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 Common Prayers
Sign of the Cross
Bring right hand to forehead, chest, left then right shoulder.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us, and lead us not into
temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary
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.

Glory Be
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.

Saint Michael Prayer by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be
our protection against the wickedness and snares
of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the
power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other
evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the
ruin of souls. Amen.

Guardian Angel Prayer

Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love
commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to
light, to guard, to rule, and guide. Amen.
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartfully sorry for having offended
thee, and I detest all my sins because of thy just
punishments, but most of all because they offend
thee, my God, who is all good and deserving of all
my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace,
to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin.
Amen.
The Fatima Prayer
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the
fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially
those in most need of thy mercy. Amen.
Hail Holy Queen
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our
sweetness, and our hope—to thee do we cry, poor
banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our
sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of
mercy towards us, and after this, our exile, show
unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Pray
for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
Memorare by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that
never was it known that anyone who fled to thy
protection, implored thy help, or sought thy
intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this
confidence, we fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins,
our Mother. To thee do we come, before thee we
stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word
Incarnate, despise not our petitions but in thy
mercy hear and answer us. Amen.

Grace Before Meals

Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are
about to receive, from thy bounty, through Christ,
our Lord. Amen.
Morning Offering
Dear Lord, I do not know what will happen to
me today—I only know that nothing will happen
that was not foreseen by you and directed to my
greater good from all eternity. I adore your holy and
unfathomable plans and submit to them with all my
heart for love of you, the pope, and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary. Amen.

The Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have
mercy on me, a sinner. Amen.

Miraculous Medal Prayer

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have
recourse to thee, and for those who do not have
recourse to thee, especially for the enemies of the
Church. Amen.

Apostles Creed
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,
and 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 thence he shall 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 the life everlasting. Amen.
 Other Powerful Prayers
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
When prayed in group, responses are in italics.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send
forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And
you shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray.
O God, who has taught the hearts of the faithful by
the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that by the same
Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his
consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Traditional Morning Offering

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings
of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the
Mass throughout the world, for all the intentions
of your Sacred Heart: for the salvation of souls, the
reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians, and
for the intentions of our Holy Father. Amen.

The Angelus
Prayed daily at Noon. In a group, responses are in italics.
The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. And she
conceived of the Holy Spirit. Recite the Hail Mary
Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto
me according to thy word. Recite the Hail Mary
And the Word was made flesh. And dwelt among us.
Recite the Hail Mary
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may
be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech thee O Lord,
thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the
incarnation of Christ, thy 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.
Regina Caeli
Replaces the Angelus from Easter until Pentecost
Queen of Heaven rejoice, Alleluia, for He whom
you did merit to bear, Alleluia, has risen as He said,
Alleluia. Pray for us to God, Alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia,
for the Lord has truly risen, Alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world
through the resurrection of thy Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ, grant we beseech thee, that through the
intercession of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may
obtain the joys of everlasting life through the same
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

For occassions when one cannot receive Holy Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most
Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things and I
desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot at
this moment receive you, please enter spiritually
into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already
there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit
me to be separated from you. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas Before Study

Ineffable Creator, pour forth a ray of your light into
the darkened places of my mind and banish from
my soul the twofold darkness of sin and ignorance
into which I was born. You who make eloquent the
tongues of infants, refine my speech and pour upon
my lips the goodness of your blessing. Grant to me
keenness of mind, capacity to remember, skill in
learning, subtlety to interpret, and eloquence in
speech. May you guide the beginning of my work,
direct its progress, and bring it to completion.
Amen.
 For Holy Mass
Prayer Before Mass by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the
sacrament of your only-begotten son, our Lord
Jesus Christ. I come sick to the doctor of life,
unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the
radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy
to the Lord of heaven and earth. Lord, in your
great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my
defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my
poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive
the bread of angels, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and
faith, the repentance and love, and the determined
purpose that will help to bring me to salvation.
May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Body
and Blood and its reality and power. Kind God,
may I receive the Body of your only-begotten Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the
Virgin Mary, and so be received into his mystical
body and numbered among his members. Loving
Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive
your beloved son under the veil of a sacrament, may
I one day see him face to face in glory, who lives and
reigns with you forever. Amen.
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me,
Body of Christ, save me,
Blood of Christ, inebriate me,
Water from the side of Christ, wash me,
Passion of Christ, strengthen me,
O good Jesus, hear me.
Hide me within your wounds,
keep me close to you,
defend me from the evil enemy,
call me at the hour of my death,
and bid me to come to you, to praise you
with your saints, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer After Communion by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God,
I thank you, for even though I am a sinner, your
unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but
in the kindness of your mercy, you have fed me with
the Precious Body and Blood of your son, our Lord
Jesus Christ. I pray that this Holy Communion
may not bring me condemnation and punishment
but forgiveness and salvation. May it be a helmet
of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me
from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions.
May it bring me charity and patience, humility and
obedience, and growth in the power to do good.
May it be my strong defense against all my enemies,
visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all
my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite
me more closely to you, the one true God, and lead
me safely through death to everlasting happiness
with you. I pray that you will lead me, a sinner, to
the banquet where you, with your Son and Holy
Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment,
everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect
happiness to your saints. Amen.
Intercessory Prayer After Communion
Dear Jesus, I offer the graces merited via this Holy
Communion for the spiritual and temporal needs,
conversion and sanctification, healing, perfect
health, and long life of Name of Person. Amen.

