BLESSING OF A HOLY PICTURE
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord. R. Who has made heaven and earth. V. The Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit.
Prayer When Using Holy Water
By this holy water and by Your Precious Blood, wash away all my sins, O Lord. Amen
Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua (Restorer of Sight to the Blind)
Dear St. Anthony, you recall the Gospel episode about the blind man who, partly healed, could see men “looking like walking trees.” After a second laying-on of Jesus’s hands, he…
Prayer to Saint Joseph After Mass
O Guardian of virgins and father, Saint Joseph, to whose faithful custody Innocence itself, Christ Jesus, and Mary, Virgin of virgins, was committed; I pray and beseech thee by each…
Prayer to Saint Joseph Before Mass
O Blessed Joseph, happy man, to whom it was given not only to see and to hear that God Whom many kings longed to see, and saw not, to hear,…
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary Before Mass
O most blessed Virgin Mary, mother most loving and most merciful,
A Prayer Before Mass (by St. Ambrose)
(Saturday) (by St. Ambrose) I entreat Thee also, O Lord, by this most holy mystery of Thy Body and Blood, wherewith we are daily fed, and cleansed, and sanctified in…
Prayer of Saint Charles Borromeo
Patron of Catechists Feast Day: 4 November Almighty God, you have generously made known to human beings the mysteries of your life through Jesus Christ your Son in the Holy…
Prayer to God For Our Defense
O merciful and mighty God, Your Son Jesus Christ was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary to bring us salvation and to establish Your kingdom on earth: