Saints Archives

Novena to St. Carlo Acutis

The Novena to St. Carlo Acutis is a nine day prayer honoring the young saint known for his deep love of the Eucharist and his use of technology to draw others closer to Christ. Through this prayer, the faithful seek his intercession, asking for a pure heart, the courage to live their faith openly, and the grace to see God in the ordinary moments of daily life, just as St. Carlo did during his short time on earth.

Novena to St. Carlo Acutis

Novena Video

St. Carlo Acutis, you were young and ordinary in so many ways, yet you were extraordinary in your love for the Eucharist. You called it your “highway to heaven.”

You spent your short life using your technical skills to catalog Eucharistic miracles for the world to see, carrying souls to Christ and pointing others toward the altar.

Obtain for us a pure heart and the courage to live our faith openly in a world quick to mock it, just as you did.

Watch over the young people of this generation, especially those who spend their days online, that they might use technology for good rather than for emptiness.

Lord Jesus Christ, present forever in the Most Holy Eucharist, we come before You through the intercession of St. Carlo Acutis. You call each of us, young and old, to the same altar he loved so much, and You wait for us there with the same patience and mercy You showed him. Strengthen our faith, deepen our hunger for You in the Most Blessed Sacrament, and help us to see You in the ordinary moments of our days as he did. Through his prayers, we bring before You our intentions:

(Mention your intentions now)

Grant us the grace we ask for, according to Your will, and may we imitate the devotion and joy of St. Carlo Acutis. Amen.

[Pray one time:]

The Our Father prayer

The Hail Mary prayer

The Glory Be prayer

St. Carlo Acutis, pray for us.

Novena to St. Carlo Acutis

Litany of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

The Litany of St. Padre Pio is a prayer honoring St. Pio of Pietrelcina, the stigmatist priest of San Giovanni Rotondo. Known for his tireless ministry in the confessional, he also held deep devotion to Our Lady and the Holy Rosary, and cared for the sick and suffering through the hospital he founded. Composed by The Catholic Crusade, this litany draws on the true details of his life to offer praise and seek his intercession for those who turn to him in prayer.

Litany of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Litany Video

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father in Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.

St. Padre Pio, Capuchin friar of Pietrelcina, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, marked with the wounds of Christ Crucified, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, victim soul for sinners, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, devoted son of St. Francis, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, tireless minister of confession, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, reader of hidden hearts, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, offerer of daily Mass with burning love, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, devoted son of Our Lady of Grace, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, ardent lover of the Holy Rosary, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, comforter of the sorrowful, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, friend of the poor, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, intercessor for the sick in body and soul, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, founder of the House for the Relief of Suffering, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, father to those who called upon you, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, patient bearer of ridicule and suspicion, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, obedient son of Holy Mother Church, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, guardian of souls entrusted to your prayer, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, teacher of humility and trust in God, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, intercessor for priests, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, hope of the suffering, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, glory of the Capuchin Order, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, faithful servant now crowned in Heaven, pray for us.

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 on us.

V. Pray for us, St. Padre Pio,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

O God, You blessed Your servant St. Padre Pio with the gifts of the Spirit and marked his body with the wounds of Your Son’s Passion, as a witness to Your mercy for a suffering world. Grant that through his intercession we may embrace our own crosses with faith, seek You with humble and contrite hearts, and one day share in the glory of the Resurrection. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Litany of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Prayer to St. Tarcisius

The Prayer to St. Tarcisius is an invocation to the patron of altar servers and First Communicants, seeking his intercession for those who wish to guard the Eucharist with the same devotion he showed. Through this prayer, the faithful ask for spiritual courage, protection from evil, and the strength to carry Christ’s love into the world despite hardship.

St. Tarcisius was a young server of the altar in the early Church, believed to have lived in the third century during a time of Roman persecution. Entrusted with carrying the Holy Eucharist to Christians awaiting martyrdom, he was attacked by a mob demanding he surrender what he carried. He died protecting the Sacrament rather than allow it to be desecrated.

