“A Prayer for Strength” was composed by Dr. Ken Boa, President of Reflections Ministries (https://www.kenboa.org)
The “Prayer for Strength“ is a powerful supplication to God, acknowledging that His word will always accomplish His divine will and purpose. In this prayer, we offer our petitions for strength based on the promises found in His eternal word. We are reminded that, although our human nature is frail and fleeting like the grass and flowers that fade, God’s word stands forever, and even when Heaven and Earth pass away, the words of Jesus will never pass away.
A Prayer for Strength
Father, the word that goes forth from Your mouth will not return to You empty but will accomplish what You desire and achieve the purpose for which You sent it. I offer to You these prayers for strength, based on Your word. Your word teaches that I am like the grass that withers and my glory like the flower that fades, but Your word, my God, stands forever. Even when Heaven and Earth pass away, the words of Jesus will never pass away. How blessed is the person whose strength is in You. As they pass through the valley, they go from strength to strength. God of Armies, hear my prayers for strength. Amen.
Saint Jude Thaddeus, apostle of Christ and glorious martyr, great intercessor in all difficult problems. Today I turn to you with great faith to ask for your generous assistance, for I am afflicted and tormented by the lack of economic means. You, who are my beloved saint, my blessed patron and noble protector, welcome my soul and my body, my mind and my heart; I, humbly prostrated before you, I ask by the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, that you cast me a compassionate glance and despise not my heartfelt prayer, so my confidence be not in vain. You who, in addition to a singular love, were united with links of kinship to the Divine Redeemer Jesus Christ, source of all good, and are a powerful aid of the desperate.
Pray for me my patron saint, my aid, so that, assisted by your precious intercession, I may receive a prompt and efficacious solution for my overwhelming needs.
Make it so that I can obtain urgently, needed cash to meet all my expenses, payments, debts, and have peace of mind and tranquility. Make it so, I beg you, with the certainty of being heard, that I obtain what I need so much: (Ask for everything that you want to attain)
Blessed Saint Jude, I honor you with special affection and devotion, hand me the presence and strength of God. Protect me in all my circumstances, may your help and consolation never cease. Obtain for me by the grace of the Lord Jesus, Mary and Joseph, deliverance, prosperity, work and health; make it so that well-being is installed in my home.
As an expression of my affection and gratitude, I promise you I will promote an authentic devotion to you and already from this moment, I infinitely give you thanks for all your favors. So be it.
The Apostles’ Creed(pray 1 time) 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.
Our Father(Pray 3 times) 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 (Pray 3 times) 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 (Pray 3 times) 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.
A Prayer for Persecuted Christiansis a prayer for perseverance and strength for Christians being persecuted around the world, and a petition for mercy and conversion upon those who are persecuting them. This prayer was composed by Archbishop William E. Lori, Supreme Chaplain.
O God of all the nations, the One God who is and was and always will be, in Your providence You willed that Your Church be united to the suffering of Your Son. Look with mercy on Your servants who are persecuted for their faith in You. Grant them perseverance and courage to be worthy imitators of Christ. Bring Your wisdom upon leaders of nations to work for peace among all peoples. May Your Spirit open conversion for those who contradict Your will, that we may live in harmony. Give us the grace to be united in truth and freedom, and to always seek Your will in our lives. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians, pray for us.
ThePrayer for Financial Help is a humble request to God for a modest financial blessing to alleviate the person’s financial difficulties and stress. The supplicant expresses faith in God’s provision and desires to use the requested financial means to do God’s work and spread His love.
Heavenly Father, I come before You today to ask for a financial blessing to improve my life. My faith keeps me strong, and I know You will provide for me and the people I love. I do not seek a large sum of money. I do not trouble You for unneeded comforts or luxury. I only ask for enough money to relieve my financial woes and ease this stress. Give me the means to do Your work and spread Your Love. I have so much to give if only I were allowed the chance. In Jesus’ Name, I pray. Amen.
This prayer seeks God’s comfort, provision, and guidance amidst financial insecurity and economic crisis. It reminds us that despite material uncertainty, our true security is in God’s infinite love and care.
Gracious God, we know that your love is infinite and that you care about all areas of our life. In this time of economic insecurity, help us to trust that all of our security is in you. Keep us mindful that you always have and always will provide for our needs. Apart from you we can do nothing.
