30 prayers
Traditional & Catholic Devotions
Traditional prayers given in their historical form, along with Marian devotions, prayers before the sacraments and prayers for priests.
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God is Good Prayer
In many Black churches, someone at the pulpit calls out, “God is good!” and the congregation…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsGod Is Great Prayer
For many people it was the first prayer they ever learned, said with folded hands over…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsGolden Arrow Prayer
In 1843 a young Carmelite nun in Tours, France, Sister Mary of St Peter, wrote down…
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Prayer Before Confession
Most people are nervous before confession. It’s been too long, or you’re not sure what to…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer Before The Rosary
There is a widely circulated prayer that begins “O God, whose only-begotten Son, by his life,…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer for a Happy Death
A happy death, in the Church’s sense, has nothing to do with dying comfortably. It means…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer For Ordination
At a Catholic ordination, there’s a moment that silences every church: the men about to be…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer For Priests St. Therese
When St Thérèse of Lisieux was examined before entering the Carmelite convent at fifteen, she explained…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer for Protection
Protection is one of the few things the Church has a whole shelf of prayers for,…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer of Abandonment
Charles de Foucauld was a French cavalry officer known for wild parties and gambling away a…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer of Fortitude
Fortitude is one of the four cardinal virtues, alongside prudence, justice and temperance. The Catechism defines…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer of Illumination
In many Presbyterian, Reformed and Methodist churches, there is a short prayer just before the Bible…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer of Release
Some things we carry for years: an old wound, a grudge, guilt over something we did,…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer Of Surrender
In the late 1500s, St Ignatius of Loyola ended his Spiritual Exercises, the month-long retreat that…
Traditional & Catholic DevotionsPrayer 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…