Prayers
3 Powerful Prayers Against Spiritual Attack
Author’s note: Reflections in this article draw from Consumed: Nature and Movements of a Heart on Fire by Kenneth C. Alimba (2026). The devil is real. This is…
Prayer for the Church and for Civil Authorities
by Bishop John Carroll, First Bishop of America (1800)We pray Thee, O almighty and eternal God, who through Jesus Christ hast revealed…
Prayer for the Church
by Pope Saint Gregory the Great (6th Century) O God, the most gracious Maker and most merciful Redeemer of mankind, who, when…
Prayer for the Faithful Departed
O gentlest Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls in…
Prayer for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
O Spirit of Wisdom, preside over all my thoughts, words and actions, from this hour until the moment of my death. Spirit…
Prayer of Saint Basil the Great (329-379)
O Lord our God, we beseech you, to ask for the gift we need. Steer the ship of our life to yourself,…
Prayer of Saint Bonaventure (1217-1274)
Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of your love, with true, serene,…
Prayer of Saint Edmund of Abingdon (1170-1240)
Into Thy hands, O Lord, and into the hands of Thy holy angels, I commit and entrust this day my soul, my…
Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (306-373)
Blessed Virgin, immaculate and pure, you are the sinless Mother of your Son, who is the mighty Lord of the universe. Since…
Prayer of Saint Ephrem for Lent
from the Byzantine Liturgy of the Presanctified O Lord and Master of my life, spare me from the spirit of apathy and…