RHYTHMS OF PRAYER FROM THE HEART OF THE CHURCH THIRD EDITION ORATIO (THIRD EDITION) © 2020 Love Good. All rights reserved. First edition © 2010 Dillon E. Barker & Jimmy Mitchell. Second edition © 2014 and revised second edition © 2017. ISBN 978-0-692-89224-4 Published by Love Good LLC Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. lovegoodculture.com Nihil Obstat Rev. Andrew J. Bulso, STL Censor Librorum Imprimatur Very Rev. John J. H. Hammond, JCL Vicar General, Diocese of Nashville Nashville, 1 May 2020 For bulk orders or group rates, email [email protected]. Excerpts taken from Handbook of Prayers (6th American edition), edited by the Rev. James Socias, © 2007 James Socias Psalms reprinted from The Psalms: A New Translation © 1963, The Grail, England, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent, www.giamusic.com. All rights reserved. Excerpts from the Revised Standard Version Bible, Second Catholic Edition © 2000 & 2006 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Scripture texts in the Blessings are taken from the New American Bible with revised New Testament © 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), Washington, D.C; Scripture texts used in Night Prayer are taken from the New American Bible © 1970 CCD. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Book of Blessings, additional blessings for use in the United States of America © 1988 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. The English translation of Antiphons, Responsories from The Liturgy of the Hours © 1973, 1974, 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); excerpts from the English translation of Rite of Penance © 1974, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition © 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. All hymns Public Domain. Cover art & design by Adam Lindenau adapted from “The Angelus” by Jean-François Millet, 1857 The Tradition of the Church proposes to the faithful certain rhythms of praying intended to nourish continual prayer. Some are daily, such as morning and evening prayer, grace before and after meals, the Liturgy of the Hours. Sundays, centered on the Eucharist, are kept holy primarily by prayer. The cycle of the liturgical year and its great feasts are also basic rhythms of the Christian's life of prayer. Catechism of the Catholic Church ¶ 2698 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 1 Introductory Remarks 7 Setting the Rhythm 13 Prayers for Daily Use Basic Prayers Sign of the Cross 19 Our Father 19 Hail Mary 21 Glory Be 22 Confiteor 22 St. Michael the Archangel , 23 Angel of God 23 Acts of Faith, Hope, & Charity 24 Morning Prayers Morning Offering , 25 Three Hail Mary Devotion , 25 Midday Prayers Angelus , 26 Regina Caeli , 27 Evening Prayers Examination of Conscience 28 Act of Contrition 28 Nighttime Offerings 29 Sacraments & Rites Prayers Before and After Mass Prayer of St. Ambrose 33 Prayer to Blessed Virgin Mary 34 Prayer of St. Padre Pio 35 Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas 36 Anima Christi , 37 Confession Examination of Conscience , 38 Rite of Penance ,, 44 Prayers for Adoration O Salutaris Hostia 46 Tantum Ergo , 47 Divine Praises ,, ,, 49 Visit to the Blessed Sacrament 49 Act of Spiritual Communion , 50 Liturgical Hymns & Acclamations Benedictus , 51 Magnificat , 52 Nunc Dimittis ,,, 52 Te Deum ,,,, 53 Veni Creator Spiritus 54 Kyrie Eleison 57 Gloria in Excelsis 58 Sanctus , 60 Mortem Tuam 61 Agnus Dei 61 Creeds of the Church Apostles' Creed 63 Nicene Creed ,,, 64 Blessings , Before & After Meals , 68 On a Birthday , 69 Of the Sick , 71 Of Travelers , 73 Devotions Stations of the Cross ,, 77 Stabat Mater 87 Chaplet of Divine Mercy 88 Ave Verum Corpus 90 Prayer to the Sacred Heart 91 Prayers to Mary The Rosary 91 Mysteries of the Rosary ,,, 94 Litany of Loreto ,, 96 Consecrations to Mary ,, 99 Memorare ,, 103 Alma Redemptoris Mater , 104 Ave Regina Caelorum , 105 Regina Caeli ,, 106 Salve Regina ,,, 107 Various Prayers O, St. Joseph ,, 108 Eternal Father, I Offer Thee ,, 109 Breathe In Me, O Holy Spirit 109 Lord, Make Me An Instrument 110 Suscipe Prayer 110 Prayer for Generosity 111 For the Protection of Youth 111 Student Prayer , 112 Purity Prayers , 112 For Personal Meditation ,,, 113 Before Giving A Talk ,,, 114 Litany of Humility ,,, 114 Litany of the Saints ,,, 115 Mental Prayer ,, 120 Lectio Divina 125 Aspirations ,, 127 Indulgences An Introduction 129 Requirements 131 Some Examples 132 Night Prayer Hymns for Night Prayer 137 Sunday or Solemnities 141 Monday 145 