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LUKE FOR THOSE GOING INTO SURGERY\r\n\r\nMost charming and saintly Physician, you were animated by the heavenly Spirit of Love. In faithfully detailing of the humanity of Jesus, you also showed His divinity and His genuine compassion for all human beings. Inspire our physicians with your professionalism and with the divine compassion for their patients. Enable them to cure the ills of both body and spirit that afflict so many in our day. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/8lukeshutterstock_1150463288.jpg","credits":{"alt":"CATHOLIC PRAYER; LUKE","caption":"PRAYER TO ST. LUKE FOR THOSE GOING INTO SURGERY\n\nMost charming and saintly Physician, you were animated by the heavenly Spirit of Love. In faithfully detailing of the humanity of Jesus, you also showed His divinity and His genuine compassion for all human beings. Inspire our physicians with your professionalism and with the divine compassion for their patients. Enable them to cure the ills of both body and spirit that afflict so many in our day. Amen.\n\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"8LUKEshutterstock_1150463288"}}},{"attachment_id":"384352","caption":"PRAYER TO ST MONICA FOR YOUR CHILDREN\r\n\r\nO Saint Monica, lover of Christ and His Church,\r\npray for me, and for my child [Name], that we may acquire heaven,\r\njoining with you, there, in offering constant and thankful\r\npraise to God.\r\n\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/61shutterstock_270419729.jpg","credits":{"alt":"61shutterstock_270419729","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"61shutterstock_270419729"}}},{"attachment_id":"380870","caption":"PRAYER AT THE START OF A NEW YEAR\r\n\r\nRemember us, O God;\r\nfrom age to age be our comforter.\r\nYou have given us the wonder of time,\r\nblessings in days and nights, seasons and years.\r\nBless your children at the turning of the year\r\nand fill the months ahead with the bright hope\r\nthat is ours in the coming of Christ.\r\nYou are our God, living and reigning, forever and ever.\r\nR/. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/50shutterstock_1210022302-e1594702014584.jpg","credits":{"alt":"50shutterstock_1210022302-e1594702014584.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"50shutterstock_1210022302-e1594702014584.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"358352","caption":"SERENITY PRAYER OF ST TERESA OF AVILA\r\n\r\nLet nothing disturb you,\r\nLet nothing frighten you,\r\nAll things are passing away:\r\nGod never changes.\r\nPatience obtains all things\r\nWhoever has God lacks nothing;\r\nGod alone suffices. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/teresa.jpg","credits":{"alt":"TERESA AVILA; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"SERENITY PRAYER OF ST TERESA OF AVILA\n\nLet nothing disturb you,\nLet nothing frighten you,\nAll things are passing away:\nGod never changes.\nPatience obtains all things\nWhoever has God lacks nothing;\nGod alone suffices.","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"teresa"}}},{"attachment_id":"354159","caption":"PRAYER OF ST BRIDGET FOR PEACE OF HEART\r\n\r\nO Lord, make haste and illumine the night. Say to my soul that nothing happens without You permitting it, and that nothing of what You permit is without comfort. O Jesus, Son of God, You Who were silent in the presence of Your accusers, restrain my tongue until I find what I should say and how to say it. Show me the way and make me ready to follow it. It is dangerous to delay, yet perilous to go forward. Answer my petition and show me the way. As the wounded go to the doctor in search of aid, so do I come to You. O Lord, give Your peace to my heart. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/13shutterstock_1010281114.jpg","credits":{"alt":"St Briget; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"PRAYER OF ST BRIDGET FOR PEACE OF HEART\n\nO Lord, make haste and illumine the night. Say to my soul that nothing happens without You permitting it, and that nothing of what You permit is without comfort. O Jesus, Son of God, You Who were silent in the presence of Your accusers, restrain my tongue until I find what I should say and how to say it. Show me the way and make me ready to follow it. It is dangerous to delay, yet perilous to go forward. Answer my petition and show me the way. As the wounded go to the doctor in search of aid, so do I come to You. O Lord, give Your peace to my heart. Amen.","copyright":"","link":"","title":"13shutterstock_1010281114"}}},{"attachment_id":"382979","caption":"ST TERESA OF AVILA'S PRAYER FOR PEACE\r\n\r\nLet nothing disturb you,\r\nLet nothing frighten you,\r\nAll things are passing away:\r\nGod never changes.\r\nPatience obtains all things\r\nWhoever has God lacks nothing;\r\nGod alone suffices.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/57shutterstock_294422891.jpg","credits":{"alt":"57shutterstock_294422891","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"57shutterstock_294422891"}}},{"attachment_id":"381123","caption":"PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL THROUGH MARY'S INTERCESSION\r\n\r\nAugust Queen of Heaven, sovereign Mistress of the Angels, who didst receive from the beginning the mission and the power to crush the serpent’s head, we beseech thee to send thy holy angels, that under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe.\r\n\r\nMost holy Mother, send thy angels to defend us and to drive the cruel enemy from us.\r\n\r\nAll ye holy Angels and Archangels, help and defend us. Amen.\r\n\r\nO good and tender Mother! Thou shalt ever be our Love and our Hope.\r\n\r\nHoly Angels and Archangels, keep and defend us. Amen","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/51shutterstock_1045695418.jpg","credits":{"alt":"51shutterstock_1045695418","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"51shutterstock_1045695418"}}},{"attachment_id":"382174","caption":"PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH FOR CONVERSION\r\n\r\nOh glorious patriarch St. Joseph, who merited to be called “just” by the Holy Spirit, I urgently recommend to the soul of [Name], which Jesus redeemed at the price of his precious blood.\r\n\r\nThou knowest how deplorable is the state and how unhappy the life of those who have banished this loving savior from their hearts, and how greatly they are exposed to the danger of losing him eternally. Permit not, I beseech thee, that a soul so dear to me should continue any longer in its evil ways; preserve it from the danger that threatens it; touch the heart of the prodigal child and conduct him back to the bosom of the fondest of fathers. Abandon him not, I implore thee, till thou hast opened to him the gates of the heavenly city, where he will praise and bless thee throughout eternity for the happiness which he will owe to thy powerful intercession.\r\n\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/54shutterstock_189843296.jpg","credits":{"alt":"54shutterstock_189843296","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"54shutterstock_189843296"}}},{"attachment_id":"381393","caption":"PRAYER OF THE FIVE KISSES FOR BABY JESUS\r\n\r\nKissing his little right hand: O my Jesus, what you want, I also want. I want it because you want it, O Jesus.\r\n\r\nKissing his little left hand: Jesus, what you want, I also want. I want it how you want it, O Jesus.\r\n\r\nKissing his little right foot: Jesus, what you want, I also want. I want it when you want it, O Jesus.\r\n\r\nKissing his little left foot: Jesus, what you want, I also want. I want it for as long as you want it, O Jesus.\r\n\r\nKissing his heart: Sweet Lord, give me what I see in your heart.\r\n\r\nO my Jesus, my sweet Lord,\r\nGive me what I see in your heart:\r\n\r\nSorrow that love is ever lacking in me.\r\nLove, so that it is never lacking in sorrow.\r\nSorrow that endures every sorrow.\r\nLove, to despise all other loves.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/mar.jpg","credits":{"alt":"mary sacred heart","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"mar"}}},{"attachment_id":"352777","caption":"$3d","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/3mt_shutterstock_95049340.jpg","credits":{"alt":"MOTHER TERESA; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"$3e","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"3mt_shutterstock_95049340"}}},{"attachment_id":"379845","caption":"CHRISTMAS DAY PRAYER\r\n\r\nO sweet Child of Bethlehem,\r\ngrant that we may share with all our hearts\r\nin this profound mystery of Christmas.\r\nPut into the hearts of men and women this peace\r\nfor which they sometimes seek so desperately\r\nand which you alone can give to them.\r\nHelp them to know one another better,\r\nand to live as brothers and sisters,\r\nchildren of the same Father.\r\nReveal to them also your beauty, holiness and purity.\r\nAwaken in their hearts\r\nlove and gratitude for your infinite goodness.\r\nJoin them all together in your love.\r\nAnd give us your heavenly peace.\r\n\r\nAmen.\r\n\r\n ","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/46shutterstock_165530483.jpg","credits":{"alt":"46shutterstock_165530483","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"46shutterstock_165530483"}}},{"attachment_id":"352074","caption":"PRAYER TO ST RAPHAEL FOR ANYONE SUFFERING\r\n\r\nGlorious Archangel St. Raphael, great prince of the heavenly court, you are illustrious for your gifts of wisdom and grace. You are a guide of those who journey by land or sea or air, consoler of the afflicted, and refuge of sinners. I beg you, assist me in all my needs and in all the sufferings of this life, as once you helped the young Tobias on his travels. Because you are the “medicine of God” I humbly pray you to heal the many infirmities of my soul and the ills that afflict my body. I especially ask of you the favor (here mention your special intention), and the great grace of purity to prepare me to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/1shutterstock_442199662-1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"RAPHAEL","caption":"PRAYER TO ST RAPHAEL FOR ANYONE SUFFERING\n\nGlorious Archangel St. Raphael, great prince of the heavenly court, you are illustrious for your gifts of wisdom and grace. You are a guide of those who journey by land or sea or air, consoler of the afflicted, and refuge of sinners. I beg you, assist me in all my needs and in all the sufferings of this life, as once you helped the young Tobias on his travels. Because you are the “medicine of God” I humbly pray you to heal the many infirmities of my soul and the ills that afflict my body. I especially ask of you the favor (here mention your special intention), and the great grace of purity to prepare me to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"1shutterstock_442199662 (1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"375744","caption":"PRAYER TO ST. LUCY\r\n\r\nSt Lucy, you preferred to let your eyes be torn out instead of denying the faith and defiling your soul; and God, through an extraordinary miracle, replaced them with another pair of sound and perfect eyes to reward your virtue and faith, appointing you as the protector against eye diseases. I come to you for you to protect my eyesight and to heal the illness in my eyes.