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.
Prayers for holiness are petitions to God to help us become more like Him and less like ourselves. We petition the Lord with prayers for holiness to ask Him for the grace to grow in holiness and overcome our vices.
Man by nature is made in the image and likeness of God, but it is by original sin we have become separated from God and have a fallen nature. When we seek to have relationship with God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ, Our Savior, we must aske for the grace to become holy and righteous.
Daily prayers for holiness are a wonderful way to establish a relationship with the Lord and a firm resolve to amend your life. It is through the act of surrendering our selfish will to the Lord that we are actually freed from our sinful habits. God desires relationship with you. He desires you to live a holy and virtuous life, but because you have the freedom to do as you wish, this also means you must recite prayers for holiness if you want to become more holy.
God is generous and gracious and when you pray and ask him to help you grow in virtue, and you show commitment to amend your life, He will give you all the grace you need. He truly loves you.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
When you are plagued with ruminating thoughts of the past or fear of the future, pray the surrender prayer.
St. Faustina’s prayer to be merciful begins with: “Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful.” This mercy prayer asks God for the grace to be merciful.
The virtue of humility fights the deadly sin of pride. We grow to love God as He truly is and are able to see ourselves as we truly are through humility, which helps us love the truth and obey God.
In Psalm 139 we contemplate the Lord, who knows our innermost thoughts and is familiar with all our ways.
This prayer by St. Faustina asks God to help you have a big heart for others, a merciful heart for those in need, a heart like Jesus.
Try praying for virtues with this beautiful and humble prayer by Saint Thomas Aquinas, who is both a Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor of the Church.
The Lord Jesus Christ gave St. Faustina Kowalska a beautiful gift and through her obedience to Him she gave a message of God’s mercy to the world. Jesus revealed to Saint Faustina the way of Christian perfection based on trust in God having mercy on our neighbors.
This meditative prayer by St. John Henry Newman is a prayer of repentance asking for grace to overcome sinful habits.
Pray this prayer to St. Peter the Apostle, the first Pope, who Jesus raised to high authority even though he denied Him three times on Good Friday.
