Morning · Prime
Choose a short or full morning rule, then open Prime in the Roman Breviary.
Morning prayerPrime
Oratio · Laus · Sacrificium
Prayer
Ninety-six principal prayers, litanies, hymns and practical rules in Latin beside English or German, joined to the liturgical day.
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Via orationis
From the simple prayer of the faithful to the official prayer of the Church
Personal prayer begins with faith, adoration, contrition, thanksgiving and petition. It reaches its objective order in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and in the canonical hours of the Roman Breviary. The library therefore places short household forms beside the corresponding liturgical books.
How to establish a daily rule
Begin with five minutes in the morning and evening. Add the Angelus, Rosary, spiritual reading and one canonical hour only after the first rule has become stable.
Vocal and mental prayer
Vocal prayer gives objective words to faith; mental prayer attends to the mysteries signified. The Rosary, psalms and hymns unite both forms.
Distractions and dryness
Return quietly to the words or mystery without agitation. Fidelity, reverence and a renewed intention are more important than sensible consolation.
Private devotion and liturgy
Private prayer should lead toward the Mass, sacraments, Church year and Divine Office rather than becoming a separate spiritual system.
Evening · Compline
Thanksgiving, examination of conscience, contrition and the final canonical hour.
Evening prayerCompline
The Holy Rosary
Method, the traditional fifteen mysteries and beginner meditations.
RosaryHow to pray it9 texts
Principal prayers of the Christian
The Trinitarian sign, creeds, the Lord’s Prayer, the angelic salutation, confession and the theological acts.
Foundations
Sign of the Cross
The Christian begins and ends prayer in the name of the Most Holy Trinity.
Open prayer →FoundationsPater Noster · Our Father
The prayer taught by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Open prayer →FoundationsAve Maria · Hail Mary
The angelic salutation joined to the prayer of the Church.
Open prayer →FoundationsGloria Patri
A brief doxology in praise of the Most Holy Trinity.
Open prayer →FoundationsSymbolum Apostolorum · Apostles’ Creed
The baptismal profession of the apostolic faith.
Open prayer →FoundationsActs of Faith, Hope and Charity
The three theological virtues explicitly directed to God.
Open prayer →FoundationsConfiteor
The traditional confession of sin used in the Roman liturgy and private prayer.
Open prayer →FoundationsSymbolum Nicaenum · Nicene Creed
The solemn profession of the Catholic faith used in the Roman Mass.
Open prayer →FoundationsPrayer to the Most Holy Trinity
Adoration and offering to the one God in three divine Persons.
Open prayer →16 texts
Morning, work and evening
Several short and full forms for waking, offering the day, labour, examination of conscience and rest.
Daily prayer
Morning Prayer · Ordo Matutinus
Several traditional forms for consecrating the first moments and duties of the day to God, with a direct bridge to Prime.
Open prayer →Daily prayerEvening Prayer · Ordo Vespertinus
Thanksgiving, examination of conscience, contrition and entrustment before sleep, with a direct bridge to Compline.
Open prayer →Daily prayerExamination of Conscience
A sober review of the day before God, leading to contrition and amendment.
Open prayer →Daily prayerAct of Contrition
Sorrow for sin because it offends God, with a firm purpose of amendment.
Open prayer →Daily prayerAspirations · Short Prayers
Brief prayers that raise the mind and heart to God during work, trial or thanksgiving.
Open prayer →Daily prayerPrayer before Study
A prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas for light, order and fruitfulness in study.
Open prayer →Daily prayerPrayer on Waking
The first movement of the heart is directed to God.
Open prayer →Daily prayerMorning Offering
The whole day is offered through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Open prayer →Daily prayerShort Morning Rule
A compact order for days when only a few minutes are available.
Open prayer →Daily prayerFull Morning Rule
A fuller sequence of adoration, offering, theological acts and intercession.
Open prayer →Daily prayerPrayer before Work · Actiones nostras
The Church asks God to precede, accompany and perfect every work.
Open prayer →Daily prayerMidday Recollection
A brief return to God in the midst of labour.
Open prayer →Daily prayerShort Evening Rule
A compact thanksgiving, examination and commendation before sleep.
Open prayer →Daily prayerFull Evening Rule
A fuller order of thanksgiving, examen, contrition and intercession.
