Prayers of the Saints

St. Basil the Great

St. Benedict

St. Bernadette Soubirous

St. Bernadine of Siena

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bonaventure

St. Bridget of Sweden

St. Basil the Great

Prayer of St. Basil the Great

O Christ, our Master and God, King of the ages and Creator of all, I thank you for all the good things that you have given to me and for the reception of your most pure and life-giving mysteries. I pray you, therefore, O good Lover of Humankind, keep me under your protection in the shadow of your wings. Grant that with a pure conscience, until my last breath, I may worthily partake of your Holy Things, for the forgiveness of sins and for life everlasting. For you are the Bread of Life, the Fountain of Holiness, and the Bestower of Blessings, and to you we give glory together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

St. Benedict

Prayer of St. Benedict

Bestow upon me, O gracious, O Holy Father: intellect to understand you, perceptions to perceive you purely, reason to discern you, diligence to see you, wisdom to find you, a spirit to know you, a heart to meditate upon you, ears to hear you, eyes to behold you, a tongue to proclaim you, a conversation pleasing to you, patience to wait for you, and perseverance to look for you. Grant me a perfect end - your holy Presence. Grant me a blessed resurrection, and your recompense, everlasting life. Amen.

St. Bernadette Soubirous

Morning Prayer of St. Bernadette

My God, I desire to do and to endure everything today for love of Thee 

Prayer of St. Bernadette

O my Lord, if I may not shed my blood, and may not give my life for you, let me at least, O Lord, die to all that is displeasing to you.

St. Bernadine of Siena

Prayer of St. Bernadine

O Lord Jesus, acknowledge what is yours in us, and take away from us all that is not yours; for your honor and glory. Amen.

Prayer to St. Joseph

Be mindful of us, O blessed Joseph, and intercede for us with thy foster-Son by the pleading of thy prayer: do thou, in like manner, render the blessed Virgin Mary thy Spouse, gracious unto us, for she is the Mother of Him, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost liveth and reignest world without end. Amen.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Marian Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Through thee, O most blessed one, finder of grace, mother of life, mother of salvation, through thee let us have access to thy Son, so that through thee He may receive us Who was given us through thee.

Prayer for Deliverance

Help us, O Lord, our God, since we cannot flee from the body, nor the body flee from us: we must carry it about, because it is bound up with us. We cannot destroy it; we are forced to preserve it. But the world surrounds us, and assails us through the five gateways of sense. Alas! Everywhere we are in conflict, everywhere darts fly against us, everywhere there are temptations, there are snares! Deliver us, we beseech you, from our enemies; defend us from all dangers to the soul and to the body, Lord, that at length we may come to your eternal rest, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

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St. Bonaventure

Prayer of St. Bonaventure

Note: This Prayer is Traditionally Recited After Holy Communion

Dearest Lord Jesus, pierce the inmost depths of my being with the sweet and wholesome pang of Thy love, with true and tranquil and most holy apostolic charity, so that from sheer melting love and desire of Thee my soul may ever faint with longing, yearning for Thee and for Thy dwelling place, asking only to be released from the flesh and to be with Thee. Grant that my soul may hunger for Thee, Who art the Bread of Angels, the food of holy souls, our daily, supernatural bread, all sweetness and delight to the taste. Let my heart ever hunger for Thee and feed upon Thee, Whom the Angels yearn to look upon, and let the depths of my being be filled with Thy sweet savor; let me ever thirst for Thee, Who art the source of life, source of wisdom and knowledge, source of eternal light, flood-tide of pleasure, God's own treasure house. Let me ever desire Thee; seek Thee and find Thee; have Thee for my goal and my achievement; think and speak of Thee only, doing all that I do for the honor and glory of Thy Name, humbly and prudently, with love and delight, with ready goodwill, and with perseverance to the end. Be Thou ever, Thou only, my hope and all my trust, my treasure and pleasure, my joy and delight, my rest, peace, and quiet, my sweet and delicious fragrance, my food and support, my refuge and help, my wisdom, my heritage of wealth, my very own. Let my heart and soul be set on Thee, firmly and immovably rooted in Thee henceforth and forever. Amen.

Prayer That One's Soul Will Be Met by the Blessed Virgin at Death

I ask thee, O Mary, for the glory of thy name, to come and meet my soul when it is departing from this world, and to take it in thine arms.

Purification Prayer

O Jesus! Loveliest of all beauty: Wash me more and more from my iniquity! Cleanse me of my sin, that, purified by you, I may approach you, the Pure One, and thus may be made worthy to dwell in your heart all the days of my life, that I may both see and do your will. Amen.

St. Bridget of Sweden

Prayer for Mercy at the Hour of One's Death

O Jesus! Strong Lion, immortal and invincible King, remember the pain Thou didst endure when all Thy strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted; Thou didst bow Thy head, saying: 'It is consummated.' Through this anguish and grief, I beg of Thee, O Lord, have mercy on me at the hour of my death, when my mind will be greatly troubled and my soul will be in anguish. Amen.

Prayer for Worthy Reception of Holy Viaticum at Death

O Jesus, sweetness of hearts and sweetness of minds, by the bitterness of the vinegar and gall which thou didst taste for us, grant me at the hour of my death worthily to receive thy Body and Blood, for the remedy and consolation of my soul.

Prayer of Praise & Thanksgiving

To you be praise indeed, O eternal God, and endless thanksgiving for the fact that you deigned to become a human being and that for us in the world you willed to consecrate your venerable Body out of material bread and lovingly bestow it on us as food for the salvation of our souls!