Wisdom and prayers of saints

Category: Prayers

  • Prayers of St. Thomas Aquinas

    God of all consolation, You see nothing in us but what You have given us. I invoke Your help: after this life has run its course grant me, in heaven, with You, a share in the fullness of Your blessings. Other people will ask You for other things: but I ask only to see You.…

  • Seven Offerings of Precious Blood of Jesus

    Eternal Father, we offer you the Precious Blood of Jesus, poured out on the cross and offered daily on the altar, for the glory of your name, for the coming of your kingdom, and for the salvation of all people. L.    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy SpiritR.    As…

  • Prayer to St. Joseph for the Dying

    EVERLASTING Father, for the sake of the love which Thou didst bear to St. Joseph, whom Thou didst choose above all to occupy Thy place on earth, have mercy on us and those who are dying. Pater Noster … Ave Maria … Gloria Patri … Everlasting Son of God, for the sake of Thy love…

  • Litany for the Liberation of Holy Souls of Purgatory

    O Jesus, Thou suffered and died that all mankind might be saved and brought to eternal happiness.  Hear our pleas for further mercy on the souls of: My dear parents and grandparents, my Jesus mercy!My brothers and sisters and other near relatives, my Jesus mercy!My godparents and sponsors of confirmation, my Jesus mercy!My spiritual and…

  • Litany of the Abba Father

    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 mercy on us (After each invocation, pray have mercy on us) Father, Creator of the world Father, Peacemaker of the world Father, Eternal wisdom Father, Infinite goodness…

  • Rosary to the glory of God the Eternal Father

    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Almighty Father, we are yours, receive all that we have, and all our deeds, words, thoughts and desires. Let them be according to Your will. Amen. Pray the Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having…

  • Consecration of the Hour of My Death to Mary

    (Myriam van Nazareth) Dear Mother Mary,Because no soul knows the day and the hour of her departure towards God, today I give You the hour of my death. Do live and rule within me completely in that hour, so that my soul may experience the end of my life in a perfect inner peace and…

  • Litany of the Dust

    For those who have betrayed us…Father, forgive them.for those who have let us down…(Repeat: Father, forgive them.) for those who have been indifferent to us…for those who have crippled our lives…for those who have doubted us…for those who have accused us…for those who have preferred others to us…for family members who have hurt us…for friends…

  • Holy Spirit Chaplet by Blessed Elena Guerra

    Chaplet: O God, come to my assistance.O Lord, make haste to help me.Glory be to the Father… In each mystery ask for a gift of the Holy Spirit. Repeat this prayer seven times: “Father, in the Name of Jesus, send forth your Spirit and renew the world.” Conclude with :“O Mary, who by the work…

  • Prayer in the Form of Offering (favored by Pope Pius IX)

    Eternal Father, we offer Thee the Blood, Passion, and Death of Jesus Christ, the Sorrows of the most holy Mary and St. Joseph, in payment of our sins, in suffrage for the holy souls in purgatory, for the wants of our holy Mother the Church, and for the conversion of sinners. Amen. ( From the…

  • 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 to God the Holy Trinity – St Basil the Great (330-379 AD)

    As I rise from sleep I thank You, O Holy Trinity, for through Your great goodness and patience You were not angered with me, an idler and sinner, nor have You destroyed me in my sins, but have shown Your usual love for men, and when I was prostrate in despair, You raised me to…

  • LITANY TO THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS

    Lord, have mercy on us.Christ, have mercy on us.Lord have mercy on us. Jesus, 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, have mercy on us. Sacred Head of Jesus Formed by the Holy Ghost in the Womb of…

  • 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 Heart, consume me with Thy fire. Say Three Gloria’s, in honor 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…

  • Litany of the Holy Spirit

    (For Private use only) Lord, have mercy on us.  Christ, have mercy on us.  Lord, have mercy on us. Father all powerful,  Have mercy on us.   Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, Save us.   Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless Life of both, Sanctify us.  Holy Trinity,…

  • Why we should try to avoid purgatory?

