Prayer

O Blessed Trinity, we thank You for having graced the Church with Blessed John Paul II, and for allowing the tenderness of Your Fatherly care, the glory of the Cross of Christ, ...

Allah! (Lord) Make me among those whom you have guided. Make me among those whom you have pardoned, and make me among those to whom you are a patron. Bless that which you have bestowed on me and shield me against the evil of what you have decreed. Truly, you are the one ...

Pray for: Those who continue to be affected by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. An end to political unrest, border disputes and nuclear weapons. Greater protection of human rights and a decrease in political corruption...

Stay with us, Lord, in the devastating moment when waters roll above our heads, smashing trees, destroying houses, flooding rice fields, wallowing cattle herds, chasing people running to save their lives. Stay with us, Lord, in the dark ...

We praise you for the beauty we see around us, for the infinite variety of your creation – the skies, the mountains, the valleys, the plains, the rivers and the seas. The bounty of your creation adds richness and providence to our daily life. We thank you for the gift of life, and for the ...

As the cardinals prepare to enter the conclave Tuesday, and have agreed to cease speaking with the media, Cardinal Timothy Dolan still offered a commentary today about goings-on in Rome through his blog...

We ask you, Lord Jesus, with the Father, To send the Holy Spirit on the Church once again. In particular, guide the Cardinals who will shortly exercise the obligation and privilege of electing a new Pope...

While some are satisfied, others are starving. Women often become the victims of exploitation, because they are desperate to feed and care for their children. If only we would be mindful that each and every one of us must pray: Give us ...

O Lord Jesus Christ, Supreme Pastor of Your Church, we thank you for the ministry of Pope Benedict XVI and the selfless care with which he has led us as Successor of Peter, and Your Vicar on earth. Good Shepherd, who founded Your Church on the...

You, my Lord and my God, Give me all that leads me to you. You, my Lord and my God, Take away from me, all that separates me from you. You, my Lord and my God, Take me ...

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful... O God, who have taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise and...

O God, Shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,Look favorably on your servant N,whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd;grant, we pray, that, by word and example,he may be of service to ...

When I behold the problems of our world, O Lord, I pray not to be tempted to quick answers. When every tongue declares a different truth, when every people praises its own righteousness,let me ...

Pray for: The Vatican, and all who hold positions of power in the Roman Catholic Church. An end to terrorism and violence; solutions to the conflicts with the Basque region of Spain...

En ce mois de février 2013, l'intention de prière universelle du pape Benoît XVI est pour les familles de migrants, son intention de prière missionnaire est pour la construction de la paix

What are the struggles towards justice in your community? What are the causes for celebration on the way? What are the struggles towards Christian unity in your community? What are the causes for celebration along the way? ...

Who in your community stands in need of the solidarity of the Christian community? What churches are, or have been in solidarity with you? In what ways would more ...

What are the barriers that separate Christians in your community? What are the barriers that separate Christians from other religious traditions in your community? What are the differences and similarities between ...

Give us the strength it takes to listen rather than to judge, to trust rather than to fear, to try again and again ...

Who are those in your communities whom Christ calls into your friendship? What prevents the friends of Jesus from being friends with one another? How does being the friends of the same Jesus challenge the divided churches?

For each new dawn is filled with infinite possibilities for new beginnings and new discoveries. Life is constantly changing and renewing itself.

Save us from our desire to hurt as we have been hurt, to punish as we have been punished, to terrorize as we have been terrorized.

Dear Lord, bless our family. Be so kind as to give us the unity, peace, and mutual love that You found in Your own family in the little town of Nazareth. Saint Joseph, bless the head of our family.

L’aspiration vers l’Absolu ou la prière du mental n’est pas parfaite jusqu’à ce qu’on arrive à la révélation du Soi qui conduit à l’atteinte du but suprême à l’aide de la permanente invocation du Divin. Car l’âme sans aspiration vers l’Absolu ou prière est comme l’homme compètement paralysée – il a des mains et des jambes, mais il est dans l’impossibilité de les contrôler.

Les prières des saints par ceux qui aspirent vers l’Absolu représentent une simplicité pure et une soif ardente de communion avec Dieu, malgré toutes les complications et les obstacles parfois inévitables. Et cela est autant valable pour les saints "terrestres" que pour ceux dont la vocation primordiale représente la contemplation du Divin dans tout ce qui les entoure.

I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all.

As we celebrate your blessing renew your Church in Asia with a fresh outpouring of your Spirit.

The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses". Our Lady has revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and it is therefore the most important one.

This prayer, according to Father Schulz, Das sogennante Franziskusgebet. Forshungen zur evangelishen Gebetslitteratur (III), in Jahrbuch fur Liturgik und Hymnologie, 13 (1968), pp. 39-53, first appeared during the First World War. It was found written on the observe of a holy card of St. Francis, which was found in a Normal Almanac.

O Our most holy Father, Our Creator, Redeemer, Consoler, and Savior, Who are in heaven: