CATHOLIC PRAYERS

 

Prayers to the Sacred Heart

O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing,

I adore you, I love you and will a lively sorrow for my sins.

I offer you this poor heart of mine.

Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to your will.

Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you.

Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions;

give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs,

your blessings on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death.

Within your heart I place my every care.

In every need let me come to you with humble trust saying,

Heart of Jesus, help me.

Amen.

 

Daily Offering

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father.

 

Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

This nine-day prayer is often said prior to the Feast of the Sacred Heart but can be said anytime. The “Our Father,” “Hail, Mary,” Glory Be,” and “Hail, Holy Queen” are traditional Catholic prayers associated with the Rosary, and may be readily found online or in most Catholic prayer books. There are other versions of the novena; this is the one that Saint Margaret Mary offered.

 

O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold, I knock, I seek, and ask for the grace of (name your request). Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father….

 

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender mother and ours.

 

Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: “Saint Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.”

—Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

 

Prayer of Trust to the Sacred Heart (in Times of Stress)

Holy Heart of Jesus, Sweet Sanctuary of rest,

bring peace to my soul and settle my spirit,

especially in the matter of _________________.

I vow to place all of my worries and fears

into the wound of your Sacred Heart,

there to be tended to in accordance with your perfect will,

which desires only the best and highest good.

Your love alone is enough, and I surrender to it;

clinging to the hope of a swift resolution

and trusting with confidence in all of your promises.

Amen.

 

Prayer to the Sacred Heart in Times of Loss or Betrayal

Sweet Jesus, your heart beats for the brokenhearted,

and you know their pain.

You experienced loss when your friend Lazarus died,

and betrayal when your friends abandoned and rejected you in

your darkest hours.

 

I ask you for relief and release right now in this time of grief.

I cry out to your heart, seeking comfort and consolation.

Take this present heartache and unite it to your own for the good  of others,

especially _____________________.

Ease my sorrow,

and fill my heart with hope and light to face another day.

Amen.

 

Prayer to the Sacred Heart for Help to Forgive

Lord Jesus,

my heart feels like an impenetrable stone as I am struggling to  forgive _____________.

Please trade my hardened heart for one that flows with mercy like  your own.

Give me the grace to let go of bitterness, a desire for revenge, and the need for an apology.

Set me free from the captivity of my unforgiving heart and fill me with your healing love.

Amen.

 

Prayer to the Sacred Heart for Someone Who Is Addicted

Lord, my heart is filled with concern for ____________, who is addicted.

You know and see the disorder and chaos that the addiction is causing,

and your heart grieves over the distortion of personality and danger to the soul

that results when someone is in the throes of addiction.

 

I pray that you will please give me the wisdom and spiritual

fortitude to detach with love and trust in your tender mercies

and that you will give _______________ the humility and strength  to seek recovery.

I ask this through the saving grace of your Sacred Heart.

Amen.

 

Prayer to the Sacred Heart When Health Is Failing

Sweet Heart of Jesus,

my health is failing, and I am hurting.

Thank you for my body, which is a great and marvelous gift

and a temple where the Holy Spirit chooses to dwell.

I offer up my current suffering for ____________,

accepting whatever you permit to happen to me.

I believe in your healing power and claim your promises of peace,

help in all my afflictions, and the grace of final perseverance.

Help me to resist all fear, and hide me, Lord,

in the haven of your precious heart.

Give me the strength to accept this current state of my health with joy,

holy resignation, and lively hope for the future.

Amen.

 

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise to the Sacred Heart

Lord, you deserve all honor and praise,

because your love is perfect and your heart sublime.

My heart is filled to overflowing with gratitude

for the many blessings and graces you have bestowed upon me and those

whom I love.

Forever undeserving, may I always be attentive

and never take for granted the gifts of mercy and love

that flow so freely and generously from your Sacred Heart.

Heart of Jesus, I adore you.

Heart of Jesus, I praise you.

Heart of Jesus, I thank you.

Heart of Jesus, I love you forever and always.

Amen.

 

Thanksgiving Prayers

Thanksgiving PrayersWe thank you, Father, for the gift of Jesus your Son who came to our earth and lived in a simple home. We have a greater appreciation of the value and dignity of the human family because he loved and was loved within its shelter.

 

Bless us this day; may we grow in love for each other in our family and so give thanks to you who are the maker of all human families and our abiding peace.

 

In Gratitude

Thank you, Father, for having created us and given us to each other in the human family. Thank you for being with us in all our joys and sorrows, for your comfort in our sadness, your companionship in our loneliness. Thank you for yesterday, today, tomorrow and for the whole of our lives. Thank you for friends, for health and for grace. May we live this and every day conscious of all that has been given to us.

 

Thanksgiving Table Prayer

O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this feast today. Thank you for our home and family and friends, especially for the presence of those gathered here. Thank you for our health, our work and our play. Please send help to those who are hungry, alone, sick and suffering war and violence. Open our hearts to your love. We ask your blessing through Christ your son. Amen.

 

Prayer at Harvest and Thanksgiving

O God, source and giver of all things,

You manifest your infinite majesty, power and goodness

In the earth about us:

We give you honor and glory.

For the sun and the rain,

For the manifold fruits of our fields:

For the increase of our herds and flocks,

We thank you.

For the enrichment of our souls with divine grace,

We are grateful.

 

Supreme Lord of the harvest,

Graciously accept us and the fruits of our toil,

In union with Jesus, your Son,

As atonement for our sins,

For the growth of your Church,

For peace and love in our homes,

And for salvation for all.

We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

Prayer of Thanksgiving

O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;

For the wide sky and the blessed sun,

For the salt sea and the running water,

For the everlasting hills

And the never-resting winds,

For trees and the common grass underfoot.

We thank you for our senses

By which we hear the songs of birds,

And see the splendor of the summer fields,

And taste of the autumn fruits,

And rejoice in the feel of the snow,

And smell the breath of the spring.

Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty;

And save our souls from being so blind

That we pass unseeing

When even the common thorn bush

Is aflame with your glory,

O God our creator,

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.