Prayers

10th Step Prayer AA

Step Ten keeps the whole program from going stale: “Continued to take personal inventory and when…

11th Step Prayer

The Eleventh Step is the only one that is entirely about prayer: “Sought through prayer and…

3rd Step Prayer

The Third Step of Alcoholics Anonymous reads: “Made a decision to turn our will and our…

4 Sentence Prayer of Daniel

Daniel was an old man in exile when he prayed it. He had been reading the…

4th Step Prayer

Step Four is where many people in recovery stall: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory…

5AM Prayer

The Gospel of Mark describes one of Jesus’s busiest days: teaching in the synagogue, healing a…

5th Step Prayer

Step Five is the one people dread: “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human…

7th Step Prayer

Step Seven is one sentence long: “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” The Big Book…

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Abba Father Prayer

“Abba” is Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke at home. In Gethsemane, the night before he died,…

Afterglow Prayer

“Afterglow” is a short poem often read at funerals and printed in memorial cards. It is…

Air Force Prayer

The US Air Force became a separate branch on 18 September 1947, but airmen were praying…

Altar Prayer

Many Catholic homes once had a small altar: a shelf with a crucifix, a statue of…

April 1 Prayer

April Fools’ Day is mostly harmless: a fake spider in the lunchbox, a news site announcing…

April 2 Prayer

On the evening of 2 April 2005, the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope John Paul…

April 22 Prayer

The first Earth Day was held on 22 April 1970, when millions of Americans turned out…

April 7 Prayer

John Baptist de La Salle was a wealthy young priest in Reims, France, with a promising…

April 9 Prayer

At dawn on 9 April 1945, at the Flossenbürg concentration camp in Bavaria, the German pastor…

April Prayer Guide

Catholic tradition gives each month a devotion, and April’s is the Holy Eucharist. It is a…

Armor of God Prayer

When Paul wrote about the armor of God, he was probably chained to a Roman soldier.…

August 26 Prayer

In Poland, 26 August is one of the biggest feasts of the year. Pilgrims walk for…

August 27 Prayer

On 27 August the Church remembers St Monica, and the next day her son, St Augustine.…

Autism Prayer

Every autistic person is different. One child talks constantly about trains and can’t stand the feel…

Saint Agnes Prayer

Agnes was about twelve or thirteen years old when she was killed in Rome around the…

Saint Ambrose Prayer

In 374, the church in Milan was split over who should be its next bishop, and…

Saint Andrew Prayer

Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida and a follower of John the Baptist. When John pointed…

Saint Anselm Prayer

Anselm was born in the Italian Alps in 1033, ran away from a difficult father, and…

Saint Apollonia Prayer

In 249, a year before the empire-wide persecution under Decius, a mob in Alexandria, Egypt, turned…

Saint Augustine Prayer

Augustine of Hippo wrote the most quoted sentence in Christian prayer — “You have made us…

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Balloon Release Prayer

A balloon release is a way of doing something with your hands when words run out.…

Balm Of Gilead Prayer

Gilead was a hilly region east of the Jordan River, famous in the ancient world for…

Baseball Prayer

Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters in history were out roughly seven times…

Basketball Prayer

Basketball was invented by a man training to be a minister. In December 1891, James Naismith…

Battle Plan for Prayer

The 2015 film War Room showed an older woman, Miss Clara, praying in a cleared-out closet…

Birthday Prayer For Daughter

A daughter’s birthday prayer usually has to fit somewhere small: inside a card, in a text,…

Birthday Prayer For Son

On your son’s birthday you’re likely to remember the day he was born: the waiting, the…

Black Family Prayer

For generations, Black families in America held onto faith when almost everything else was taken from…

Black Madonna Prayer

Across Europe there are hundreds of images of Mary with dark or black skin, known as…

Blessed Be God Prayer

If you’ve been to Benediction, you’ve heard it: after the priest blesses the people with the…

Breton Fisherman’s Prayer

“O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.” It is one…

Bus Driver Prayer

A school bus driver is often the first adult a child sees in the morning and…

Butterfly Prayer

A caterpillar spends its life crawling and eating. Then it seals itself in a chrysalis, and…