\r\n\r\nO St Lucy, preserve the light of my eyes so that I may see the beauties of creation, the glow of the sun, the colour of the flowers and the smile of children.\r\n\r\nPreserve also the eyes of my soul, the faith, through which I can know my God, understand His teachings, recognise His love for me and never miss the road that leads me to where you, St Lucy, can be found in the company of the angels and saints.\r\n\r\nSt Lucy, protect my eyes and preserve my faith. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/38shutterstock_101634094.jpg","credits":{"alt":"38shutterstock_101634094","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"38shutterstock_101634094"}}},{"attachment_id":"384785","caption":"DEVOTION OF THE THREE HAIL MARYS\r\n\r\nHow to pray the three Hail Marys:\r\nMary, my Mother, free me from falling into mortal sin.\r\nBy the power granted you by the Eternal Father,\r\n\r\nHail Mary…\r\n\r\nBy the wisdom granted you by the Son,\r\n\r\nHail Mary…\r\n\r\nBy the love granted you by the Holy Spirit,\r\n\r\nHail Mary…\r\n\r\nYou conclude with a Glory be … and the brief prayer,\r\n“Mary, by your Immaculate Conception, purify my body and sanctify my soul.” (This prayer was granted an indulgence by Saint Pius X.)","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/63shutterstock_243796999.jpg","credits":{"alt":"63shutterstock_243796999","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"63shutterstock_243796999"}}},{"attachment_id":"384522","caption":"PRAYER FOR HELP FROM ST GABRIEL\r\n\r\nO blessed Archangel Gabriel, we beseech thee, do thou intercede for us at the throne of divine mercy in our present necessities, that as thou didst announce to Mary the mystery of the Incarnation, so through thy prayers and patronage in heaven we may obtain the benefits of the same, and sing the praise of God forever in the land of the living.\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/62shutterstock_402192418.jpg","credits":{"alt":"62shutterstock_402192418","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"62shutterstock_402192418"}}},{"attachment_id":"378823","caption":"AN ADVENT PRAYER FOR PEACE\r\n\r\nLord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas.\r\n\r\nWe who have so much to do seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day.\r\n\r\nWe who are anxious over many things look forward to your coming among us.\r\n\r\nWe who are blessed in so many ways long for the complete joy of your kingdom.\r\n\r\nWe whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your presence.\r\n\r\nWe are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light.\r\n\r\nTo you we say, “Come Lord Jesus!”","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/43shutterstock_533137915-e1591251249406.jpg","credits":{"alt":"43shutterstock_533137915-e1591251249406.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"43shutterstock_533137915-e1591251249406.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"352458","caption":"ST. THOMAS AQUINAS' PRAYER FOR STUDENTS\r\n\r\nCreator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.\r\nTake from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.\r\nGive me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.\r\nGrant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.\r\nPoint out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion. I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/2shutterstock_318121565-2.jpg","credits":{"alt":"Aquinas; Prayer","caption":"ST. THOMAS AQUINAS' PRAYER FOR STUDENTS\n\nCreator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.\n\nTake from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.\n\nGive me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.\n\nGrant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.\n\nPoint out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion. I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.\n\n\n\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"2shutterstock_318121565 (2)"}}},{"attachment_id":"360615","caption":"NOVENA OF THE HOLY CLOAK OF JOSEPH\r\n\r\nJesus, Mary and Joseph, I give Thee my heart and my soul.\r\n(Recite the Glory Be 3 times to our Heavenly Father in thanksgiving for having exalted St. Joseph to a position of such exceptional dignity.)\r\nO Glorious Patriarch St. Joseph, I humbly prostrate myself before Thee. I beg the Lord Jesus, thine Immaculate Spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the Angels and Saints in the Heavenly Court, to join me in this devotion. I offer thee this precious cloak, while pledging my sincerest faith and devotion. I promise to do all in my power to honor thee throughout my lifetime to prove my love for thee.\r\nHelp me, St. Joseph. Assist me now and throughout my lifetime, but especially at the moment of my death, as thou wert assisted by Jesus and Mary, that I may join thee one day in Heaven and there honor thee for all eternity. Amen.","copyright":"Shutterstock","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/11shutterstock_553502095_2.jpg","credits":{"alt":"St. Joseph; catholic prayer","caption":"NOVENA OF THE HOLY CLOAK OF JOSEPH\n\nJesus, Mary and Joseph, I give Thee my heart and my soul.\n\n(Recite the Glory Be 3 times to our Heavenly Father in thanksgiving for having exalted St. Joseph to a position of such exceptional dignity.)\n\nO Glorious Patriarch St. Joseph, I humbly prostrate myself before Thee. I beg the Lord Jesus, thine Immaculate Spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the Angels and Saints in the Heavenly Court, to join me in this devotion. I offer thee this precious cloak, while pledging my sincerest faith and devotion. I promise to do all in my power to honor thee throughout my lifetime to prove my love for thee.\n\nHelp me, St. Joseph. Assist me now and throughout my lifetime, but especially at the moment of my death, as thou wert assisted by Jesus and Mary, that I may join thee one day in Heaven and there honor thee for all eternity. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Shutterstock","link":"","title":"11shutterstock_553502095_(2)"}}},{"attachment_id":"386990","caption":"MONDAY PRAYER OF ST. TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS\r\n\r\nO my God, fill my soul with holy joy, courage and strength to serve You. Enkindle Your love in me and then walk with me along the next stretch of road before me.\r\n\r\nI do not see very far ahead, but when I have arrived where the horizon now closes down, a new prospect will open before me, and I shall meet it with peace.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/65edith_stein_ca._1938-1939.jpg","credits":{"alt":"65edith_stein_(ca._1938-1939)","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"65edith_stein_(ca._1938-1939)"}}},{"attachment_id":"158792","caption":"PRAYER TO ST. GIANNA FOR PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS\r\n\r\nPatron Saint of Mothers, Physicians, and Preborn Children,\r\nO compassionate Saint Gianna,\r\nphysician and caregiver to the poor, the elderly,\r\nto children and expectant mothers,\r\nlook lovingly upon my humble prayer,\r\nand intercede for me with our Heavenly Father.\r\nAs a dedicated wife and mother,\r\nyou imitated the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ,\r\neven to the point of giving your life to save\r\nthe life of your preborn child.\r\nAsk the Holy Spirit, I pray, to fill me with courage,\r\nso that your words may become my own:\r\n“Whatever God wants.”\r\nIf it is in God’s loving plan for me,\r\npray that my intention may be granted\r\n(make your request here).\r\nAmen.","copyright":"© Fondazione Gianna Beretta Molla","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/zbccwpu5s8-vdq-ytinripkofnydljgk_qecd2905uw0kmwcycqaxgmopjn_cy8zbkgzx-qoiwumotqdxewxkjq83aur.jpg","credits":{"alt":"Gianna","caption":"PRAYER TO ST. GIANNA FOR PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS\n\nPatron Saint of Mothers, Physicians, and Preborn Children,\n\nO compassionate Saint Gianna,\nphysician and caregiver to the poor, the elderly,\nto children and expectant mothers,\nlook lovingly upon my humble prayer,\nand intercede for me with our Heavenly Father.\n\nAs a dedicated wife and mother,\nyou imitated the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ,\neven to the point of giving your life to save\nthe life of your preborn child.\n\nAsk the Holy Spirit, I pray, to fill me with courage,\nso that your words may become my own:\n“Whatever God wants.”\n\nIf it is in God’s loving plan for me,\npray that my intention may be granted\n(make your request here).\n\nAmen.","copyright":"© Fondazione Gianna Beretta Molla","link":"","title":"Gianna Beretta Molla – pt"}}},{"attachment_id":"386372","caption":"ST. THERESE'S PRAYER FOR PRIESTS\r\n\r\nJesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;\r\nfor your unfaithful and tepid priests;\r\nfor your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;\r\nfor your tempted priests;\r\nfor your lonely and desolate priests;\r\nfor your young priests;\r\nfor your dying priests;\r\nfor the souls of your priests in Purgatory.\r\nBut above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:\r\nthe priest who baptized me;\r\nthe priests who’ve absolved me from my sins;\r\nthe priests at whose Masses I’ve assisted and who’ve given me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;\r\nthe priests who’ve taught and instructed me;\r\nall the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, especially ____\r\nO Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,\r\nand bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/65mary.