A Catholic Prayerbook “that we may pray unceasingly” The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen. Table of Contents Morning Prayers The Virtues General Prayers for the Day A Small Collection of Prayers Related to the Mass Prayers for the Angels A Small Collection of Evening Prayers Graces A Small Collection of Biblical Prayers Marriage & Courting Prayers Novenas Devotions Spiritual Warfare Invocations Pious Remembrances Holy Poetry Index Redistribution Notice Recommendations An Example of Devotion Would Be This: Begin your day with the sign of the cross, invitatory, and morning prayers such as thanksgiving for the night’s protection, morning offerings, and the acts of virtue. Examine your conscience and what the day will hold ahead. Pray for these intentions, then pray for the hours during each, with such as the powerful prayers of Divine Mercy and Most Precious Blood for the Holy Souls. Devote every act to Jesus Christ inbetween the hours. During mass, pray the prayers associated and offer yourself again, full of love, faith, and hope, asking for grace. Upon the end of the day, pray for the forgotten, make an examination of conscience, an act of contrition, and pray for your and others protection through the night. Give thanks, and go to sleep, dreaming of God in grace. Amen. As you progress through this book, learn more and more of the prayers by heart, and repeat those which you know the sense of even if you know not all the exact words. So they will become more useful to you and you become more used to God. Though a few of the Psalms are included in the prayerbook, in the most poetic language to be found for them, the reader is recommended all of them in their entirety especially out of scripture as a primary resource of prayers. Format Prayers begin in bold type, or bold italics. Invocations are placed throughout the text where they are most pleasing, and are marked as such, or double spaced, and not part of the main prayers. Advice is normally closed in captioning or italics. Order of prayers is according to theme, transition (when reading from beginning to end), and holistic use and beauty. Request and Notice Please pray for the writer and compiler of this book. The writer has made every effort to be up to date and current in regards to all the Church’s teachings evidenced herein, if there is any error on the part of the writer, he submits utterly to the laws and decisions of the Church. Those prayers which are included from private revelations, have been finally approved, or approved for distribution by Church authorities. All promises are to be understood within the context of the Faith. Benedicite. Prayers to Begin With † The Sign of the Cross In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Signum Sanctae Crucis In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Purification Prayer of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Almighty Father, I place the Precious Blood of Jesus before my lips before I pray, that my prayers may be purified before they ascend to Your divine altar. Amen. Invitatory Lord, open my lips • And my mouth will proclaim your praise. Sh’ma Israel Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel; The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. When Taking Holy Water By the sprinkling of Thy Precious Blood, O Lord Jesus Christ, and by the merit of thy Passion, wash me from every stain, and cleanse me from all sin. † Amen. Prayer for Holy Water † By this Holy Water and by Thy Most Precious Blood, Lord Jesus, wash me free from sin and succor the holy souls in purgatory. Amen. Upon Waking O my Lord and Shepherd, I thank Thee for preserving me this night, along with my guardian angels and all the prayers of the saints and holy souls, who lovingly serve Thee. Am en. Prayer for Generosity by St. Ignatius of Loyola Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous, teach me to serve you as I should, To give and not to count the cost, To fight and not to heed the wounds, To toil and not to seek for rest, To labour and ask not for reward, Save that of knowing that I do your most holy will. Amen. Morning Prayers from the Jordanville Prayerbook Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee. Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of good gifts and Giver of Life, come and abide in us, and cleanse us from all impurity, and save our souls, O Good One. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us. (thrice) Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, wash away our sins, O Master, pardon our transgressions, O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy Name's sake. Lord have mercy. (thrice) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. God be in my head from a Medieval Primer God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in my eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; God be in my heart, and in my thinking; God be at my end, and at my departing. Amen. Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, Pater noster, qui es in caelis, hallowed be thy name; sanctificetur nomen tuum, thy kingdom come; adveniat regnum tuum, thy will be done fiat voluntas tua sicut On earth as it is in heaven. in caelo et in terra. Give us this day our daily bread; Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis and forgive us our trespasses hodie; as we forgive those who trespass against et dimitte nobis debita nostra, us; sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris, and lead us not into temptation, et ne nos inducas in tentationem, but deliver us from evil. sed libera nos a malo. Amen. Amen. Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer by St. Francis of Assisi OUR FATHER most holy, our Creator and Redeemer, our Saviour and our Comforter. WHO ART IN HEAVEN in the angels and the saints, giving them light to know you, since you, Lord, are light; setting them afire to love you, since you, Lord, are love; dwelling in them and giving them fullness of joy, since you, Lord, are the supreme, eternal good, and all good comes from you. HALLOWED BE THY NAME, may we grow to know you better and better and so appreciate the extent of your favors, the scope of your promises, the sublimity of your majesty, and the profundity of your judgements. THY KINGDOM COME, so that you may reign in us by your grace, and bring us to your kingdom, where we shall see you clearly, love you perfectly and, happy in your company, enjoy you forever. THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, so that we may love you with all our heart, by always having you in mind; with all our soul, by always longing for you; with all our mind, by determining to seek your glory in everything; and with all our strength, of body and soul, by lovingly serving you alone. May we love our neighbors as ourselves, and encourage them all to love you, by bearing our share in the joys and sorrows of others, while giving offence to no one. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we may remember and appreciate how much He loved us, and everything he said and did and suffered. AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, in your immeasurable mercy, by virtue of the passion of your Son, and through the intercession of Mary, and all your saints. AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US, and if we do not forgive perfectly, Lord, make us forgive perfectly, so that, for love of you, we may really forgive our enemies, and fervently pray to you for them, returning no one evil for evil, but trying to serve you in everyone. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, be it hidden or obvious, sudden or persistent. BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL, past, present or future, Amen. Hail Mary (Pope St. John XXXIII and many saints and Confessors recommend 3 Aves in honor of the Immaculate Conception for purity of heart, each day, in the morning and evening.) Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. thee. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus Blessed art thou amongst women and fructus ventris tui, Iesus. blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. nostræ. Amen. Amen. Glory Be Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, beginning, is now, and will be forever.