Saint Barbara Prayer

St Barbara’s legend is told across Europe and the Middle East: a beautiful young woman locked…

Saint Bartholomew Prayer

When Philip told his friend Nathanael that they’d found the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, Nathanael’s first…

Saint Benedict Prayer

The St Benedict medal is probably the most widely carried Catholic medal after the Miraculous Medal,…

Saint Blaise Prayer

Every year on 3 February, Catholics line up after Mass to have their throats blessed. The…

Saint Bonaventure Prayer

A story told about St Bonaventure’s childhood explains his name. As a small boy in Bagnoregio,…

Saint Brigid Prayer

Brigid is Ireland’s best-loved woman saint, the “Mary of the Gael.” She founded a monastery at…

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Calligraphy Serenity Prayer

The Serenity Prayer is one of the most framed prayers in the world. You’ll find it…

Catholic Halloween Prayer

Halloween is a Catholic word. “Hallow” is an old English word for saint, and “e’en” is…

Catholic Prayer For Storms

Many Catholic grandmothers had a routine when a thunderstorm rolled in. They lit the blessed candle…

Christmas Night Prayer

Christmas Eve 1818, in the village of Oberndorf, Austria: the church organ wasn’t working, so the…

Christmas Prayer For Husband

Christmas is busy for married couples. There are presents to buy, family to visit, food to…

Clowns Prayer

Clowns have a stronger claim on Christian tradition than you might think. St Paul called himself…

Coaches Prayer

A coach may spend more hours each week with a teenager than any adult except their…

Coal Miners Prayer

On 6 December 1907, explosions tore through two connected mines at Monongah, West Virginia. The official…

Communal Prayer

The first Christians prayed together. After Pentecost, Acts says they “continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine…

Correctional Officer Prayer

Correctional officers do one of the least thanked jobs in public service. They spend their shifts…

Cowboys Prayer

In 1906 a young South Dakota ranch hand named Badger Clark wrote a poem called “A…

Crossing Over Prayer

“Crossing over” is one of the oldest Christian pictures of death. It comes from Israel’s crossing…

Crucible Prayer

For a Marine Corps recruit, the Crucible is the final test of boot camp: a 54-hour…

Cubscout Prayer

Duty to God has been part of Scouting from the beginning. The Cub Scout Promise starts…

Saint Catherine of Siena Prayer

Catherine of Siena never learned to write until late in her short life, and she died…

Saint Christopher Prayer

The legend goes like this. A huge man named Reprobus wanted to serve the greatest king…

Saint Clare Prayer

Two days before she died, Clare of Assisi became the first woman in the history of…

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Prayer

Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers and physicians in Syria who refused to charge their patients.…

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Daily Battle Prayer

St Paul wrote his famous passage on spiritual battle from prison, chained to a Roman soldier.…

Deacon Prayer

The first deacons were chosen because of a complaint about food. In Acts 6, Greek-speaking widows…

December 1 Prayer

On 1 December 1916, Charles de Foucauld was shot dead outside his hermitage at Tamanrasset in…

December 13 Prayer

Before dawn on 13 December, in homes, schools and churches across Sweden, the lights go off…

December 21 Prayer

On 21 December, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the Church sings…

December 23 Prayer

The O Antiphons of Advent reach their last one on 23 December: O Emmanuel. For a…

December Prayer Guide

December belongs to waiting. For the first three or four weeks, the Church is in Advent,…

Disciples Prayer

The disciples had watched Jesus pray many times. He went off alone before dawn, prayed all…

Dispatcher Prayer

Dispatchers are the first first responders. When someone dials 911 on the worst night of their…

Divine Providence Prayer

When Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts in 1636, he walked through the winter to Narragansett…

Dog Prayer

The only dog in the Bible with a name is in the Book of Tobit, and…

Dogs Bedtime Prayer

Most dog owners have a bedtime routine: last trip outside, a biscuit, a pat on the…

Drag Racers Prayer

A drag race is over in seconds. The weeks of building, tuning and testing come down…

Duck Hunter Prayer

Every duck hunter knows the hour before legal light. The decoys are out, the dog is…