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ST. THERESE","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"65theresa"}}},{"attachment_id":"379854","caption":"$3f","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/47shutterstock_459247948_1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"47shutterstock_459247948_(1)","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"47shutterstock_459247948_(1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"386056","caption":"PRAYER TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS BEFORE USING INTERNET\r\n\r\nInfinite Creator,\r\nWho, from the treasures of Your wisdom,\r\nhave established three hierarchies of angels,\r\nhave arrayed them in marvelous order\r\nabove the highest heavens,\r\nand have marshaled the regions\r\nof the universe with such artful skill,\r\n\r\nYou are proclaimed\r\nthe true font of light and wisdom,\r\npour forth a ray of Your brightness\r\ninto the darkened places of my mind;\r\ndisperse from my soul\r\nthe twofold darkness\r\ninto which I was born:\r\nsin and ignorance.\r\n\r\nYou make eloquent the tongues of infants.\r\nrefine my speech\r\nand pour forth upon my lips\r\nThe goodness of Your blessing.\r\n\r\nGrant to me\r\nkeenness of mind,\r\ncapacity to remember,\r\nskill in learning,\r\nsubtlety to interpret,\r\nand eloquence in speech.\r\n\r\nMay You\r\nguide the beginning of my work,\r\ndirect its progress,\r\nand bring it to completion.\r\n\r\nYou Who are true God and true Man,\r\nwho live and reign, world without end.\r\n\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/64683px-st-thomas-aquinas.jpg","credits":{"alt":"64683px-st-thomas-aquinas","caption":"","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"64683px-st-thomas-aquinas"}}},{"attachment_id":"387272","caption":"PRAYER TO ST ANSELM FOR WHEN IT'S HARD TO PRAY\r\n\r\nMy prayer is but a cold affair, Lord,\r\nbecause my love burns with so small a flame,\r\nbut you who are rich in mercy\r\nwill not mete out to [my friends] your gifts\r\naccording to the dullness of my zeal,\r\nbut as your kindness is above any human love\r\nso let your eagerness to hear\r\nbe greater than the feeling in my prayers.\r\nDo this for them and with them, Lord,\r\nso that they may speed according to your will,\r\nand thus ruled and protected by you,\r\nalways and everywhere,\r\nmay they come at last to glory and eternal rest,\r\nthrough you who are living and reigning God,\r\nthrough all ages.\r\n\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/65st_anselm.jpg","credits":{"alt":"65st_anselm","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"65st_anselm"}}},{"attachment_id":"385543","caption":"PRAYER OF ST BERNADETTE WHEN YOU'RE SUFFERING\r\n\r\nLet the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart.\r\n\r\nO Jesus! Release all my affections and draw them upwards.\r\n\r\nLet my crucified heart sink forever into Thine and bury itself in the mysterious wound made by the entry of the lance.\r\n","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/notre_dame_de_lourdes.jpg.jpg","credits":{"alt":"notre_dame_de_lourdes.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"notre_dame_de_lourdes.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"384154","caption":"PRAYER TO SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE\r\n\r\nJesus, bring your Holy Family to reside in our home, so that we might know how to raise our children in the model set us by Mary and Joseph, and so that our children might embrace the Father’s will as you did. Send us your holy angels, with the Archangels Raphael, Michael and Gabriel, to protect us.\r\n\r\nPour out your precious Blood on this marriage, on this home, on this family. Holy Mother Mary, cover us with your mantle.\r\n\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/60shutterstock_1245026215.jpg","credits":{"alt":"60shutterstock_1245026215","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"60shutterstock_1245026215"}}},{"attachment_id":"383874","caption":"PRAYER FOR PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS\r\n\r\nLord Jesus, today we have put all of our Christmas decorations away. We are entering into Ordinary Time, and our house looks “ordinary” again, too. But Lord, you know and we know that our house has a secret. Deep inside it, all of our Christmas decorations are still here. The blessing of Christmas is always with us, kept in the deep, quiet places of the house.\r\nAnd Lord, our lives will become ordinary again, too, but you know that each of us has the grace of baptism. The grace you gave us is always with us, in the deep, quiet places of our soul.\r\nMay we live the grace of Christmas every day, only without all the trappings: May we always give generously, receive gifts gratefully, welcome others, and study your life.\r\nMake our house be a home with Christmas at its core, and our souls a home where Jesus always dwells.\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/59shutterstock_62215504.jpg","credits":{"alt":"59shutterstock_62215504","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"59shutterstock_62215504"}}},{"attachment_id":"353486","caption":"PRAYER TO MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS, IN TIMES OF TRIAL\r\n\r\nMost holy and Immaculate Virgin, Help of Christians, we place ourselves under your motherly protection. Throughout the Church’s history you have helped Christians in times of trial, temptation and danger. Time and time again, you have proven to be the Refuge of sinners, the Hope of the hopeless, the Consoler of the afflicted, and the Comforter of the dying. We promise to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, your Son, to proclaim His Good News of God’s love for all people, and to work for peace and justice in our world. With faith in your intercession, we pray for the Church, for our family and friends, for the poor and abandoned, and all the dying.\r\nGrant, O Mary, Help of Christians, the graces of which we stand in need. (Mention your intentions.) May we serve Jesus with fidelity and love until death. Help us and our loved ones to attain the boundless joy of being forever with our Father in heaven. Amen.\r\nMary, Help of Christians, pray for us! Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/4shutterstock_391788379-1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"MARY; CATHOLIC MEMES","caption":"PRAYER TO MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS, IN TIMES OF TRIAL\n\nMost holy and Immaculate Virgin, Help of Christians, we place ourselves under your motherly protection. Throughout the Church’s history you have helped Christians in times of trial, temptation and danger. Time and time again, you have proven to be the Refuge of sinners, the Hope of the hopeless, the Consoler of the afflicted, and the Comforter of the dying. We promise to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, your Son, to proclaim His Good News of God’s love for all people, and to work for peace and justice in our world. With faith in your intercession, we pray for the Church, for our family and friends, for the poor and abandoned, and all the dying.\n\nGrant, O Mary, Help of Christians, the graces of which we stand in need. (Mention your intentions.) May we serve Jesus with fidelity and love until death. Help us and our loved ones to attain the boundless joy of being forever with our Father in heaven. Amen.\n\nMary, Help of Christians, pray for us!\n\n","copyright":"","link":"","title":"4shutterstock_391788379 (1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"383327","caption":"PRAYER TO ST. JUDE FOR HEALING IN RELATIONSHIPS\r\n\r\nSt. Jude, we have problems in our relationship.\r\nBeg almighty God to give us the light to see ourselves and each other as we really are.\r\n\r\nHelp us to grow daily in self-knowledge and mutual love while at the same time developing our potential to love and be loved.\r\n\r\nHelp us, St. Jude, to see and root out every manifestation of selfishness, vanity, and childish self-seeking those hidden enemies of love and maturity.\r\n\r\nShow us that by learning to love and being filled with love we may compliment and nurture each other as we share our lives together.\r\n\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/58shutterstock_554336677.jpg","credits":{"alt":"58shutterstock_554336677","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"58shutterstock_554336677"}}},{"attachment_id":"379987","caption":"PRAYER TO ST JOHN THE APOSTLE\r\n\r\nO God, who through the blessed Apostle John\r\nhave unlocked for us the secrets of your Word,\r\ngrant, we pray,\r\nthat we may grasp with proper understanding\r\nwhat he has so marvelously brought to our ears.\r\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,\r\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,\r\none God, for ever and ever. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/48shutterstock_422309029-e1597304293406.jpg","credits":{"alt":"48shutterstock_422309029-e1597304293406.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"48shutterstock_422309029-e1597304293406.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"356399","caption":"LITANY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST\r\n\r\nLord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.\r\nChrist, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.\r\nGod the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.\r\nGod the Son, redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.\r\nGod the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.\r\nHoly Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.\r\nHoly Mary, pray for us.\r\nQueen of Prophets, pray for us.\r\nQueen of Martyrs, pray for us.\r\nSaint John the Baptist, pray for us.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/9johnshutterstock_1197206095.jpg","credits":{"alt":"CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"LITANY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST\n\nLord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.\n\nChrist, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.\n\nGod the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.\n\nGod the Son, redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.\n\nGod the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.\n\nHoly Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.\n\nHoly Mary, pray for us.\n\nQueen of Prophets, pray for us.\n\nQueen of Martyrs, pray for us.\n\nSaint John the Baptist, pray for us.\n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"9JOHNshutterstock_1197206095"}}},{"attachment_id":"351641","caption":"ST. IGNATIUS' PRAYER TO BEING MORE GENEROUS\r\n\r\nLord, teach me to be generous.\r\nTeach me to serve you as you deserve;\r\nto give and not to count the cost;\r\nto fight and not to heed the wounds;\r\nto toil and not to seek for rest;\r\nto labor and not to ask for reward\r\nsave that of knowing that I do your will. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/28st_ignatius_of_loyola_1491-1556_founder_of_the_jesuits.