Prayers

Act of Contrition

O My God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend You my God, who are all-good and deserving of all of my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to confess my...

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Novena Prayers

Novena to St. Therese:   The novena consists of 24 "Glory Be's" for nine consecutive days to thank God for the blessings given to St Therese of the Child Jesus during the 24 years of her life. One may add this prayer:   Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, I...

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Prayers to Saints

St. Francis of Assisi   Saint Francis was born in Assisi, Italy in 1182. He lived and preached a life of poverty and love of God to all men. He founded the religious Order of the Franciscans; with St. Clare, he...

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Prayers to Jesus

The Holy Face O Blessed Face of my kind Savior, by the tender love and piercing sorrow of Our Lady as she beheld You in Your cruel Passion, grant us to share in this intense sorrow and love so as to fulfill the holy will of God to the utmost of our ability. Amen.   An Act of...

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Basic Catholic Prayers

The 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...

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The Seven Sorrows of Mary

    Introduction The purpose of the Devotion of the Seven Sorrows is to promote union with the sufferings of Christ through union with the special suffering that Our Lady endured because she was the Mother of God. By uniting ourselves with both the Passion of Christ and His holy...

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The 12 year prayers of St. Bridget

St. Bridget's Twelve Year Prayers on Jesus' Painful Wounds and Precious Blood   These prayers are to be said each day for one year, with an Our Father and Hail Mary attached to each of the fifteen prayers. When the year is up, the person would have honored each of the 5,480 blows and wounds to...

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The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

The Chaplet of The Divine Mercy     Background St. Faustina The Image Feast of Mercy ...

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The Holy Rosary (the prayers of the gospels)

1 While holding the crucifix make the Sign of the Cross. and then recite the Apostles Creed. ...

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