Category: Holiness Prayers

This category gathers related prayers and meditations from across the site, organized by theme, saint, virtue, season, or liturgical topic. 

This meditative prayer by St. John Henry Newman is a prayer of repentance asking for grace to overcome sinful habits.

Holiness Prayers

This page gathers prayers for growing in holiness — prayers that ask God for the grace to overcome specific vices, build virtue, and become the person He made you to be. You’ll find prayers here centered on humility, patience, charity, and surrender, along with prayers written for those moments when you recognize a particular fault in yourself and want to bring it honestly before God.

Many of these prayers are meant to be prayed as a daily practice rather than a one-time petition — holiness tends to grow slowly, through repetition, not all at once. You’ll find prayers suited to morning or evening prayer, as well as prayers meant to accompany a specific commitment, like giving up a habitual sin or working on a particular virtue over time.

If you’re not sure where to start, pick a single prayer that speaks to something you’re currently working on, and return to it daily for a season, rather than moving through many at once.

This meditative prayer by St. John Henry Newman is a prayer of repentance asking for grace to overcome sinful habits.

The Bondage of Sin Prayer, St. John Henry Newman

pray a prayer to St. Peter the Apostle for Intercession

Prayer to St. Peter the Apostle

Litany of Humility Prayer

Litany of Humility Prayer by Cardinal Merry del Val

Pray "Jesus My Redeemer," a private devotion of praise, repentance, and love. Ask for the Holy Spirit to grant you humility and true holiness.

Jesus My Redeemer: a Prayer of Praise

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