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Welcome to the Our Catholic Prayers Blog, where we take a fresh look at various topics related to Catholic prayers and our wonderful faith! These include prayers, essays, and links to various resources to help us grow in faith, hope, and love for our Lord, especially in these turbulent times! Pages are listed in the links and thumbnails below. There are additional blog pages listed on the Catholic Prayers Blog List linked at the bottom of this page.
Prayers for the Pope: For Our Holy Father's Needs and Intentions
In our Prayers for the Pope, we ask our Heavenly Father to help our Holy Father, Christ's Vicar, guide His Church as a worthy successor to St. Peter.
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Resurrection Bookends: Having Faith That Transcends Time
Two events in the last chapter of John's Gospel show the importance of having faith in Jesus!
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Christ’s Wounds and the First Doubting Thomas: for Belief and Healing
When Jesus showed St. Thomas the Apostle His wounds, Our Lord reinforced belief in His Resurrection!
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Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!
Jesus’ plea to His Heavenly Father from the cross at Calvary for forgiveness for His enemies can inspire contrition in us!
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Psalm 22 and Christ’s fulfillment of the Scriptures
When Jesus told Peter that His Passion was necessary to fulfill the Scriptures for our salvation, He might well have had Psalm 22 in mind!
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A Prayer and Reflections on the Annunciation
Let Mary’s Fiat, her great “yes” to become the Mother of our Savior Jesus Christ, inspire your cooperation with God’s will as well!
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Abnegation: For Spiritual Fitness
Exercising your “muscle” of abnegation can help you draw closer to God in holiness.
Burning Love or Burning Cities: A Momentous Choice
The choices we make in responding to God's call to love and follow Him matter, both in this life and in the next!
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Gifts for baby Jesus: From my "What-I-have-failed-to-do" list
As Epiphany follows New Year's Day, let the Christ Child give you a great way to keep your New Year's resolutions!
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The wonder of Christmas: Jesus’ birth in humility gives us great hope!
If you feel overwhelmed at Christmas time, remember that Jesus was born in Bethlehem to give you His grace and comfort on your journey towards heaven!
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The Immaculate Conception: the Key to Mary’s Being Full of Grace
Mary, having been conceived without a trace of Original Sin, is an exemplary model of selfless love and obedience to Her Divine Son Jesus
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The Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
This wonderful Litany pays tribute to our Blessed Mother's Immaculate Heart. May our prayers contriubute to its triumph as well!
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A Litany for Eucharistic Adoration
This Litany for Eucharistic Adoration is a fitting and moving tribute to Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
Whatever Else May Be Lost, Don't Lose Hope!
Nowadays, when decency and Godliness seem to be all but lost do not lose hope and the Godly faith it engenders!
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Some Thoughts on the Sacred Heart of Jesus: For Deeper Ties to God
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus can both comfort Our Lord and strengthen us in holiness!
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Will you please listen? Imagine this warning from Mary
Our Blessed Mother has urged us in apparitions to obey God with true charity and repentance! But are we listening?
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Cardinal Manning's Prayer for Light From the Holy Spirit
May Henry Edward Cardinal Manning's moving petitions to the Holy Spirit inspire you as much as the Spirit did him!
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Ave Maris Stella: A Renowned Marian Hymn
Ave Maris Stella is a hymn for the Blessed Virgin Mary that has been a favorite of religious for centuries and can help you get closer to her as well!
A Prayer to Obtain the Grace of a Devout Life
This prayer to obtain the grace of a devout life attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas can help you be devout rather than devoured by worldly anxieties.
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Regina Coeli: A Prayer Celebrating Our Lord (And Our Lady)
He is risen! The Regina Coeli is an Easter prayer inviting Our Lady, and us as well, to rejoice in her Son’s resurrection as we pray to God for her assistance on our path towards eternal life.
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Resurrection Remembrances:That You May Have Life in Jesus' Name!
He is Risen as He Said! The Gospel accounts of our Lord's Resurrection can inspire all of us not to be unbelieving but to believe!
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Are you with Me? A Brief Meditation on our Lord’s Passion
In His Passion, Christ’s moment of great weakness became His great triumph. But how many of us can see its necessity for each one of us?
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What is Truth? Pilate's Question and Our Problem
Pontius Pilate' s answer to Jesus testifying to God's truth should give us all pause, as it relates to us today!
