Using tags: Above the name of the prayer you will see a "tag" which indicates the type of prayer. Use them to organize the articles. For example, click on  Rosary  to see all the Rosary related prayers and articles. Then tap the (blue) title to open the full prayer.

See the League Prayers for prayers specifically for the Catholic Women's League.

 

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Prayer for Canadian Home Missions

Heavenly Father, we pray for our Canadian home missions, from sea to sea to sea.

Take into Your care, through our prayer, our brothers and sisters in faith. We ask protection and strength in faith, hope and love.

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Prayer for Families of Lost Children

God of compassion and love, heal the families of the lost children as they struggle to overcome this great injustice.  Our hearts bleed for the sorrow that they bear for the children who have been lost.

May our Lady of Good Counsel fill their hearts with love, wrap them in her mantle, hold them in her arms and bring them comfort. Amen.


 

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Prayer for Graduates

Lord God, giver of all wisdom and grace,
bless the students who have worked diligently
to prepare for graduation.

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Prayer for Healing

May God heal me, body and soul. May my pain cease, may my strength increase, may my fears be released, May blessings, love, and joy surround me. Amen.

Source: The Prayerist

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Prayer for Health

Heavenly Father,

Pour onto me your healing.

Let me find wholeness in body, mind and spirit. Let your healing restore my wondrous body to full strength, full power and full wholeness.

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Prayer for our Church in these Difficult Times

Heavenly Father,
In every age, you have been our refuge.
Yet again and still, we stand before you
asking for your protection on your holy Church.

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Prayer for Peace

Lord Jesus Christ,
who are called the Prince of Peace,
who are yourself our peace and reconciliation,
who so often said, “Peace to you,”
grant us peace.

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Prayer for Priests by St. Therese of Lisieux

O Jesus, eternal Priest,
keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.

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Prayer for Seminarians

Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, lead our seminarians daily in your footsteps, that they may become priests aflame with love for God and all. Amen.

~ Fr. Cristino Bouvette - Vocations Director, Diocese of Calgary

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Prayer for the Dignity of Human Life

Lord and giver of all life, help us to value each person, created in love by you. In your mercy, guide and assist our efforts to promote the dignity and value of all human life, born and unborn. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen


 

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Prayer for the Respect of Life

Heavenly Father, the beauty and dignity of human life was the crowning of your creation. You further ennobled that life when your Son became one with us in his incarnation. Help us to realize the sacredness of human life and to respect it from the moment of conception until the last moment of death.

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Prayer for the Sick

Jesus, our Lord,
We ask you to have mercy on all who are sick.

Give them your strength and love,
And help them to carry this cross with faith.

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Prayer for the Unborn Child

Lord Jesus, you are the source and lover of life.

Reawaken in us respect for every human life.

Help us to see in each child the marvelous work of our Creator.

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Prayer for those with Breast Cancer

St. Agatha is known for her intercession against this disease that affects both women and men. Other patron saints against breast cancer are St. Aldegundis, St. Giles, and St. Peregrine. St. Zelie Martin is also a popular saint to invoke as it is believed that she died from breast cancer.

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Prayer of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus

O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
for your tempted priests;

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Prayer of Thanksgiving

God of all blessings, source of all life, giver of all grace:

We thank you for the gift of life:
for the breath that sustains life,
for the food of this earth that nurtures life,
for the love of family and friends without which there would be no life.

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Prayer to Our Lady, Health of the Sick

O Mary
you always shine on our path
as a sign of salvation and of hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,
who at the cross took part in Jesus' pain,
keeping your faith firm.

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Prayer for those going into surgery

Tradition has labeled St. Luke the Evangelist (Feast day: Oct. 18) as a Greek physician, in addition to being the writer of a Gospel and the Book of Acts.

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Return to School Prayer Service

Education is a life-long experience that leads the students from where they are to where God wants them to be. The start of a new school year is filled with apprehension, excitement and hope as they enter a new stage in life.

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For the Soul of the Faithful

Absolve, we beseech you O Lord, the soul of your servant (Name) from every bond of sin that, in the glory of the resurrection, she may be revived and refreshed among your Saints and chosen ones.

Through Christ our Lord.
Amen

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon her.

Source: Oxford Oratory

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Rosary Guide

Use this guide to pray the timeless prayers of the rosary. Whether praying on your own or with a group, the meditative repetition of the prayers infuses us with a sense of peace, comfort and spiritual well-being.

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The Seven Sorrows of Mary

The Sign of the Cross

The Act of Contrition –  O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,

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St. John Vianney’s Prayer for Priests

God, please give to your Church today
many more priests after your own heart.

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USCCB Prayer for Priests

Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests.
Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments.
Help our priests to be strong in their vocation.
Set their souls on fire with love for your people.

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Via Lucis, The Way of Light

The Via Lucis, the “Way of Light,” emerges for Triduum liturgies in the same spirit of devotion. Also known as the Stations of the Resurrection, this devotion parallels the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary just as the Via Crucis complement the Sorrowful Mysteries. These stations were discovered in the Catacombs of St. Callistus in Rome.

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What is a Novena?

The word novena comes from the Latin novem, meaning "nine". A novena is a prayer that is repeated nine times. It is usually a prayer of petition but sometimes a prayer of thanksgiving. 

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