The “Healing Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes” is an invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, asking for her powerful intercession in times of illness, suffering, and spiritual need. At Lourdes, Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858, and countless pilgrims have since experienced miraculous healings at this holy sanctuary. Recognizing her as the patron of the sick, we approach Mary in this powerful prayer and present our troubles and petitions into her loving, maternal hands. Whether you seek healing of body, mind, or soul, let this prayer draw you closer to her tender mercy and to the heart of her Son, Jesus Christ.
O ever-Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings. Look with mercy on me.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary, where you dispense your favors; and where many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal.
I come, therefore, with unbounded confidence to implore your maternal intercession.
Obtain, O loving Mother, the grant of my requests. (mention your petition)
Through gratitude for your favors, I will endeavor to imitate your virtues, that I may one day share your glory. Amen.
The “Novena to St. Stephen” honors the first Christian martyr who forgave his persecutors even as they stoned him to death. This powerful nine-day prayer seeks St. Stephen’s intercession for the grace to forgive enemies, courage in times of trial, and strength to boldly witness to the faith. Traditionally prayed before his feast day on December 26th, this novena is especially meaningful for those facing persecution, struggling to forgive others, or needing courage to stand firm in their faith.
O Blessed St. Stephen, first martyr for Christ and model of perfect forgiveness, we come before you seeking your powerful intercession. You who gazed into Heaven and saw the glory of God, help us to fix our eyes always on eternal things.
O Courageous St. Stephen, you were chosen by the Apostles as a deacon filled with faith and the Holy Spirit. You preached the Gospel fearlessly and performed great miracles among the people. When faced with persecution, your face shone like an angel, and you forgave those who took your life, following the example of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Holy St. Stephen, obtain for us a living faith that trusts in God’s providence, wisdom to speak His truth with charity, courage to witness to Christ in times of trial, and above all, the grace to forgive those who wrong us. Help us to keep our eyes fixed on Heaven as you did, seeing beyond our present sufferings to the glory that awaits God’s faithful servants.
We ask you to intercede for us in our present needs:
(State your intention)
Pray that we may imitate your virtues – your service to the poor, your zeal for God’s house, your love of truth, and your complete forgiveness of enemies.
At the hour of our death, may we, like you, commend our spirits into the hands of the Lord Jesus and receive the crown of glory promised to those who persevere in faith. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, You gave St. Stephen the strength to forgive his murderers and the grace to see Heaven opened at the moment of his death. Through his intercession, fill our hearts with Your divine love, that we may love our enemies, do good to those who hate us, and pray for those who persecute us. Grant us the favor we seek in this novena if it be according to Your holy will, and help us to follow You faithfully all the days of our lives. We ask this in Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
The “Prayer to St. Christopher for Safe Travels” asks St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, to protect and guide those on physical and spiritual journeys. According to tradition, St. Christopher carried a child revealed to be Christ across a river, which led to his association with travelers. Commonly said by drivers, commuters, and other travelers, the prayer reflects our Catholic belief in the intercession of the saints.
O Blessed St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers, stand guard over all who are traveling this day. As your strong arms carried pilgrims through raging torrents, carry us all safely through every mile of our journeys.
We ask for your prayers, and we entrust to your care all travelers:
those navigating busy highways, guard them from distracted drivers and treacherous conditions;
those soaring through the skies, assist their pilots and ensure the safety of their flights;
those crossing the vast seas, watch over them through troubled waters and guide them to safe harbors; and
those who journey on foot or by cycle, shield them from danger and guide them along their way.
Shield us from mechanical failures, dangerous weather, and anyone who might wish us harm. Guide us through all perils, see us through any obstacles in our way, and make smooth any rough places in our paths.
St. Christopher, holy protector of travelers, as you discovered Our Lord in humble service, help us to see His presence in our journeys. May our travels be blessed, our arrivals peaceful, and our safe return home assured.
The “Prayer to St. Gabriel the Archangel“ venerates St. Gabriel as the “Angel of the Incarnation” for his role in announcing Christ’s birth to Mary and as “strength from God” for his mission to console and strengthen the faithful. It recognizes him as a powerful consoler who strengthened Christ in His agony, comforted Mary in her sorrows, and supported Joseph in his trials, and asks St. Gabriel for his intercession for spiritual strength and holiness of life. The devotion includes space for personal petitions and emphasizes submission to God’s holy will.
St. Gabriel the Archangel, I venerate you as the “Angel of the Incarnation,” because God has specially appointed you to bear the messages concerning the God-Man to Daniel, Zechariah, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Give me a very tender and devoted love for the Incarnate Word and his Blessed Mother more like your own.
I venerate you also as the “strength from God,” because you are the giver of God’s strength; consoler and comforter – chosen to strengthen God’s faithful and to teach them important truths. I ask for the grace of a special power of the will to strive for holiness of life.