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ST IGNATIUS ; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"ST. IGNATIUS' PRAYER TO BEING MORE GENEROUS \n\nLord, teach me to be generous.\nTeach me to serve you as you deserve;\nto give and not to count the cost;\nto fight and not to heed the wounds;\nto toil and not to seek for rest;\nto labor and not to ask for reward\nsave that of knowing that I do your will. Amen. \n\n","copyright":"","link":"","title":"28St_Ignatius_of_Loyola_(1491-1556)_Founder_of_the_Jesuits"}}},{"attachment_id":"382480","caption":"PRAYER TO YOUR CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ANGELS\r\n\r\nI humbly salute you, O you faithful, heavenly friends of my children! I give you heartfelt thanks for all the love and goodness you show them. At some future day I shall, with thanks more worthy than I can now give, repay your care for them, and before the whole heavenly court acknowledge their indebtedness to your guidance and protection. Continue to watch over them. Provide for all their needs of body and soul. Pray, likewise, for me, for my husband, and my whole family, that we may all one day rejoice in your blessed company. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/55shutterstock_80046.jpg","credits":{"alt":"55shutterstock_80046","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"55shutterstock_80046"}}},{"attachment_id":"380174","caption":"PRAYER OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS\r\n\r\nO Divine Jesus, Thou hast promised that anything we ask of the Eternal Father in Thy name shall be granted.\r\nO Eternal Father, In the name of Jesus, for the love of Jesus, in fulfillment of this promise, and because Jesus has said it, grant us our petitions for the sake of Jesus, Thy Divine Son.\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/49shutterstock_149429045_1-e1597725304681.jpg","credits":{"alt":"49shutterstock_149429045_1-e1597725304681.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"49shutterstock_149429045_1-e1597725304681.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"379573","caption":"ST BERNARD'S CHRISTMAS PRAYER\r\n\r\nLet Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we,\r\nmade in your image, conform ourselves to it.\r\nIn our own strength\r\nwe cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder\r\nnor is it fitting for us to try.\r\nBut Your mercy reaches from the heavens\r\nthrough the clouds to the earth below.\r\nYou have come to us as a small child,\r\nbut you have brought us the greatest of all gifts,\r\nthe gift of eternal love\r\nCaress us with Your tiny hands,\r\nembrace us with Your tiny arms\r\nand pierce our hearts with Your soft, sweet cries.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/45shutterstock_393365074.jpg","credits":{"alt":"45shutterstock_393365074","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"45shutterstock_393365074"}}},{"attachment_id":"381640","caption":"PRAYER TO THE INFANT OF PRAGUE\r\n\r\nO Child Jesus, I have recourse to You through Your Holy Mother; I implore You to assist me in this necessity, for I firmly believe that Your Divinity can assist me. I confidently hope to obtain Your holy grace. I love You with my whole heart and my whole soul. I am heartily sorry for my sins, and entreat You, O good Jesus, to give me strength to overcome them.\r\n\r\nI am firmly resolved never to offend You again and to suffer everything rather than displease You. Henceforth, I wish to serve You faithfully. For love of You, O divine Child, I will love my neighbor as myself. O Jesus, omnipotent Child, I entreat You again to come to my assistance in this necessity. [Mention it here].\r\n\r\nGrant me the grace of possessing You eternally with Mary and Joseph and of adoring You with Your Holy Angels and Saints. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/53shutterstock_1148567561.jpg","credits":{"alt":"53shutterstock_1148567561","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"53shutterstock_1148567561"}}},{"attachment_id":"379478","caption":"ST JOHN PAUL II'S PRAYER TO MARY, MOTHER OF ADVENT\r\n\r\nMay the Virgin Mary help us to open the doors of our hearts to Christ, Redeemer of man and of history; may she teach us to be humble, because God looks upon the lowly; may she enable us to grow in understanding the value of prayer, of inner silence, of listening to God’s Word; may she spur us to seek God’s will deeply and sincerely, even when this upsets our plans; may she encourage us while we wait for the Lord, sharing our time and energies with those in need.\r\n\r\nMother of God, Virgin of expectation, grant that the God-who-comes will find us ready to receive the abundance of his mercy.\r\n\r\nMay Mary Most Holy, “Woman of the Eucharist” and Virgin of Advent, prepare us all to joyfully welcome Christ’s coming and to celebrate worthily his sacramental presence in the mystery of the Eucharist.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/44shutterstock_1128843563_2.jpg","credits":{"alt":"44shutterstock_1128843563_(2)","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"44shutterstock_1128843563_(2)"}}},{"attachment_id":"376993","caption":"ADVENT PRAYER BEFORE MEALS\r\n\r\nLet us live soberly, justly, and devoutly in this world.\r\n\r\nR. As we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.\r\n\r\nLord, you have fed us from your gifts and favors; fill us with your mercy, for you live and reign for ever and ever. R. Amen.\r\n\r\n ","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/40shutterstock_62971903.jpg","credits":{"alt":"40shutterstock_62971903","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"40shutterstock_62971903"}}},{"attachment_id":"376136","caption":"LITANY TO THE INFANT JESUS\r\n\r\nLord have mercy, Lord have mercy,\r\nChrist, have mercy, Christ, have mercy,\r\nLord have mercy, Lord, have mercy.\r\n\r\nInfant Jesus, hear us,\r\nInfant Jesus, graciously hear us.\r\nGod the Father of Heaven, graciously hear us.\r\nGod the Son, Redeemer of the world, graciously hear us.\r\nGod the Holy Ghost, graciously hear us.\r\nHoly Trinity, One God, graciously hear us. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/39shutterstock_154303685-e1597878730965.jpg","credits":{"alt":"39shutterstock_154303685-e1597878730965.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"39shutterstock_154303685-e1597878730965.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"350060","caption":"PRAYER WHEN YOU ARE LONELY\r\n\r\nDearest Lord, make us remember, when the world is cold and dreary, and we know not where to turn for comfort, that there is always one spot bright and cheerful—the Sanctuary. When we are in desolation of spirit, when all who are dear to us have passed away, like summer flowers, and none are left to love us and care for us, whisper to our troubled souls that there is one friend who dies not—one whose love never changes—Jesus on the altar. When sorrows thicken and crush us with their burden, when we look in vain for comfort, let thy dear words come forth with full force from the tabernacle, “Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will refresh you.”","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/24shutterstock_742622626.jpg","credits":{"alt":"24shutterstock_742622626","caption":"PRAYER WHEN YOU ARE LONELY\n\nDearest Lord, make us remember, when the world is cold and dreary, and we know not where to turn for comfort, that there is always one spot bright and cheerful—the Sanctuary. When we are in desolation of spirit, when all who are dear to us have passed away, like summer flowers, and none are left to love us and care for us, whisper to our troubled souls that there is one friend who dies not—one whose love never changes—Jesus on the altar. When sorrows thicken and crush us with their burden, when we look in vain for comfort, let thy dear words come forth with full force from the tabernacle, “Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will refresh you.” ","copyright":"","link":"","title":"24shutterstock_742622626"}}},{"attachment_id":"349078","caption":"POWERFUL PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER\r\n\r\nO Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my natural inclinations, to work with gratitude and joy, in a spirit of penance for the remission of my sins, considering it an honor to employ and develop by means of labor the gifts received from God, to work with order, peace, moderation and patience, without ever shrinking from weariness and difficulties, to work above all with purity of intention and detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account that I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all through Mary, all after thine example, O Patriarch, St. Joseph. Such shall be my motto in life and in death. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/shutterstock_543749788-1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ST JOSEPH; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"POWERFUL PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER \n\nO Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my natural inclinations, to work with gratitude and joy, in a spirit of penance for the remission of my sins, considering it an honor to employ and develop by means of labor the gifts received from God, to work with order, peace, moderation and patience, without ever shrinking from weariness and difficulties, to work above all with purity of intention and detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account that I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all through Mary, all after thine example, O Patriarch, St. Joseph. Such shall be my motto in life and in death. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"shutterstock_543749788 (1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"374992","caption":"PRAYER TO BLESS A NATIVITY SCENE\r\n\r\nThe leader prays with hands joined:\r\n\r\nGod of every nation and people,\r\nfrom the very beginning of creation\r\nyou have made manifest your love:\r\nwhen our need for a Savior was great\r\nyou sent your Son to be born of the Virgin Mary.\r\nTo our lives he brings joy and peace,\r\njustice, mercy, and love.\r\n\r\nLord,\r\nbless all who look upon this manger;\r\nmay it remind us of the humble birth of Jesus,\r\nand raise our thoughts to him,\r\nwho is God-with-us and Savior of all,\r\nand who lives and reigns forever and ever.\r\nR/. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/36shutterstock_84990487.jpg","credits":{"alt":"36shutterstock_84990487","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"36shutterstock_84990487"}}},{"attachment_id":"348135","caption":"$40","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/21guido_reni_0312.jpg","credits":{"alt":"21Guido_Reni_031","caption":"$41","copyright":"","link":"","title":"21Guido_Reni_031"}}},{"attachment_id":"347201","caption":"$42","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/19s-rita_da_cascia.