Prayer After Mass by Saint Ignatius of Loyola

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 love and your
grace are wealth enough for me. Give me these,
Lord Jesus, and I ask for nothing more. Amen.
 Saints and Novenas
Prayer to Saint Joseph from the First Century
To make a Novena, pray once for nine consecutive days.
O Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so
strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place
in you all my interests and desires. 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 engaged here below
your heavenly power I may offer my thanksgiving
and homage to the most loving of Fathers. I never
weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your
arms. I dare not approach while he reposes near
your heart—embrace him in my name and kiss his
fine head for me, and ask him to return the kiss
when I draw my dying breath. O Saint Joseph, hear
my prayers and obtain my petitions. Pray for State
Your Request. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Jude, Help of the Hopeless

To make a Novena, pray once for nine consecutive days.
Most holy apostle Saint Jude, faithful servant and
friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes
you universally as the patron of difficult cases and
problems almost despaired of, pray for me, for I am
so helpless and alone. Intercede with God for me
that He bring visible and speedy help where help is
most needed. Come to my assistance in this great
need that I may receive the consolation and help
of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and
sufferings, particularly State Your Request, that I
may praise God with you and all the saints forever.
I promise, O Blessed Saint Jude, to be ever mindful
of this great favor granted me by God and to always
honor you as my special and powerful patron, and
to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen.
Miracle Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua
To make a Novena, pray once for nine consecutive days.
O Holy Saint Anthony, gentlest of saints, your
love for God and charity for his creatures made
you worthy to possess miraculous powers on
earth. Miracles waited on your word, which you
were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or
anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore
of you to obtain for me State Your Request. The
answer to my prayer may require a miracle, even
so, you are the saint of miracles. O gentle and
loving Saint Anthony, whose heart was ever full
of human sympathy, whisper my petition into
the ear of the sweet infant Jesus, who loved to
be folded in your arms, and the gratitude of my
heart will ever be yours. Amen.
Prayer to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
To make a Novena, pray once for nine consecutive days.
O Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus, please pick a
rose for me from the heavenly garden and send it
to me as a message of love. O Little Flower of Jesus,
ask God today to grant the favors I now place with
confidence in your hands State Your Request. Saint
Thérèse, help me to always believe as you did in
God’s great love for me so that I might imitate your
Little Way each day. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Patrick

Christ with me. Christ before me. Christ behind me.
Christ in me. Christ beneath me. Christ above me.
Christ on my right. Christ on my left. Christ in
breadth.
Christ inChrist in Christ
breadth. length.in
Christ in Christ
length. height.in
Christ in
height.
the heart
Christ of every
in the heartman whoman
of every thinks
whoof thinks
me. Christ in
of me.
the mouth
Christ ofmouth
in the every man whoman
of every speaks
whoofspeaks
me. Christ in
of me.
every eye
Christ that sees
in every eye me.
thatChrist in every ear that
sees me.
hears me.
Christ Amen.
in every ear that hears me. Amen.
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
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.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.

Miraculous Medal Novena Prayer

To make a Novena, pray once for nine consecutive days.
O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord
Jesus and our Mother, penetrated with the most
lively confidence in your all-powerful and never-
failing intercession, manifested so often through
the Miraculous Medal, we your loving and trustful
children implore you to obtain for us the graces and
favors we ask during this novena if they be benefi-
cial to our immortal souls and the souls for whom
we pray State Your Request. You know, O Mary, how
often our souls have been the sanctuaries of your
son who hates iniquity. Obtain for us then a deep
hatred of sin and that purity of heart which will
attach us to God alone so that our every thought,
word and deed may tend to his greater glory. Obtain
for us also a spirit of prayer and self-denial that we
may recover by penance what we have lost by sin
and at length attain to that blessed abode where you
are the queen of angels and of men. Amen.
 How to Pray the Rosary
with the prayers found in this booklet.
Rosary beads are recommended but not required. Begin by
making the Sign of the Cross, then pray the Apostles Creed,
followed by one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and the Glory
Be. Using the chart below, call to mind the first Mystery (event
in the life of Christ or Mary) for the day, then pray one Our
Father, ten Hail Marys, then one Glory Be and the Fatima
Prayer, all while meditating on the Mystery. In the same
manner, pray while meditating on the second, third, fourth,
and fifth Mysteries. Conclude with the Hail Holy Queen and
this optional prayer:
O God, whose only begotten son, by his life, death, and
resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal
life, grant we beseech thee, that by meditating on these
mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what
they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Joyful Mysteries Glorious Mysteries
Mon & Sat, Sundays during Advent Wednesdays & Sundays
The Annunciation The Resurrection
The Visitation The Ascension
The Nativity The Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Presentation The Assumption of Mary
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple The Coronation of Mary
Sorrowful Mysteries Luminous Mysteries
Tue & Fri, Sundays during Lent Thursdays
The Agony in the Garden The Baptism in the Jordan
The Scourging at the Pillar The Wedding at Cana
The Crowning with Thorns The Proclamation of the Kingdom
The Carrying of the Cross The Transfiguration
The Crucifixion The Institution of the Eucharist

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How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
with the prayers found in this booklet.

Rosary beads are recommended but not required. Begin by

making the Sign of the Cross, then pray three times:
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the
Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust
in you!
Then pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Apostles
Creed. On each of the five decades of rosary beads, begin by
praying:
Eternal Father, we offer you the Body, Blood, Soul,
and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord
Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of
the whole world.
Then pray ten times:
For the sake of his sorrowful passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
After the fifth decade, pray three times:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Closing 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.

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