Steady my resolutions. Renew my courage. Comfort and console me in the problems, trials, and sufferings of daily living, as you consoled our Savior in His agony, and Mary in her sorrows, and Joseph in his trials. I put my confidence in you.
St. Gabriel, I ask you especially for this favor:
(Mention your petition now)
Through your earnest love for the Son of God-Made-Man and for His blessed Mother, I beg of you, intercede for me that my request may be granted, if it be God’s holy Will.
V:/ Pray for us, St. Gabriel the Archangel, R:/ that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The “Prayer to St. Lorenzo Ruiz“ honors the first Filipino saint and martyr. St. Lorenzo Ruiz (San Lorenzo) was born in Manila in 1594 to a Chinese father and Filipino mother, and served as an altar boy and worked as a skilled calligrapher for the Dominican friars. A devoted family man with three children, Lorenzo was falsely accused of murder and fled the Philippines with Dominican missionaries bound for Japan.
During Japan’s brutal persecution of Christians, Lorenzo and his companions were captured, tortured for two years, and ultimately executed by being hung upside down in 1637. Despite facing death, he courageously declared his unwavering faith in Christ. Pope John Paul II canonized him in 1987. St. Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of the Philippines, Filipino youth, and overseas workers. His feast day is September 28th.
O most merciful and almighty God, You bestowed as gift to Lorenzo Ruiz The strength to withstand The overpowering forces of death For the sake of his faith in You.
Through his prayers, Help us to follow his example By overcoming all life’s trials And eventually, increase Our hope and love in You.
O St. Lorenzo Ruiz, You brought honor to your country, Having been a level-headed And prudent father of the family, A witness of Christ in your life Until your death.
We present all our petitions To God through your help So that, by our actions, We may know more, and love more, Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
We humbly implore your intercession, dear St. Lorenzo, For the infinite glory of God, And in honor of your triumph As a martyr of Christ And defender of Christianity.
The “Novena to Mary, Undoer of Knots” is a powerful and deeply moving devotion that invites us to bring our most tangled struggles and seemingly impossible situations to the loving care of Our Lady. This prayer recognizes Mary as the Mother who never refuses to help her children, acknowledging her unique role as the one whom God has entrusted to untangle the knots that bind us in our spiritual, emotional, and material lives. Rooted in the symbolic image of Mary as the one who unties knots – representing problems, anxieties, sins, and difficulties that seem impossible to resolve on our own – this novena offers hope to all who feel overwhelmed by life’s complications.
[Pray this prayer for nine consecutive days, offering to Mary the “knots” in your life.]
Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exist in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exists in my life. You know very well how desperate I am, my pain, and how I am bound by these knots.
Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.
Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot:
[Mention your petitions now]
I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once and for all. You are my hope.
O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution, and, with Christ, the freedom from my chains. Hear my plea. Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!
The “Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel” devotion was revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Portuguese Carmelite nun Antónia d’Astónaco in 1751. This prayer honors Saint Michael the Archangel and the nine choirs of angels through nine salutations. The devotion carries Christ’s own promise that whoever prays this chaplet daily will be accompanied by an angel from each of the nine choirs during their lifetime and at the hour of death, making it both a shield of protection and a pathway to the heavenly court.
V:/ O God, come to my assistance, R:/ O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Salutation #1 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim, may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #2 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim, may the Lord vouchsafe to grant us grace to leave the ways of wickedness; to run in the paths of Christian perfection. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #3 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Thrones, may the Lord infuse into our hearts a true and sincere spirit of humility. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #4 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Dominions, may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and subdue our unruly passions. Amen
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #5 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Virtues, may the Lord preserve us from evil and suffer us not to fall into temptation. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #6 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers, may the Lord vouchsafe to protect our souls against the snares and temptations of the devil. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #7 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities, may God fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #8 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Archangels, may the Lord give us perseverance in faith and in all good works, in order that we gain the glory of Paradise. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
Salutation #9 By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Angels, may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal life and conducted hereafter to eternal glory. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace… Hail Mary, full of grace…
In honor of St. Michael Our Father, Who art in heaven…
In honor of St. Gabriel Our Father, Who art in heaven…
In honor of St. Raphael Our Father, Who art in heaven…
In honor of our Guardian Angel Our Father, Who art in heaven…
Concluding Prayers O glorious prince St. Michael, chief and commander of the heavenly hosts, guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits, servant in the house of the Divine King and our admirable conductor, you who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue, deliver us from all evil, who turn to you with confidence, and enable us by your gracious protection, to serve God more and more faithfully every day.
V:/ Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ,
R:/ that we may be made worthy of His promises.
