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
Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel (Leonine)
The traditional Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel, for protection against evil and spiritual combat — the full…
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…
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…
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…