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1 A Catholic Prayer BookCatholicPrayerBk_Cov RP:a. A Catholic Prayer Book 3/16/10 2:15 PM Page 3 Catholic Truth Society PublicationsDistributed by Ignatius PressCatholic Truth Society and Ignatius Press have joinedforces to make CTS s outstanding booklets available in NorthAmerica. CTS booklets explain the faith, teaching, and lifeof the Catholic Church. They are based on Sacred Scripture,the Second Vatican Council documents, and the Catechism ofthe Catholic Church. These booklets provide authenticCatholic teaching; they address issues of life and truth whichare relevant to all. They aim to inform and educate readers onthe many issues that people have to deal with rights reserved. Copyright 2001, The IncorporatedCatholic Truth Society of London.
2 Distributed in NorthAmerica by Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 978 1 86082 089 2 Prayers on pages: 4, 6, 16, 18, 20, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 48,49, 51 and 52, copyright International Committee onEnglish in the Liturgy Inc. All rights reserved. Prayer onpage 17 copyright The Grail (England) cover image: An Angel Adoring (detail) by Filippino Lippi,courtesy of the Trustees, The National Gallery, RP:a. A Catholic Prayer Book 3/16/10 2:15 PM Page 4A CATHOLICPRAYERBOOKAll booklets are published thanks to the generous support of the members of the Catholic Truth SocietyCATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETYPUBLISHERS TO THE HOLY SEECONTENTSP reface ..5 Preparing for Prayer ..6 Beginnings ..7 The Lord s Prayer.
3 7 Glory be to the Father ..8 Daily Dedication ..8 Morning Prayer ..9 Psalm 63 ..10 Psalm 149 ..11 The Benedictus (Canticle of Zechariah) ..12 Intercessions ..14 Prayers throughout the Day ..15 Morning Prayer of St Francis ..15 Prayer of St Th r se of Lisieux ..15 Prayer of Abandonment ..16St Patrick s Breastplate ..16 Prayer for Humility ..17 Prayer of Thanksgiving ..17 Grace Before Meals ..17 Prayers to our Guardian Angel ..18Te Deum ..18 Act of Faith, Hope and Love ..20 Come Holy Spirit ..20 Prayer for Benefactors ..21 Prayer of St Francis ..21 Prayer for Final Perseverance ..22 Prayer for Christian Unity ..22St Patrick s Prayer ..23 Prayer of St Richard ..23 Prayer of St Ignatius Loyola ..23 Prayer to St Anthony for things that are lost.
4 24An Old French Prayer for Friends ..24 Prayer of Self-Dedication to Jesus Christ (Oblatio Sui) ..24 Oblatio Sui (Prayer of Self-Dedication to Jesus Christ) ..24 Evening Prayer of Saint Augustine ..25 Prayer of Mother Teresa of Calcutta ..25 Prayer of Daily Service ..25 Prayer of St Teresa of Avila ..26 Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ..26 Preparing for Confession ..27De Profundis ..27 Act of Contrition ..28, 30I Confess ..29 Prayer of Firm Purpose of Amendment ..30 Prayer for divine Mercy ..32 Preparing for Mass and Holy Communion ..33 Prayer of St Ambrose ..33 Prayer of St Augustine ..35 Prayer of St Thomas Aquinas ..36 Adoro Te Devote (Latin version) ..37 Adoro Te Devote (English version) ..38 Prayer of Humble Access.
5 40 Prayer of Thomas Kempis ..40 Prayer of St Thomas More ..41 Anima Christi ..42 Prayer of Thanksgiving after Mass ..43 Tantum Ergo ..44 Prayer of Self-Dedication to Jesus Christ ..45St Teresa s Bookmark ..45 Act of Petition ..46 Prayer before a crucifix ..46 Prayers to Our Lady ..48 Hail Mary ..48 How to Say the Rosary ..483A CATHOLICPRAYERBOOKThe Apostles Mysteries of the Rosary ..50 Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen) ..52 The Angelus ..53 Regina Caeli (by Gregory V) ..55A Child s Prayer to Mary ..56 Memorare ..57 Prayer for England ..57We Fly to Thy Protection ..58 The Church s Oldest Prayer to Our Lady ..59 Tota Pulchra Es ..59 Totus Tuus ..59 Maria, Mater Gratiae ..59 Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris ..60In Sickness and Death.
