faith
Prayer Before Serving at Mass
Heavenly Father, as I prepare to assist You at Your altar, I declare my faith in You. At this Mass, keep me…
Prayer Before Study or Work
Let us pray. Direct, O Lord, we beseech you, all our actions by your holy inspirations, and carry them on by your…
Prayer Before Study
by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Creator past all telling, you have appointed from the treasures of your wisdom the hierarchies of angels,…
Prayer Before the Crucifix
by Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) O most High and glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart. Give me, Lord, a…
Prayer Before Writing or Preaching
by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) O Creator of the universe, who has set the stars in the heavens and causes the sun…
Prayer by Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)
Remember, O Lord, infants, children, the growing youths, the young men and women, the middle-aged, the old, the decayed; hungry, thirsty, naked,…
Prayer for a Bishop
God, eternal shepherd, you tend your Church in many ways and rule us with love. You have chosen your servant, N., to…
Prayer for a Family
Lord, bless our family, all of us now together, those far away, all who are gone back to you. May we know…
Prayer for a Happy Death
by the Venerable Bede (673-735) If it so please my Maker, it is time for me to return to Him who created…
Prayer for a Parish
by the Cure d’Ars My God, grant me the conversion of my parish; I am willing to suffer all my life whatsoever…