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== Prayers of the Church Fathers == | |||
=== St. Clement of Rome (35-101 AD) === | |||
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!style="padding:15px;"|<poem>We beseech You, Master, | |||
to be our helper and protector. | |||
Save the afflicted among us; | |||
have mercy on the lowly; | |||
Raise up the fallen; | |||
appear to the needy; | |||
heal the ungodly; | |||
Restore the wanderers of Your people; | |||
Feed the hungry; | |||
ransom our prisoners; | |||
Raise up the sick; | |||
comfort the faint-hearted. | |||
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=== St. Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD) === | |||
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!style="padding:15px;"|<poem>Be kind to Your little children, Lord; | |||
that is what we ask of You as their Tutor, | |||
You the Father, Israel’s guide; | |||
Son, yes, but Father as well. | |||
Grant that by doing what You told us to do, | |||
we may achieve a faithful likeness to the Image and, | |||
as far as is possible for us, | |||
may find in You a good God and a lenient Judge. | |||
May we all live in the peace that comes from You. | |||
May we journey towards Your city, | |||
sailing through the waters of sin untouched by the waves, | |||
borne tranquilly along by the Holy Spirit, | |||
Your Wisdom beyond all telling. | |||
Night and day until the last day of all, | |||
may our praises give You thanks, | |||
our thanksgiving praise You: | |||
You who alone are both Father and Son, | |||
Son and Father, | |||
the Son who is our Tutor and our Teacher, | |||
together with the Holy Spirit.</poem> | |||
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=== St. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-202 AD) === | |||
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!style="padding:15px;"|<poem>I appeal to you, | |||
Lord, God of Abraham, | |||
God of Isaac, | |||
God of Jacob and Israel, | |||
You the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. | |||
Infinitely merciful as You are, | |||
it is Your will that we should learn to know You. | |||
You made heaven and earth, | |||
You rule supreme over all that is. | |||
You are the true, | |||
the only God; | |||
there is no other god above You. | |||
Through our Lord Jesus Christ | |||
…and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, | |||
grant that all who read what I have written here may know You, | |||
because You alone are God; | |||
let them draw strength from You; | |||
keep them from all teaching that is heretical, irreligious or godless. | |||
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<u>Sources</u>: | |||
* [https://aleteia.org/2017/09/23/4-ancient-prayers-from-the-earliest-christians 4 Ancient prayers from the earliest Christians] | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:06, 14 March 2025
Prayers in English and Latin.
Catholic Prayers are presented here in multiple forms, including in Latin for some, and with or without the 2nd person "thy / thine" form of "you / your"
For full set of prayers see
Our Father[edit | edit source]
Our Father, who art in heaven, |
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Pater noster, qui es in cælis: |
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Notes:[1]
Prayer to Jesus[edit | edit source]
also, "The Prayer," or "The Jesus Prayer"
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner |
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Domine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei, |
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Notes:[2]
Saint Michael the Archangel[edit | edit source]
also, "Prayer to Saint Michael"
St. Michael the Archangel, |
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Sancte Michael Archangele, |
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Notes:[3]
Deus Propicius Esto ("God be favorable to me")[edit | edit source]
God be favorable to me, a sinner, |
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Deus propicius esto michi peccatori |
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Notes:[4]
Prayers for preparation for Communion[edit | edit source]
These prayers are commonly used as "chaplets" (prayers on individual Rosary beads) and other purposes
Jesus Lord, welcome thou be[edit | edit source]
This medieval prayer was spoken as the priest holds up the Eucharist in the "Great Elevation" upon its consecration. The versions here are in Modern and Middle English:
Lord Jesus Christ, welcome You be! |
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Ihesu Lord, welcome thow be, |
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Notes:[5]
St. Gertrude's prayer[edit | edit source]
Eternal father, I offer Thee |
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Notes[6]
Psalm 103[edit | edit source]
Adapted: Bless the LORD, O my soul;
Notes:[7]
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From the Daily Missal:
Bless the LORD, O my soul; Notes[8]
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John 20:28[edit | edit source]
“My Lord and my God!”
