Elementary Prayers

The Sign of the Cross:

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

The Our Father:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

The Hail Mary:

Hail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee; blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory Be to the Father:

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.

Morning & Evening Prayer:

Lord Jesus, please come into my heart and take my life and my will into your hands. Grant me the gifts of the Holy Spirit that I may be inspired today in all that I say, do and think to achieve harmony with the Will of the Father through living by Your Word.

Grace Before Meals:

Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts which we are about to receive from your goodness, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Grace After Meals

We give you thanks for all your gifts, almighty God, living and reigning now and for ever. Amen

The Apostles' Creed:

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

Act of Contrition:

My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.  In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things.  I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.  Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In His name, my god, have mercy.

Prayer Before the Blessed Sacrament:

Lord Jesus, You became man to redeem the world on Calvary but You are in the Blessed Sacrament in order that the ocean of merit that You won for us on the Cross might be poured out on a sinful, suffering human race. Teach us, dear Jesus, to realize that You are here and want us to be here too, so that believing in You, being near You, we might obtain from you, what will make us happy even in this valley of tears and assure us that everlasting experience of living in the Real Presence unveiled. Amen

Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary

The Annunciation

The Visitation

The Nativity

The Presentation of the Lord at the Temple

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary

The Agony in the Garden

The Scourging at the Pillar

The Crowning with the Thorns

The Carrying of the Cross

The Crucifixion

Act of Faith:

O god, we firmly believe that you are the one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit; we believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead.  We believe these and all the truths that the holy Catholic Church teaches because you have revealed them, and you can neither deceive nor be deceived.

Act of Love:

O God, we love you above all things, with our whole heart and sould, because you are all-good and worthy of all love.  We love our neighbor as ourselves for the love of you.  We forgive all who have injured us and ask pardon of all whom we have injured.

Stations of the Cross

First Station: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

Second Station: Jesus, Betrayed by Judas, is Arrested

Third Station: Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin

Fourth Station: Jesus is Denied by Peter

Fifth Station: Jesus is Judged by Pilate

Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns

Seventh Station: Jesus Bears the Cross

Eighth Station: Jesus is Helped by Simon the Cyrenian to Carry the Cross

Ninth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

Tenth Station: Jesus is Crucified

Eleventh Station: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Good Thief

Twelfth Station: Jesus Speaks to His Mother and the Disciple

Thirteenth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb

“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6