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Prayers to St. Joseph: To the Most Loving of Fathers
A humble yet noble carpenter is ready to help you with life’s challenges. Prayers to St. Joseph can also strengthen your relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ and Our Blessed Mother!
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Judas and the Danger of Despair
Judas gave us all an example of the perils to our souls from both despair and avarice!
There's a Whole Lot of Siftin' Going On: Much Prayer Is Needed!
Jesus' warning to Peter at the Last Supper about Satan's nefarious plans for him applies to us as well!
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Virtue Signaling is easy. Practicing Virtue is harder but better!
Virtue signaling is big nowadays, but trying to be good instead of just sounding good is ultimately more fulfilling.
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Listen to Him: Words Either To Worship Or Ignore Our Lord
The way we emphasize these words can change how we think about our Lord Jesus Christ!
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Supernatural Faith is Sorely Missing and Needed
Was Jesus just some wise teacher? Is our church just some Non-Governmental Organization? Not for those with Supernatural Faith!
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He Must Increase, But I Must Decrease
John the Baptist can inspire us to have a deeper relationship with Jesus.
Getting Yourself Out of Your Own Way
In your New Year's resolutions, pray to Jesus and Mary not to be one of Satan’s prey in holding onto sinful habits!
You're More Than What You Own: Christ Is Our True Treasure!
Turn to Jesus if people filled with Christmas cheer and togetherness on TV and the internet make you feel depressed and alone by comparison.
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Advent: A Time to Celebrate the Word Incarnate as Hope Incarnate
In this anxious time, waiting for Jesus as the Word made flesh can give us great hope!
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Satan Isn't Cool: Clearing Up A Demonic Misconception
The father of all lies has fooled many people into thinking he's cool. Yet the freedom he offers us is in reality a terrible enslavement!
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Latin Prayers: An Important Aid to Holiness
Prayers in Latin can provide us great heavenly grace using "the universal language of the Church".
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Prayers to the Sorrowful Mother: to Honor and Console Our Lady
These prayers pay tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary for all the sufferings she endured with her Divine Son for our salvation.
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A Rosary Meditation on the Assumption of Mary
Have you ever wanted to have some fresh insights on the Assumption of Mary for this special feast day? These selections provide moving food for thought!
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The Transfiguration and Hiroshima: A Tale of Two Miracles
August 6th commemorates two events, one of hope from Jesus and another of dread from Hiroshima. In the end we must choose between Christ’s peace or devastating war.
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A Den of Thieves: Jesus and Jean-Marie Vianney Against Larceny
Jean-Marie Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, and our Lord Jesus Christ both despised shady business practices!
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"When I am weak I am Strong": With the Grace of True Humility
St. Paul once wrote that when he was weak he was strong. Find out how that can help you in these troubled times!
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Blood Shed Over Bloodshed: For the Peace of Christ
May Christ not have shed His Precious Blood at Calvary in vain for any of us!
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Becoming unhinged: There’s a cure for this contagious condition.
As society becomes increasingly chaotic let Our Lord and our faith keep you from becoming unhinged.
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Three Special Prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
These prayers to our Lord’s Sacred Heart are as distinctive as their authors: St. Gertrude the Great, John Henry Cardinal Newman, and Cardinal Merry de Val
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Social Sin: A Most Contagious Virus
With social sin we share sinful activities and often make each other partners in crime and shut God out of our lives!
A Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
This Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is especially fitting to ask for her powerful intercession in these troubled times.
Their eyes were opened! He is risen as He said!
The disciples on the Road to Emmaus were just two of a number of people who saw Christ in His Resurrected body firsthand!
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Reflections on Jesus' Resurrection
Christ's Resurrection gives us great hope in His victory over death, that His triumph can be ours as well!
Woman, Behold Your Son: Our Great Inheritance from Jesus
When our Lord was dying on the Cross at Calvary, he gave His Beloved Apostle St. John His Blessed Mother Mary, to be his mother and ours as well!
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Cluelessness and calumnies at Calvary: How Jesus suffered from both.
Those who were determined to see Christ put to death in His Passion showed both ignorance and arrogance.
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Burning Love or Burning Cities: A Momentous Choice
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The Immaculate Conception: the Key to Mary’s Being Full of Grace
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The Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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This wonderful Litany pays tribute to our Blessed Mother's Immaculate Heart. May our prayers contriubute to its triumph as well!