgins (o gloriousa virginum) by St. Venantius Fortunatus

    Where troops of virgins follow the Lamb Through the streets of the golden city, Who is she walks in the lily throng Clothed with the sun Her mantle flowing like an azure wave To the jewel pavement? High in her arms for all to adore She holds a Man-Child. She leads the mystic song that…

  • Prayer at the Ninth Hour by St. Basil the Great

    O Master and Lord, Jesus Christ our God, who art long-suffering towards our faults and hast brought us even unto this present hour, in which, hanging upon the life-giving Cross, Thou hast opened unto the good thief the way into Paradise, and destroyed death by death: Be merciful to us, Thy humble and sinful and…

  • God be in My Head from a Medieval Primer

    God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in my eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; God be in my heart, and in my thinking; God be at my end, and at my departing.

  • O Jesus, Sweetest Love from My Prayer-Book by Rev. F. X. Lasance.

    O Jesus, sweetest Love, come Thou to me; Come down in all Thy beauty unto me; Thou Who didst die for longing love of me; And never, never more depart from me. Free me, O beauteous God, from all but Thee; Sever the chain that holds me back from Thee; Call me. O tender Love,…

  • To Jesus Abandoned

    With Mary Immaculate, let us adore, thank, implore and console the Most Beloved and Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. O Divine Jesus, lonely today (tonight) in so many Tabernacles, without visitor or worshiper, I offer You my poor but loving heart. May its every beat be an infinite act of love for…

  • Mary the Dawn, Christ the Perfect Day

    Mary the dawn, Christ the Perfect Day; Mary the gate, Christ the Heavenly Way! Mary the root, Christ the Mystic Vine; Mary the grape, Christ the Sacred Wine! Mary the wheat, Christ the Living Bread; Mary the stem, Christ the Rose blood-red! Mary the font, Christ the Cleansing Flood; Mary the cup, Christ the Saving…

  • Pietate Tua from the Raccolta (favored by Pope Leo XII)

    Loosen, O Lord, we pray Thee, in Thy pity, the bonds of our sins, and by the intercession of the blessed Mary, ever Virgin Mother of God, the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and all saints, keep us Thy servants and our abodes in all holiness; cleanse us, our relations, kinsfolk, and acquaintances, from all…

  • Prayer of St. Catherine of Siena to the Precious Blood of Jesus

    Precious Blood, Ocean of Divine Mercy: Flow upon us! Precious Blood, Most pure Offering: Procure us every Grace! Precious Blood, Hope and Refuge of sinners: Atone for us! Precious Blood, Delight of holy souls: Draw us!

  • Prayer of St. Anthony of Padua

    O Light of the world, Infinite God, Father of eternity, giver of wisdom and knowledge, and ineffable Dispenser of every spiritual grace; who knowest all things before they are made, who makest the darkness and the light: put forth Thy hand and touch my mouth, and make it as a sharp sword to utter eloquently…

  • Act of Hope from the Small Roman Missal

    Since Thou vouchsafest to come and dwell within me, O my Redeemer! What may I not expect from Thy bounty! I therefore present myself before Thee with that lively confidence which Thine infinite goodness inspires. Thou not only knowest all my wants, but Thou art also willing and able to relieve them. Thou hast not…

  • A Morning Offering Prayer by St. Therese De Lisieux

    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…

  • Consecration to the Blessed Virgin ( Prayer of Pope Pius XII)

    Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of all, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart and the request of the Vicar of your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to you, all the people of…

  • Grace from All the World’s Masses

    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…

  • Be With Me Today, O Lord – Prayer by J H Newman

    May all I do today begin with you, O Lord. Plant dreams and hopes within my soul, revive my tired spirit: be with me today. May all I do today continue with your help, O Lord. Be at my side and walk with me: Be my support today. May all I do today reach far…

  • Advent Prayer

    Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a wonder at the wisdom and power of Your Father and ours. Receive my prayer as part of my service of the Lord who enlists me in God’s own work for justice. Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a hunger for peace: peace in the world, peace in my…

  • Prayer of St. Gregory the Great

    Acclaim To The Suffering Christ O Lord, You received affronts without number from Your blasphemers, yet each day You free captive souls from the grip of the ancient enemy. You did not avert Your face from the spittle of perfidy, yet You wash souls in saving waters. You accepted Your scourging without murmur, yet through…

  • A Prayer in Praise of Christ’s Humanity

    O risen Lord, Your body was part of Your power, rather than You a part in its weakness. For this reason You could not but rise again, if You were to die, because Your body, once taken by You, never was or could be separated from You even in the grave. I keep Your most…

  • A Christmas Time Prayer for Country Living

    Lord Jesus Christ, when, on a winter’s night I look up through the clear air at the stars, I can be very close to You and to Your native Bethlehem. It was at night that You first came to this earth. It was under the same stars that now gleam in this night sky that…

  • Prayer for Light and Help by St. Claude de la Colombiere

    Jesus, I feel within me a great desire to please you but, at the same time, I feel totally incapable of doing this without your special light and help, which I can expect only from you. Accomplish your will in me – even in spite of me. Amen.              …

  • Holy Name Prayer from ‘the Rural Life Prayerbook’

    LORD JESUS, we humbly pray You to give us all a great reverence and respect for Your most holy name. Forgive us for ever having used the name of Jesus in vain, or without due respect. Help us remember how reverently and lovingly Your Mother Mary used the name of Jesus, and how humbly Saint…