Prayers Information

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Prayers Spreadsheet

Listing of the Prayers:

Note: All grammar and capitalization comes directly from the workbook provided to the eighth grade students. It does not always line up perfectly with how the prayers are read aloud or how we regularly write letters or essays.

Our Father

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed by thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be world without end.

Amen

Hosanna

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts,

heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Gloria

Glory to God in the highest.

And on earth peace to people of good will.

We praise you. We bless you. We adore you.

We glorify you. We give you thanks through your great glory.

O Lord God, heavenly King,

God Almighty Father.

O Lord Jesus Christ,

the Only-Begotten Son.

O Lord God, Lamb of God,

Son of the Father;

you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

You who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

You who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are holy.

You alone are the Lord.

You alone are the most high, Jesus Christ.

Together with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.

** Can be sung with different words depending on the hymn the student's home parish uses

Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

I love You above all things,

and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,

come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if you were already there,

and I unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Act of Hope

O Lord God, I hope by your grace

for the pardon of all my sins

and after life here to gain eternal happiness because you have promised it

who are infinitely powerful, faithful, kind, and merciful.

In this hope I intend to live and die.

Amen

Act of Faith

O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins

and that he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches

because you have revealed them who are eternal truth and wisdom,

who can neither deceive nor be deceived.

In this faith I intend to live and die.

Amen

Act of Love

O Lord God, I love you above all things

and I love my neighbor for your sake

because you are the highest, infinite and perfect good,

worthy of all my love.

In this love I intend to live and die.

Amen

Act of Contrition

My God,

I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.

In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good,

I have sinned against you

whom I should love above all things.

I firmly intend, with your help,

to do penance, to sin no more,

and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.

Our Savior, Jesus Christ suffered and died for us.

In his name, my God, have mercy.

Amen

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.

And kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your spirit and they shall be created.

And you shall renew the face of the earth.


O God, by the light of the Holy Spirit

you have taught the hearts of the faithful.

In the same Spirit, help us to know what is truly

right and always rejoice in your consolation.

We ask this through Christ, Our Lord.

Amen

Guardian Angel Prayer

Angel of God, my guardian dear,

to whom God's love commits me here,

ever this day be at my side,

to light and guard, to rule and guide.

Amen

St. Michael the Archangel Prayer

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,

be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.

And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,

by the Power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits

who wander the earth seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen

Prayer for Peace (St. Francis Prayer)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Angelus

The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.

And she conceived of the Holy Spirit

Say a Hail Mary

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.

Be it done unto me according to thy word.

Say a Hail Mary

And the Word was made flesh.

And dwelt among us.

Say a Hail Mary

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen

Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known

that anyone who fled to thy protection,

implored thy help,

or sought thy intercession,

was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence,

I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother.

To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate,

despise not my petitions,

but in thy mercy, hear and answer me.

Amen

Hail, Holy Queen

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,

our life, our sweetness and our hope.

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.

To thee do we send up our sighs,

mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn then, most gracious advocate,

thine eyes of mercy toward us,

and after this our exile,

show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, be my sanctification.

Body of Christ, be my salvation.

Blood of Christ, fill all my veins.

Water of Christ's side, wash out my stains.

Passion of Christ, my comfort be.

O good Jesus, listen to me.

In Thy wounds I fain would hide,

N'er to be parted from Thy side,

Guard me, should the foe assail me.

Call me when my life shall fail me.

Bid me come to Thee above,

With Thy saints to sing Thy love,

World without end.

Amen

Morning Offering

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

I offer you 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,

for the salvation of souls,

the reparation of sins,

the reunion of all Christians,

and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month.

Amen

Grace Before Meals

Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts,

which we are about to receive from thy bounty.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen

Grace After Meals

We give thee thanks, for all thy gifts, Almighty God,

who live and reign forever.

And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen

Eternal Rest

Ms. Baniewicz: Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord.

You: And let perpetual light shine upon him/her.

Ms. Baniewicz: May his/her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

You: Amen

Magnificat

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

my spirit rejoices in God my Savoir,

for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed:

the Almighty has done great things for me,

and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him

in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm,

he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,

and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things,

and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel

for he has remembered his promise of mercy,

the promise he made to our fathers,

to Abraham and his children forever.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.

Amen

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

Creator of heaven and earth,

and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

he descended into hell;

on the third day he rose again from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;

from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic* Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and life everlasting.

Amen

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God,

the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth,

of all things visible and invisible.


I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the Only Begotten Son of God,

born of the Father before all ages.

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,

begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

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and by the Holy Spirit

was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

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For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,

he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead

and his kingdom will have no end.


I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.


I believe in one, holy, catholic* and apostolic Church.

I confess on Baptism for the forgiveness of sins

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead

and the life of the world to come.

Amen

* In the Nicene Creed and Apostles' Creed, the word "catholic" is used to mean its more obscure definition of universal, thus a lower-case c. In referencing the name of the faith, it would be an upper-case C.