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ST RITA ; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"$43","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"19S.Rita_da_Cascia"}}},{"attachment_id":"345657","caption":"CHAPLET OF THE FIAT\r\n\r\nBegin with the Sign of the Cross.\r\nPray the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Creed.\r\nThen, before every decade of the Fiat prayer, pray the Hail Holy Queen.\r\nOn each of the 10 beads, say the words Our Lady said to Gabriel, which resulted in the Incarnation of the Son of God:\r\nBEHOLD THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.\r\nRecite the Memorare on each of the five beads after the Crucifix.\r\nThen, pray the Consecration Prayer:\r\nMy God, I consecrate myself completely to You. I surrender everything I am and have to You. Give me the grace to desire only to live Your Will. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who strengthens, transforms, and unites my soul completely to You so that in living Your Divine Will, Perfect Love may reign in me.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/12chaplet-of-the-fiat.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; CHAPLET OF THE FIAT","caption":"CHAPLET OF THE FIAT\n\nBegin with the Sign of the Cross.\n\nPray the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Creed.\n\nThen, before every decade of the Fiat prayer, pray the Hail Holy Queen.\n\nOn each of the 10 beads, say the words Our Lady said to Gabriel, which resulted in the Incarnation of the Son of God:\n\nBEHOLD THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.\n\nRecite the Memorare on each of the five beads after the Crucifix.\n\nThen, pray the Consecration Prayer:\n\nMy God, I consecrate myself completely to You. I surrender everything I am and have to You. Give me the grace to desire only to live Your Will. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who strengthens, transforms, and unites my soul completely to You so that in living Your Divine Will, Perfect Love may reign in me.\n\nAmen.\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"12CHAPLET OF THE FIAT"}}},{"attachment_id":"346808","caption":"ST. AUGUSTINE'S POWERFUL PRAYER FOR BRAVERY\r\n\r\nGod of our life,\r\nThere are days when the burdens we carry\r\nchafe our shoulders and weigh us down;\r\nwhen the road seems dreary and endless,\r\nthe skies grey and threatening;\r\nwhen our lives have no music in them,\r\nand our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage.\r\nFlood the path with light, turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise;\r\ntune our hearts to brave music;\r\ngive us the sense of comradeship\r\nwith heroes and saints of every age;\r\nand so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage\r\nthe souls of all who journey with us\r\non the road of life,\r\nto your honor and glory. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/18staugustine.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ST AUGUSTINE; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"ST. AUGUSTINE'S POWERFUL PRAYER FOR BRAVERY \n\nGod of our life,\nThere are days when the burdens we carry\nchafe our shoulders and weigh us down;\nwhen the road seems dreary and endless,\nthe skies grey and threatening;\nwhen our lives have no music in them,\nand our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage.\n\nFlood the path with light, turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise;\ntune our hearts to brave music;\ngive us the sense of comradeship\nwith heroes and saints of every age;\nand so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage\nthe souls of all who journey with us\non the road of life,\nto your honor and glory. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"18staugustine"}}},{"attachment_id":"373227","caption":"ST JOHN PAUL II'S PRAYER TO MARY, MOTHER OF ADVENT\r\n\r\nMay the Virgin Mary help us to open the doors of our hearts to Christ, Redeemer of man and of history; may she teach us to be humble, because God looks upon the lowly; may she enable us to grow in understanding the value of prayer, of inner silence, of listening to God’s Word; may she spur us to seek God’s will deeply and sincerely, even when this upsets our plans; may she encourage us while we wait for the Lord, sharing our time and energies with those in need.\r\n\r\nMother of God, Virgin of expectation, grant that the God-who-comes will find us ready to receive the abundance of his mercy.\r\n\r\nMay Mary Most Holy, “Woman of the Eucharist” and Virgin of Advent, prepare us all to joyfully welcome Christ’s coming and to celebrate worthily his sacramental presence in the mystery of the Eucharist. Amen.","copyright":"Shutterstock","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/33shutterstock_664526290.jpg","credits":{"alt":"33shutterstock_664526290","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"33shutterstock_664526290"}}},{"attachment_id":"345616","caption":"PRAYER OF ST BERNADETTE WHEN SUFFERING\r\n\r\nLet the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart.\r\nO Jesus! Release all my affections and draw them upwards.\r\nLet my crucified heart sink forever into Thine and bury itself in the mysterious wound made by the entry of the lance.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/3prayer-of-st-bernadette-when-suffering.jpg","credits":{"alt":"PRAYER OF ST BERNADETTE WHEN SUFFERING; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS","caption":"PRAYER OF ST BERNADETTE WHEN SUFFERING\n\nLet the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart.\n\nO Jesus! Release all my affections and draw them upwards.\n\nLet my crucified heart sink forever into Thine and bury itself in the mysterious wound made by the entry of the lance.\n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"3PRAYER OF ST BERNADETTE WHEN SUFFERING"}}},{"attachment_id":"372489","caption":"PRAYER FOR THE ZEAL OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER\r\n\r\nO God, who through the preaching of Saint Francis Xavier\r\nwon many peoples to yourself,\r\ngrant that the hearts of the faithful\r\nmay burn with the same zeal for the faith\r\nand that Holy Church may everywhere rejoice\r\nin an abundance of offspring.\r\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,\r\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,\r\none God, for ever and ever. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/32shutterstock_57417379.jpg","credits":{"alt":"32shutterstock_57417379","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"32shutterstock_57417379"}}},{"attachment_id":"372265","caption":"ST ANDREW'S CHRISTMAS \"NOVENA\" PRAYER\r\n\r\nHail and blessed be the hour and moment\r\nIn which the Son of God was born\r\nOf the most pure Virgin Mary,\r\nat midnight,\r\nin Bethlehem,\r\nin the piercing cold.\r\nIn that hour vouchsafe, O my God,\r\nto hear my prayer and grant my desires,\r\n[here mention your request]\r\nthrough the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ,\r\nand of His blessed Mother. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/31shutterstock_419720371.jpg","credits":{"alt":"31shutterstock_419720371","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"31shutterstock_419720371"}}},{"attachment_id":"350856","caption":"NOVENA FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE\r\n\r\nSaint Elizabeth Seton,\r\nyou knew the beauty of all human life\r\nwhen you carried a child in your womb\r\nand when, as a young widow,\r\na teacher, and founder of the Sisters of Charity,\r\nyou sought to live the Gospel of Life.\r\nInspire us, intercede for us, and be with us.\r\nWe ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.\r\nYou know the sacrament of Holy Matrimony;\r\nTeach us to support all families with faith and truth.\r\nYou know the love of a good spouse;\r\nIntercede for all newly married couples.\r\nYou know the stirring of the child in your womb;\r\nIntercede for every unborn child.\r\nYou know the miracle of giving birth;\r\nPray for mothers tempted by abortion. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/27stseton.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ELIZABETH SETON","caption":"NOVENA FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE\n\nSaint Elizabeth Seton,\nyou knew the beauty of all human life\nwhen you carried a child in your womb\nand when, as a young widow,\na teacher, and founder of the Sisters of Charity,\nyou sought to live the Gospel of Life.\nInspire us, intercede for us, and be with us.\nWe ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.\n\nYou know the sacrament of Holy Matrimony;\nTeach us to support all families with faith and truth.\n\nYou know the love of a good spouse;\nIntercede for all newly married couples.\n\nYou know the stirring of the child in your womb;\nIntercede for every unborn child.\n\nYou know the miracle of giving birth;\nPray for mothers tempted by abortion. Amen.\n\n\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"27stseton"}}},{"attachment_id":"346382","caption":"PRAYER FOR PEACEFUL REST\r\n\r\nTo Thee before the close of day,\r\nCreator of the world, we pray\r\nThat, with Thy wonted favor, Thou\r\nWouldst be our guard and keeper now.\r\nFrom all ill dreams defend our eyes,\r\nFrom nightly fears and fantasies;\r\nTread under foot our ghostly foe,\r\nThat spot of sin we may not know.\r\nO Father, that we ask be done,\r\nThrough Jesus Christ, Thine only Son,\r\nWho, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,\r\nDoth live and reign eternally. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/17shutterstock_1100829431.jpg","credits":{"alt":"17shutterstock_1100829431","caption":"PRAYER FOR PEACEFUL REST\n\nTo Thee before the close of day,\nCreator of the world, we pray\nThat, with Thy wonted favor, Thou\nWouldst be our guard and keeper now.\n\nFrom all ill dreams defend our eyes,\nFrom nightly fears and fantasies;\nTread under foot our ghostly foe,\nThat spot of sin we may not know.\n\nO Father, that we ask be done,\nThrough Jesus Christ, Thine only Son,\nWho, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,\nDoth live and reign eternally. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"17shutterstock_1100829431"}}},{"attachment_id":"349488","caption":"PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR INSPIRATION\r\n\r\nBreathe in me, O Holy Spirit,\r\nThat my thoughts may all be holy.\r\nAct in me, O Holy Spirit,\r\nThat my work, too, may be holy.\r\nDraw my heart, O Holy Spirit,\r\nThat I love but what is holy.