Wisdom and prayers of saints

Category: Saints

  • The Crown of Twelve Stars from St. Joseph Calasanctius Found in the Raccolta

    Let us offer praise and thanksgiving to the Most Holy Trinity, Who hath shown us the Virgin Mary, clothed with the sun, the moon between her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars. R. For ever and ever. Amen. Let us praise and thank the Divine Father, Who elected her for…

  • Prayer for a Safe Delivery to St.Gerald

    O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted child of Mother of God, enkindle within my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of love. O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely…

  • Prayer to St. Gerard for Motherhood!

    O good St Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and wonder worker of our day, confidently I call upon you and seek your aid. On Earth you always fulfilled God’s designs, help me now to do the holy will of God. Implore the Master of Life, from whom all paternity proceeds, to render me fruitful in…

  • Prayer for the Indwelling of the Spirit by St. Augustine of Hippo

    Holy Spirit, powerful Consoler, sacred Bond of the Father and the Son, Hope of the afflicted, descend into my heart and establish in it your loving dominion. Enkindle in my tepid soul the fire of your Love so that I may be wholly subject to you. We believe that when you dwell in us, you…

  • Prayer of Refuge By St. Alphonsus Liguori

    Behold, O Mother of my God, my only hope, Mary, behold at thy feet a miserable sinner, who asks thee for mercy. Thou art proclaimed and called by the whole Church, and by all the faithful, the refuge of sinners. Thou art consequently my refuge; thou hast to save me. I will say with William…

  • Prayer for Aid in Fasting by St. Joseph Studite, Lenten Triodion

    Hanging as a vine upon the Wood, O Christ our Saviour, Thou hast made the ends of the earth to drink from the wine of incorruption. Therefore do I cry aloud: I am darkened always by the hateful drunkenness of sin; Give me to drink from the sweet wine of true compunction, and grant me…

  • Prayer For Help Against Spiritual Enemies

    Glorious Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who stands always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who fought with the dragon, the old serpent, and cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defends the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Prayer of Saint Benedict of Nursia

    O Lord, I place myself in your hands and dedicate myself to you. I pledge myself to do your will in all things: To love the Lord God with all my heart, all my soul, all my strength. Not to kill. Not to steal. Not to covet. Not to bear false witness. To honor all…

  • 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;…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Evening Prayer to the Holy Spirit By St. Antiochus

    O Holy Spirit, most merciful Comforter: You proceed from the Father in a manner beyond our understanding. Come, I beseech You, and take up your abode in my heart. Purify and cleanse me from all sin, and sanctify my soul. Cleanse it from every impurity, water its dryness, melt its coldness, and save it from…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • On the Loveliness of Mary by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

    Raise your voices, vales and mountains, Flowery meadows, streams and fountains, Praise, oh, praise the loveliest Maiden Ever the Creator made. Murmuring brooks, your tribute bringing, Little birds with joyful singing, Come with mirthful praises laden To your Queen be homage paid. Say, sweet Virgin, we implore thee, Say, what beauty God sheds o’er thee:…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Prayer to St. Maria Goretti

    St. Mary Goretti, strengthened by God’s grace, you did not hesitate, even at the age of eleven, to sacrifice life itself to defend your virginal purity. Look graciously on the unhappy human race that has strayed far from the path of eternal salvation. Teach us all, and especially our youth, the courage and promptness that…

  • 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…

  • Prayer to St. Rita

    I greet you, Rita, vessel of love, woman of peace and model of all virtues, faithful disciple of Jesus. Saint of the family and of forgiveness, help us to have faith that everything is possible for God and always aid us in every need. Amen.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • A Prayer for the Preservation of the (Catholic) Faith by St. Clement Hofbauer

    O my Redeemer, will that dreadful time ever come, when but few Christians shall be left who are inspired by the spirit of faith, that time when Thine anger shall be provoked and Thy protection shall be take away from us? Have our vices and our evil lives irrevocably moved Thy justice to take vengeance,…

  • A Prayer for the Forgiveness of Sins by St. Gemma Galgani

    My Jesus, I place all my sins before you. In my estimation They do not deserve pardon, But I ask you To close your eyes To my want of merit And open them To your infinite merit. Since you willed To die for my sins, Grant me forgiveness For all of them. Thus, I may…

  • 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…

  • Prayer to St. Raphael

    from the Roman Missal for the Feast of St. Raphael ( October 24 ) Vouchsafe, O Lord God, to send unto our assistance Saint Raphael the Archangel: and may he, who, we believe, evermore standeth before the throne of Thy majesty, offer unto Thee our humble petitions to be blessed by Thee. Through Christ our…

  • Ancient Prayer to St. Joseph

    O St. Joseph whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph do assist me by your powerful intercession and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings through Jesus Christ, Our Lord; so that having…

  • Prayer of Saint Richard of Chichester

    Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits thou hast given me, for all the pains and insults thou hast borne for me. O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may I know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly, day by day. Amen. 

  • 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,…

  • A Devotion in Honor of the Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph

    First Sorrow and Joy O most pure Spouse of Mary, glorious St. Joseph, as the affliction and anguish of thy heart was exceedingly great in thy perplexity, whether thou shouldst abandon thy most unspotted Spouse, so was the joy unspeakable when, by an Angel, the sublime Mystery of the Incarnation was revealed to thee. By…

  • Prayer in Honor of St. Dymphna

    Lord Jesus Christ, You have willed that St. Dymphna should be invoked by thousands of clients as the patroness of nervous and mental disease and have brought it about that her interest in these patients should be an inspiration to and an ideal of charity throughout the world. Grant that, through the prayers of this…

  • 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.              …

  • Paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer by St. Francis of Assisi

    OUR FATHER most holy, our Creator and Redeemer, our Saviour and our Comforter. WHO ART IN HEAVEN in the angels and the saints, giving them light to know you, since you, Lord, are light; setting them afire to love you, since you, Lord, are love; dwelling in them and giving them fullness of joy, since…

  • Prayer ‘Most tender Jesus. . .’ by St. Thomas Aquinas

    Most tender Jesus, may Thy most sacred Body and Blood be my soul’s sweetness and delight, health and holiness in every temptation, joy and peace in every sorrow, light and strength in every word and work, and my last safeguard in death. Amen.

  • ‘I love You, O my God’ by St. Jean-Marie Vianney

    I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life. I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You. I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You…

  • 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 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…

  • Prayers for Hope and Comfort by St. Augustine

    Watch, dear Lord, with those who wake or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ, rest your weary ones, bless your dying ones, soothe your suffering ones, shield your joyous ones, and all for your love’s sake.

  • Saint Francis’ Prayer in Praise of God, Given to Brother Leo

    You are holy, Lord, the only God, and Your deeds are wonderful. You are strong. You are great. You are the Most High. You are Almighty. You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth. You are Three and One, Lord God, all Good. You are Good, all Good, supreme Good, Lord God, living and…

  • The prayer of St. Francis

    Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be…

  • Prayer to St. Michael – Help Against Spiritual Enemies

    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…

  • Prayer To St.Paul

    O Glorious Saint Paul, after persecuting the Church you became by God’s grace its most zealous Apostle. To carry the knowledge of Jesus, our divine Savior, to the uttermost parts of the earth you joyfully endured prison, scourgings, stonings, and shipwreck, as well as all manner of persecutions culminating in the shedding of the last…