Treasured Catholic Prayers
Daily Consecration to Mary
O Mary, My Queen and my Mother, I give myself entirely to you, and to show my devotion to you I consecrate to you this day my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole body without reserve. Wherefore, good Mother, as I am your own, keep me and guard me as your property and possession. Amen.
Prayer Before a Crucifix
Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Your face I humbly kneel and with burning soul pray and beg You to fix deep in my heart lively virtues of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment; while I contemplate, with great love and tender pity, Your five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me and calling to mind the words which David, Your prophet, said of You, my Jesus: "They have pierced my hands and my feet, they have numbered all my bones." Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray: O God, Who has instructed the hearts of Your faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us, in the same Spirit, to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer to Your Guardian Angel
O Angel of God, my Guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day (or night) be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
Morning Offering to the Sacred Heart
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day: for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of my family, friends, relative, and benefactors, and in particular for the intentions of our Holy Father. Amen.
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me;
Body of Christ, save me;
Blood of Christ, inebriate me;
Water from the side of Christ, wash me;
Passion of Christ, strengthen me;
O good Jesus hear me;
Within Your wounds hide me;
Separated from You, let me never be;
From the evil one protect me;
At the hour of my death, call me;
And close to You bid me; That with Your saints, I may be,
Praising You forever and ever. Amen.
Family Prayer
God made us a family.
We need one another.
We love one another.
We forgive one another.
We work together.
We play together.
We worship together.
Together we learn God's Word.
Together we grow in Christ.
Together we love all people.
Together we serve our God.
Together we hope for Heaven.
These are our hopes.
Help us to obtain them, Father,
through Jesus Your Son, Our Lord. Amen.