    ‘A person may say I am not much concerned how long I stay in purgatory, provided I may come to eternal life. Let no one reason thus. Purgatory fire will be more dreadful than whatever torments can be seen, imagined, or endured in this world. He who is afraid now to put his finger into…

  • A Short Way of The Cross

    Franciscan Fathers on their Missions used to pray this. Can we make a daily habit of praying at least this short Way of Cross? First Station: Jesus Condemned to Death O Jesus! so meek and uncomplaining, teach me resignation in trials. Second Station: Jesus Carries His Cross My Jesus, this Cross should be mine, not…

  • Prayer to the shoulder wound of Jesus

    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 Defeat the Work of Satan

    O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit, and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg You to destroy the power of your greatest enemy — the evil spirits. Cast them in to the deepest recesses of hell and chain them there forever! Take possession of your Kingdom,…

  • Rosary of the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ

    May be said on the Rosary Beads. On the large beads: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the WOUNDS of Our Lord Jesus Christ — To heal the wounds of our souls. (300 days indulgence each time) On the small beads: My Jesus, pardon and mercy — Through the merits of Thy HOLY WOUNDS. (300 days…

  • CHAPLET OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD (15 March 1997)

    Revealed on 15 March 1997 HymnMost Precious Blood of Jesus ChristMost Precious Blood of Jesus ChristMost Precious Blood of Jesus ChristMost Precious Blood of Jesus ChristMost Precious Blood, save the world. Invocation of the Holy SpiritCome, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love.L: Send forth…

  • Prayer to Obtain the Grace of all the World’s Masses, Revealed to St. Gertrude the Great

    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, suffering, prayers, sacrifices, joys and relaxations of our lives, in union with…

  • 3 Prayers to pray over the dying, 400 years of Indulgence

    Prayer:1 Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Son of God and Son of the Virgin Mary, God and Man, thou who in fear sweated blood for us on the Mount of Olives in order to bring peace, and to offer Thy Most Holy Death to God Thy Heavenly Father for the salvation of this dying person… If…

  • Hail Mary of Gold

    Hail Mary, White Lily of the Glorious and always-serene Trinity. Hail brilliant Rose of the Garden of heavenly delights: O you, by whom God wanted to be born and by whose milk the King of Heaven wanted to be nourished! Nourish our souls with effusions of divine grace. Amen! The Blessed Virgin to St. Gertrude…

  • A Prayer for Daily Neglects

    Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits. First – To expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life. (Glory be to the Father and to the Son and the Holy Ghost as it was in…

  • I Have Reached the Inner Vision

    I have reached the inner vision and through Thy spirit in me I have heard Thy wondrous secret. Through Thy mystic insight Thou hast caused a spring of knowledge to well up within me, a fountain of power, pouring forth living waters, a flood of love and of all-embracing wisdom like the splendor of eternal…

  • Prayer when anxious

    Lord God, I am feeling anxious. I know that my feelings are only indicators of whether I am within the boundaries of Your plan for my life or not. Teach me God to recognize where I stand. Hold me close to Your Sacred Heart and walk me through this uncertainty. Pour Your peace into my…

  • How to shoot the devil’s head? / St. John Chrysostom

    ‘When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with his mark. It should be the same for you who are about to shoot the head of the wicked devil. Let us be concerned first for the good order of sensations and then…

  • Day 07: Novena to the Holy Spirit

    SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 7th Week of Easter) Heal our wounds–our strength renews; On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away. The Gift of Counsel: The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles…

  • Day 06: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    SIXTH DAY (Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter) If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in man will stay, All his good is turn’d to ill. The Gift of Understanding: Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion. BY faith we know…

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    Why we should drink from the bitter chalice? /St Claude de la Colombiere

    ‘If you would be convinced that in all He allows and in all that happens to you God has no other end in view but your real advantage and your eternal happiness, reflect a moment on all He has done for you; – you are now suffering, but remember that the author of this suffering…

  • Why pray? / St John Marie Vianny

    The more we pray, the more we wish to pray. Like a fish which at first swims on the surface of the water, and afterwards plunges down, and is always going deeper, the soul plunges, dives, and loses itself in the sweetness of conversing with God. Time never seems long in prayer. I know not…

  • DAY 01: Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

    FIRST DAY (Friday, 6th Week of Easter) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give! Meditation – Holy Spirit: Only one thing is important — eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is…