\r\nStrengthen me, O Holy Spirit,\r\nTo defend all that is holy.\r\nGuard me, then, O Holy Spirit,\r\nThat I always may be holy. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/23rendered-e1600064897113.jpg","credits":{"alt":"23rendered-e1600064897113.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"23rendered-e1600064897113.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"370622","caption":"ST THERESE'S PRAYER FOR PRIESTS\r\n\r\nO Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;\r\n\r\nfor your unfaithful and tepid priests;\r\nfor your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;\r\nfor your tempted priests;\r\nfor your lonely and desolate priests;\r\nfor your young priests;\r\nfor your dying priests;\r\nfor the souls of your priests in Purgatory.\r\nBut above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:\r\nthe priest who baptized me;\r\nthe priests who’ve absolved me from my sins;\r\nthe priests at whose Masses I’ve assisted and who’ve given me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;\r\nthe priests who’ve taught and instructed me;\r\nall the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, especially ____\r\nO Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,\r\nand bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.","copyright":"Shutterstock","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/28shutterstock_314084207_1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"28shutterstock_314084207_(1)","caption":"","copyright":"Shutterstock","link":"","title":"28shutterstock_314084207_(1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"375412","caption":"PRAYER OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE\r\n\r\nO God, Father of mercies,\r\nwho placed your people under the singular protection\r\nof your Son’s most holy Mother,\r\ngrant that all who invoke the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe,\r\nmay seek with ever more lively faith\r\nthe progress of peoples in the ways of justice and of peace.\r\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,\r\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,\r\none God, for ever and ever. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/37shutterstock_513362146.jpg","credits":{"alt":"37shutterstock_513362146","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"37shutterstock_513362146"}}},{"attachment_id":"345622","caption":"PRAYER OF PROTECTION FOR YOUR SON\r\n\r\nLord, what else can I do!\r\nI have guarded my son; I have cared for him with all of my devotion.\r\nI have done everything in my power to protect him.\r\nNow I place him in your hands, and I believe in your protection.\r\nIn this river of life protect him, and free him from all evil.\r\nDeliver him from the bloodthirsty man, from the stray bullet, and from the attacker.\r\nDo not allow anything bad to happen to him.\r\nIn the Name of Jesus Christ,\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/6prayer-of-protection-for-your-son.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; PRAYER OF PROTECTION FOR YOUR SON","caption":"PRAYER OF PROTECTION FOR YOUR SON\n\nLord, what else can I do!\nI have guarded my son; I have cared for him with all of my devotion.\nI have done everything in my power to protect him.\nNow I place him in your hands, and I believe in your protection.\nIn this river of life protect him, and free him from all evil.\nDeliver him from the bloodthirsty man, from the stray bullet, and from the attacker.\nDo not allow anything bad to happen to him.\nIn the Name of Jesus Christ, \n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"6PRAYER OF PROTECTION FOR YOUR SON"}}},{"attachment_id":"355312","caption":"PRAYER TO ARCHANGEL GABRIEL\r\n\r\nO blessed Archangel Gabriel, we beseech thee, do thou intercede for us at the throne of divine mercy in our present necessities, that as thou didst announce to Mary the mystery of the Incarnation, so through thy prayers and patronage in heaven we may obtain the benefits of the same, and sing the praise of God forever in the land of the living.\r\nAmen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/6shutterstock_1152261833.jpg","credits":{"alt":"GABRIEL; CATHOLIC PRAYER","caption":"PRAYER TO ARCHANGEL GABRIEL\n\nO blessed Archangel Gabriel, we beseech thee, do thou intercede for us at the throne of divine mercy in our present necessities, that as thou didst announce to Mary the mystery of the Incarnation, so through thy prayers and patronage in heaven we may obtain the benefits of the same, and sing the praise of God forever in the land of the living.\nAmen.","copyright":"","link":"","title":"6shutterstock_1152261833"}}},{"attachment_id":"354568","caption":"PRAYER TO ST ANTHONY FOR A LOST ITEM\r\n\r\nSt. Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus, who received from God the special power of restoring lost things, grant that I may find [name the item] which has been lost. At least restore to me peace and tranquility of mind, the loss of which has afflicted me even more than my material loss. To this favor, I ask another of you: that I may always remain in possession of the true good that is God. Let me rather lose all things than lose God, my supreme good. Let me never suffer the loss of my greatest treasure, eternal life with God. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/5shutterstock_290469803-1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"ST ANTHONY; PRAYER","caption":"PRAYER TO ST ANTHONY FOR A LOST ITEM\n\nSt. Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus, who received from God the special power of restoring lost things, grant that I may find [name the item] which has been lost. At least restore to me peace and tranquility of mind, the loss of which has afflicted me even more than my material loss. To this favor, I ask another of you: that I may always remain in possession of the true good that is God. Let me rather lose all things than lose God, my supreme good. Let me never suffer the loss of my greatest treasure, eternal life with God. Amen.","copyright":"","link":"","title":"5shutterstock_290469803 (1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"345649","caption":"$44","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/8litany-of-humility.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; LITANY OF HUMILITY","caption":"$45","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"8LITANY OF HUMILITY"}}},{"attachment_id":"345656","caption":"$46","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/11prayer-of-mother-teresa-for-those-who-need-us.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; MOTHER TERESA","caption":"$47","copyright":"","link":"","title":"11PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA FOR THOSE WHO NEED US"}}},{"attachment_id":"369087","caption":"UNFAILING PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH\r\n\r\nThis prayer was found in the 50th year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In 1505, it was sent from the pope to Emperor Charles when he was going into battle. Whoever shall read this prayer or hear it or keep it about themselves, shall never die a sudden death or be drowned, nor shall poison take effect on them; neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy or be burned in any fire or be overpowered in battle. Say for nine mornings for anything you desire. It has never been known to fail. Amen","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/26joseph23-1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"26joseph23-1","caption":"St. Joseph for the conversion of a family member\n\nOh glorious patriarch St. Joseph, who merited to be called “just” by the Holy Spirit, I urgently recommend to the soul of [Name], which Jesus redeemed at the price of his precious blood.\n\nThou knowest how deplorable is the state and how unhappy the life of those who have banished this loving savior from their hearts, and how greatly they are exposed to the danger of losing him eternally. Permit not, I beseech thee, that a soul so dear to me should continue any longer in its evil ways; preserve it from the danger that threatens it; touch the heart of the prodigal child and conduct him back to the bosom of the fondest of fathers. Abandon him not, I implore thee, till thou hast opened to him the gates of the heavenly city, where he will praise and bless thee throughout eternity for the happiness which he will owe to thy powerful intercession. Amen.","copyright":"","link":"","title":"26joseph23-1"}}},{"attachment_id":"345620","caption":"DAILY PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA\r\n\r\nDear Jesus,\r\nHelp me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/52.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; MOTHER TERESA","caption":"DAILY PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA\n\nDear Jesus, \n\nHelp me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. \n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"5"}}},{"attachment_id":"374166","caption":"PRAYER TO ST JUDE FOR HOPE\r\n\r\nSt. Jude, friend to those in need, I am weary from grief, without joy, without hope, struggling to find the light I know is in my soul. I turn to you, my most trusted intercessor. Take away this emptiness and the pain of my broken heart. In your compassion, help my tears to lead me to a place of peace in my heart. Too long have I forgotten the goodness of God’s world. Heal me. I yearn to feel light, to feel joy. Envelop me in brightness, and do not hold back. And I promise, if I receive these gifts, I will share them always in your name. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/shutterstock_554336677_2.jpg","credits":{"alt":"shutterstock_554336677_(2)","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"shutterstock_554336677_(2)"}}},{"attachment_id":"345618","caption":"AQUINAS' PRAYER BEFORE BEGINNING WORK\r\n\r\nInfinite Creator,\r\nWho, from the treasures of Your wisdom,\r\nhave established three hierarchies of angels,\r\nhave arrayed them in marvelous order\r\nabove the highest heavens,\r\nand have marshaled the regions\r\nof the universe with such artful skill,\r\nYou are proclaimed\r\nthe true font of light and wisdom,\r\npour forth a ray of Your brightness\r\ninto the darkened places of my mind;\r\ndisperse from my soul\r\nthe twofold darkness\r\ninto which I was born:\r\nsin and ignorance.\r\nYou make eloquent the tongues of infants.\r\nrefine my speech\r\nand pour forth upon my lips\r\nThe goodness of Your blessing.\r\nGrant to me\r\nkeenness of mind,\r\ncapacity to remember,\r\nskill in learning,\r\nsubtlety to interpret,\r\nand eloquence in speech.