Saint Dismas Prayer

Two criminals were crucified with Jesus. One mocked him. The other told him to stop: “We…

Saint Dwynwen Prayer

Wales has its own Valentine’s Day, three weeks early. On 25 January, Welsh couples exchange cards…

Saint Dymphna Prayer

Dymphna is the saint to ask when the trouble is in the mind, and the Church…

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Easter Communion Prayer

Since the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, Catholics have been asked to receive Communion at least…

Ecce Ancilla Prayer

Three words in Latin changed everything: Ecce ancilla Domini. “Behold the handmaid of the Lord.” When…

Saint Erasmus Prayer

Sailors in a storm would sometimes see a blue glow dancing on the top of the…

The Empty Chair Prayer

There’s a simple way of praying that many people have found life-changing: put an empty chair…

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February 14 Prayer

Most people know 14 February as Valentine’s Day. On the Catholic calendar, it’s also the feast…

February 3 Prayer

February 3 is the day Catholics line up after Mass with their necks bared, for the…

February Prayer Guide

February is short and often grey, but it’s full of feasts. It opens with St Brigid…

Fire Force Prayer

Firefighters run toward what everyone else runs from. A structure fire, a car pinned under a…

Fisherman Prayer

Jesus chose fishermen first. Peter and Andrew, James and John were all working the Sea of…

Frank Duff Prayer

Frank Duff was a Dublin civil servant with no title, no ordination and no plan to…

Fransiscan Prayer

In about 1205, a young man from Assisi named Francis knelt in a half-ruined chapel called…

Friday Morning Prayer

Friday morning feels different. The week’s end is in sight, the weekend is close, and there’s…

Saint Florian Prayer

Florian was a Roman army officer in the province of Noricum, in what is now Austria.…

Saint Francis de Sales Prayer

Francis de Sales was sent in 1594 to win back the Chablais region, on the south…

Saint Francis Xavier Prayer

Francis Xavier was a sporty, ambitious young nobleman from Navarre, studying in Paris, when his roommate,…

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God is Good Prayer

In many Black churches, someone at the pulpit calls out, “God is good!” and the congregation…

God Is Great Prayer

For many people it was the first prayer they ever learned, said with folded hands over…

Godmother Prayer

At a Catholic baptism, the priest asks the parents and godparents, “Are you ready to help…

Golden Arrow Prayer

In 1843 a young Carmelite nun in Tours, France, Sister Mary of St Peter, wrote down…

Golfers Prayer

Most people looking for a golfer’s prayer have been asked to say a few words —…

Good Morning Prayer For My Husband

Most good morning prayers for a husband are said in a hurry: in the kitchen while…

Grandma Prayer

Grandmas are often the ones who prayed for us first. Plenty of people remember a grandmother…

Grandmother’s Prayer

The Bible names one grandmother who passed on her faith: Lois. Paul, writing to the young…

Saint Gabriel Prayer

Gabriel is one of only three angels named in the Bible, along with Michael and Raphael.…

Saint Genevieve Prayer

In 451, Attila the Hun was sweeping through Gaul, and the people of Paris prepared to…

Saint George Prayer

Almost nothing about St George is certain except the most important thing: he was a Christian…

Saint Gerard Prayer

St Gerard Majella was a frail, cheerful Italian tailor’s son who became a Redemptorist lay brother…

Saint Gianna Prayer

Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother of three who loved skiing, mountaineering…

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Habakkuk Prayer

Habakkuk’s short book starts with a complaint. “O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou…

Halloween Prayer

Christians feel differently about Halloween. Some love it as a harmless night of costumes and candy;…

Hands Together Prayer

“Hands together, eyes closed.” Generations of schoolchildren heard those words before assembly prayers. Folding your hands…

Happy Halloween Prayer

Halloween is a Christian name. It is short for All Hallows’ Eve, the night before All…

He Has Risen Prayer

On the first Easter morning, the women came to the tomb with spices, expecting to anoint…

Healing Prayer For My Brother

When Lazarus fell ill, his sisters did not compose anything. They sent Jesus one line —…

Healing Prayer For My Dad

If your father is ill, the most useful thing on this page is not a prayer…

Heartfelt Prayer

In the temple at Shiloh, a woman named Hannah prayed so intensely that the priest Eli…