Merciful God, we ask that you give our leaders the wisdom to guide our nation and the world out of the current economic crisis. Help us to protect the poor and all those who are struggling during this difficult time. Provide for their needs and give them hope. Open new opportunities for them and furnish the resources they need to live with dignity. Encourage those who have enough to share essential resources with those who lack the necessities of life, and to do so with humble, grateful and loving hearts. We ask this through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
The “A Prayer Against Depression”, which was composedby St. Ignatius de Loyola, is a prayer asking God for strength, hope and perseverance to overcome feelings of depression and despair. The prayer acknowledges one’s suffering while affirming trust and faith in God’s goodness and mercy. Though brief, it expresses reliance on God’s grace to make it through difficult times. The prayer reflects St. Ignatius’ own struggles with despair and his deep Christian faith.
O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to You, we shall see Your hand, Your purpose, Your will through all things.
The Novena to St. Jude, the patron saint of difficult and desperate cases, is a plea for heavenly assistance and intercession, asking St. Jude for his prayers and intercession with the Lord to bring swift and visible help in time of great need, particularly for a specific request.
Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone.
Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly – (make your request here)– and that I may praise God with you and all the saints forever. I promise, O Blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor granted me by God and to always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen. PRAYER May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, and loved in all the tabernacles until the end of time. Amen.
May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised and glorified now and forever. Amen.
St. Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Amen.
Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus, in all the world and for all Eternity.
The St. Dymphna Novena is a novena venerating St. Dymphna as the patron saint of those suffering from mental and emotional distress. This association arose because of the circumstances of her own life, including her mother’s death and her father’s mental illness, as well as the violent end to her own life.
O God, we humbly beseech You through Your servant, St. Dymphna, who sealed with her blood the love she bore You, to grant relief to those who suffer from mental afflictions and nervous disorders, especially…
(Mention your request here…).
You graciously chose St. Dymphna as patroness of those afflicted with mental and emotional illnesses. She is an inspiration and a symbol of charity to all who ask for her intercession.
Grant through the prayers of this pure youthful martyr consolation and healing to all who suffer such trials. We beg you, Lord, to hear the prayers of St. Dymphna on our behalf. Grant us patience in suffering and acceptance of Your Divine Will. Fill our hearts with hope, and grant us the relief and strength we so much desire. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen!
St. Dymphna, helper of the mentally afflicted, pray for us.
St. Anthony is known as the “Saint of Miracles” and “Wonder Worker” on account of the many miracles God has favored him with. The “Novena to St Anthony” is commonly prayed for nine consecutive Tuesdays or for nine consecutive days for a special intention.
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 1 O holy St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity for his creatures made you worthy while on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me the favor I seek in this novena. (State your intention).
The answer to my prayer may require a miracle; even so, you are the saint of miracles. O gentle and loving Saint Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and the gratitude of my heart will always be yours.
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 2 [Click for prayer video] O miracle-working St. Anthony, remember that it never has been heard that you left without help or relief anyone who in his need had recourse to you. Animated now with the most lively confidence, even with full conviction of not being refused, I fly for refuge to thee, O most favored friend of the Infant Jesus. O eloquent preacher of the divine mercy, despise not my supplications but, bringing them before the throne of God, strengthen them by your intercession and obtain for me the favor I seek in this novena. (State your intention) .
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 3 [Click for prayer video] O purest St. Anthony, who through your angelic virtue was made worthy to be caressed by the Divine Child Jesus, to hold him in your arms and press him to your heart. I entreat you to cast a benevolent glance upon me. O glorious St. Anthony, born under the protection of Mary Immaculate, on the Feast of her Assumption into Heaven, and consecrated to her and now so powerful an intercessor in Heaven, I beseech you to obtain for me the favor I ask in this novena. (State your intention). O great wonder-worker, intercede for me that God may grant my request.
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 4 [Click for prayer video] I salute and honor you, O powerful helper, St. Anthony. The Christian world confidently turns to you and experiences your tender compassion and powerful assistance in so many necessities and sufferings that I am encouraged in my need to seek your help in obtaining a favorable answer to my request for the favor I seek in this novena. (State your intention). O holy St. Anthony, I beseech you, obtain for me the grace that I desire.