\r\nMay You\r\nguide the beginning of my work,\r\ndirect its progress,\r\nand bring it to completion.\r\nYou Who are true God and true Man,\r\nwho live and reign, world without end.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/4aquinas-prayer-before-beginning-work.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; AQUINAS' PRAYER BEFORE BEGINNING WORK","caption":"AQUINAS' PRAYER BEFORE BEGINNING WORK\n\nInfinite Creator,\nWho, from the treasures of Your wisdom,\nhave established three hierarchies of angels,\nhave arrayed them in marvelous order\nabove the highest heavens,\nand have marshaled the regions\nof the universe with such artful skill,\n\nYou are proclaimed\nthe true font of light and wisdom,\npour forth a ray of Your brightness\ninto the darkened places of my mind;\ndisperse from my soul\nthe twofold darkness\ninto which I was born:\nsin and ignorance.\n\nYou make eloquent the tongues of infants.\nrefine my speech\nand pour forth upon my lips\nThe goodness of Your blessing.\n\nGrant to me\nkeenness of mind,\ncapacity to remember,\nskill in learning,\nsubtlety to interpret,\nand eloquence in speech.\n\nMay You\nguide the beginning of my work,\ndirect its progress,\nand bring it to completion.\n\nYou Who are true God and true Man,\nwho live and reign, world without end.\n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"4AQUINAS’ PRAYER BEFORE BEGINNING WORK"}}},{"attachment_id":"345609","caption":"PRAYER TO MARY IN TIMES OF TRIAL\r\n\r\nMost holy and Immaculate Virgin, Help of Christians, we place ourselves under your motherly protection. Throughout the Church’s history you have helped Christians in times of trial, temptation and danger. Time and time again, you have proven to be the Refuge of sinners, the Hope of the hopeless, the Consoler of the afflicted, and the Comforter of the dying. We promise to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, your Son, to proclaim His Good News of God’s love for all people, and to work for peace and justice in our world. With faith in your intercession, we pray for the Church, for our family and friends, for the poor and abandoned, and all the dying.\r\nGrant, O Mary, Help of Christians, the graces of which we stand in need. (Mention your intentions.) May we serve Jesus with fidelity and love until death. Help us and our loved ones to attain the boundless joy of being forever with our Father in heaven. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/41691097_1138811636283485_2842726329374212096_n.jpg","credits":{"alt":"OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS","caption":"PRAYER TO MARY IN TIMES OF TRIAL\n\nMost holy and Immaculate Virgin, Help of Christians, we place ourselves under your motherly protection. Throughout the Church’s history you have helped Christians in times of trial, temptation and danger. Time and time again, you have proven to be the Refuge of sinners, the Hope of the hopeless, the Consoler of the afflicted, and the Comforter of the dying. We promise to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, your Son, to proclaim His Good News of God’s love for all people, and to work for peace and justice in our world. With faith in your intercession, we pray for the Church, for our family and friends, for the poor and abandoned, and all the dying.\n\nGrant, O Mary, Help of Christians, the graces of which we stand in need. (Mention your intentions.) May we serve Jesus with fidelity and love until death. Help us and our loved ones to attain the boundless joy of being forever with our Father in heaven. Amen.\n\nMary, Help of Christians, pray for us!\n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"41691097_1138811636283485_2842726329374212096_n"}}},{"attachment_id":"366800","caption":"PRAYER TO SAINTS ANNE AND JOACHIM FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN\r\n\r\nGood Saint Anne and Saint Joachim,\r\nparents of Mary and grandparents to Jesus,\r\nbe with me and all grandparents\r\nthat we may be wise and loving,\r\nmay share our time and stories and sense of humor,\r\nand may enjoy and not spoil too much the grandchildren\r\nwho are close to our hearts,\r\nfor they are the sign of God’s life to us.\r\n\r\nJesus, Mary and Joseph,\r\nbe with our grandchildren and all other grandchildren\r\nthat they may love and respect their grandparents\r\nand all older people,\r\nmay remember to call,\r\nvisit or write,\r\nand grow in wisdom,\r\nage and grace before God.\r\n\r\nAmen.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/23shutterstock_149429045_1.jpg","credits":{"alt":"23shutterstock_149429045_(1)","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"23shutterstock_149429045_(1)"}}},{"attachment_id":"373613","caption":"PSALM PRAYER FOR SOLACE FROM LONELINESS\r\n\r\nThe Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.\r\n\r\nHe makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.\r\n\r\nHe guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.\r\n\r\nEven though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.\r\n\r\nYou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.\r\n\r\nSurely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/34shutterstock_52352260.jpg","credits":{"alt":"34shutterstock_52352260","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"34shutterstock_52352260"}}},{"attachment_id":"345659","caption":"A FATHER'S PRAYER\r\n\r\nO Lord,\r\nCreate in me the heart your servant David longed for.\r\nPlace within me a desire for nothing\r\nbut to do your will and to sing your praise.\r\nGrant me courage to be strong in times of trial,\r\npatience to listen to your voice,\r\ngentleness to care for the people you have given me to love,\r\nand humility to seek forgiveness\r\nwhen I am weakened by selfishness.\r\nLove is patient, love is kind.\r\nIt is not jealous,\r\n[love] is not pompous,\r\nit is not inflated, it is not rude,\r\nit does not seek its own interests,\r\nit is not quick-tempered,\r\nit does not brood over injury,\r\nit does not rejoice over wrongdoings\r\nbut rejoices with the truth.\r\nIt bears all things,\r\nbelieves all things,\r\nhopes all things,\r\nendures all things.\r\nLove never fails.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/13a-fathers-prayer.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; A FATHER'S PRAYER","caption":"A FATHER'S PRAYER\n\nO Lord,\nCreate in me the heart your servant David longed for. \nPlace within me a desire for nothing\nbut to do your will and to sing your praise.\nGrant me courage to be strong in times of trial,\npatience to listen to your voice,\ngentleness to care for the people you have given me to love,\nand humility to seek forgiveness\nwhen I am weakened by selfishness.\n\nLove is patient, love is kind.\nIt is not jealous,\n[love] is not pompous,\nit is not inflated, it is not rude,\nit does not seek its own interests,\nit is not quick-tempered,\nit does not brood over injury,\nit does not rejoice over wrongdoings\nbut rejoices with the truth.\nIt bears all things,\nbelieves all things,\nhopes all things,\nendures all things.\nLove never fails. \n\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"13A FATHER’S PRAYER"}}},{"attachment_id":"366496","caption":"MOTHER CABRINI'S PRAYER TO BE FREE FROM WORRY\r\n\r\nFortify me with the grace of your Holy Spirit and give your peace to my soul that I may be free from all needless anxiety, solicitude and worry. Help me to desire always that which is pleasing and acceptable to you so that your Will may be my will. Grant that I may rid myself of all unholy desires and that, for your love, I may remain obscure and unknown in this world, to be known only to you. Do not permit me to attribute to myself the good that you perform in me and through me, but rather, referring all honor to your Majesty, may I glory only in my infirmities, so that renouncing sincerely all vainglory which comes from the world, I may aspire to that true and lasting glory which comes from you. Amen.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/22mother_cabrini.jpg","credits":{"alt":"22Mother_Cabrini","caption":"MOTHER CABRINI'S PRAYER TO BE FREE FROM WORRY\n\nFortify me with the grace of your Holy Spirit and give your peace to my soul that I may be free from all needless anxiety, solicitude and worry. Help me to desire always that which is pleasing and acceptable to you so that your Will may be my will. Grant that I may rid myself of all unholy desires and that, for your love, I may remain obscure and unknown in this world, to be known only to you. Do not permit me to attribute to myself the good that you perform in me and through me, but rather, referring all honor to your Majesty, may I glory only in my infirmities, so that renouncing sincerely all vainglory which comes from the world, I may aspire to that true and lasting glory which comes from you. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"","link":"","title":"22Mother_Cabrini"}}},{"attachment_id":"346170","caption":"PRAYER TO MARY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL\r\n\r\nAugust Queen of Heaven, sovereign Mistress of the Angels, who didst receive from the beginning the mission and the power to crush the serpent’s head, we beseech thee to send thy holy angels, that under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe.\r\n\r\nMost holy Mother, send thy angels to defend us and to drive the cruel enemy from us.\r\nAll ye holy Angels and Archangels, help and defend us. Amen.","copyright":"PUBLIC DOMAIN","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/16mary.jpg","credits":{"alt":"MARY; PRAYER","caption":"PRAYER TO MARY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL\n\nAugust Queen of Heaven, sovereign Mistress of the Angels, who didst receive from the beginning the mission and the power to crush the serpent’s head, we beseech thee to send thy holy angels, that under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold attacks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe.\n\nMost holy Mother, send thy angels to defend us and to drive the cruel enemy from us.\n\nAll ye holy Angels and Archangels, help and defend us. Amen.\n\nO good and tender Mother! Thou shalt ever be our Love and our Hope.\n\nHoly Angels and Archangels, keep and defend us. \n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"PUBLIC DOMAIN","link":"","title":"16mary"}}},{"attachment_id":"345661","caption":"PROCRASTINATOR'S PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT\r\n\r\nCome, O Holy Spirit!\r\nEnlighten my mind to know your commands;\r\nstrengthen my heart against the snares of the enemy;\r\ninflame my will…\r\nI have heard your voice, and I don’t want to harden myself and resist, saying “Later…, tomorrow.”\r\nNunc coepi! Now I begin! In case there is no tomorrow for me.