  • Why we must drink the cup of Jesus today

    Have you ever had the thought of quitting on some inspired goal? Maybe you have been trying to practice a particular virtue or overcome a vice? Maybe you have been trying to meet some set spiritual goal or accomplish a project that you sense God has inspired in you. Maybe you have been trying to…

  • Thoughts for October 5 from Fr Willie Doyle

    Why aren’t you (a saint)? It is your business to be one, God intends you should be one, but you are too lazy, you won’t take the trouble. -Fr Willie Doyle via Thoughts for October 5 from Fr Willie Doyle

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

    O my Jesus, look not on my ingratitude to Thee, after all Thy mercies, but turn Thy eyes to Thy own merits, and to the pains that Thou hast suffered for me, from the crib of Bethlehem to the cross of Calvary. I repent, with my whole soul, of all the offences that I have…

  • Prayer of St. Ephraim

    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. But bestow upon me, Thy servant, the spirit of chastity, of meekness, of patience, and of love. Yea, O Lord and King, grant that I may perceive my own transgressions,…

  • 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…

  • On Impurity, by Saint John Marie Vianney

    That we may understand how horrible and detestable is this sin, which the demons make us commit, but which they do not commit themselves, we must consider what a Christian is. A Christian, created in the image of God, redeemed by the Blood of a God! a Christian, the child of God, the brother of…

  • Praying Our Way Into God’s Plan for Us by FR. NNAMDI MONEME, OMV

    The fruit of Jesus’ prayer to the Father was to keep His focus on the Father’s plan for Him to be raised from the grave after His death on Calvary. By embracing this divine plan for Him in and through His early morning moments of solitude, Jesus was not swayed by the passing enthusiasm of…

  • Act of Reparation from Fr. Stedman

    O good Jesus, in gratitude for Thy many Graces, and in sorrow for many abuses of these Graces, I wish at this moment, both for myself, ever ungrateful and for the world, ever criminal, to make an Act of Solemn reparation. Listen then, O merciful Savior of our souls, listen to these Acts of faith,…

  • Do not help the Devil to spread his kingdom – St. John of Kronstadt

    You see very clearly that it is extremely difficult, and without God’s grace and your own fervent prayer and abstinence, impossible, for you to change for the better.  You feel within yourself the action of a multitude of passions: of pride, malice, envy, greediness, the love of money, despondency, slothfulness, fornication, impatience, and disobedience; and…

  • Sister Faustina’s Vision of Hell

    “I, Sister Faustina Kowalska, by the order of God, have visited the Abysses of Hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence…the devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God, What I have written is but a pale shadow…

  • Why we fall into temptations? (Perspective & Prayer by St. John of God)

    ‘I acknowledge, Lord, that for the just punishment of my sins I fell into the horrible temptation which so nearly caused my destruction. Thou it is Who, by Thine infinite mercy, hast delivered me from it. I promise to serve Thee for the remainder of my days with all the fidelity I am capable of,…

  • Prayer for the family

    DEAR Lord, bless our family. Be so kind as to give us the unity, peace, and mutual love that You found in Your own family in the little town of Nazareth. Saint Joseph, bless the head of our family. Obtain for him the strength, the wisdom, and the prudence he needs to support and direct…

  • A Marian Prayer by St. Anthony Mary Claret

    O Mary most holy, conceived without original sin, Virgin Mother of the Son of the Living God, Queen and Empress of heaven and earth: Since you are the Mother of pity and mercy, deign to turn your eyes toward an unhappy exile in this vale of tears, anguish, and misery who, though unworthy, has the…

  • 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…

  • Prayer ‘O Loving Jesus, Meek Lamb of God. . .’ attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux

    O Loving Jesus, Meek Lamb of God, I 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 Body.…

  • Prayer to Defeat the Work of Satan

    O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit, and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg You to destroy the Power of your greatest enemy – the evil spirits. Cast them into the deepest recesses of hell and chain them there forever! Take possession of your Kingdom which…