Prayer to St. Tarcisius

Prayer Video

St. Tarcisius, guardian of the Blessed Sacrament, may your holy example serve as a reminder to us to always treasure Jesus in our hearts. Pray that we may remain spiritually steadfast in the face of all evil, and fortify us with courage to carry Christ’s love to others and to endure all hardships with patience.

Through your holy intercession, may our Lord bless and protect all altar servers, first communicants, and all Eucharistic ministers. St. Tarcisius, martyr of the Holy Eucharist, pray for us.

Prayer to St. Tarcisius

Prayer Video

Prayer to Our Lady of La Leche (For Fertility & Pregnancy)

This Prayer to Our Lady of La Leche is a prayer seeking the Blessed Mother’s intercession for couples hoping to conceive, for a healthy pregnancy, and for a safe delivery. Rooted in one of the oldest Marian devotions, this prayer invites reflection on trust, patience, and the sacred gift of new life, with a moment of pause to bring forward a personal intention.

Get the Scoop → “Trying to Conceive? Meet Our Lady of La Leche“

Prayer to Our Lady of La Leche

For Fertility & Pregnancy

Prayer video

Our Lady of La Leche, tender Mother who held the Child Jesus close and nourished Him at your breast, we come to you as your children, trusting in the gentleness with which you loved Him.

You who carried the Savior of the world within your own womb, pray for those hoping, waiting, and preparing to bring new life into this world.

For those trying to conceive, hold them close in their longing, and grant them peace and hope in their hearts.

For those who now carry a child, watch over their little one with the same tenderness you gave your own Son, guarding against harm and complication, and granting strength and serenity to the mother.

For those nearing the day of birth, be present at their side, that delivery may be safe, and that mother and child alike may be kept in good health.

We especially now pray for … (Mention your petitions now)

Our Lady of La Leche, present this prayer to your Son Jesus, who denies you nothing. Teach every mother and father to trust in God’s timing, and to receive each child as the sacred blessing he or she is.

Watch over these families from conception through birth and beyond, and lead them all closer to your Son. Amen.

Our Lady of La Leche, pray for us.

Prayer to Our Lady of La Leche

For Fertility & Pregnancy

Prayer to St. Gregory the Great

The Prayer to St. Gregory the Great is a powerful petition asking for the intercession of the great pope and Doctor of the Church. It calls upon him to help us grow in humility in service, wisdom in leadership, and a deep love for the beauty of the Church’s worship. Through this prayer, we ask St. Gregory to guide us in seeing Christ in those we serve, laboring for souls without counting the cost, and living as faithful stewards of the gifts God has given us to bring honor to His holy Name.

Prayer to St. Gregory the Great

Prayer Video

O glorious St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, faithful servant of the servants of God, you governed the Church with wisdom, humility, and unfailing charity, and gave your life to spreading the Gospel to distant lands.

You loved the sacred liturgy and gave the Church a treasury of prayer and chant that still lifts our hearts to God today. You cared for the poor, guided souls with patience, and never sought honor for yourself, but only the glory of Christ.

St. Gregory, obtain for us a spirit of humility in service, wisdom in leadership, and love for the beauty of the Church’s worship. Help us to see Christ in those we serve, and to labor for souls as you did, without counting the cost.

Pray for us, that we may be found faithful servants of the gifts God has given us, and that our lives may bring honor to His holy Name. Amen.

Prayer to St. Gregory the Great

Prayer & Video

Prayer to Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni)

The Prayer to Our Lady of Good Health is a petition to Mary under her title of Our Lady of Vailankanni, asking her intercession for healing and strength in times of sickness. It calls upon her compassion as a mother who has brought comfort and recovery to the sick throughout the ages, entrusting our bodily and spiritual needs to her care and asking for the grace to accept God’s will with patience and peace.

Prayer to Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni)

Prayer Video

O Mary! Our Mother of Health and our Heavenly Queen, seated on your throne of mercy and compassion in your Holy Shrine at Vailankanni, we praise and honor you as our refuge and our relief. Numerous are the sick who through you have recovered health.

Relying on your power and goodness, we fly to you and implore you to heal our infirmities and to obtain for us perfect health of body and soul, that we may better be able to serve you and your Divine Son.