Holy Thursday Prayer

On the night before he died, Jesus did three things the Church remembers every Holy Thursday.…

Homemaker Prayer

The longest description of a homemaker in Scripture is the “woman of valour” in Proverbs 31.…

Honest Prayer

About a third of the Psalms are laments: prayers of complaint, grief, fear and even anger…

Humility Prayer AA

AA’s literature uses one word more than almost any other to describe the change it hopes…

Hunting Prayer

One of the oldest hunting scenes in the Bible ends with a blessing. Isaac, old and…

Husker Prayer

There’s no single official “Husker Prayer,” but Nebraska football has always had a lot of praying…

The Holy Cross Prayer

The cross was a Roman instrument of torture, reserved for slaves and rebels. No one would…

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Incense Prayer

“Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense.” Psalm 141 has been sung at…

Integrity Prayer

Integrity comes from the same root as “integer”: a whole number, undivided. A person of integrity…

Ironworker Prayer

Ironworkers build the skeleton of the modern world: bridges, towers and stadiums, assembled beam by beam…

Ivf Prayer

Anyone who has been through IVF knows the vocabulary: retrieval, transfer, beta, the two-week wait. They…

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Jonah’s Prayer

Jonah ran. God told him to go east to Nineveh, the capital of Israel’s enemy, and…

July 10 Prayer

By 10 July, summer is in full swing. School is out, families are on the road,…

July 14 Prayer

Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 in a Mohawk village in what is now upstate New…

July 21 Prayer

Lawrence of Brindisi was a Capuchin friar with an extraordinary memory. He was said to know…

June 17 Prayer

Adam Chmielowski lost a leg fighting in the Polish uprising of 1863 and became a talented…

June 22 Prayer

In 1534, King Henry VIII demanded that his subjects swear an oath accepting his new marriage…

June 25 Prayer

Most of the world’s goods, by volume, travel by sea. The phone in your pocket, the…

Saint Jerome Prayer

St Jerome once wrote, “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” He spent most of his…

Saint John Bosco Prayer

When John Bosco was nine, he had a dream that shaped his life. He was in…

Saint John Neumann Prayer

John Neumann came to America in 1836 with one suit of clothes and a single dollar…

Saint John of God Prayer

John of God’s conversion looked like madness. He was a Portuguese ex-soldier and shepherd selling books…

Saint Joseph Prayer

St Joseph never says a word in the Gospels. Everything we know about him is what…

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Kitchen Prayer

St Teresa of Avila, one of the great mystics of the Church, told her nuns not…

The Knot Prayer

Some problems feel like knots: the harder you pull, the tighter they get. A marriage stuck…

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Lawyer’s Prayer

In medieval Brittany there was a lawyer so honest that his tombstone needed a joke to…

Loggers Prayer

The Temple in Jerusalem was built with timber cut by loggers. King Solomon sent word to…

Saint Lazarus Prayer

There are two Lazaruses in the Gospels, and most people praying to “St Lazarus” do not…

Saint Lucy Prayer

Lucy was a young Christian woman in Syracuse, Sicily, martyred during the persecution of Diocletian around…

Saint Luke Prayer

Paul calls him “Luke, the beloved physician.” He was a Gentile, probably from Antioch, a careful…

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A Mother’s Prayer

St Monica prayed for her son for seventeen years. Augustine was brilliant, restless, living with a…

March 10 Prayer

Around the year 320, in Sebaste in Armenia, forty Roman soldiers of the Twelfth Legion refused…

March 3 Prayer

Katharine Drexel was one of the richest young women in America. Her father, a Philadelphia banker,…

Marine Corps Prayer

The Marine’s Prayer is printed on cards, framed in barracks and read at Marine Corps funerals.…

May 23 Prayer

May is Mary’s month. In Catholic parishes and schools, children process with flowers and crown a…

May 26 Prayer

St Philip Neri once walked through the streets of Rome with half his beard shaved off,…

May 29 Prayer

Giovanni Battista Montini was elected pope in June 1963, in the middle of the Second Vatican…

May 4 Prayer

On 4 May, fire stations around the world remember St Florian, the Roman officer drowned around…

