"Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find. Knock and the door will be opened to you."

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xxxxx As Catholics, we recognize that each of us is charged with the privledge of offering personal and continuous prayer to God. Prayers and Devotions is a resource for anyone who desires to pray to God and is looking for the words of expression to do so. These pages are devoted to that bond of prayer that joins the daily prayers of the individual Catholic to the prayers of our Sunday Liturgy. It is a bond that exists between Roman Catholics of every description, the bond to other Christians and in many ways, to the Jews from whom we have learned so much of our prayer.
xxxxxContained in these pages of our website are some of the most familiar Catholic prayers, forming the basis of many of the daily and seasonal prayers of individual Christians and their families. Many of the prayers here also appear alongside their original, traditional Latin form. Here are some of the most sacred, beautiful, and treasured prayers in the Catholic faith, and we hope they may more fully enrich your own prayer life and faith experience.

+ Encyclicals +
Benedict XVI (2005-)
John Paul II (1978-2005)
Paul VI (1963-1978)

+ Encyclicals +
John XXXIII (1958-1963)
Pius XXII (1939-1958)
Pius XI (1922-1939)

+ Necessary Prayers +
Act of Contrition
Apostles Creed
Blessings Before & After Meals
Glory Be To The Father
Nicene Creed
Prayer to Ones Guardian Angel
The Sign of the Cross
The Our Father
The Hail Mary
The Angelus
Act of Faith
Act of Charity

+ Prayers of Praise +
The Divine Praises

+ Prayers To The Holy Spirit +
Come Holy Spirit

+ Devotions to Jesus +
Divine Mercy Chaplet

+ Prayers in Time of Need +
Prayer to St. Joseph for Employment
Prayer for Peace

Prayers for Vocations
Vocations Prayers of Pope John Paul II
Prayer of Pope Benedict XVI
Prayer for Vocations to Mary
Priests After Your Own Heart
Prayer for Vocations
Prayer for Personal Vocation
Prayer for Vocations for the Homebound
Prayer for Priests
Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament

+ Marian Prayers & Devotions +
Ancient Prayer to the Virgin
The Hail Mary
The Angelus
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Memorare
First Five Saturdays Devotion

+ Lenten Devotions & Meditations +
Rules of Fasting and Abstinence
The Way of the Cross
Meditation of Pope St. Leo the Great

+ Advent and Christmas +
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Parish Advent Page
Parish Christmas Page
Sermon by Pope St. Leo the Great
Sunday Devotion Resources

Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Vocations

The Vatican, Rome