6 61 Prayer for a Happy Death ..61 Prayer for the Sick ..61 Prayer for the Dying ..61 Prayer for the Dead ..62 Prayer Immediately after Death ..62 Exposition and Benediction ..63 Rite of Exposition and Benediction ..63 The divine Praises ..67 Evening Prayer ..68 Psalm 110 ..69 Psalm 16 ..70 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary) ..71 Intercessions ..72 Night Prayer ..74 Psalm 4 ..75 Psalm 133 ..76 Nunc Dimittis (Canticle of Simeon) ..774 PREFACE The raising of the heart and mind to God. Thistraditional definition of prayer sums up what should be aregular activity for all of us. As we say at every Mass, Itis right to give him thanks and praise. Prayer is, first ofall, acknowledging God s call and responding to Him inhumility.
7 As the Catechism of the Catholic Churchstatesin a wonderful quote from St Th r se of Lisieux: Forme, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple lookturned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and oflove, embracing both trial and joy (CCC 2558). I warmly welcome this new edition of A CatholicPrayer Book which draws on a rich treasury of prayerspanning the writings of the Old Testament and theFathers of the Church through to some of the greatsaints of the Middle Ages and more recent times. I amsure that it will be a great help to all who seek to entermore deeply into the life of prayer, which is theencounter of God s thirst with ours.
8 God thirsts that wemay thirst for him (CCC 2560).9 Archbishop Cormac Murphy-O Connor15th August, 2000, Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady5 PREPARING FORPRAYERFrom the Jesus Psalter, written by Richard Whitford, anEnglish Bridgettine monk, in the sixteenth , grant me grace to fix my mind on thee, especiallyin time of prayer, when I directly converse with the motions of my wandering head,and the desires of my unstable heart;suppress the power of my spiritual enemies,who endeavour at that time to draw my mind from heavenly thoughts, to many vain shall I, with joy and gratitude,look on thee as my deliverer from all the evils I have escaped; and as my benefactor for all the goodI have ever received, or can hope shall see that thou art my only good,and that all other things are but means ordained by thee to make me fix my mind on thee,to make me love thee more and more,and, by loving thee, to be eternally beloved of my soul, take up all my thoughts here,that my eyes, abstaining from vain and hurtful sights,may become worthy to behold thee face to face in thy glory for ever.
9 Sign of the CrossChristians begin their day, their prayers, and theiractivities with the Sign of the Cross. The Sign of theCross strengthens us in our temptations and n mine Patris, et F lii, etSp ritus signum crucis deinimicis nostris l bera nos,Deus noster. In n the name of the Father,and of the Son, and of theHoly Spirit. the sign of the crossdeliver us from ourenemies, you who are ourGod. In the Lord s PrayerThis is the prayer which Jesus taught his apostles whenthey asked him to show them how to pray (see Matthew 6:19 and Luke 11:2-4).Pater noster, qui es incaelis: sanctific tur nomentuum; adv niat regnumtuum; fiat vol ntas tua,sicut in caelo, et in nostrum quotidi numda nobis h die; et dimitteOur Father, who art inheaven, hallowed be thyname.
10 Thy kingdom come;Thy will be done on earth,as it is in us this day our dailybread, and forgive us our7A CATHOLICPRAYERBOOK8nobis d bita nostra, sicut etnos dim ttimus debit ribusnostris; et ne nos ind cas intentati nem; sed l bera nosa malo. , as we forgivethose who trespass againstus, and lead us not intotemptation, but deliver usfrom evil. ria Patri, et F lio, etSpir tui erat in princ pio etnunc et semper et in saeculasa cul rum. be to the Father,and to the Son, and to theHoly it was in the beginning,is now, and ever shall be,world without end. AmenGlory be to the FatherThe giving of glory and adoration to God is the basicduty of mankind, his creatures. In this form, called Thelittle Doxology , it appears at the end of most psalms inthe divine DedicationFormerly the collect for Ember Saturday in Lent, thisprayer is now used on the Thursday after Ash , may everything we do begin with your inspirationand continue with your help, so that all our prayers andworks may begin in you and by you be happily ask this through Christ our Lord.