  • 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…

  • Eternal Light, Divinity 18th century liturgical hymn

    Eternal Light, Divinity, O Unity in Trinity, Thy holy name Thy servants bless, to Thee we pray, and Thee confess. We praise the Father, mighty One; we praise the sole-begotten Son; we praise the Holy Ghost above, who joins Them in one bond of love. O Verity! O Charity! O Ending and Felicity! in Thee…

  • 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…

  • A poem To the Sacred Heart by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

    A heart I need, to soothe me and to bless, A strong support that cannot pass away, To love me wholly, e’en my feebleness, And never leave me through the night or day. There is not one created thing below, Can love me truly, and can never die. God become man – none else my…

  • Prayer to St. John of the Cross

    O glorious St. John of the Cross, through a pure desire of being like Jesus crucified, you longed for nothing so eagerly as to suffer, to be despised, and to be made little of by all, and your thirst after sufferings was so burning that your noble heart rejoiced in the midst of the cruelest…

  • Act of Humility from the Small Roman Missal

    O GOD of sanctity! Who am I, that Thou shouldst come to me? “The heavens are not pure in Thy sight,” and wilt Thou dwell in my heart? “Lord! I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof.” The consciousness of my unworthiness would prompt me to exclaim: “Depart from me, O Lord!…

  • Prayer to St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael

    Most Holy Trinity, I thank Thee for having formed the hosts of Thy ministers in Heaven so marvelously, and for having adorned their leader so magnificently. Be Thou adored and loved in the beauty and grandeur of Thy ministers: be Thou praised in their jubilant songs of praise and thanksgiving, through all eternity. Amen O…

  • Marriage of the Lord from the Sermon of Saint Pacian on Baptism

    In these last days Christ took a soul and body from Mary. It is this flesh that he came to save, that he did not abandon to the underworld: he united it with his own spirit and made it his own. This is the marriage of the Lord, united with the flesh of man, a…

  • Prayer to Holy Spirit by St. Cyprian

    O Holy Spirit, be present, and from heaven shed down your consolation  on those that expect you; sanctify the temple of my body, and consecrate it as a dwelling place for yourself. Make the souls that desire you joyful with your presence. Make the house fit for you, the Inhabitant: adorn your chamber and surround…

  • Resisting the devil – St. Jean Marie Vianney

    ‘A good Christian watches continually, sword in hand. The devil can do nothing against him, for he resists him like a warrior in full armour; he does not fear him, because he has rejected from his heart all that is impure. Bad Christians are idle and lazy, and stand hanging their heads; and you see…

  • Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

    O Jesus, Divine Saviour, deign to cast a look of mercy upon Your children, who assemble in the same spirit of faith, reparation, and love, and come to deplore their own infidelities, and those of all poor sinners, their brethren. May we touch Your Divine Heart by the unanimous and solemn promises we are about…

  • Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost

    On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body, to Thee, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Thy purity, the unerring keenness of Thy justice, and the might of Thy love. Thou art the Strength and Light of my soul. In Thee I live and…

  • Deep Water

    Ever feel like your life is a broken record? Like there’s something that you just. can’t. break free from? Just can’t quit or fix or resolve? How many times have you gone to bed a… Source: Deep Water

  • Sacred Heart Prayer by Bl. Pope Pius IX

    Open Thy Sacred Heart O Jesus! Show me Its beauty and unite me with It forever. May the throbbing in all the movements of my heart, even during sleep, be a testimony of my love and tell Thee unceasingly: Yes, Lord Jesus, I adore Thee … accept my poor little actions … grant me the…

  • Prayer To Our Lady, Help Of Christians By St. John Bosco

    Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christian, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your perpetual help. If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children,  how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me? Grant then to me, I implore you,  your perpetual help in all my necessities,  in…

  • Indulgenced Prayer to St. John, the Apostle

    O Glorious Apostle, who, on account of thy virginal purity, wast so beloved by Jesus as to deserve to lay thy head upon his divine breast, and to be left, in his place, as son to his most holy Mother; I beg thee to inflame me with a most ardent love towards Jesus and Mary.…

  • Nativity Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

    Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we made in your image, conform ourselves to it. In our own strength we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder nor is it fitting for us to try. But Your mercy reaches from the heavens through the clouds to the earth below. You have come to…

