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PRAYERS
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Basic Catholic Prayers
How to pray the Rosary
1. While holding the crucifix make the Sign of the Cross. and
then recite the Apostles Creed.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
2. Recite the Our Father on the first large bead.
3. Recite a Hail Mary for an increase of faith, hope and charity on each of the three small beads.
4. Recite the Glory Be to the Father on the next large bead.
5. Recite the Fatima Prayer "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy." on the large bead.
6. Recall the first Rosary Mystery and recite the Our Father on
the large bead.
7. On each of the adjacent ten small beads (also refered to as a
decade) recite a Hail
Mary while reflecting on the mystery.
8. On the next large bead, recite the Glory Be to the Father,
the Fatima prayer.
9. Each succeeding decade is prayed in a similar manner by
recalling the appropriate
mystery, reciting the Our Father, ten Hail Marys, the Glory Be
to the Father, and the
Fatima prayer while reflecting on the mystery.
10. When the fifth mystery is completed, the Rosary is
customarily concluded with the
Hail Holy Queen, and the Sign of the Cross.
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 death.
Amen.
Guardian Angel
Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
To whom God's love
commits me here,
Ever this day,
be at my side,
To light and guard,
To rule and guide.
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.
Confessions
How to make a good confession
1. The Priest will begin with the Sign of the Cross
2. The Penitent begins by saying, "Bless me Father for I have
sinned, it has been ______ (number of days, weeks, months,
etc.) since my last confession. These are my sins."
3. Confess all mortal sins committed since your last confession
by kind and number. You may also confess any venial sins.
4. At the end of your confession say these or similar words:
"For these and all the sins of my life I am sorry."
5. The Priest may ask questions for clarification or give you
some counsel on a point from your confession.
6. The Priest will give you a penance.
7. The Penitent makes an act of contrition in these or similar
words: O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,
and I detest all of my sins because of Thy just punishments. But
most of all because they offend Thee my God, who art 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 occasions of
sin. Amen.
8. The priest will give you absolution. (The words necessary for
forgiveness are, "I absolve you from your sins in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.")
Prayer Before Confession
Dear God, I seek Your mercy. Be not angry with me because of my
sins, my transgressions of virtue, my faults. I know I have
failed Your graces; accept my sorrow for these offenses. Renew
my response to You, my bond with You. Let me be cleansed by the
penances of my life. Give me the strength to be firm in my
resolve no more to offend You. Give me Your assurance of grace
in my life that I may resond to Your will an goodness. Let the
mantle of Your justice protect and encourage me all my life.
Amen.
Marian Prayers
A Prayer To Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Mystical Rose,
make intercession for holy Church,
protect the sovereign Pontiff,
help all those who invoke you in their necessities,
and since you are the ever Virgin Mary
and Mother of the true God,
obtain for us from your most holy Son
the grace of keeping our faith,
of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life
of burning charity, and the precious gift
of final perseverance.
Amen.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
O Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke thy
most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the
salvation of the dying. O Purest Mary, O Sweetest Mary, let thy
name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady,
to help me whenever I call on thee, for, in all my needs, in all
my temptations I shall never cease to call on thee, ever
repeating thy sacred name, Mary, Mary.
Prayer to our Lady of Lourdes
Hail Mary, poor and humble Woman, Blessed by the Most High!
Virgin of hope, dawn of a new era, we join in your song of
praise, to celebrate the Lord’s mercy, to proclaim the coming of
the Kingdom and the full liberation of humanity.
Hail Mary, lowly handmaid of the Lord, Glorious Mother of
Christ! Faithful Virgin, holy dwelling-place of the Word, teach
us to persevere in listening to the Word, and to be docile to
the voice of the Spirit, attentive to his promptings in the
depths of our conscience and to his manifestations in the events
of history.
Hail Mary, Woman of sorrows, Mother of the living! Virgin spouse
beneath the Cross, the new Eve, be our guide along the paths of
the world. Teach us to experience and to spread the love of
Christ, to stand with you before the innumerable crosses on
which your Son is still crucified.
Hail Mary, woman of faith, first of the disciples! Virgin Mother
of the Church, help us always to account for the hope that is in
us, with trust in human goodness and the Father’s love. Teach us
to build up the world beginning from within: in the depths of
silence and prayer, in the joy of fraternal love, in the unique
fruitfulness of the Cross.
Holy Mary, Mother of believers, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for
us.
Amen.
Eucharistic Prayers
The Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from Christ's side, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee
From the malicious enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints
and with Thy angels
Forever and ever
Amen
Prayer of St. Bonaventure
Pierce, O my sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most
joyous and healthful wound of your love, with true serene and
most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and
melt with love and longing for you, that it may yearn for you
and faint for your courts, and long to be dissolved and to be
with you. Grant that my soul may hunger after you, the bread of
angels, the refreshment of holy souls, our daily and
supernatural bread, having all sweetness and savor and every
delight of taste; let my heart hunger after and feed upon you,
upon whom the angels desire to look, and may my
inmost soul be filled with the sweetness of your savor; may it
ever thirst after you, the fountain of life, the fountain of
wisdom and knowledge, the fountain of eternal light, the torrent
of pleasure, the richness of the house of God; may it ever
compass you, seek you, find you, run to you, attain you,
meditate upon you, speak of you and do all things to the praise
and glory of your name, with humility and discretion, with love
and delight, with ease and affection, and with perseverance unto
the end; may you alone be ever my hope, my entire assistance, my
riches, my delight, my pleasure, my joy, my rest and
tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my fragrance, my sweet
savor, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my wisdom,
my portion, my possession and my treasure, in whom may my mind
and my heart be fixed and firm and rooted immovably, henceforth
and forever. Amen.
Prayer Before A Crucifix
Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus,
I cast myself upon my knees in Thy sight,
and with the most fervent desire of my soul
I pray and beseech Thee that Thou wouldst impress upon my heart
lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity,
with true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of
amendment,
while with deep affection and grief of soul
I ponder within myself and mentally contemplate Thy five Wounds,
having before my eyes that which David, thr prophet, spoke of
Thee, my Jesus:
"They have pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all
My bones."
Other Prayers
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
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 Divine Power of
God-cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits, who
roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Healing and Protection Prayers
These are short prayers you may pray aloud:
I claim the protection of the Lamb of God on my dreams.
Jesus, I love you, my Lord, and my God.
Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, save souls, especially my family members.
Oh blood of Jesus, victor over demons, save us.
Haily 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 valley, of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward 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.
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