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 5 [Click for prayer video] I salute you, St. Anthony, lily of purity, ornament and glory of Christianity. I salute you, great Saint, cherub of wisdom and seraph of divine love. I rejoice at the favors our Lord has so liberally bestowed upon you. In humility and confidence I entreat you to help me, for I know that God has given you charity and pity, as well as power. I ask you by the love you did feel toward the Infant Jesus as you held him in your arms to tell Him now of the favor I seek through your intercession in this novena. (State your intention).
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 6 [Click for prayer video] O glorious St. Anthony, chosen by God to preach his Word, you received from Him the gift of tongues and the power of working the most extraordinary miracles. O good St. Anthony, pray that I may fulfill the will of God in all things so that I may love Him, with you, for all eternity. O kind St. Anthony, I beseech you, obtain for me the grace that I desire, the favor I seek in this novena. (State your intention).
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 7 [Click for prayer video] O renowned champion of the faith of Christ, most holy St. Anthony, glorious for your many miracles, obtain for me from the bounty of my Lord and God the grace which I ardently seek in this novena. (State your intention). O holy St. Anthony, ever attentive to those who invoke you, grant me that aid of your powerful intercession.
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 8 [Click for prayer video] O holy St. Anthony, you have shown yourself so powerful in your intercession, so tender and so compassionate towards those who honor you and invoke you in suffering and distress. I beseech you most humbly and earnestly to take me under your protection in my present necessities and to obtain for me the favor I desire. (State your intention). Recommend my request to the merciful Queen of Heaven, that she may plead my cause with you before the throne of her Divine Son.
Novena to St. Anthony – Day 9 [Click for prayer video] Saint Anthony, servant of Mary, glory of the Church, pray for our Holy Father, our bishops, our priests, our Religious Orders, that, through their pious zeal and apostolic labors, all may be united in faith and give greater glory to God. St. Anthony, helper of all who invoke you, pray for me and intercede for me before the throne of Almighty God that I be granted the favor I so earnestly seek in this novena. (State your intention).
May the divine assistance remain always with us. Amen. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Let Us Pray… O God, may the votive commemoration of blessed Anthony, your confessor, be a source of joy to your Church; that she may always be fortified with spiritual assistance, and deserve to enjoy eternal rewards. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Devotion to Our Lady of Good Remedy is particularly recommended to anyone who is “enslaved” in any kind of darkness, such as poverty, chronic illness, disability, abusive relationships, or mental illness. It is also recommended to those who are caught in desperate situations of many different kinds: distress, hardship, fear, anger, confusion, spiritual dryness, and/or any other form of darkness that one feels enslaved to.
O QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, Most Holy Virgin, we venerate thee. Thou art the beloved Daughter of the Most High God, the chosen Mother of the Incarnate Word, the Immaculate Spouse of the Holy Spirit, and the Sacred Vessel of the Most Holy Trinity.
O Mother of the Divine Redeemer, who under the title of Our Lady of Good Remedy, comes to the aid of all who call upon thee, extend thy maternal protection to us. We depend on thee, Dear Mother, as helpless and needy children depend on a tender and caring mother.
Hail Mary…
O LADY OF GOOD REMEDY, source of unfailing help, grant that we may draw from thy treasury of graces in our time of need. Touch the hearts of sinners, that they may seek reconciliation and forgiveness. Bring comfort to the afflicted and the lonely; help the poor and the hopeless; aid the sick and the suffering. May they be healed in body and strengthened in spirit to endure their sufferings with patient resignation and Christian fortitude.
Hail Mary…
DEAR LADY OF GOOD REMEDY, source of unfailing help, thy compassionate heart knows a remedy for every affliction and misery we encounter in life. Help me with thy prayers and intercession to find a remedy for my problems and needs, especially for…
(Mention your intentions here).
On my part, O loving Mother, I pledge myself to a more intensely Christian lifestyle, to a more careful observance of the laws of God, to be more conscientious in fulfilling the obligations of my state in life, and to strive to be a source of healing in this broken world of ours.
Hail Mary…
DEAR LADY OF GOOD REMEDY, be ever present to me, and through thy intercession, may I enjoy health of body and peace of mind, and grow stronger in the faith and in the love of thy Son, Jesus.
Hail Mary…
V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of Good Remedy, R. That we may deepen our dedication to thy Son, and make the world alive with His Spirit.