May 6 Prayer

On 6 May 1527, mutinous troops of the Holy Roman Emperor stormed Rome. On the steps…

Mechanics Prayer

A mechanic is trusted with something most customers never see. You hand over the keys, someone…

Mindfulness Prayer

Mindfulness has become popular as a way to reduce stress: paying attention to the present moment…

Missing Person Prayer

If someone is missing right now, call the police first. There is no waiting period before…

Monday Prayer

Monday has a bad reputation. The weekend is over, the inbox is full, and the week…

Morning Prayer For Kids

Children learn prayer the same way they learn anything: by repetition and by watching. A short…

Mother Of The Bride Prayer

The mother of the bride has usually been planning for months: the dress fittings, the seating…

Motorcycle Prayer

Every spring, parishes across the country hold a Blessing of the Bikes. Hundreds of motorcycles line…

Mustard Seed Prayer

The apostles once asked Jesus for something that sounds exactly right: “Increase our faith.” His answer…

My Brother Keeper Prayer

“Am I my brother’s keeper?” It’s the first question anyone asks God in the Bible after…

Saint Mark Prayer

Mark, also called John Mark, grew up in Jerusalem. The early Christians met at his mother’s…

Saint Martha Prayer

Since 2021 Martha no longer has 29 July to herself. Pope Francis ordered her brother and…

Saint Martin De Porres Prayer

Martin de Porres spent eight years scrubbing floors in a Dominican priory that was not allowed…

Saint Mary Mackillop Prayer

Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842 to Scottish immigrant parents who were often in…

Saint Matthew Prayer

Tax collectors in first-century Israel were despised. They worked for the Roman occupiers, often charged more…

Saint Medard Prayer

French farmers have a saying: “Quand il pleut à la Saint-Médard, il pleut quarante jours plus…

Saint Michael Prayer

This is the prayer most Catholics over sixty know by heart and most under forty have…

The Model Prayer

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warned against “vain repetitions” and showy prayers. Then he…

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Never Forget 911 Prayer

On the morning of 11 September 2001, nearly three thousand people were killed when hijacked planes…

New Driver Prayer

There is a particular kind of quiet in a house the first night a teenager takes…

Niece Prayer

An aunt or uncle prays for a niece from an unusual position: you love the child,…

November 17 Prayer

Elizabeth was a Hungarian princess, married at fourteen to Ludwig of Thuringia in Germany. It was…

November 23 Prayer

On 23 November 1927, in Mexico City, a 36-year-old Jesuit priest named Miguel Pro was led…

November 24 Prayer

Between the 1600s and the late 1800s, many thousands of Christians in Vietnam were killed for…

November 5 Prayer

Zechariah and Elizabeth were an elderly couple who had prayed for a child for years. Luke…

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O My Jesus Prayer

The shortest prayer in the Rosary is also the newest. It was not composed by a…

October 12 Prayer

Carlo Acutis was an ordinary Italian teenager in Milan who loved video games, football and his…

Our Lady Of Knock Prayer

On a wet evening, 21 August 1879, in the small village of Knock in County Mayo,…

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Paramedics Prayer

The first paramedic in the Bible was a stranger on a dangerous road. In Jesus’s parable,…

Paratroopers Prayer

In the early hours of 6 June 1944, more than thirteen thousand American paratroopers of the…

Passionate Prayer

James says that “the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much,” and then he…

Pilot Prayer

Every flight starts with a checklist. Fuel, controls, instruments, weather. Pilots are trained to leave nothing…

Pineman Prayer

When a storm knocks out power, line crews are the people who head toward it. They…

Pit Bull Prayer

Pit bull-type dogs are among the most common dogs in American shelters, and they often wait…

Police Officer Prayer

A police officer never knows what the next call will be: a fender bender, a lost…

Prayer Before Confession

Most people are nervous before confession. It’s been too long, or you’re not sure what to…

Prayer Before The Rosary

There is a widely circulated prayer that begins “O God, whose only-begotten Son, by his life,…

Prayer For 4th Of July

The first Catholic bishop in the United States wrote a prayer for the new government in…