At all times you have been the help and consolation of the sick. You obtain for them health when it is conducive to their salvation. You assist them at the time of their death. Help them, O Most amiable Mother, and obtain for us cure of all our sufferings, or patience to endure them in the spirit of resignation agreeable to God’s Holy Will, so that all our trials and sufferings may help to purify our souls and help us to detach ourselves from earthly ties. Amen.

Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni)

A Prayer for Purity Through the Intercession of St. Augustine

“A Prayer for Purity Through the Intercession of St. Augustine” is a Catholic prayer that turns to our beloved St. Augustine, who battled lust and impurity firsthand. Before his conversion, he spent years chasing worldly pleasure, famously admitting to God, “Grant me chastity, but not yet.” That candid struggle, followed by his complete transformation through grace, is what makes him a natural intercessor for anyone fighting the same battle today.

This prayer asks him to intercede before the Lord for freedom from lust and impurity, for a mind renewed and a heart guarded against temptation, and for the courage to answer God’s call without delay. It closes by placing that plea directly before Christ, echoing the humble cry of the publican: Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.

A Prayer For Purity Through the Intercession of St. Augustine

Prayer Video

O St. Augustine, you who once wandered far into sin and knew the heavy chains of lust before Christ set you free, hear my prayer.

You cried out to God, “Grant me chastity, but not yet,” and yet in His mercy, the Lord did not abandon you to that delay. He broke the hold of disordered desire upon your heart and gave you the strength to live in purity and truth.

I come to you now, weighed down by the same struggle. Intercede for me before the Lord, that I may be freed from the grip of lust and impurity. Ask our Savior to renew my mind, to guard my eyes and my heart, and to give me the courage to turn away from sin before it takes deeper root.

You know how hard the fight can be, and you know the joy that waits on the other side of it. Pray that I may not delay in answering God’s call, but surrender fully to His grace today.

Through your intercession, may I walk in purity, and may my heart find the rest it was made for in God alone. Amen.

Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.

A Prayer For Purity

Through the Intercession of St. Augustine

A Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pius X

A Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pius X asks for the intercession of this beloved saint, calling on him as a faithful shepherd and father to guide the soul toward holiness. It reflects on St. Pius X’s deep love for the Holy Eucharist, tender care for the poor and suffering, and trust in God through the trials of the papacy, asking that his example inspire a life of faith and peace.

Prayer to St. Pius

Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pius

Prayer Video

Saint Pius X, faithful shepherd and servant of Christ, you gave your life in humble service to the Church and to souls. Watch over me now as a father watches over his children, and guide me along the path of holiness.

You loved the Holy Eucharist above all things and drew countless souls to the altar of the Lord. Kindle in my heart that same love, that I may hunger for Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and receive Him with a pure and grateful heart.

You cared tenderly for the poor and the suffering, and bore the weight of the Church’s trials with patience and trust in God. Teach me to carry my own burdens with that same peace, and to see Christ in those who suffer around me.

Holy Pope Pius, hear my prayer and carry it before the throne of God. I entrust to you especially this intention: (mention your intentions now).

Obtain for me the grace to live and die as a faithful child of Holy Mother Church, just as you did. Amen.

St. Pius X, pray for me.

Prayer to St. Pius X

Chaplet of St. Monica

The Chaplet of St. Monica is a devotion imploring the prayers of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, whose seventeen years of prayers and petitioning led to conversion of her son, who ultimately became a saint in the Church. This chaplet is especially intended for parents and loved ones who are praying for the conversion of sons and daughters (or anyone else recommended who is in need of conversion).

Chaplet of St. Monica

For the Conversion of Sons and Daughters

Chaplet Video

O holy St. Monica, by your burning tears and unceasing prayers, you did save your son from eternal damnation. Obtain for us the grace to comprehend what is most conductive to the salvation of our children, so that we may effectively restrain them from the way of sin and lead them by that of virtue and piety to heaven. Amen.

Pray the Our Father (1 time)

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, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

St. Monica, we join our tears to yours against the spirit of despair and toward the spirit of hope. Pray for us in the Holy Name of Jesus. Amen.