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Prayers

To the Saints

Prayers to the universal saints

  1. To you, O blessed Joseph Prayer of Leo XIII appended to the encyclical Quamquam pluries (1889), imploring St Joseph's patronage over the Church.
  2. St Michael the Archangel (Leonine) Leonine prayer of spiritual combat composed by Leo XIII in 1886.
  3. Prayer to the Guardian Angel (Angele Dei) A medieval prayer to the Guardian Angel — Angel of God, my Guardian dear.
  4. Si quaeris miracula — Responsory of St Anthony Classical responsory of St Anthony composed in the 13th c. by Friar Julian of Speyer — for any need.
  5. Prayer to St Thérèse of the Child Jesus Traditional prayer for the promise of the shower of roses — the little way of spiritual childhood.
  6. Prayer to St Rita of Cascia Traditional prayer to the advocate of impossible causes — spouse of Christ crucified.
  7. Prayer to St Jude Thaddaeus Prayer to the patron of desperate causes — St Bridget of Sweden was instructed to invoke him.
  8. Prayer to St Pio of Pietrelcina Pray, hope, and don't worry — prayer to the confessor of San Giovanni Rotondo.
  9. Cross of St Benedict and Vade Retro Satana The Medal of St Benedict formula — a medieval exorcism from the patriarch of Western monasticism.
  10. Late have I loved you — St Augustine Celebrated passage of the Confessions — Beauty so ancient and so new.
  11. Suscipe — Take, Lord, and receive Closing prayer of the Spiritual Exercises — give me only your love and your grace.
  12. O Eternal Trinity — St Catherine of Siena Closing prayer of the Dialogue of Divine Providence — you are a deep sea, into which the more I plunge, the more I find.
  13. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace The Simple Prayer attributed to St Francis — a modern attribution with an authentically Franciscan spirit.
  14. Let nothing disturb you — St Teresa of Ávila Autograph poem found in her breviary — God alone suffices.
  15. Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart — St Margaret Mary First formal consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, drawn up by the seer of Paray-le-Monial.
  16. Stay with me, Lord — St Pio of Pietrelcina Mane nobiscum, Domine — St Pio's prayer of thanksgiving after Communion.
  17. Prayer to St Gerard Majella — for unborn children Prayer to the patron of expectant mothers and the unborn — the Redemptorist wonderworker.
  18. Prayer to St Camillus de Lellis — for the sick Prayer to the patron of the sick, hospitals, and healthcare workers.
  19. Prayer to St Pius X — for catechesis and students Prayer to the pope of the Catechism and of children's First Communion.
  20. Prayer to St Christopher — for travellers Prayer to the martyr who bore the Child Jesus on his shoulders — patron of travellers.
  21. Chaplet of the Divine Mercy For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world — chaplet revealed to St Faustina.