The “Prayer for the New Year” is a prayer that invites the faithful to pause and lift their hearts to God – thanking Him for the blessings of the past and placing the unknown future in His providential hands. It asks the Lord to bless families, strengthen His Church, draw back those who have strayed, grant wisdom to world leaders, comfort the suffering, and receive into eternal rest all who have died.
Prayer for the New Year (2026)
Heavenly Father, Author of all time and eternity, we come before You at the threshold of this new year with grateful and hopeful hearts. We thank You for the blessings of the year now passing and place ourselves entirely in Your providential care.
Pour out Your abundant blessings upon our families and friends. May our homes be sanctuaries of Your peace, where love grows deeper and wounds are healed through the grace of forgiveness.
We pray for Your Holy Church – for our Holy Father, Pope Leo, for our bishops and priests, and for all the faithful throughout the world. Strengthen those who proclaim Your Gospel, and renew the hearts of all who serve You.
Grant wisdom to the leaders of nations, that justice may flourish and true peace take root in every land. Extend Your merciful hand to those burdened by poverty or suffering, that they may find relief and know they are not forgotten.
And Father, welcome into Your eternal rest all who have died this past year, and prepare the souls of those whom You will call home in this new year.
As we step forward into the unknown days before us, be our constant guide – and may this be a year in which we grow ever closer to You and to one another.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.