Prayers

Common Catholic prayers for home, family and parish

Talking with God

Why we pray

Prayer is the raising of our hearts and minds to God. The prayers on this page have been handed down by the Church for centuries: we pray them together at Mass, teach them to our children in catechism, and say them at home in the morning, at meals and before we sleep. As a parish dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we begin with prayers to His Sacred Heart. Choose a prayer below to read and pray it.

Sacred Heart

Painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Morning Offering

Offering the whole day to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Invocations to the Sacred Heart

Short prayers to the Heart of Jesus, for any moment of the day

Everyday Prayers

A carved wooden crucifix with a rosary at its base

Sign of the Cross

How every Catholic prayer begins and ends

Hands folded in prayer holding a wooden rosary

Our Father

The prayer Jesus himself taught us

Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, crowned, hands joined in prayer

Hail Mary

Greeting Our Lady with the words of the Angel Gabriel

Hands folded in prayer holding a wooden rosary

Glory Be

Praise to the Holy Trinity

An open Bible on a church lectern beside a lit candle

Apostles’ Creed

What we believe as Catholics

A carved wooden crucifix with a rosary at its base

Act of Contrition

Sorrow for sin, prayed in Confession and at night

Hands folded in prayer at a table with bread, rice and a wooden cross

Grace Before Meals

Thanking God for the food we share

Prayers to Our Lady

Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, crowned, hands joined in prayer

Hail, Holy Queen

Asking Our Lady, Mother of mercy, to pray for us

Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, crowned, hands joined in prayer

Memorare

Trusting in the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Other Prayers

Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel with sword raised

Prayer to Saint Michael

Asking the Archangel to defend us against evil

Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel with sword raised

St. Michael the Archangel Chaplet

Nine salutations to the choirs of angels, with St. Michael

A lit candle beside a crucifix and white lilies

Eternal Rest

For the souls of the faithful departed