  • Nativity Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian

    The feast day of your birth resembles You, Lord Because it brings joy to all humanity. Old people and infants alike enjoy your day. Your day is celebrated from generation to generation. Kings and emperors may pass away, And the festivals to commemorate them soon lapse. But your festival will be remembered until the end…

  • From Lands that See the Sun Arise ( 5th century Hymn)

    From Lands that See the Sun Arise A solis ortus cardine hymn from the Roman Breviary (5th century) FROM lands that see the sun arise, to earth’s remotest boundaries, the Virgin-born today we sing, the Son of Mary, Christ the King. Blest Author of this earthly frame, to take a servant’s form he came, that…

  • Prayer That We May Seek God and Find Him by St. Ambrose of Milan

    Lord, teach me to seek you, and reveal yourself to me when I seek you. For I cannot seek you unless you first teach me, nor find you unless you first reveal yourself to me. Let me seek you in longing and long for you in seeking. Let me find you in love, and love…

  • A Prayer for Daily Neglects

    Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits. First, to expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life. Glory be. . . Second, to purify the good I have done poorly this day and during all…

  • 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,…

  • What is PTH? Why pray about the past?

    Originally posted on praythroughhistory: I freely confess that the following outline is a work in progress. I simply want to share the framework and rationale of why praying through history is pertinent to me. Everyone who names the name of Jesus is called to be a minister of reconciliation, and this is just one man’s…

  • Welcome!

    Originally posted on praythroughhistory: In the summer of 2010, I was invited to be support person for a friend’s counseling session. Discovering an area of unresolved pain, the counselor suggested that my friend recount and forgive the exact words and phrases used by his father to control or manipulate him, and his gut responses to…

  • Do you pray Liturgy? Excerpts from Apostolic Letter “SPIRITUS ET SPONSA” ( 2003)

    It is in the Liturgy that the Church, enlivened by the breath of the Spirit, lives her mission as “sacrament – a sign and instrument, that is, of communion with God and of unity among all men”, and finds the most exalted expression of her mystical reality. In the Lord Jesus and in his Spirit…

  • An Offering of the Daily Intention

    My Lord, I stand before thee with all my powers, deeds and weaknesses; I offer them all to thee, receive them. Thou gavest them to me, I offer them all to thee: my entire being. I offer thee also the thoughts, words, and deeds that I shall perform this day. I offer them unto thy…

  • ‘O my God! reject me not, as I deserve. . .’ by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

    (Prayer from ‘The Great Means of Salvation and Perfection’ ) O my God! reject me not, as I deserve, for I will amend. I know well that so negligent a life as mine cannot satisfy Thee. I know that I have myself, by my lukewarmness, shut the door against the graces which Thou didst desire to…

  • For the Conversion of the Infidels by St. Francis Xavier

    Prayer from the Raccolta (favored by Pope Pius IX) O Eternal God, Creator of all things, remember that the souls of infidels have been created by Thee out of nothing, and formed after Thine image and likeness. Behold, O Lord, to the dishonour of Thy name, Hell is being filled with these souls. Remember that…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Prayer of St. Therese of Lisieux to be the Victim Soul

    “O my God! Will Your Justice alone find souls willing to immolate themselves as victims? Does not Your Merciful Love need them too? On every side this love is unknown, rejected; those hearts upon whom You would lavish it turn to creatures seeking happiness from them with their miserable affection; they do this instead of…

  • Prayer of a Soul Taken with Love St. John of the Cross

    Lord God, my Beloved, if You remember still my sins in suchwise that You do not do what I beg of You, do Your will concerning them, my God, which is what I most desire, and exercise Your goodness and mercy, and You will be known through them. And if it is that You are…

  • Aspirations to Mary by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

    Knowest thou, sweet Mary, Whereto I aspire? Tis my hope to love thee This is my desire. I would e’er be near thee, Queen most fair and sweet; Do not, do not drive me From my Mother’s feet. Then, O Rose most lovely, Let me hear from thee; Loving Mother, tell me, What thou wilt…

  • Prayer in Celebration of God’s Perfections by St. Alfred the Great

    We pray to you, O Lord, who are the supreme Truth, and all truth is from you. We beseech you, O Lord, who are the highest Wisdom, and all the wise depend on you for their wisdom. You are the supreme Joy, and all who are happy owe it to you. You are the Light…