\r\nO Spirit of truth and wisdom, Spirit of understanding and counsel, Spirit of joy and peace! I want whatever you want. I want because you want, I want however you want, I want whenever you want.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/15procrastinators-prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-e1597984648413.jpg","credits":{"alt":"15procrastinators-prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-e1597984648413.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"15procrastinators-prayer-to-the-holy-spirit-e1597984648413.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"372836","caption":"PRAYER TO ST BARBARA WHEN YOU'VE SUFFERED INJUSTICE\r\n\r\nO Saint Barbara, you who opened your mind to the light of faith through the work of reason, pray that my mind and heart might be ever open to Truth and may I embrace It with all the strength of my soul.\r\n\r\nEmbracing this Truth as you did, obtain for me the grace to persevere in all trials. Beseech your Divine Savior and mine to protect me from the dangers that press upon me.\r\n\r\nFaithful Jesus, you who define yourself as Truth, cover me with your protection as you covered your beloved servant Barbara. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/barbara.jpg","credits":{"alt":"barbara","caption":"","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"barbara"}}},{"attachment_id":"345660","caption":"$48","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/14prayer-for-the-church-in-ireland.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN IRELAND","caption":"$49","copyright":"","link":"","title":"14PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN IRELAND"}}},{"attachment_id":"362287","caption":"THOMAS AQUINAS' PRAYER FOR STUDENTS\r\n\r\nCreator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.\r\nTake from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.\r\nGive me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.\r\nGrant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.\r\nPoint out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion. I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Shutterstock","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/14shutterstock_544538668.jpg","credits":{"alt":"Aquinas","caption":"THOMAS AQUINAS' PRAYER FOR STUDENTS\n\nCreator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.\n\nTake from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.\n\nGive me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.\n\nGrant me the talent of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.\n\nPoint out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion. I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Shutterstock","link":"","title":"14shutterstock_544538668"}}},{"attachment_id":"345624","caption":"$4a","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/7teachers-starting-the-academic-year-e1600716321631.jpg","credits":{"alt":"7teachers-starting-the-academic-year-e1600716321631.jpg","caption":"","copyright":"","link":"","title":"7teachers-starting-the-academic-year-e1600716321631.jpg"}}},{"attachment_id":"364108","caption":"ST MICHAEL PRAYER FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION\r\n\r\nSaint Michael, the Archangel, Glorious Prince, chief and champion of the heavenly hosts; guardian of the souls of men; conqueror of the rebel angels! How beautiful art thou, in thy heaven-made armor. We love thee, dear Prince of Heaven! We, thy happy clients, yearn to enjoy thy special protection. Obtain for us from God a share of thy sturdy courage; pray that we may have a strong and tender love for our Redeemer and, in every danger or temptation, be invincible against the enemy of our souls. O standard-bearer of our salvation! Be with us in our last moments and when our souls quit this earthly exile, carry them safely to the judgment seat of Christ, and may Our Lord and Master bid thee bear us speedily to the kingdom of eternal bliss. Teach us ever to repeat the sublime cry: “Who is like unto God?” Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/18shutterstock_465847724.jpg","credits":{"alt":"St Michael; prayer","caption":"ST MICHAEL PRAYER FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION\n\nSaint Michael, the Archangel, Glorious Prince, chief and champion of the heavenly hosts; guardian of the souls of men; conqueror of the rebel angels! How beautiful art thou, in thy heaven-made armor. We love thee, dear Prince of Heaven! We, thy happy clients, yearn to enjoy thy special protection. Obtain for us from God a share of thy sturdy courage; pray that we may have a strong and tender love for our Redeemer and, in every danger or temptation, be invincible against the enemy of our souls. O standard-bearer of our salvation! Be with us in our last moments and when our souls quit this earthly exile, carry them safely to the judgment seat of Christ, and may Our Lord and Master bid thee bear us speedily to the kingdom of eternal bliss. Teach us ever to repeat the sublime cry: “Who is like unto God?” Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Shutterstock","link":"","title":"18shutterstock_465847724"}}},{"attachment_id":"363589","caption":"UNFAILING PRAYER TO ST ANTHONY\r\n\r\nO Holy St. Anthony gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request).\r\nO gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms. The gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/17shutterstock_290469803_2.jpg","credits":{"alt":"St Anthony; prayer","caption":"UNFAILING PRAYER TO ST ANTHONY\n\nO Holy St. Anthony gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request).\n\nO gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms. The gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"17shutterstock_290469803_(2)"}}},{"attachment_id":"364769","caption":"ST GERTRUDE THE GREAT'S POWERFUL PRAYER FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY\r\n\r\nEternal Father, I offer You the most Precious Blood of Your Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for all sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/20gertrude_the_great.jpg","credits":{"alt":"20Gertrude_the_great","caption":"ST GERTRUDE THE GREAT'S POWERFUL PRAYER FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY\n\nEternal Father, I offer You the most Precious Blood of Your Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for all sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"","link":"","title":"20Gertrude_the_great"}}},{"attachment_id":"364523","caption":"DAILY PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA\r\n\r\nDear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/19shutterstock_741026797.jpg","credits":{"alt":"19shutterstock_741026797","caption":"DAILY PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA\n\nDear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"","link":"","title":"19shutterstock_741026797"}}},{"attachment_id":"345651","caption":"PRAYER OF ST AUGUSTINE FOR HOLINESS\r\n\r\nBreathe in me, O Holy Spirit,\r\nthat my thoughts may all be holy.\r\nAct in me, O Holy Spirit,\r\nthat my work, too, may be holy.\r\nDraw my heart, O Holy Spirit,\r\nthat I love but what is holy.\r\nStrengthen me, O Holy Spirit,\r\nto defend all that is holy.\r\nGuard me, then, O Holy Spirit,\r\nthat I always may be holy.\r\nAmen.","copyright":"Public Domain","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/9prayer-of-st-augustine-for-holiness.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; PRAYER OF ST AUGUSTINE FOR HOLINESS","caption":"PRAYER OF ST AUGUSTINE FOR HOLINESS\n\nBreathe in me, O Holy Spirit,\nthat my thoughts may all be holy.\n\nAct in me, O Holy Spirit,\nthat my work, too, may be holy.\n\nDraw my heart, O Holy Spirit,\nthat I love but what is holy.\n\nStrengthen me, O Holy Spirit,\nto defend all that is holy.\n\nGuard me, then, O Holy Spirit,\nthat I always may be holy. \n\nAmen.\n\n","copyright":"Public Domain","link":"","title":"9PRAYER OF ST AUGUSTINE FOR HOLINESS"}}},{"attachment_id":"345654","caption":"$4b","copyright":null,"credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/10prayer-to-st-raphael-for-travelers.jpg","credits":{"alt":"; DAILY CATHOLIC PRAYERS; PRAYER TO ST RAPHAEL FOR TRAVELERS","caption":"$4c","copyright":"","link":"","title":"10PRAYER TO ST RAPHAEL FOR TRAVELERS"}}},{"attachment_id":"361706","caption":"ST. JOHN PAUL II'S PRAYER FOR FAMILIES\r\n\r\nFather, You are love and life. Through Your Son, Jesus Christ, born of woman, and through the Holy Spirit, the fountain of divine charity, grant that every family on earth may become for each successive generation a true shrine of life and love.\r\nGrant that Your grace may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and wives for the good of their families and of all the families in the world.\r\nGrant that the young may find in the family solid support for their human dignity and for their growth in truth and love.\r\nGrant that love, strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage, may prove mightier than all the weaknesses and trials through which our families sometimes pass.\r\nThrough the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that the Church may fruitfully carry out her worldwide mission in the family and through the family.\r\nWe ask this of You, Who is life, truth and love with the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.","copyright":"Shutterstock","credits":null,"title":null,"image":{"full":"https://wp.en.aleteia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/09/13jp2.jpg","credits":{"alt":"JOHN PAUL II; PRAYER","caption":"ST. JOHN PAUL II'S PRAYER FOR FAMILIES\n\nFather, You are love and life. Through Your Son, Jesus Christ, born of woman, and through the Holy Spirit, the fountain of divine charity, grant that every family on earth may become for each successive generation a true shrine of life and love.\nGrant that Your grace may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and wives for the good of their families and of all the families in the world.\nGrant that the young may find in the family solid support for their human dignity and for their growth in truth and love.\nGrant that love, strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage, may prove mightier than all the weaknesses and trials through which our families sometimes pass.\nThrough the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that the Church may fruitfully carry out her worldwide mission in the family and through the family.\nWe ask this of You, Who is life, truth and love with the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.\n\n","copyright":"Shutterstock","link":"","title":"13jp2"}}}]}}},"slide":"6"}]]