Open prayer →Daily prayerPrayer before Sleep · Visita, quaesumus
The traditional collect of Compline asks protection for the home.
Open prayer →Daily prayerPrayer in Temptation
Short invocations for immediate resistance to temptation.
Open prayer →2 texts
Table prayer
Blessing and thanksgiving at the Christian table.
3 texts
The Christian household
Family prayer, the blessing of the home, travel and the duties of daily life.
Meals and household
Prayer of the Christian Family
The home is placed under the Holy Family and ordered toward the duties of each state of life.
Open prayer →Meals and householdPrayer for the Home
A domestic prayer for peace, purity and protection.
Open prayer →Meals and householdPrayer for a Journey
The traveller asks for the company of the Angels and a peaceful return.
Open prayer →17 texts
Marian prayer and the Rosary
The traditional fifteen mysteries, beginner meditations, antiphons and Marian consecration.
Marian prayer
Angelus Domini
The Incarnation recalled morning, noon and evening.
Open prayer →Marian prayerRegina Caeli
The Easter antiphon traditionally replacing the Angelus during Paschaltide.
Open prayer →Marian prayerThe Holy Rosary · Rosarium Beatae Mariae Virginis
The traditional fifteen mysteries, method of recitation, scriptural framework and beginner meditations.
Open prayer →Marian prayerMemorare
A confident appeal to the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Open prayer →Marian prayerSalve Regina
The solemn Marian antiphon of trust and pilgrimage.
Open prayer →Marian prayerSub Tuum Praesidium
An ancient prayer for refuge beneath the protection of the Mother of God.
Open prayer →Marian prayerLitany of Loreto
The traditional litany of titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary approved for public devotion.
Open prayer →Marian prayerHow to Pray the Rosary
A step-by-step traditional method for one five-decade Rosary.
Open prayer →Marian prayerJoyful Mysteries
The mysteries of the Incarnation and hidden life of Christ.
Open prayer →Marian prayerSorrowful Mysteries
The Passion of Christ contemplated with the Sorrowful Mother.
Open prayer →Marian prayerGlorious Mysteries
The victory of Christ and the glorification of His Mother.
Open prayer →Marian prayerRosary Meditations for Beginners
Fifteen concise questions that teach the mind to remain within each mystery.
Open prayer →Marian prayerAlma Redemptoris Mater
The Marian antiphon from Advent through Candlemas.
Open prayer →Marian prayerAve Regina Caelorum
The Marian antiphon from Candlemas until Holy Week.
Open prayer →Marian prayerThe Seven Sorrows of Our Lady
Seven Gospel sorrows contemplated with an Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
Open prayer →Marian prayerThe Three Hail Marys
A brief morning and evening practice in honour of Mary’s power, wisdom and mercy.
Open prayer →Marian prayerConsecration to Our Lady
A simple daily offering of oneself to the Mother of God.
Open prayer →2 texts
Marian hymns
Ancient hymns and sequences sung by the Church in honour of the Mother of God.
4 texts
The Holy Ghost
Invocation, sequence, hymn and litany to the divine Sanctifier.
Prayer to the Holy Ghost
Veni Sancte Spiritus
The Pentecost sequence imploring the light and sevenfold gift of the Holy Ghost.
Open prayer →Prayer to the Holy GhostVeni Creator Spiritus
The ancient hymn invoking the Creator Spirit before sacred work and important decisions.
Open prayer →Prayer to the Holy GhostInvocation of the Holy Ghost
The classic versicle and collect for light and divine charity.
Open prayer →Prayer to the Holy GhostLitany of the Holy Ghost
A litany invoking the divine Person, gifts and fruits of the Holy Ghost.
Open prayer →4 texts
Canticles and solemn praise
Biblical canticles and the Church’s ancient hymns of thanksgiving.
Canticles and solemn praise
Magnificat
The canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary sung daily at Vespers.
Open prayer →Canticles and solemn praiseBenedictus
The canticle of Zachary sung daily at Lauds.
Open prayer →Canticles and solemn praiseNunc Dimittis
The canticle of Simeon sung daily at Compline.
Open prayer →Canticles and solemn praiseTe Deum
The ancient hymn of the Church for solemn praise and thanksgiving.
