Catholic Prayers and Meditations

Featured Image Photo Credit: Kristin McCarthy, 2016, Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Lac-Bouchette, Lac Bouchette, Quebec, Canada

Prayers are deeply personal. And when we find one that speaks to us, we tend to say it often.

It is easy nowadays to find common Catholic prayers, many websites have them. I, however, enjoy sifting through forgotten books and stumbling upon prayers that are not so popular. If you too are looking for something a little different to add to your favourite list of prayers, take a look at  my selection. I am constantly adding new found prayers, so please check back regularly.


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I have listed the Catholic prayers and meditations by topic.

Following the topics, the posts on Catholic prayers and meditations are listed from most recent to least recent.

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Advent

Daily Meditations for Advent from “Meditations for Advent and Easter” By Mary Francis Cusack

From “Meditations for Advent and Easter“, By Mary Francis Cusack. J.M. O’Toole & Son, Dublin. 1866

Posted November 18, 2016

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Mary

Flowers for the Altar of Mary

From the book “Flowers for the Altar of Mary”, By J. Schaefer, Publisher, 1886

Posted May 3, 2016

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St. Francis of Assisi

A Meditation About St. Francis of Assisi

From the book “Among The Blessed: Loving Thoughts About Favourite Saints”, By Matthew Russell SJ. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1911. pp. 146-7.

Posted November 12, 2014

St. Francis’ Paraphrase of The Lord’s Prayer

The book “Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi” (R. Washbourne Publisher, 18 Paternoster Row, London. 1882) is authored by St. Francis of Assisi. The publisher has taken his writings and letters and the rules for the Friars Minor and created a really interesting book—it is Francis’ own words and writings, including prayers. The Lord’s Prayer is found on pp. 170-1.

Posted November 12, 2014

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St. Joseph

Daily Meditations With St. Joseph For The Month of March

I came upon this lovely meditation while researching for my Chaplet of Ten Evangelical Virtues of St. Joseph. The month of March was dedicated to St. Joseph, so I bring you this daily meditation in honour of him. It invites us to get to know and understand St. Joseph and his special graces.

From “The Devout Year”, By Richard F. Clarke S.J., Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago. 1893

Posted February 16, 2015

Hail Joseph Prayer

Hail Joseph, a prayer I found in a 19th Century prayer book “A Novena of Meditation In Honour of St. Joseph, According to the Method of Saint Ignatius”,1874

Posted February 16, 2015

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Posts listed from most recent to least recent

Daily Meditations for Advent from “Meditations for Advent and Easter” By Mary Francis Cusack Posted November 18, 2016

Flowers for the Altar of Mary Posted May 3, 2016

Daily Meditations With St. Joseph For The Month Of March Posted February 16, 2015

Hail Joseph Prayer Posted February 16, 2015

A Meditation About St. Francis of Assisi Posted November 12, 2014

St. Francis’ Paraphrase of The Lord’s Prayer Posted November 12, 2014