Tuesday 149 Wednesday 152 Thursday 157 Friday 160 Saturday 164 Hymns All Creatures 171 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus 172 All Glory, Laud and Honor 173 Be Still My Soul 174 Be Thou My Vision 175 Come Holy Ghost 176 Come Thou Fount 177 Creator of the Stars 178 Doxology 179 Faith of our Fathers 179 Fairest Lord Jesus 180 Give Me Jesus 181 Hail Holy Queen 182 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name 183 Holy, Holy, Holy 184 How Marvelous 185 I Heard the Voice 186 Immaculate Mary 187 I Sing the Mighty Power of God 188 It Is Well 189 Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All 190 Joyful, Joyful 191 King of Love 192 Lead Kindly Light 193 Let All Mortal Flesh 194 Nearer My God to Thee 195 Nothing But the Blood 196 Of the Father’s Love Begotten 197 O Sacrament Most Holy 198 O Sacred Head 199 O Worship the King 200 Praise to the Lord 201 Sing of Mary 202 Sing With All the Saints in Glory 203 Take My Life 205 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus 206 Were You There 207 What a Friend We Have in Jesus 208 What Wondrous Love 209 When I Survey 210 Book Recommendations 213 Notes 214 Love Good Story 223 Love Good Standard 225 Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. St. Teresa of Avila FOREWORD I’ll never forget the first time I encountered a pope on American soil. I’ve seen popes everywhere else – Rome, Sydney, Munich, Kraków, London. But there’s nothing like seeing a pope on your home turf, speaking your native tongue. It was the spring of 2008, and I was weeks away from my college graduation. A handful of us ventured to Washington D.C. and New York City to catch Pope Benedict XVI on his American tour. The entire week felt like a collision of worlds – everything I loved about being Catholic coming together with every- thing I loved about being American. One of the most iconic moments occurred watching the Holy Father on television as he ate cake and celebrated his 81st birthday at the White House. His smile that day captured so much of the deep joy I felt while he was in 1 the country. When he left a few days later, he took a piece of my heart with him. On one of the final days of his American tour (exactly twelve years ago today as I write this), he arrived by helicopter at a massive field in Yonkers where tens of thousands of young people were gathered in anticipation. My friends and I had arrived eight hours earlier to be front row and enjoy the “pre-game” entertainment with every- one from Matt Maher to Kelly Clarkson. During the climax of his electric speech that day, Pope Benedict powerfully proclaimed to us, “What matters most is that you develop your personal relationship with God!” And I’m not kidding when I say the crowd went wild. For me personally, that moment con- firmed the most simple and profound truth of the Christian life: nothing matters more than intimacy with God. The pope went on to explain that our personal relationship with God is most deeply expressed through 2 prayer, that “we can and should pray con- stantly” just as St. Paul exhorts us to in his first letter to the Thessalonians (5:17). Few have responded more radically to this call to constant prayer than Pope Benedict’s namesake, St. Benedict of Nursia. As the ancient Roman cultural order was collapsing around him in the 6th century, St. Benedict fled Rome and spent three years praying in a cave. Eventually others joined him, giving rise to western monasticism and many bulwarks of Christian culture like the Liturgy of the Hours and the Rule of St. Benedict. In the centuries that followed, the Benedictine rhythm of prayer and study re-civilized Europe and built Western culture as we know it. As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of Oratio's first printing (which consisted of 150 copies for a small handful of families in Nashville, TN), it’s a great joy to be reminded yet again of this call to constant prayer and 3 the role that it plays in the rebuilding of culture. Because Love Good is primarily dedicated to curating secular music, books, and art that evangelize culture through beauty, rarely do we have the privilege of presenting (or in this case, re-presenting) something so sacred to the world. While there are tens of thousands of copies sold and countless testimonies of lives trans- formed by the first two editions, I believe this third edition of Oratio is the best yet. A lot of life has unfolded since our first printing, and I’ve become more convinced than ever of the irreplaceable role of prayer in the Christian life.