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.
Act of Faith, Hope and Love is a beautiful adoration prayer to Jesus Christ to be prayed before holy Communion or while in Eucharistic adoration after Mass.
A First Fridays devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus offers many graces and blessings and is done on nine consecutive first Fridays of the month.
Saint Francis of Assisi had a deep devotion to Jesus in adoration. When he began his ministry of rebuilding the church he entered a ruined church and heard Jesus speak to him from the crucifix.
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is prayed on a regular set of rosary beads. It begins with two prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina.
Pray this beautiful prayer for priests every day written by the former Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Cushing, who established many new churches and seminaries before his death in 1970.
Christ instituted the priesthood on Holy Thursday. Join Him in adoration on Thursdays to pray this scriptural rosary for priests.
In times of uncertainty and distress, we ask the Lord to give us peace of mind and heart. Prayer this prayer for the peace that only God can give.
This devotional repentance prayer has been traditionally prayed before confession to help the penitent prepare to ask forgiveness of sins.
Direct your attention to God with the right frame of mind by humbly praying the Act of Petition prayer. Then pray from your heart your personal needs.
Pray the Confiteor prayer after confession, which is the prayer of the faithful after making a confession to the priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