  • 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…

  • A Prayer for Use in Celebrating the Receipt of a Special Grace by St. Isidore of Seville

    THOU art holy, O Lord, the only God, and Thy deeds are wonderful, and I, Thy Knight, give Thee thanks for all Thy loving kindness, [especially for…]. Thou art strong, Thou art great, Thou art the Most High, Thou art the almighty King. Thou, O holy Father, the King of heaven and earth. Thou art…

  • Prayer For Correct Faith by Saint Isidore of Seville

    Most high, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me, O Lord, a correct faith, a certain hope, a perfect charity, sense and knowledge, So that I may carry out Thy holy and true commandments. Let us bless the Lord, the living and true God; to Him let us always render praise,…

  • Prayer is the light of the soul – A Homily by St. John Chrysostom

    “There is nothing more worthwhile than to pray to God and to converse with him, for prayer unites us with God as his companions. As our bodily eyes are illuminated by seeing the light, so in contemplating God our soul is illuminated by him. Of course the prayer I have in mind is no matter…

  • Praying the Psalms at Different Situtations – St. Athanasius

    It is possible for us, therefore to find in the Psalter not only the reflection of our own soul’s state, together with precept and example for all possible conditions, but also a fit form of words wherewith to please the Lord on each of life’s occasions, words both of repentance and of thankfulness, so that…

  • Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola

    Teach us, Good Lord To serve you as you deserve. To give and not count the cost. To fight and not heed the wounds. To toil and not to seek for rest. To labor and not to ask for any reward Except that of knowing that we do Your Will. Through Jesus Christ our Lord,…

  • Saint Aidan’s Prayer

    Leave me alone with God as much as may be. As the tide draws the waters close in upon the shore, Make me an island, set apart, alone with you, God, holy to you. Then with the turning of the tide prepare me to carry your presence to the busy world beyond, the world that…

  • Prayer for Priests by REV. FR. WILLIAM DOYLE, S.J.

    O my God, pour out in abundance Thy spirit of sacrifice upon Thy priests. It is both their glory and duty to become victims, to be burnt up for souls, to live without ordinary joys, to be often the objects of distrust, injustice and persecution. The words they say every day at the altar, “This…

  • 6 Easy Ways to Grow in Divine Love (Pt. 2)

    Originally posted on Littlest Souls: (6) Praise God in ALL THINGS and for ALL THINGS What is it that attracts God to our souls? Is it our virtue? Our strength? Our talents? Certainly not. St. Augustine says that we cannot give what we don’t have. Well, okay – what do we have? “I am good…

  • Why nothing created by God is Evil? – St. Maximos the Confessor

    When we misuse the soul’s powers their evil aspects dominate us. For instance, misuse of our power of intelligence results in ignorance and stupidity; misuse of our incensive power and of our desire produces hatred and licentiousness. The proper use of these powers produces spiritual knowledge, moral judgment, love and self-restraint. This being so, nothing created and given…

  • St. Francis de Sales on Purity

    ‘Purity is the lily among virtues – by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity is chastity. We speak of the chaste as honest, and of the loss of purity as dishonour; purity is an intact thing, its converse is corruption. In a word, its special glory…

  • Fr Doyle was appointed military chaplain 101 years ago today

  • Prayer of Saint 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! Amen. – Saint Catherine of Siena Source: st-catherine-medal.com/

  • Prayer to the Holy Ghost by Saint Catherine of Siena

    Holy Spirit, come into my heart; draw it to Thee by Thy power, O my God, and grant me charity with filial fear. Preserve me, O ineffable Love, from every evil thought; warm me, inflame me with Thy dear love, and every pain will seem light to me. My Father, my sweet Lord, help me…

  • Our regrets at the hour of death by St. Jean Marie Vianney,

    ‘Oh, how bitterly shall we regret at the hour of death the time we have given to pleasures, to useless conversations, to repose, instead of having employed it in mortification, in prayer, in good works, in thinking of our poor misery, in weeping over our poor sins; then we shall see that we have done…