The “Offering of Self” Prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Prayer is a form of communication with God that draws us closer to Him and to doing His holy will. There are many efficacious ways to pray but the best thing to do is to start by opening your heart and humble yourself before God. But it is hard to do this if you do not know God or understand His ways. How do you enter into His presence and open your heart to receive His grace?
The Catholic church has a long history of teaching Christians how to pray. There are five ways to pray, or types of prayers. These ways to pray are worship and praise, petition and intercession, supplication, thanksgiving, and spiritual warfare.
If you are new to prayer and do not know where to start, begin by structuring your day around prayer and use the prayers that were given to us by the angels and saints. Many of them are here on this website. When you have prayed these prayers and meditated on His holy word, then open your heart to pray in your own words. Then spend time in adoration, seeking to know Him in silence. This is the most powerful and beautiful way to pray – to sit in His presence and love Him in silence and let Him fill you with grace.
Psalm 34 is a prayer that exalts the Lord for His goodness and help in deliverance from trouble.
Just before a major turning point in World War II, Pope Pius XII consecrated the whole human race to the Immaculate Heart of Mary with this prayer.
This prayer of Consecration to the Holy Spirit was written by the Venerable Félix de Jesús Rougier, a (Marist) priest of the Society of Mary who was born in France in 1859.
The Litany of the Holy Ghost is a prayer that asks for an increase in the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts help guide us and give us grace. These graces help us work to grow in virtue and sanctity.
Grace comes when we petition the Lord for it. Prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament changes lives. His presence is real. He comes to us in our brokenness and weakness. This prayer of perpetual adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament asks for the grace to grow this devotion so that healing comes to souls, their families, their parishes, their communities, regions, and nations.
Pray the Sacred Heart of Jesus chaplet, meditating on the 5 mysteries of the Eucharist, and then end this devotion with a short novena written by St. Padre Pio.
We pray to the Lord for His mercy and for protection from evil in time of war and affliction. This list of five prayers for a time of war can be prayed by the faithful, asking for the mercy of God.
Come Holy Spirit is a beautiful sequence hymn that has been sung traditionally for nearly 450 years. This prayer is called Come Holy Spirit in English. See the English and Latin versions of this prayer.
This hymnal, Come Holy Spirit Creator Blest, was originally written over a millennia ago by Bhp. Rabanus Maurus (c. 776-856). Veni Creator Spiritus can be recited, chanted, or sung and it has an indulgence attached to it.
This scriptural rosary includes a 15 minute meditation on all of the mysteries as part of the First Saturday devotion to Our Lady of Fatima.