Prayer For A Better Tomorrow

The prophet Jeremiah wrote his most hopeful words to people who had just lost everything. The…

Prayer for a Friend in Need

The Church gives two friends a single feast day. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen met…

Prayer for a Happy Death

A happy death, in the Church’s sense, has nothing to do with dying comfortably. It means…

Prayer For A Young Man

Young men today face real headwinds. Many are lonely, unsure what’s expected of them, and drifting…

Prayer For Abortion

People search for a prayer about abortion for many different reasons. Some are facing an unexpected…

Prayer For Alcoholic Husband

Two saints are traditionally asked for this, and they are asked for different things. Saint Monica…

Prayer For Alzheimer’s

This page is written mostly for the person doing the caring, because that is who is…

Prayer For Aunt

An aunt occupies a position no one else in a family holds: close enough to be…

Prayer For Better Days

Some seasons just grind on. The diagnosis, the job loss, the divorce, the grief, the money…

Prayer For Breakup

A breakup can feel like a death. The person you talked to every day is gone,…

Prayer for Cheating Husband

The Church has a saint for this, and she is not a decorative one. Rita of…

Prayer For Clear Skin

If you are here because of your skin, you do not need to be embarrassed about…

Prayer For Commitment

We live in a culture that keeps its options open. Subscriptions can be cancelled anytime, jobs…

Prayer For Communication

Most arguments aren’t really about the dishes or the money or the schedule. They’re about not…

Prayer For Confusion

Confusion is exhausting. You go back and forth, make lists, ask friends, lie awake at night,…

Prayer For Creativity

The first person in the Bible described as “filled with the spirit of God” was not…

Prayer For Dad In Heaven

There is something Catholics can still do for a father who has died, and it is…

Prayer for Depression

Depression is an illness, not a failure of faith, and a prayer page that blurs those…

Prayer For Divorce Settlement

No one plans to need this prayer. A divorce settlement often comes after months or years…

Prayer For Epilepsy

Around fifty million people worldwide live with epilepsy. For many, seizures are controlled with medication. For…

Prayer For Fire

Fire can take everything in minutes. A kitchen fire, a faulty wire, a wildfire driven by…

Prayer For Flag Day

Flag Day, 14 June, marks the day in 1777 when the Second Continental Congress adopted the…

Prayer For Hair Growth

Losing your hair can hit harder than people expect. For some it’s gradual, through genetics or…

Prayer For Haters

Everyone who tries to do something gets critics. Some criticism is fair and worth hearing. Some…

Prayer For Headache

The patron saint of headaches is a man who lost his head. St Denis was a…

Prayer For Healing Lungs

Breath is the one thing Scripture uses for life itself, from the first chapter of Genesis…

Prayer For Holiness

For a long time, many Catholics assumed holiness was for priests and nuns. Everyone else just…

Prayer For Honesty

The most honest prayer in Scripture may be Psalm 51, written after David had committed adultery…

Prayer For Horses

Horses have carried people for thousands of years: into battle, across continents, to market, to church…

Prayer For Hustlers

“Hustle” used to mean a con. Now it usually means working hard: building a business, running…

Prayer For Infertility

The Catechism’s treatment of this begins not with doctrine but with the grief: “Couples who discover…

Prayer For Iraq

Iraq is Bible country. Abraham set out from Ur of the Chaldees, in the south. Jonah…

Prayer For Karma

Karma is a concept from Hindu and Buddhist teaching: every action has consequences that come back…

Prayer For Kindness

St Paul wrote a list of clothes for Christians to put on each morning: “bowels of…

Prayer For Light

The first thing God says in the Bible is “Let there be light.” The last chapter…

Prayer For Loneliness

Loneliness can sit in a crowded room. You can be married, busy at work and surrounded…

Prayer For Long Distance Relationship

Long distance relationships run on video calls, time-zone maths and countdown apps. They’re built on trust,…

Prayer For Lust

St Augustine, one of the greatest minds in Christian history, spent his twenties praying a prayer…

Prayer For Men

Men often carry a lot quietly. Many feel responsible for providing and protecting, but don’t have…

Prayer For Migraine

Anyone who gets migraines knows they’re not “just a headache.” There’s the aura or the warning…