Act of Contrition (Confession prayer)[edit | edit source]
Traditional form[edit | edit source]
O my God, |
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Actus Contritionis |
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Modern form[edit | edit source]
Act of Attrition |
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Prayers of the Rosary[edit | edit source]
Apostle's Creed[edit | edit source]
I believe in God, |
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Symbolum Apostolorum
Credo in Deum Patrem |
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Our Father[edit | edit source]
Our Father, who art in heaven, |
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Glory Be[edit | edit source]
- also called "The Doxology"
- which means "words of praise"
Glory be to the Father, |
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Doxologia Minor
Glória Patri, |
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Fatima Prayer: O my Jesus[edit | edit source]
O my Jesus, |
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Fatima Prayers, World Apostolate of Fatima Genesee County Michigan Fatima Prayer, Catholic.org |
Dómine Jesu, |
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Fatima Prayer: Most Holy Trinity[edit | edit source]
Most Holy Trinity, |
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Fatima Prayers, World Apostolate of Fatima Genesee County Michigan Fatima Prayer, Catholic.org |
SANCTISSIMA Trinitas: |
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Hail Mary[edit | edit source]
Hail Mary, full of grace, |
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Ave Maria Ave María, grátia plena, |
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Hail Mary with 'you/your'[edit | edit source]
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; |
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Salve Regina[edit | edit source]
- also called "The Hail Holy Queen"
Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy, |
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Salve Regina
Salve Regína, mater misericórdiæ; |
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Salve Regina w/ you/your[edit | edit source]
Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy, |
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Prayers to Mary[edit | edit source]
prayers to Mary other than those used in the Rosary
The Memorare[edit | edit source]
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, Notes:[9]
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Requiem Prayers / Prayers for the Dead[edit | edit source]
In paradisum[edit | edit source]
May the angels lead you into paradise; |
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In paradisum deducant te angeli; |
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Tantum ergo Sacramentum[edit | edit source]
Traditional hymn adapted from Saint Thomas Aquinas' Pange Lingua, saeculo XIII[10]
Therefore, so great a sacrament |
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Tantum ergo Sacramentum |
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Daily prayers[edit | edit source]
Before a meal[edit | edit source]
Bless us, O Lord, |
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Morning Offering[edit | edit source]
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, |
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Notes:
Prayers of the Church Fathers[edit | edit source]
St. Clement of Rome (35-101 AD)[edit | edit source]
We beseech You, Master, |
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St. Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD)[edit | edit source]
Be kind to Your little children, Lord; |
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St. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-202 AD)[edit | edit source]
I appeal to you, |
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- ↑ * The "Our Father" is also known as "The Lord's Prayer"
- it is more commonly called so by Protestants
- whereas the Catholic Church generally refers to it as the "Our Father"
- See Lord's Prayer for Scriptural source of the title "Our Father" in Mathew and Luke
- Catholic versions of the "Our Father" tend not capitalize any but "Our Father" and first words of sentences.
- See The Lord's Prayer, catholic.com
- ↑ * in the early Church, the Jesus Prayer was used as a repetitive prayer, as one would the "Hail Mary"
- the Prayer is traditionally linked to breathing, thus it was meditative
- see The Jesus Prayer (holyrosary.com.au)
- see CCC 2665-2669
But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves." The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him. (CCC 2666)
- ↑
- The prayer was composed by Pople Leo XIII in 1880 or 1884 after experiencing at the end of Mass a vision of demonic spirits descending upon Rome.
- the prayer is traditionally recited after Mass up to 1964, when Inter oecumenici removed it as an obligation.
- ↑ English version from "The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580"] by Eamon Duffy (pp 269-270). Duffy reproduced the prayer in the context of medieval seriousness about what the prayer calls, "the dreadful judgment" and the battle over it. The Latin version, with different text, is reproduced from from Folio 15r, The Burnet Psalter. University of Aberdeen. (abdn.ac.uk)
- ↑ * Modern and Middle English texts do not match
- the original and modern translation are from this wonderful discussion thread on Middle English translations: https://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?85822-Translation-Help-Middle-English but it used a different original text
- the book, Stripping of the Altars presents a shorter version,
Ihesu, lord welcome thow be
In forme of bred as I the se; Ihesu! for they holy name, Shceld me to day fro synned & schame; Schryfte & howsele, lord, though graunted me bo, Er that I schale hennes go, And verre contrycyone of my synne, That I lord never dye there-Inne.
- prayer written by Saint Bernard, who was greatly devoted to Mary
- source: The Memorare - Prayers - Vatican News