Prayers for Help Archives

Litany to Obtain a Conversion

The “Litany to Obtain a Conversion”, also known as “The Litany of Conversion”, is a traditional prayer that is offered up for others who are distant from the Christ and/or His Church. The prayer petitions the saints who experienced dramatic spiritual journeys themselves. Whether offering it for family members and friends who no longer attend mass or who have rejected religious beliefs all together, this powerful litany seeks divine grace and mercy to guide them back to the path of faith.

Litany to Obtain a Conversion

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Lord, have mercy upon them.

Christ, have mercy upon them.

Lord, have mercy upon them.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy upon them.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon them.

God the Holy Spirit, have mercy upon them.

Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy upon them.

Holy Mary, pray for them.

Holy Mother of God, pray for them.

Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for them.

St. Michael, pray for them.

St. Joseph, pray for them.

St. Joachim and St. Anne, pray for them.

St. John the Baptist, pray for them.

Good Thief, pray for them.

St. Peter, pray for them.

St. Paul, pray for them.

St. Stephen, pray for them.

St. Augustine, pray for them.

St. Dominic, pray for them.

St. Francis of Assisi, pray for them.

St. Ignatius Loyola pray for them.

St. Mary Magdalene, pray for them.

St. Monica, pray for them.

St. Teresa, pray for them.

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for them.

St. Elizabeth, pray for them.

Holy patron, pray for them.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

Let us pray: Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to Thy faithful people forgiveness of their offenses and true peace, that, being cleansed from all their sins, they may serve Thee in peace of mind with holy confidence. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer for the Return of Lost Sheep to the Church

The “Prayer for the Return of Lost Sheep to the Church” invokes God’s mercy and grace, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, the Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, in helping bring back those who have strayed from their Catholic faith. It humbly petitions for the conversion of sinners and the protection and exaltation of the Catholic Church.

Get the scoop → “When A Loved One Leaves The Faith”

Prayer for the Return of Lost Sheep to the Church

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O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with favor upon Thy people who cry to Thee; and through the intercession of the glorious and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Joseph, her Spouse, of Thy Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, do Thou mercifully and graciously hear the prayers which we pour forth for the conversion of sinners and for the freedom and exaltation of Holy Mother Church.

We especially wish to offer this prayer for the conversion of …

[Mention the names of those you are praying for now.]

This we ask through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Sacred Heart Novena — Never Fails

The “Sacred Heart Novena – Never Fails” is a deeply personal and intimate prayer of devotion to Jesus’s Sacred Heart. This powerful novena embodies the profound trust between the faithful and Jesus Christ, expressing complete confidence in His divine love and mercy. Through this prayer, the devotee places their hopes, needs, and deepest desires before Jesus, believing in His compassionate intercession with God the Father.

Prayer Video: Sacred Heart Novena — Never Fails

O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked you for many favors, now I ask you for this one…

[Make your request here]

Take it and place it in your, own broken heart and when Thy Heavenly Father sees it/ He will not refuse it. It is not my prayer but Thy prayer of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in thee.

A Student’s Prayer

“A Student’s Prayer” is a fervent appeal to God for wisdom and clarity in learning, penned by the influential 13th-century theologian St. Thomas Aquinas. It calls upon the Holy Spirit to illuminate the mind, enhance memory, and improve expression. Recognizing God as the wellspring of all knowledge, it seeks His guidance throughout the learning process. The prayer speaks to students and scholars across generations, highlighting the spiritual dimension of intellectual growth and the importance of God’s grace in academic pursuits.

A Student’s Prayer

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Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator,
true source of light and fountain of wisdom!
Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect,
dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance.
Grant me a penetrating mind to understand,
a retentive memory, method and ease in learning,
the lucidity to comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself.
Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress,
and bring it to successful completion.
This I ask through Jesus Christ,
true God and true man,
living and reigning with You and the Father,
forever and ever.
Amen.

Prayer Before a Test or Exam

Prayer Before a Test or Exam | The Catholic Church recognizes St. Joseph of Cupertino as a special protector for those facing tests and exams. Many students turn to him, asking for his heavenly help when preparing for important assessments. There’s a specific prayer dedicated to St. Joseph of Cupertino that learners often recite, hoping for his aid in their academic challenges.

Prayer Before a Test or Exam

O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew, obtain for me a like favor in the examinations for which I am now preparing. In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

St. Joseph of Cupertino, pray for us.

Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians

The “Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians” is a Catholic Marian prayer composed by St. John Bosco invoking the intercession and aid of the Virgin Mary under her title “Help of Christians.” The prayer seeks Mary’s protection and assistance for the Church and all Christians in times of difficulty, persecution or need. It calls upon her powerful intercession as a caring mother to help, console and guide believers, and to safeguard the faith and well-being of the Christian community.

Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians

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Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians,
how sweet it is to come to your feet
imploring your perpetual help.
If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children,
how can you, the most loving of all mothers, forget me?
Grant then to me, I implore you,
your perpetual help in all my necessities,
in every sorrow, and especially in all my temptations.
I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering.
Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sinners.
Grant through your intercession many vocations to the religious life.
Obtain for me, O Mary, Help of Christians,
that having invoked you here on earth, I may love and eternally thank you in Heaven. Amen.

Prayers for the Unborn

Prayers for the Unborn and their mothers facing unplanned or difficult pregnancies. Through two powerful prayers, we seek God’s protection, grace, and guidance for all those affected, and intercede for a renewed culture of life where every child is cherished as a precious gift from conception onward.

Prayers for the Unborn

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Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts full of love for the precious gift of life. We pray for all unborn children, that they may be protected and cherished from the very moment of their conception.

Lord, we know that every life is valuable in Your eyes, knit together by Your loving hands in the mother’s womb. We pray that all mothers facing difficulties and challenges with their pregnancies may be filled with Your strength, courage, and grace. May they be surrounded by love and support, and may they choose life for their babies.

We pray for a renewed culture of life in our society, where every child is welcomed and cared for as a miraculous creation. Help us to build a world where pregnancy termination is unthinkable, and where all life is treated with the dignity it deserves.

Give us the wisdom and compassion to reach out to those who are hurting after having terminated their pregnancy, offering them Your healing love and mercy. May they find peace and forgiveness in Your endless grace. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Holy Mary, Mother of mercy, we come to you pleading for the littlest and most vulnerable among us – the unborn. Intercede for all children whose lives are threatened before birth. Wrap them in your mantle of protection, and guide their mothers to choose life and love.

Pray for women facing the anguish of unplanned pregnancy. Fill their hearts with courage and hope, that they may say “yes” to the new life within them, just as you did. May your tears of sorrow soften hearts, and awaken our world to the precious gift of human life. Amen.

The Surrender Rosary – (Rosary of Abandonment)

The “Surrender Rosary“ (also known as “Rosary of Abandonment”) is a prayer devotion in which we surrender to Jesus, with complete trust and total abandonment, a heavy problem, circumstance, and situation that seems impossible for us to handle. In this devotion, we give to Jesus that in which is too heavy for us to handle, entrusting in His Divine Goodness to take care of it.

Related Prayer → The Surrender Novena (Surrender to Jesus Everything)

The Surrender Rosary
(Rosary of Abandonment)

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God come to my assistance.
Lord make haste to help me.

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.

Our Father... Who art in heaven, hallowed be 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… full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst 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.

The First Decade
Jesus, You take over! [Pray 10 times]