Prayer For MLK Day

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist preacher before he was anything else. He was the…

Prayer For Mother In Law

The most famous mother-in-law in the Bible is Naomi, and her daughter-in-law Ruth loved her so…

Prayer For My Cousin

A cousin is the relative you did not choose, are roughly the same age as, and…

Prayer For My Girlfriend

Praying for your girlfriend is one of the best things you can do for her, and…

Prayer for my Nephew

There is a whole book of the Bible about an anxious older relative and a young…

Prayer For My Sister In Law

A sister-in-law is family you did not choose and cannot resign from. That is the whole…

Prayer For My Son In Law

The Book of Ruth is, among other things, a story about in-laws who chose each other.…

Prayer For My Uncle

Uncles hold a special place in a family. They’re often the fun one, the one who…

Prayer For New Moon

In ancient Israel, the new moon was a holy day. Trumpets were blown, special sacrifices were…

Prayer For New Parents

Nothing prepares you for it. The first night home from the hospital, staring at this tiny…

Prayer For OCD

OCD isn’t about liking things tidy. It’s a condition in which unwanted, often disturbing thoughts get…

Prayer For Ordination

At a Catholic ordination, there’s a moment that silences every church: the men about to be…

Prayer For Passion

Sometimes the spark just goes out. The job you loved feels like a grind. The hobby…

Prayer For Presidents Day

Presidents’ Day began as a celebration of George Washington’s birthday, 22 February. Since 1971 it has…

Prayer For Priests St. Therese

When St Thérèse of Lisieux was examined before entering the Carmelite convent at fifteen, she explained…

Prayer for Protection

Protection is one of the few things the Church has a whole shelf of prayers for,…

Prayer For Purpose

The old Baltimore Catechism had a famous first question: “Why did God make you?” The answer…

Prayer For Retreat

Jesus took retreats. Luke says “he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.” Before his ministry…

Prayer For Sexual Healing

Sexuality is one of the deepest parts of who we are, which is why wounds there…

Prayer For Sick Cat

Cats hide pain. By the time you notice your cat isn’t eating, or is hiding under…

Prayer For Someone In A Coma

Sitting beside someone in a coma is one of the strangest kinds of waiting. They are…

Prayer For Those In The Path Of A Storm

Hurricane tracks are watched for days. People board up windows, fill bathtubs, line up for gas,…

Prayer For Twins

The first twins in the Bible were an answer to prayer. Isaac and Rebekah had waited…

Prayer For Valentines Day

We know almost nothing for certain about St Valentine. Early records mention at least one, possibly…

Prayer For VBS

Vacation Bible School is a summer tradition in thousands of churches: a week of songs with…

Prayer For Vision

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 is one of the most quoted…

Prayer Inauguration Day

Every four years on 20 January, a President of the United States takes the oath of…

Prayer of Abandonment

Charles de Foucauld was a French cavalry officer known for wild parties and gambling away a…

Prayer of Fortitude

Fortitude is one of the four cardinal virtues, alongside prudence, justice and temperance. The Catechism defines…

Prayer of Illumination

In many Presbyterian, Reformed and Methodist churches, there is a short prayer just before the Bible…

Prayer of Release

Some things we carry for years: an old wound, a grudge, guilt over something we did,…

Prayer Of Surrender

In the late 1500s, St Ignatius of Loyola ended his Spiritual Exercises, the month-long retreat that…

Prayer To Be A Better Person

Wanting to be a better person is the most common religious impulse there is and the…

Prayer To Be Born Again

Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. He was a respected teacher, a member of the ruling…

Prayer To Prevent Miscarriage

The first weeks of pregnancy are full of hope and nerves. Many women hold their breath…

Prayer To Remove Spirit Of Anger

Anger itself isn’t a sin. Jesus was angry when he drove the money changers out of…

Prayer To The Blessed Mother Never Known To Fail

You’ve probably seen this prayer in a newspaper classified section, tucked between a used car ad…

Prayer To Win Big Money

People look for this prayer when money has become frightening. The search is usually not about…

Prayer To Win The Lottery

Plenty of people say a quick prayer when they buy a lottery ticket. It’s understandable: the…

