Catholic Prayers

The Sign of the Cross

With the right hand on the forehead "In the name of the Father". With the right hand on the heart "And of the Son". With the right hand moving from the left shoulder to the right "And the Holy Spirit."

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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary

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

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Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.  As it is in the world, now and forever.  Amen.

Apostles Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty Creator of heaven and Earth.  

I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord.  He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary;  He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.  He descended to the dead; on the third day he rose again.  He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.  He will come again to judge the living sand 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.

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Stations of the Cross

1. Pilate condemns Jesus to death

2. Jesus takes the cross upon His shoulders

3. Jesus falls the first time

4. Jesus meets His Mother, Mary

5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross

6. Veronica wipes Jesus' face

7. Jesus falls the second time

8. Jesus speaks to the women of Rome

9. Jesus falls the third time

10. Jesus is stripped of His garments

11. Jesus is nailed to the cross

12. Jesus dies upon the cross

13. Jesus is taken from the cross and laid in His Mother's arms

14. Jesus is laid in the tomb

15. Jesus rises from the dead

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Rosary

Joyful mysteries

1. Annunciation

2. Visitation

3. Birth of Jesus

4. Presentation

5. Finding of Jesus in the temple

Sorrowful Mysteries

1. Agony in the Garden

2. Scourging

3. Crowning with thorns

4. Carrying of the cross

5. Crucifixion

Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

2. Ascension

3. Descent of the Holy Spirit

4. Assumption of Mary

5. Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and earth

Luminous Mysteries

1. Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan

2. The wedding of Cana

3. Proclamation of the Kingdom

4. The transfiguration

5. The Eucharist

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Begin each Rosary with 

1x Apostles Creed

1x Our Father

3x Hail Mary

1x Glory be

Each of five decades

1x Our Father

10x Hail Mary

1x Glory Be

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Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Use Rosary beads

1x Our Father

1x Hail Mary

1x Apostles Creed

5 decades of the following

1x "Eternal Father we offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of your most holy servant, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world"

10x "For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world."

At the end of the 5 decades

3x "Holy God, holy mighty one, Holy immortal one, have mercy on us and on the whole world."

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