Read today's prayer. https://www.catholic.org Copyright 2026 Catholic Online en Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:21:43 PDT https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-08 Eternal Father, I humbly adore Thee, and thank Thee for having created me, and for having redeemed me through Jesus Christ. I thank Thee most sincerely for having made me a Christian, by giving me the true faith, and by adopting me as Thy son, in the sacrament of baptism. I thank Thee for having, after the numberless sins I had committed, waited for my repentance, and for having pardoned (as I humbly hope) all the offences which I have offered to Thee, and for which I am now sincerely sorry, ... Catholic Online 2026-10-08 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-08 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-07 O God the Father of mankind, who hast given unto me these my children, and committed them to my charge to bring them up for Thee, and to prepare them for eternal life: help me with Thy heavenly grace, that I may be able to fulfil this most sacred duty and stewardship. Teach me both what to give and what to withhold; when to reprove and when to forbear; make me to be gentle, yet firm; considerate and watchful; and deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence, and the excess of severity; ... Catholic Online 2026-10-07 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-07 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-06 O Good Saint Anne, who had the incomparable privilege of bringing into the world Her who was to become the Mother of God, I come to place myself under your special care. I confide myself to you, together with the child I am carrying. Thousands of children owe you, Glorious Mother of Mary, the life of the body and the grace of baptism. Hence I wish, in my turn, to place my whole confidence in you. Make me keep in mind the precautions I need to take so as not to ... Catholic Online 2026-10-06 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-06 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-05 Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, all glory, all honour and all blessings. To you alone, Most High, do they belong, and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name. Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour, Of You Most High, he bears the likeness. Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars, ... Catholic Online 2026-10-05 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-05 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-04 Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our minds. Give us a right faith, a firm hope and a perfect charity, so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-04 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-04 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-03 Remember, O most chaste Spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who implored your help and sought your intercession was left unassisted. Full of confidence in your power, I fly unto you, and beg your protection. Despise not, O foster-father of the Redeemer, my humble supplication, but in your bounty, hear and answer me. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-10-03 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-03 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-02 Almighty God, our Father, you who have given us life and intended us to have it forever, grant us your blessings. Enlighten our minds to an awareness and to a renewed conviction that all human life is sacred because it is created in your image and likeness. Help us to teach by word and the example of our lives that life occupies the first place, that human life is precious because it is the gift of God whose love is infinite. Give us the strength to ... Catholic Online 2026-10-02 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-02 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-01 Govern by all Thy Wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may always be serving Thee as Thou dost Will, and not as I may choose. Do not punish me, I beseech Thee, by granting that which I wish or ask if it offended Thy Love, which would always live in me. Let me die to myself, so that I may love Thee. Let me live to Thee, Who art in Thyself, the True Life. Dear St. Therese, guide me in your Little Way, so that I may ascend to the heights and happiness of Heaven. Catholic Online 2026-10-01 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-10-01 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-30 (This is an old Guardian Angel Prayer) O Holy Angel, attendant of my wretched soul and of mine afflicted life, forsake me not, a sinner, neither depart from me for mine inconstancy. Give no place to the evil demon to subdue me with the oppression of this mortal body; but take me by my wretched and outstretched hand, and lead me in the way of salvation. Yea, O holy Angel of God, the guardian and protector of my hapless soul and body, forgive me all things ... Catholic Online 2026-09-30 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-30 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-29 I salute thee, holy Angel who didst comfort my Jesus in His agony, and with thee I praise the most holy Trinity for having chosen thee from among all the holy Angels to comfort and strengthen Him who is the comfort and strength of all that are in affliction. By the honor thou didst enjoy and by the obedience, humility and love wherewith thou didst assist the sacred Humanity of Jesus, my Savior, when He was fainting for very sorrow at seeing the sins of the world and especially my sins, I ... Catholic Online 2026-09-29 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-29 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-28 My soul, dilate thy heart; thy Jesus can give thee every good gift; He loves thee ardently. Hope, then, for great favours from this Lord, Who, through an impulse of love, comes to thee all love. Yes, my Jesus, my hope, I trust in Thy goodness, that in giving Thyself to me this morning, Thou wilt kindle in my poor soul the flames of Thy pure love, and of an ardent desire to please Thee, that, from this day forward, I may wish only what Thou wishest. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-09-28 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-28 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-27 O eternal God and Ruler of all creation, You have allowed me to reach this hour. Forgive the sins I have committed this day by word, deed or thought. Purify me, O Lord, from every spiritual and physical stain. Grant that I may rise from this sleep to glorify You by my deeds throughout my entire lifetime, and that I be victorious over every spiritual and physical enemy. Deliver me, O Lord, from all vain thoughts and from evil desires, for yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, ... Catholic Online 2026-09-27 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-27 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-26 The priest delegated by the Ordinary to perform this office should first go to confession or at least elicit an act of contrition, and, if convenient, offer the holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and implore God's help in other fervent prayers. He vests in surplice and purple stole. Having before him the person possessed (who should be bound if there is any danger), he traces the sign of the cross over him, over himself, and the bystanders, and then sprinkles all of them with holy water. After this he ... Catholic Online 2026-09-26 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-26 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-25 Dear Loving and Compassionate God, Giver of all gifts, we pray especially today for the mercy and love You give us. Open our hearts and minds to You. Give us the grace to accept your mercy. As we live each day, we pray for those less fortunate, especially those who are hurting, and whose wounds need to be healed. Help us become involved in ways that show them how deeply we care. Give us the personal courage to listen to their concerns and help them find the ... Catholic Online 2026-09-25 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-25 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-24 "Haiku" prayers, in Japanese poetical form, have their origin in the fourteenth century. They consist of 17 syllables arranged in three lines (5-7-5). This provides a simple format for composing personal and family prayers. The following haiku prayer is a Canadian example. You are encouraged to develop your own. Blessed mother, pray to Jesus for all the world, pray to Him for us. Catholic Online 2026-09-24 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-24 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-23 Father, for the strength you have given me I thank you. For the health you have blessed me with, I thank you. For the women who are going through breast cancer and their families I ask you to strengthen and to heal as you see fit. Lord we know you want us to be in good health and to prosper. Lord use us to do the work you have for us to do. For we know time is getting short on this earth. Lord be with every woman who is sick and encourage them as only you can. I know ... Catholic Online 2026-09-23 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-23 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-22 Mother of Perpetual Help, today we face so many difficulties. Your picture tells us so much about you. It reminds us to reach out and help those in need. Help us understand that our lives belong to others as much as they belong to us. Mary, Model of Christian love, we know we cannot heal every ill or solve every problem. But with God's grace, we intend to do what we can. May we be true witnesses to the world that love for one another really matters. May our daily actions proclaim how fully ... Catholic Online 2026-09-22 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-22 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-21 O God, by Your mighty power You made all things out of nothing. First, You set the beginnings of the universe in order. Then, You made man in Your image, and appointed woman to be his inseparable helpmate. Thus You made woman's body from the flesh of man, thereby teaching that what You have been pleased to institute from one principle might never lawfully be put asunder. O God, You have sanctified marriage by a mystery so excellent that in the marriage union You foreshadowed the union of Christ ... Catholic Online 2026-09-21 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-21 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-20 O God, Who knowest us to be set in the midst of such great perils, that, by reason of the weakness of our nature, we cannot stand upright, grant us such health of mind and body, that those evils which we suffer for our sins we may overcome through Thine assistance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-09-20 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-20 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-19 Lord let me walk with You Although my steps are small Stay beside, hold my hand And never let me fall. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-09-19 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-19 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-18 Body of Christ, save me! Save me from my great arch-enemy, my weak and faltering self. Save me from all greed of money, of power, and of praise. Save me from thirst for pleasure, worldly show, and midnight revelry. Save me from betraying You, Dear Lord, in thought, or in word, or in deed. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-09-18 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-18 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-17 Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love only what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me so, O Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy. Amen. Catholic Online 2026-09-17 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-17 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-16 Dios te salve, Maria. Llena eres de gracia: El Señor es contigo. Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres. Y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre: Jesús. Santa María, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte. Amén. Catholic Online 2026-09-16 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-16 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-15 Behold, O Mother of Perpetual Help, at thy feet a wretched sinner, who has recourse to thee and trusts in thee. O Mother of mercy, have pity on me; I hear all men call thee the refuge and hope of sinners: be therefore my refuge and my hope. Help me for the love of Jesus Christ: hold out thy hand to a fallen wretch, who commends himself to thee and dedicates himself to be thy servant forever. I praise and thank God, who of His great mercy hath given me this confidence in thee, a sure pledge of ... Catholic Online 2026-09-15 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-15 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For ... Catholic Online 2026-09-14 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-14 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-13 Great is the wisdom of the Lord! God Almighty, Your Wisdom includes An understanding of what is fair, What is logical, what is true, What is right and what is lasting. It mirrors Your pure intellect! I entreat You to grant me such Wisdom, That my labours may reflect Your insight. Your Wisdom expands in Your creations, Displaying complexity and multiplicity. Your Wisdom is an eternity ahead of man. May Your wisdom flourish forever! Catholic Online 2026-09-13 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-13 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-12 Father/Mother: Let us begin with the sign of the Cross. All: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. All: Dear Jesus, we are here to spend a few minutes with you in prayer. We want to pray for ourselves, our friends and neighbours and for everyone in the world. We know that you came to call all of us to know, love and serve your heavenly Father so ... Catholic Online 2026-09-12 00:00:00 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-12 https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayeroftheday/?select_date=2026-09-11 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 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