Preschool Prayer

Preschoolers can pray. They might not understand theology, but they understand thank you, please and sorry,…

Psalm Morning Prayer

For about three thousand years, people have started the day with the Psalms. Jewish families prayed…

Saint Paul Prayer

Saul of Tarsus was hunting Christians when he was knocked to the ground on the road…

Saint Peter Prayer

The man Jesus chose to lead his Church is the same man who swore three times…

Saint Philip Neri Prayer

Philip Neri used to pray every morning, “Lord, keep your hand on Philip this day, or…

Saint Philomena Prayer

In 1802, workers in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome found a grave sealed with three…

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Racers Prayer

Before most big races, someone stands on the stage and prays over the PA: for the…

Repentance Prayer

The Catholic prayer of repentance has a name, a fixed text and a job: it is…

Resentment Prayer AA

The Resentment Prayer is not a set of words to recite. It is an instruction: pray…

Runners Prayer

At the 1924 Paris Olympics, Eric Liddell, a Scottish sprinter and the son of missionaries, refused…

Saint Raphael Prayer

Raphael is one of only three angels the Bible gives a name, and the only one…

Saint Rocco Prayer

Rocco, or Roch, was born in Montpellier, France, in the 1300s. According to tradition, he gave…

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Sacrament Prayer

Catholics believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, body, blood, soul and divinity, under…

Safely Home Prayer

“Safely Home” is the poem that begins “I am home in heaven, dear ones”, and it…

Saint Scholastica Prayer

St Scholastica appears in only two short chapters of history, written by Pope Gregory the Great,…

Saint Sebastian Prayer

Sebastian is the saint you’ve seen in a hundred paintings: a young man tied to a…

Saint Servatius Prayer

In the crypt of a basilica in Maastricht lie the remains of a bishop who died…

Saint Stephen Prayer

Saint Stephen was the first person to die for believing in Jesus Christ. He is remembered…

Salesman Prayer

One of the first Christians in Europe was a saleswoman. Lydia of Thyatira was “a seller…

Samoan Prayer

In much of Samoa, a bell or a conch sounds in the early evening and the…

San Roque Prayer

In Spain, Latin America and the Philippines, St Roch is San Roque, and his feast on…

Saturday Morning Prayer

For Catholics, Saturday has belonged to the Virgin Mary for about a thousand years. The custom…

Self Love Prayer

Jesus said the second great commandment is “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” The command…

Senior Prayer

Growing old brings losses: of friends, health, independence, sometimes a home or a spouse. It can…

September 13 Prayer

John was such a gifted preacher in Antioch that people called him Chrysostomos, “golden mouth.” Crowds…

September 22 Prayer

Around 22 September, day and night are almost equal in length. The autumn equinox marks the…

September 27 Prayer

Vincent de Paul started out as a priest who wanted a comfortable career. He was ambitious,…

Set Aside Prayer

The Set Aside Prayer is said at the start of meetings, before reading the Big Book,…

Short Prayer For My Son

Some days there’s no time for a long prayer. You’re dropping him at school, watching him…

Softball Prayer

Most softball teams that pray do it in the same place: a huddle in the dugout…

Solanus Casey Prayer

Bernard Casey was the sixth of sixteen children of Irish immigrants on a Wisconsin farm. He…

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Saint Teresa of Avila Prayer

When St Teresa of Avila died in 1582, the sisters found a short poem tucked into…

Teddy Bear Prayer

The teddy bear got its name from a president. In November 1902, on a hunting trip…

Three Kings Day Prayer

On 6 January, much of the Spanish-speaking world celebrates Día de los Reyes: children leave out…

Truck Driver Prayer

Long-haul drivers spend more hours on the road in a week than most people do in…

Tuesday Prayer

By Tuesday the week has its shape. Monday’s surprises have landed, the to-do list is real,…

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Vester Prayer

As the sun goes down, monasteries, cathedrals and ordinary families around the world pray vespers (sometimes…

Vision Prayer

The Gospels tell more stories of Jesus healing the blind than almost any other kind of…

Volunteer Prayer

Parishes, schools, food banks, hospitals and sports leagues run on volunteers. The people who stack chairs,…

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