Prayers
54 prayers of the Catholic tradition, in English, with a note on each saying what it is and when people pray it. Search by name, by another name for the same prayer, or by what you are actually facing.
Try a name like Memorare, another name for the same prayer like Salve Regina, or simply grief or before surgery.
4 prayers
Prayers to the Holy Spirit
Prayers asking for light, counsel and courage — traditionally prayed before a decision.
- Come, Holy Spirit2 forms
The short invocation prayed before any undertaking that needs light — a decision, a difficult conversation, study, or the start of a meeting.
- Come, Creator Spirit
A ninth-century hymn, sung at ordinations, confirmations and the opening of a conclave — the Church’s prayer whenever something begins that it cannot manage on its own.
- Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Asks by name for wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord — the seven gifts named by Isaiah and given at Confirmation.
- Novena to the Holy Spirit
The oldest novena, modeled on the nine days the apostles prayed with Mary between the Ascension and Pentecost. It is prayed each year in the days leading up to Pentecost, asking for the gifts of the Spirit.
Novenas
Prayers made over nine days, for a feast or for something you are asking for.
Discernment and Guidance
For anyone trying to work out what they are being asked to do.
About these texts
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