Open prayer →12 texts
Holy Mass and the Blessed Sacrament
Preparation, acts at the elevation, Communion, thanksgiving and adoration.
Eucharistic prayer
Anima Christi
A prayer for union with Christ, especially after Holy Communion.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerBefore and after Holy Communion
Preparation for receiving Our Lord and thanksgiving after Communion.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerAct of Spiritual Communion
A desire to receive Christ spiritually when sacramental Communion is not possible.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerAdoro Te Devote
The Eucharistic hymn traditionally attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerO Salutaris Hostia
A Eucharistic hymn used at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerTantum Ergo
The concluding stanzas of Pange lingua, sung at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerPrayer before Holy Mass
Preparation of faith, humility, contrition and intention before the Holy Sacrifice.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerThanksgiving after Holy Mass
Thanksgiving for the Sacrifice, Communion and graces of the Mass.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerPrayer before the Tabernacle
An act of faith and adoration before the Real Presence.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerPrayers at the Elevation
Brief acts of faith and adoration at the consecration.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerDomine, non sum dignus
The centurion’s act of humility repeated before Holy Communion.
Open prayer →Eucharistic prayerSuscipe · Take, O Lord
A complete offering of memory, understanding, will and possessions to God.
Open prayer →1 texts
Eucharistic hymns
The classical Latin hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Benediction.
8 texts
The Passion, Sacred Heart and Precious Blood
Stations, litanies, acts of reparation and meditations on the wounds and words of Christ.
Christ and His Passion
Stations of the Cross
A traditional way of accompanying Our Lord through the fourteen stations of His Passion.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionConsecration to the Sacred Heart
The traditional consecration of the human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionLitany of the Sacred Heart
The approved litany honouring the divine and human Heart of Christ.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionFirst Friday Devotion
Confession, Communion, reparation and adoration in honour of the Sacred Heart.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionLitany of the Most Precious Blood
The approved litany honouring the redeeming Blood of Christ.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionPrayer to the Holy Face of Jesus
Reparation for blasphemy and meditation on the countenance of the suffering Christ.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionPrayer to the Five Wounds
Adoration of the wounds of the hands, feet and side of Christ.
Open prayer →Christ and His PassionThe Seven Last Words of Christ
The seven sayings from the Cross with a brief petition for each.
Open prayer →12 texts
Saints, protection and the departed
Angels, Saint Joseph, the Litany of the Saints, the sick, dying and faithful departed.
Protection and intercession
Prayer to Saint Michael
The traditional prayer for protection in spiritual combat.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayer to the Guardian Angel
Entrusting oneself to the angel appointed by God as guardian.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayers for the Faithful Departed
Prayer for the repose of the faithful departed and the souls in purgatory.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayer for the Sick
Prayer for healing, patience and fruitful union with the Passion of Christ.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayer for the Dying
The departing soul is commended to God and to the company of the saints.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayer for Holy Church
Prayer for the liberty, unity, holiness and mission of the Church.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayer for the Pope
The traditional versicle for the Roman Pontiff.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionPrayer for Priests
Prayer for priestly holiness and fidelity to the altar and the faith.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionLitany of Saint Joseph
The approved litany of the Patron of the Universal Church.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionAd te, beate Ioseph
The prayer to Saint Joseph prescribed by Pope Leo XIII after the Rosary in October.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionLitany of the Saints
The principal solemn litany of the Roman Church.
Open prayer →Protection and intercessionDe Profundis · Psalm 129
The penitential psalm traditionally prayed for the faithful departed.
Open prayer →2 texts
The Divine Office
Private prayer led toward Matins, Lauds, Prime, the little hours, Vespers and Compline.
4 texts
The seasons of the Church year
Advent, Christmas, Passiontide and the nightly hymn of Compline.
Seasonal hymns
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt
The Passiontide hymn of the triumphant Cross.
Open prayer →Seasonal hymnsRorate Caeli
The Advent plea for the coming of the Saviour.
Open prayer →Seasonal hymnsAdeste Fideles
The traditional Christmas hymn inviting the faithful to Bethlehem.
Open prayer →Seasonal hymnsTe Lucis Ante Terminum
The ancient hymn of Compline asking protection through the night.
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