Let us pray:
Almighty and Everlasting God, Who, by a prodigy of goodness and a merciful desire for the salvation of all men, has appointed the most glorious Archangel St. Michael… Prince of Your Church. Make us worthy, we ask You, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into Your Presence. This we ask through the merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
The “Prayer To St. Joseph After The Rosary” is a prayer dedicated to St. Joseph, the beloved spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and patron of the universal Church. This beautiful prayer originates from Pope Leo XIII, who included it in his 1889 encyclical Quamquam pluries. The Holy Father recommended that the faithful recite this prayer following the Rosary. The Church has granted a partial indulgence to this devotion.
To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and through the paternal love, with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by His Blood, and with your power and strength, to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ.
O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence.
O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity.
Shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
The “Novena to St. Philomena” is a 9-day invocation to one of the Church’s most beloved young saints and martyrs, often called the “Wonder-Worker” for the countless miracles attributed to her intercession. This prayer honors St. Philomena’s extraordinary courage and purity, as she chose martyrdom rather than abandon her faith and consecrated virginity when faced with the advances of Emperor Diocletian. Countless faithful have reported healings, conversions, and spiritual graces through St. Philomena’s intercession.
Pray the following prayer for nine consecutive days for a special intention:
O great St. Philomena, glorious Virgin and Martyr, wonder-worker of our age, I return most fervent thanks to God for the miraculous gifts bestowed on thee, and beseech thee to impart to me a share in the graces and blessings of which thou hast been the channel to so many souls. Through the heroic fortitude with which thou didst confront the fury of tyrants and brave the frowns of the mighty, rather than swerve from thy allegiance to the King of Heaven, obtain for me purity of body and soul, purity of heart and desire, purity of thought and affection.
Through thy patience under multiplied sufferings, obtain for me a submissive acceptance of all the afflictions it may please God to send me and as thou didst miraculously escape unhurt from the waters of the Tiber, into which thou wert cast by order of thy persecutor, so may I pass through the waters of tribulation without detriment to my soul. In addition to these favors, obtain for me, O faithful spouse of Jesus, the particular intention I earnestly recommend to thee at this moment.
[Mention your petitions now]
O pure Virgin and holy Martyr, deign to cast a look of pity from Heaven on thy devoted servant, comfort me in affliction, assist me in danger, above all come to my aid in the hour of death. Watch over the interests of the Church of God, pray for its exaltation and prosperity, the extension of the faith, for the Sovereign Pontiff, for the clergy, for the perseverance of the just, the conversion of sinners, and the relief of the souls in purgatory, especially those dear to me.
O great Saint, whose triumph we celebrate on earth, intercede for me, that I may one day behold the crown of glory bestowed on thee in Heaven, and eternally bless Him who so liberally rewards for all eternity the sufferings endured for His love during this short life. Amen.
The “Prayer to St. Philomena” is an invocation to one of the Church’s most beloved young saints and martyrs, often called the “Wonder-Worker” for the countless miracles attributed to her intercession. This prayer honors St. Philomena’s extraordinary courage and purity, as she chose martyrdom rather than abandon her faith and consecrated virginity when faced with the advances of Emperor Diocletian. Countless faithful have reported healings, conversions, and spiritual graces through St. Philomena’s intercession.
O great St. Philomena, glorious Virgin and Martyr, wonder-worker of our age, I return most fervent thanks to God for the miraculous gifts bestowed on thee, and beseech thee to impart to me a share in the graces and blessings of which thou hast been the channel to so many souls.
Through the heroic fortitude with which thou didst confront the fury of tyrants and brave the frowns of the mighty, rather than swerve from thy allegiance to the King of Heaven, obtain for me purity of body and soul, purity of heart and desire, purity of thought and affection.
Through thy patience under multiplied sufferings, obtain for me a submissive acceptance of all the afflictions it may please God to send me and as thou didst miraculously escape unhurt from the waters of the Tiber, into which thou wert cast by order of thy persecutor, so may I pass through the waters of tribulation without detriment to my soul.
In addition to these favors, obtain for me, O faithful spouse of Jesus, the particular intention I earnestly recommend to thee at this moment.
[Mention your petitions now]
O pure Virgin and holy Martyr, deign to cast a look of pity from Heaven on thy devoted servant, comfort me in affliction, assist me in danger, above all come to my aid in the hour of death.
Watch over the interests of the Church of God, pray for its exaltation and prosperity, the extension of the faith, for the Sovereign Pontiff, for the clergy, for the perseverance of the just, the conversion of sinners, and the relief of the souls in purgatory, especially those dear to me.
O great Saint, whose triumph we celebrate on earth, intercede for me, that I may one day behold the crown of glory bestowed on thee in Heaven, and eternally bless Him who so liberally rewards for all eternity the sufferings endured for His love during this short life. Amen.
